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Dengue Fever: An Emerging Disease in Oman Requiring Urgent Public Health Interventions

Oman Medical Journal, 2019
Dengue, the most widespread mosquito-borne viral infection in humans, is an emerging public health problem in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region threatening national, regional, and global health security.
Salah T. Al Awaidy, Faryal Khamis
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Twenty years of DENV-2 activity in Brazil: molecular characterization and phylogeny of strains isolated from 1990 to 2010. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
In Brazil, dengue has been a major public health problem since its introduction in the 1980s. Phylogenetic studies constitute a valuable tool to monitor the introduction and spread of viruses as well as to predict the potential epidemiological ...
Nieli Rodrigues da Costa Faria, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Jaqueline Bastos Santos Simões, Fernanda de Bruycker Nogueira, Monique da Rocha Queiroz Lima, Flavia Barreto dos Santos   +6 more
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Rising Incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Asian Subcontinent—An Exploration of Causative Factors

Gastrointestinal Disorders
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprising ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), is a global health problem with a worldwide increase in incidence. While previously it was more prevalent in Western countries, especially in North America and
Priyansh Bhayani, Kartik Natarajan, Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu   +2 more
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Time Heals All Wounds: Obstacles in Glaucoma Surgery from an Asian Perspective

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2015
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide and is a particular burden on the Asian population. Glaucoma surgeries such as trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage implants are routinely performed to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) to ...
Zhi Hong Toh, Chrisanda Si Ying Lee, Annabel Chee Yen Chew MBBS, MMed (Ophth), Shamira Perera MBBS (Hons), B Sc (Hons), FRCOphth   +3 more
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in South Asia: a systematic review

BMC Nephrology, 2018
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health problem around the world. But the prevalence has not been reported in South Asian region as a whole.
Mehedi Hasan, Ipsita Sutradhar, Rajat Das Gupta, Malabika Sarker   +3 more
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Public policy for controlling the taeniasis/cysticercosis complex in Colombia

Case Reports, 2020
The teniosis/cysticercosis (T/C) complex is a parasitic disease caused by the cestodes Taenia solium and Taenia saginata, and is considered as a neglected zoonosis by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Colombian Ministry of Health and Social ...
Luis Reinel Vásquez-Arteaga, Julio César Giraldo-Forero   +1 more
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Management of hyperglycemia in geriatric patients with diabetes mellitus: South Asian consensus guidelines

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2011
Asia is home to four of the world′s five largest diabetic populations, two of them being South Asian nations, namely, India and Pakistan. This problem is compounded by a substantial rise in the elderly population in Asian countries.
Manash P Baruah, Sanjay Kalra, Ambika Gopalakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Syed Abbas Raza, Noel Somasundaram, Mathew John, Prasad Katulanda, Dina Shrestha, Ganpathy Bantwal, Rakesh Sahay, Tint Swe Latt, Faruque Pathan   +11 more
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Prevalence of and factors associated with health literacy among people with Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in South Asian countries: A systematic review

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Problem considered: Health literacy increases the ability of people living with non-communicable diseases (PLWNCDs) to read and understand medical information, access health information and health services, and involvement in shared decision-making ...
Bhushan Khatiwada, Bibika Rajbhandari, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Shradha Parsekar, Uday Narayan Yadav   +4 more
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Memory reflected in our decisions [PDF]

Judgment and Decision Making, 2010
The current study looks at the role working memory plays in risky-choice framing. Eighty-six participants took the Automatic OSPAN, a measurement of working memory; this was followed by a risky-choice framing task.
Todd McElroy, Jonathan Corbin, Cassie Black   +2 more
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The global burden of thyroid cancer in high-income Asia-Pacific: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study

Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2022
Background: Thyroid cancer has become increasingly prevalent and threatens human health. Few studies have explored the incidence of thyroid cancer in Asia and its relationship with social-progress factors.
Yike Li, Yinqiong Huang, Xue He, Cheng Han, Wei Wu, Hui Shen, Yanbing Xu, Yazhuo Liu, Zizhao Zhu   +8 more
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