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Chemoprophylaxis and Malaria Death Rates [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
To determine the effect of chemoprophylaxis on the case-fatality rate of malaria, we analyzed all cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in nonimmune persons reported from 1993 to 2004 in Germany.
Gérard Krause, Irene Schöneberg, Doris Altmann, Klaus Stark   +3 more
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Chemoprophylaxis and the epidemiological characteristics of re-emergent P. vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006
OBJECTIVE: In the Republic of Korea (ROK), soldiers stationed where there is a risk of contracting malaria have received antimalarial chemoprophylaxis since 1997.
Changsoo Kim, Dong Chun Shin, Tai Soon Yong, Dae Kyu Oh, Rock Kwon Kim, Keeho Park, Il Suh   +6 more
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Contemporary Analysis of VTE Risk After HPB Surgery: 2517 Consecutive Patients Treated With Extended Chemoprophylaxis. [PDF]

World J Surg
Independent predictors of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) within the first 45 post‐operative days on multivariate analyses.
Jain AJ, Dekker EN, Prakash L, Arvide EM, Chiang YJ, Snyder RA, Katz MHG, Tzeng CD.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Biological and Clinical Aspects of a Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by bacilli from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, remains a serious global public health problem, representing one of the main causes of death from infectious diseases.
Nelli F. Khabibullina, Daria M. Kutuzova, Irina A. Burmistrova, Irina V. Lyadova   +3 more
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Cost risk benefit analysis to support chemoprophylaxis policy for travellers to malaria endemic countries. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: In a number of malaria endemic regions, tourists and travellers face a declining risk of travel associated malaria, in part due to successful malaria control.
Behrens, Ronald H, Coutinho, Francisco AB, Ronald H Behrens, Massad Eduardo, Massad, Eduardo, Coutinho, Francisco A, Ben C Behrens, Coutinho Francisco AB, Behrens Ronald H, Coutinho, Francisco AB, Behrens, Ben C, Francisco AB Coutinho, Eduardo Massad, Behrens Ben C   +13 more
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Does public subsidy of the cost of malaria chemoprophylaxis reduce imported malaria? A comparative policy analysis. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Chemoprophylaxis is recommended for at-risk travellers visiting malaria endemic regions. The majority of travellers with imported malaria have not used this, and travellers visiting friends and relatives have the largest burden of malaria and
Behrens, RH, Neave, Penny E, Steve Taylor, Taylor, Steve, Behrens, Ron H, Taylor, S, Ron H Behrens, Neave, PE, Penny E Neave   +8 more
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Recommendations for malaria prevention in moderate to low risk areas : travellers' choice and risk perception [PDF]

, 2015
The considerable malaria decline in several countries challenges the strategy of chemoprophylaxis for travellers visiting moderate- to low-risk areas. An international consensus on the best strategy is lacking.
Delphine Berthod, Clotilde Rambaud-Althaus, D'Acremont, Valérie, Berthod, D., Rachel Voumard, D'Acremont, V., Berthod, Delphine, Valérie D’Acremont, Blaise Genton, Rambaud-Althaus, Clotilde, Voumard, Rachel, Rambaud-Althaus, C., Genton, B., Genton, Blaise, Voumard, R.   +14 more
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Arylimidamides Have Potential for Chemoprophylaxis against Blood-Transmitted Chagas Disease

Pathogens, 2023
Chagas disease (CD) affects over 6 million people worldwide and can be transmitted iatrogenically. Crystal violet (CV) was previously used for pathogen reduction but has harmful side-effects.
Bruno Lisboa Timm, Aline Nefertiti Silva da Gama, Marcos Meuser Batista, Denise da Gama Jaén Batista, David W. Boykin, Harry P. De Koning, Maria de Nazaré Correia Soeiro   +6 more
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Evaluation of Nafamostat as Chemoprophylaxis for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Hamsters

Viruses, 2023
The successful development of a chemoprophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 could provide a tool for infection prevention that is implementable alongside vaccination programmes.
Megan Neary, Joanne Sharp, Eduardo Gallardo-Toledo, Joanne Herriott, Edyta Kijak, Chloe Bramwell, Helen Cox, Lee Tatham, Helen Box, Paul Curley, Usman Arshad, Rajith K. R. Rajoli, Henry Pertinez, Anthony Valentijn, Kevin Dhaliwal, Frank Mc Caughan, James Hobson, Steve Rannard, Anja Kipar, James P. Stewart, Andrew Owen   +20 more
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Chemoprophylaxis in surgery [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1976
Summary The literature on the prophylactic use in surgery of disinfectants, antibiotics and the chemotherapeutic agents is reviewed. It is concluded that there is little place for the routine use of antibiotics or chemotherapeutic agents except in a very few conditions.
openaire   +2 more sources