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Predicting the impact of household contact and mass chemoprophylaxis on future new leprosy cases in South Tarawa, Kiribati: A modelling study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BackgroundThe country of Kiribati is a small Pacific island nation which had a new case detection rate of 191 per 100,000 in 2016, and is one of the few countries yet to reach the WHO leprosy elimination goal.
Charlotte Gilkison, Stephen Chambers, David J Blok, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Eretii Timeon, Erei Rimon, Patricia Priest   +6 more
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Features of Early Diagnosis, Causal Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis of Influenza

Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2013
The article describes the main methods of diagnosis of influenza in different periods of the disease. Also presents current approaches to the causal treatment of influenza with adduction of main medicationds, which can be used for treatment.
O.M. Zinchuk, O.O. Zubach
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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]

, 2010
Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.
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Impact on malaria morbidity of a programme supplying insecticide treated nets in children aged under 2 years in Tanzania: community cross sectional study. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE\ud \ud To assess the impact of a social marketing programme for distributing nets treated with insecticide on malarial parasitaemia and anaemia in very young children in an area of high malaria transmission.\ud \ud DESIGN\ud \ud Community cross
Abdulla, S, Lengeler, C, Marchant, T, Mukasa, O, Nathan, R, Schellenberg, J A, Smith, T, Tanner, M   +7 more
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Requests for malaria prevention advice to Public Health England, Malaria Reference Laboratory: a retrospective observational study.

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The Malaria Reference Laboratory (MRL) provides a specialist advisory service for complex queries from healthcare professionals. This study was conducted to examine the types of queries that general practitioners and nurses ask around malaria
Blaze, Marie, Chiodini, Peter L, Godbole, Gauri, Smith, Valerie, Whitty, Christopher JM   +4 more
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Contemporary Analysis of VTE Risk After HPB Surgery: 2517 Consecutive Patients Treated With Extended Chemoprophylaxis

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Independent predictors of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) within the first 45 post‐operative days on multivariate analyses.
Anish J. Jain, Esther N. Dekker, Laura Prakash, Elsa M. Arvide, Yi‐Ju Chiang, Rebecca A. Snyder, Matthew H. G. Katz, Ching‐Wei D. Tzeng   +7 more
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The management and treatment of malaria [PDF]

, 1989
Falciparum malaria can create severe complications. Antimalarial drugs such as quinine or chloroquine help in the treatment and management to these complications. The use of chemoprophylaxis is a must for persons travelling abroad to countries subject to
Gilles, Herbert M.
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Risk factors for presentation to hospital with severe anaemia in Tanzanian children: a case-control study. [PDF]

, 2002
In malaria endemic areas anaemia is a usually silent condition that nevertheless places a considerable burden on health services. Cases of severe anaemia often require hospitalization and blood transfusions. The objective of this study was to assess risk
Alonso PL, Armstrong Schellenberg JRM, Bojang KA, Bojang KA, Brewster DR, Brooker S, Buttraporn P, Clara Menendez, Craighead IB, Dallman PR, David Schellenberg, Elizeus Kahigwa, Emerton DG, Fleming AF, Gascon J, Hassan Mshinda, Hausmann-Muela S, Hedberg K, John J. Aponte, John Wigayi, Koram KA, Luckner D, Mockenhaupt FP, Murphy SC, Pedro Alonso, Rana SR, Said A, Schellenberg D, Sergi Sanz, Shakir A, Singla PN, Slutsker L, Stockman JA, Stoltzfus RJ, Stoltzfus RJ, Stoltzfus RJ, Thuilliez V, Tshikuka JG, WHO   +38 more
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Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi, Carmen Scieuzo, Federica De Stefano, Luca Masucci, Patrizia Falabella   +4 more
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Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in M. leprae Strains From Kiribati

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Kiribati has one of the highest rates of leprosy worldwide. A nationwide screening and chemoprophylaxis program for household leprosy contacts was introduced in 2018. In 2022, population‐wide screening and rifamycin‐based treatment or chemoprophylaxis for leprosy and tuberculosis was introduced as part of the PEARL and COMBINE ...
Patrick O. Campbell, Temea Bauro, Erei Rimon, Nabura Ioteba, Trevor Anderson, Arturo Cunanan, Taulanga Naniseni, Jacqui Gardner, Emma Trowbridge, Nicholas M. Douglas, Stephen T. Chambers   +10 more
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