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HIV/AIDS related deaths from three district hospitals of West Bengal: An observation

Journal of Acute Disease, 2014
Data on HIV/AIDS incidence or deaths are limited in poor-resource country like India and non-existent in state of West Bengal. These data are essential for formulating policies for HIV intervention strategies to curb HIV epidemic.
MK Bhattacharya, MK Saha, PS Chakraborty, A Sinha, A Bhattacharya, KK Dutta   +5 more
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Determinants of optimum exclusive breastfeeding duration in rural India: a mixed method approach using cohort and content analysis design

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2021
Background Despite established benefits, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rate remains poor in India. This study measured the rate of early initiation of breastfeeding and EBF up to 42 days postpartum period and the reasons associated with early ...
Falguni Debnath, Nilanjan Mondal, Alok Kumar Deb, Debjit Chakraborty, Subhrangshu Chakraborty, Shanta Dutta   +5 more
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The impact of Mean Time Between Disasters on inventory pre-positioning strategy [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose - This paper addresses the impact of Mean Time Between Disasters (MTBD) to inventory pre-positioning strategy of medical supplies prior to a sudden-onset ...
De Leeuw, S, De Smidt-Destombes, KS, Pots, O, Saputra, TY   +3 more
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Identification of cholera hotspots in Zambia: A spatiotemporal analysis of cholera data from 2008 to 2017

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
The global burden of cholera is increasing, with the majority (60%) of the cases occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia, widespread cholera outbreaks have occurred since 1977, predominantly in the capital city of Lusaka. During both the 2016 and 2018
J. Mwaba, A. Debes, P. Shea, V. Mukonka, O. Chewe, C. Chisenga, Michelo Simuyandi, G. Kwenda, D. Sack, R. Chilengi, Mohammad Ali   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Microcavity supported lipid membranes: versatile platforms for building asymmetric lipid bilayers and for protein recognition [PDF]

, 2019
Microcavity supported lipid bilayers (MSLB) are contact-free membranes suspended across aqueousfilled pores that maintain the lipid bilayer in a highly fluidic state and free from frictional interactions with substrate.
Berselli, Guilherme, Keyes, Tia E., Murphy, Paul V., Ramadurai, Sivaramakrishnan, Sarangi, Nirod Kumar   +4 more
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How do medical researchers make causal inferences? [PDF]

, 2019
Bradford Hill (1965) highlighted nine aspects of the complex evidential situation a medical researcher faces when determining whether a causal relation exists between a disease and various conditions associated with it.
Dammann, Olaf, Poston, Ted, Thagard, Paul   +2 more
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Role of integrons, plasmids and SXT elements in multidrug resistance of Vibrio cholerae and Providencia vermicola obtained from a clinical isolate of diarrhea

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
The isolates of Vibrio cholerae and Providencia vermicola obtained from a diarrhoeal patient were investigated for genetic elements governing their drug resistance phenotypes. Out of fourteen antibiotics tested, V.
Neha eRajpara, Braj Mohan Ram Narayan Singh Kutar, Ritam eSinha, Dhrubajyoti eNag, Hemanta eKoley, Thandavarayan eRamamurthy, Ashima eKushwaha Bhardwaj   +6 more
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Vaccination in emergencies. [PDF]

, 1999
Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are the main actors of vaccine delivery during complex humanitarian emergencies such as large population displacements.
Paquet, C
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Global Cholera Epidemiology: Opportunities to Reduce the Burden of Cholera by 2030

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
While safe drinking water and advanced sanitation systems have made the Global North cholera-free for decades, the disease still affects 47 countries across the globe resulting in an estimated 2.86 million cases and 95,000 deaths per year worldwide ...
D. Legros
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Development and evaluation of a PCR assay for rapid detection of azithromycin resistant Campylobacter isolated from diarrhoeal patients in Kolkata, India

Gut Pathogens, 2017
Background Campylobacter is a well-known bacterial pathogen for triggering acute gastroenteritis in humans both in developed and developing countries. This organism is highly resistant to fluoroquinolones.
Piyali Mukherjee, Shanta Dutta, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay   +2 more
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