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REVIEW OF THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES [PDF]

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1918
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Edward K. Armstrong
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Socioenvironmental factors of communicable and non-communicable diseases [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
From a clinical case of a tuberculosis diagnosed in Rennes in a Congolese patient, we highlight the need for new socioenvironmental variables to apprehend hazards in social contexts. Beyond the traditional aggregate variables describing socioeconomic characteristics, a collaboration between epidemiology, clinical care, immunology and the social ...
Catherine Cavalin, Alain Lescoat, Odile Macchi, Matthieu Revest, Paul-André Rosental, Patrick Jégo   +5 more
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GLOBALIZATION AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES [PDF]

Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2021
Globalization has secured prosperity and has created new opportunities for human development in almost each segment of our modern international community.
Zorica Saltirovska
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Communicable Disease Surveillance [PDF]

Clinical Pediatrics, 1966

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Determining the risk-factors for molecular clustering of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) epidemic is driven mainly by the effect of ongoing transmission. In high-burden settings such as South Africa (SA), considerable demographic and geographic heterogeneity in DR-TB transmission exists. Thus, a
Halima Said, Elizabeth Kachingwe, Yasmin Gardee, Zaheda Bhyat, John Ratabane, Linda Erasmus, Tiisetso Lebaka, Minty van der Meulen, Thabisile Gwala, Shaheed Omar, Farzana Ismail, Nazir Ismail   +11 more
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Use of a digital contact tracing system in Singapore to mitigate COVID-19 spread

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Contact tracing has been essential to reducing spread of COVID-19. Singapore leveraged technology to assist with contact tracing efforts using a Bluetooth-based app and token platform called ‘TraceTogether’.
Bryan W. K. Chow, Yi Ding Lim, Richard C. H. Poh, Amy Ko, Guo Hao Hong, Steffen W. L. Zou, Joshua Cheah, Shaowei Ho, Vernon J. M. Lee, Marc Z. J. Ho   +9 more
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Communicable Diseases [PDF]

, 2000
Sanitation, food control, vaccines, and antibiotics have reduced the toll of communicable diseases, saving millions of lives. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977, and poliomyelitis eradication is close. Measles mortality has reduced drastically yet outbreaks occur where immunization lags.
Tulchinsky, Theodore H., Varavikova, Elena A.   +1 more
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Evaluation of anakinra in the management of patients with COVID-19 infection: A randomized clinical trial

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
BackgroundThe global COVID-19 pandemic led to substantial clinical and economic outcomes with catastrophic consequences. While the majority of cases has mild to moderate disease, minority of patients progress into severe disease secondary to the ...
Eman Zeyad I. Elmekaty, Aya Maklad, Rawan Abouelhassan, Waqar Munir, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Arun Nair, Rim Alibrahim, Fatima Iqbal, Ahmad Al Bishawi, Alaaeldin Abdelmajid, Mohamed Aboukamar, Hamad Abdel Hadi, Mohammed Abu Khattab, Hussam Al Soub, Muna Al Maslamani   +14 more
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Using generalized structured additive regression models to determine factors associated with and clusters for COVID-19 hospital deaths in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background The first case of COVID-19 in South Africa was reported in March 2020 and the country has since recorded over 3.6 million laboratory-confirmed cases and 100 000 deaths as of March 2022. Transmission and infection of SARS-CoV-2 virus and deaths
Innocent Maposa, Richard Welch, Lovelyn Ozougwu, Tracy Arendse, Caroline Mudara, Lucille Blumberg, Waasila Jassat   +6 more
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Distribution and Clonality of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

BMC Microbiology, 2021
Background Studies have shown that drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in South Africa (SA) is clonal and is caused mostly by transmission. Identifying transmission chains is important in controlling DR-TB.
Halima Said, John Ratabane, Linda Erasmus, Yasmin Gardee, Shaheed Omar, Andries Dreyer, Farzana Ismail, Zaheda Bhyat, Tiisetso Lebaka, Minty van der Meulen, Thabisile Gwala, Adeboye Adelekan, Karidia Diallo, Nazir Ismail   +13 more
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