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Monkeypox: Is the ‘vacated niche’ being filled?

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
No abstract available.
Jacqueline Weyer, Lucille H. Blumberg
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Political stigma of communicable diseases in complex emergencies

The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
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Bellizzi, Saverio, Bassat, Quique, Pichierri, Giuseppe, Cegolon, Luca, Panu Napodano, Catello Mario, Farina, Gabriele, Murgia, Paola, Ali Maher, Osama   +7 more
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Improving the quality of malaria diagnosis in southern Africa through the development of a regional malaria slide bank

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background A malaria slide bank (MSB) is a useful asset for any malaria microscopy testing laboratory to have access to. However, it is not feasible for every country to have its own MSB. If countries are able to pool their resources, a regional MSB is a
Bhavani Moodley, Anderson Chinorumba, Cheryl Hamman, Avhatakali Matamba, Chadwick H. Sikaala, Immo Kleinschmidt, John Frean   +6 more
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Estimates of the population size and dispersal range of Anopheles arabiensis in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for a planned pilot programme to release sterile male mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Anopheles arabiensis is a major malaria vector, recently implicated as contributing to ongoing residual malaria transmission in South Africa, which feeds and rests both indoors and outdoors. This species is, therefore, not effectively targeted
Maria L. Kaiser, Oliver R. Wood, David Damiens, Basil D. Brooke, Lizette L. Koekemoer, Givemore Munhenga   +5 more
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Environmental Planning and Non-Communicable Diseases: A Systematic Review on the Role of the Metabolomic Profile

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the major cause of death worldwide and have economic, psychological, and social impacts. Air pollution is the second, contributing to NCDs-related deaths.
N. C. Oliveira, Pedro Balikian Júnior, Arnaldo Tenório da Cunha Júnior, Edson de Souza Bento, J. Tonholo, Thiago Aquino, F. Sousa, Gustavo Gomes de Araujo, M. L. Ferreira   +8 more
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Member species of the Anopheles gambiae complex can be misidentified as Anopheles leesoni

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Accurate Anopheles species identification is key for effective malaria vector control. Identification primarily depends on morphological analysis of field samples as well as molecular species-specific identifications.
Yael Dahan-Moss, Allison Hendershot, Minishca Dhoogra, Henry Julius, Jacek Zawada, Maria Kaiser, Neil F. Lobo, Basil D. Brooke, Lizette L. Koekemoer   +8 more
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Vector Competence of Eucampsipoda africana (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) for Marburg Virus Transmission in Rousettus aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Viruses, 2021
This study aimed to determine the vector competence of bat-associated nycteribiid flies (Eucamsipoda africana) for Marburg virus (MARV) in the Egyptian Rousette Bat (ERB), Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Janusz T. Pawęska, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Nadia Storm, Wanda Markotter, Alan Kemp   +4 more
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Non-communicable Diseases and Oral Health: An Overview

Frontiers in Oral Health, 2021
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, diabetes, cancer and diseases of the oral cavity such as caries or periodontitis represent a global and highly relevant problem due to demographic and epidemiological changes.
T. Wolf, M. Cagetti, Julian Fisher, G. Seeberger, G. Campus   +4 more
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Tackling an emerging epidemic: the burden of non-communicable diseases among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is at a crossroad. Over the last decade, successes in the scale up of HIV care and treatment programs has led to a burgeoning number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in care.
Dunstan Achwoka, R. Mutave, J. Oyugi, T. Achia   +3 more
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The upshot of Polyphenolic compounds on immunity amid COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging communicable diseases: An appraisal

Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 2020
Polyphenols are a large family of more than 10,000 naturally occurring compounds, which exert countless pharmacological, biological and physiological benefits for human health including several chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular ...
A. Khalil, D.R. Tazeddinova
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