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Human tularemia in Italy. Is it a re-emerging disease? [PDF]

, 2014
In order to evaluate whether tularemia is re-emerging in Italy, data on mortality and morbidity (obtained by the National Institute of Statistics; ISTAT), Italian cases described in the scientific literature and data concerning hospitalizations for ...
A., Bella, A., Nusca, D'Alessandro, Daniela, E., Funari, Napoli, Christian   +4 more
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Non-Communicable Diseases in Emergencies: A Call to Action

PLoS Currents, 2013
Recent years have demonstrated the devastating health consequences of complex emergencies and natural disasters and thereby highlighted the importance of comprehensive and collaborative approaches to humanitarian responses and risk reduction. Simultaneously, noncommunicable diseases are now recognised as a real and growing threat to population health ...
Demaio, Alessandro, Jamieson, Jennifer, Horn, Rebecca, de Courten, Maximilian, Tellier, Siri   +4 more
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The fight against non-communicable disease in emerging economies [PDF]

Nature, 2018
Health-care providers in low- and middle-income countries are shifting their focus away from infections, and towards the bigger problems of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Health-care providers in low- and middle-income countries are shifting their focus away from infections, and towards the bigger problems of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Community intervention for the emerging epidemic of non-communicable diseases [PDF]

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006
No Abstract. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol.
Puoane, Thandi, Bradley, Hazel, Hughes, Gail   +2 more
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Phylodynamic Analysis of Ebola Virus Disease Transmission in Sierra Leone

Viruses, 2019
We generated genome sequences from 218 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone (SLE) during 2014–2015 to complement available datasets, particularly by including cases from a period of low sequence coverage during peak transmission of ...
Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Jason T. Ladner, Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Michael R. Wiley, Sean Lovett, Mushal Allam, Arshad Ismail, Chantel le Roux, Jacqueline Weyer, Naazneen Moolla, Nadia Storm, Joe Kgaladi, Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart, Ousman Conteh, Gustavo Palacios, Janusz T. Paweska   +15 more
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Blowflies as vectors of Bacillus anthracis in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2018
Anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis, is endemic in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The epidemiology of B. anthracis is dependent on various factors including vectors.
Lizanne Basson, Ayesha Hassim, At Dekker, Allison Gilbert, Wolfgang Beyer, Jennifer Rossouw, Henriette van Heerden   +6 more
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Isolation of a Novel Fusogenic Orthoreovirus from Eucampsipoda africana Bat Flies in South Africa

Viruses, 2016
We report on the isolation of a novel fusogenic orthoreovirus from bat flies (Eucampsipoda africana) associated with Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) collected in South Africa.
Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Michael Wiley, Gustavo Palacios, Nadia Storm, Stewart McCulloch, Wanda Markotter, Monica Birkhead, Alan Kemp, Janusz T. Paweska   +8 more
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First confirmed case of infant botulism in Africa, caused by a dual-toxin-producing Clostridium botulinum strain

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Botulism, a rare life-threatening toxemia, is probably underdiagnosed in all of its forms in Africa. This study reports the first laboratory-supported case of infant botulism on the African continent.
Marné N. Vosloo, Christoffel J. Opperman, Hermanus D.W. Geyer, Grace M. Setshedi, Mushal Allam, Stanford Kwenda, Arshad Ismail, Zamantungwa T.H. Khumalo, Adrian J. Brink, John A. Frean, Jennifer Rossouw   +10 more
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The impact of temperature on insecticide toxicity against the malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background It is anticipated that malaria elimination efforts in Africa will be hampered by increasing resistance to the limited arsenal of insecticides approved for use in public health.
Katey D. Glunt, Shüné V. Oliver, Richard H. Hunt, Krijn P. Paaijmans   +3 more
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Event-based surveillance during EXPO Milan 2015. Rationale, tools, procedures, and initial results [PDF]

, 2016
More than 21 million participants attended EXPO Milan from May to October 2015, making it one of the largest protracted mass gathering events in Europe.
Bastiampillai, Anan Judina, Caporali, Maria Grazia, Costanzo, Virgilio, Declich, Silvia, Gabrielli, Eugenia, Gramegna, Maria, Linge, Jens P., Manso, Martina Del, Mantica, Eleonora, Napoli, Christian, Piatti, Alessandra, Pompa, Maria Grazia, Riccardo, Flavia, Vellucci, Loredana, Verile, Marco   +14 more
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