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iLABMED, why now and how in the future?

iLABMED, 2023
Nowadays, public health is facing many challenges, mainly including non‐communicable diseases and communicable diseases. Communicable diseases, particularly emerging infectious diseases, have also attracted attention due to their enormous impact on ...
Hongzhou Lu
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Acceptability of 4-poster deer treatment devices for community-wide tick control among residents of high Lyme disease incidence counties in Connecticut and New York, USA

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
The 4-Poster Tick Control Deer Feeder (4-poster) device applies acaricide to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and can reduce populations of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), which transmits the agents of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis ...
Courtney C. Nawrocki, Nicholas Piedmonte, Sara A. Niesobecki, Adam Rowe, AmberJean P. Hansen, Alison Kaufman, Erik Foster, James I. Meek, Linda Niccolai, Jennifer White, Bryon Backenson, Lars Eisen, Sarah A. Hook, Neeta P. Connally, Victoria L. Hornbostel, Alison F. Hinckley   +15 more
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Echinococcus multilocularis: An emerging pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe? [PDF]

, 2003
Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary.
Varga, István, Sréter, Tamás, Széll, Zoltán, Egyed, Zsuzsa, Zoltán Széll, Tamás Sréter, Zsuzsa Egyed, István Varga   +7 more
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Public Health Concern and Initiatives on the Priority Action Towards Non-Communicable Diseases in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2011
Tanzania is already facing challenges caused by existing burden of communicable diseases, and the growing trend of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which raises a lot of concerns and challenges.
Ngadaya, Esther, Ezekiel, Linda, Mfinanga, Sayoki G.M., Kivuyo, Sokoine L.   +3 more
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A dog bite study in a dog rabies-affected area in South Africa

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: Rabies is an untreatable and highly fatal viral zoonosis. Despite the ability to control and prevent the disease, it is estimated that one person dies of rabies every 10 minutes in developing countries. However, the true burden of the disease
Jacqueline Weyer, Chantel A. le Roux, Charles Kajese, Lucy Fernandes   +3 more
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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among tuberculosis laboratory workers in Iran [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2016
OBJECTIVES The risk of transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients to health care workers (HCWs) is a neglected problem in many countries, including Iran.
Mahshid Nasehi, Abdolrazagh Hashemi-Shahraki, Amin Doosti-Irani, Saeed Sharafi, Ehsan Mostafavi   +4 more
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One Health in South Africa?

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
No abstract available.
Jacqueline Weyer, Misheck Mulumba
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Gnathostomiasis Acquired by Visitors to the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Gnathostomiasis is a zoonotic nematode parasite disease, most commonly acquired by eating raw or undercooked fish. Although the disease is well known in parts of Asia and Central and South America, relatively few cases have been reported from Africa. Raw
John Frean
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Infection prevention and control in tertiary care hospitals of Bangladesh: results from WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework (IPCAF)

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Introduction Infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare settings is imperative for the safety of patients as well as healthcare providers.
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Md Mahabub Ul Anwar, Shariful Amin Sumon, Md Zakiul Hassan, Tahmidul Haque, Syeda Mah-E-Muneer, Aninda Rahman, Syed Abul Hassan Md Abdullah, Md Saiful Islam, Ashley R. Styczynski, S. Cornelia Kaydos-Daniels   +10 more
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Use of evidence to support healthy public policy: a policy effectiveness-feasibility loop [PDF]

, 2012
Public policy plays a key role in improving population health and in the control of diseases, including non-communicable diseases. However, an evidence-based approach to formulating healthy public policy has been difficult to implement, partly on ...
Fouad, Fouad, Unal, B, Capewell, S, Romdhane, Habiba Ben, Maziak, Wasim, Unwin, N, Unal, Belgin, Julia Critchley, Peter Phillimore, Wasim Maziak, Belgin Unal, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Shoaibi, A, Unwin, Nigel, Phillimore, Peter, Sarah Bowman, Rana Khatib, Khatib, R, Maziak, W, Husseini, Abdullatif, Zaman, Shahaduz, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Phillmore, Peter, Husseini, A, Phillimore, P, Shoaimi, Azza, Ben Romdhane, H, Simon Capewell, Ahmad, Balsam, Fouad Fouad, Critchley, Julia, Fouad, F, Critchley, J, Shoaibi, Azza, Capewell, Simon, Khatib, Rana, Bowman, S, Bowman, Sarah, Azza Shoaibi, Zaman, S, Ahmad, B, Nigel Unwin, Balsam Ahmad, Sarah, Bowman, Abdullatif Husseini, Shahaduz Zaman   +45 more
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