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Drug-resistant tuberculosis: an experience from Qatar

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2020
This study was conducted to evaluate the characteristics, treatment outcome and risk factors associated with 223 drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) cases in the State of Qatar.
Maisa Ali, Faraj Howady, Waqar Munir, Hanfa Karim, Zubaida Al-Suwaidi, Muna Al-Maslamani, Abdullatif Alkhal, Nada Elmaki, Hisham Ziglam   +8 more
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The burden of non communicable diseases in developing countries [PDF]

, 2005
Background: By the dawn of the third millennium, non communicable diseases are sweeping the entire globe, with an increasing trend in developing countries where, the transition imposes more constraints to deal with the double burden of infective and ...
Boutayeb, A, Boutayeb, S
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Evaluation of the Copan eSwab®, a liquid-based microbiology transport system, for the preservation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at different temperatures

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Aims and objectives: To evaluate the survival duration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from male urethral discharge specimens collected using the Copan eSwab® liquid-based microbiology transport system, at both ambient and refrigerator temperatures.
Lindy Gumede, Frans Radebe, Duduzile Nhlapo, Venessa Maseko, Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha   +4 more
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Morbidity Pattern Among Out-Patients Attending Urban Health Training Centre in Srinagar [PDF]

, 2018
The current study was designed to identify the morbidity pattern of out-patients attending Urban Health Training Centre in an urban area of a medical college in Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, North India.
Ali, H. (Haroon), Kumar, S. (Santosh), Raj, A. (Abhishek), Singh, A. K. (Amit)   +3 more
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Antemortem diagnosis of human rabies: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Antemortem diagnosis of rabies is challenging, and usually, more than one test modality is needed to confirm the diagnosis. No effective treatment exists so far, and the Milwaukee Protocol is debatable.
Wael Goravey, Ahmed Husain, Gawahir A. Ali, Muna A. Al Maslamani, Hisham Ziglam   +4 more
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A Systematic Review on Travel Medicine Practice to Control Transmission of Communicable Diseases [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The number of international travelers is estimated at 900 million per year and is projected to reach 1.6 billion per year in 2020. Travel medicine is devoted to the health of travelers who visit foreign countries.
Bachtiar, A. (Adang ), Sudirman, H. (Herpani)   +1 more
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Benchmarking insecticide resistance intensity bioassays for Anopheles malaria vector species against resistance phenotypes of known epidemiological significance

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Insecticide use via indoor residual spraying (IRS) or treated nets is the primary method for controlling malaria vector populations. The incidence of insecticide resistance in vector populations is burgeoning globally making resistance ...
Nelius Venter, Shȕné V. Oliver, Mbanga Muleba, Craig Davies, Richard H. Hunt, Lizette L. Koekemoer, Maureen Coetzee, Basil D. Brooke   +7 more
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National mortality burden due to communicable, non-communicable, and other diseases in Ethiopia, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Ethiopia lacks a complete vital registration system that would assist in measuring disease burden and risk factors. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk factors 2015 (GBD 2015) estimates to describe the mortality burden ...
A Misganaw, A Misganaw, Amare Deribew, AR Omran, Awoke Misganaw, Azmeraw T. Amare, B Weldearegawi, Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw, Central Statistical Agency (CSA) [Ethiopia] and ICF, CJL Murray, D Chandramohan, D Hailemariam, D Shamebo, D Shamebo, F Tesfaye, F Tesfaye, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia, GA Biks, GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, H Wang, Jed Blore, K Lulu, Kebede Deribe, Kristopher J. Krohn, L Chaker, M Naghavi, Mesoud Mohammed, MH Forouzanfar, Mohsen Naghavi, Molla Gedefaw, Muluken Dessalegn, NJ Kassebaum, P Byass, S Accorsi, S Kuruvilla, Semaw Ferede Abera, Solomon Abrha Damtew, T Araya, Tilahun N. Haregu, Tolesa Bekele, Tom Achoki, W Deressa, Yibeltal Assefa, Yihunie Lakew, Yohannes Adama Melaku   +45 more
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IgG1 Fc N-glycan galactosylation as a biomarker for immune activation. [PDF]

, 2016
Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fc N-glycosylation affects antibody-mediated effector functions and varies with inflammation rooted in both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
A Bond, A Bondt, A Ceroni, A Rodriguez, AS Amoah, CM Karsten, E van Riet, E van Riet, F Dall’Olio, F Vuckovic, G Lauc, G Zauner, GA Rook, I Kummeling, I Schwab, IK Campbell, J Genuneit, J Keusch, J Kristic, J Wang, JN Arnold, LA Omtvedt, LC Wu, LG Gardinassi, M Novokmet, M Versini, M Wuhrer, MF Gregor, MH Selman, MH Selman, N Jounai, O Gornik, PJ Cooper, PM Nikolac, R Parekh, RB Parekh, RL Shields, S Chung, SK Weiland, T Kawai, T Mizushima, YG Hur   +41 more
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Communicable and non-communicable disease [PDF]

BMJ, 2011
A clinical image would seem an obvious choice for the BMJ ’s front cover. But each time we decide to use one we have to think an extra thought—will it upset the postal workers or readers’ children? Anything remotely gory tends to cause complaints. In the past we have covered potentially alarming or offensive images with an opaque wrapper.
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