Implementing change in infection control practice : an action research study in two intensive care units. [PDF]
, 1999 The increased emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics means that primary prevention of all hospital-acquired infections is essential, but ensuring that infection control practice is evidence-based requires reliable measurement of endemic ...
Sproat, Louise Jane
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Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China : a new vision [PDF]
, 2014 The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation.
Stewart, Donald +57 more
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Assessment, mapping and prediction of the spatial distribution of parasitic infections in western Côte d'Ivoire and implications for integrated control [PDF]
, 2004 Almost half of the world’s population are at risk of malaria infection, and the disease kills more than one million people each year, mainly children under the age of five years living in sub-Saharan Africa.
Raso, Giovanna
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The dynamics of natural Plasmodium falciparum infections. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Natural immunity to Plasmodium falciparum has been widely studied, but its effects on parasite dynamics are poorly understood. Acquisition and clearance rates of untreated infections are key elements of the dynamics of malaria, but estimating
Ingrid Felger (92160) +44 more
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Excretion of vaccine polioviruses by the children From closed institutions
Журнал инфектологии, 2014 Investigation of 198 healthy vaccinees from closed institutions resulted in isolation of37 vaccine polioviruses. In the orphanages where among other children there lived children born to HIV-positive mothers the frequency of isolation of polioviruses was
M. A. Bichurina +2 more
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Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2017 Objective of the study is to obtain the data on the state of Severokerulensky plague focus in Mongolia, adjacent to the Trans-Baikal steppe focus in the south.
S. V. Balakhonov +14 more
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Microorganisms, 2022 The clinical expression of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) caused by Leishmania (L.) major parasites has a broad spectrum ranging from asymptomatic infection to self-limited cutaneous sores or severe disease.
Hanene Attia +11 more
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One Health & Risk Management, 2023 Introduction. Cutaneous anthrax in Azerbaijan is an endemic disease among people, particularly in regions with active cattle breeding. Over the period from 2018 to 2022, an average of 12-15 cases were recorded annually, primarily among the rural ...
Zlata RASULZADE +2 more
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Maternal Geohelminth Infections Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Children of mothers infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) may have an increased susceptibility to STH infection. Methods and Findings: We did a case-control study nested in a birth cohort in Ecuador.
Martha Chico +35 more
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Effect of transmission setting and mixed species infections on clinical measures of malaria in Malawi [PDF]
, 2008 <p>Background: In malaria endemic regions people are commonly infected with multiple species of malaria parasites but the clinical impact of these Plasmodium co-infections is unclear.
Alex McConnachie +23 more
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