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Spatiotemporal Distribution of PRRSV-1 Clades in Hungary with a Focus on the Era of Disease Eradication [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is the cause of the most severe economic losses in the pig industry worldwide. PRRSV is extremely diverse in Europe, which poses a significant challenge to disease control within a country or any ...
Ádám Bálint   +6 more
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Intervention-based stochastic disease eradication.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Disease control is of paramount importance in public health, with infectious disease extinction as the ultimate goal. Although diseases may go extinct due to random loss of effective contacts where the infection is transmitted to new susceptible ...
Lora Billings   +3 more
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Probiotic Supplementation for Treatment of Infection: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

open access: yesThe Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, 2023
Background/Aims The effects of probiotic supplementation on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication therapy are not completely understood. In this study, we investigated the effects of continuous probiotic administration on eradication rates ...
Na Rae Lim   +2 more
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Epidemiological and molecular investigations of a point-source outbreak of Dracunculus medinensis infecting humans and dogs in Chad: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesThe Lancet Microbe, 2022
Summary: Background: Dracunculiasis (also known as Guinea worm disease), caused by the Dracunculus medinensis nematode, is progressing towards eradication, with a reduction in cases from 3·5 million cases in the mid-1980s to only 54 human cases at the ...
Sarah Anne J Guagliardo, PhD   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community-based survey to assess seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in far-north Cameroon in 2020

open access: yesVaccine: X, 2022
Background: This study assessed seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in children from selected poliovirus high-risk areas of the Far North region of Cameroon which serves to monitor polio immunization program. Methods: This was a community-based cross-
Marie Claire Endegue   +10 more
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Current and future strategies for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2021
Chronic hepatitis C infection is a major cause of liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. While hepatitis C has been treated for decades with some success, the introduction of direct acting antiviral agents has revolutionized the treatment ...
Omar Alshuwaykh, Paul Y. Kwo
doaj   +1 more source

Immunity to poliovirus in Afghanistan: A household sampling method for serological assessment based on geographical information systems

open access: yesGeospatial Health, 2022
Afghanistan continues to experience challenges affecting polio eradication. Mass polio vaccination campaigns, which aim to protect children under the age of 5, are a key eradication strategy.
Amalia Mendes   +7 more
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