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Assessment of poliovirus antibody seroprevalence in high risk areas for vaccine derived poliovirus transmission in Madagascar

Heliyon, 2018
Background: Vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV) outbreaks typically occur in areas of low poliovirus immunity. Madagascar successfully eradicated wild poliovirus in 1997; however, multiple VDPV outbreaks have occurred since then, and numerous vaccination
Richter Razafindratsimandresy, Ondrej Mach, Jean-Michel Heraud, Barivola Bernardson, William C. Weldon, M. Steven Oberste, Roland W. Sutter   +6 more
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Seven days triple therapy for eradication of does not alter the disease activity of patients with inflammatory bowel disease [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2018
Background/Aims The influences of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy on the disease course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are still unclear. We therefore conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study to evaluate the safety of H.
Shinichiro Shinzaki, Toshimitsu Fujii, Shigeki Bamba, Maiko Ogawa, Taku Kobayashi, Masahide Oshita, Hiroki Tanaka, Keiji Ozeki, Sakuma Takahashi, Hiroki Kitamoto, Kazuhito Kani, Sohachi Nanjo, Takeshi Sugaya, Yuko Sakakibara, Toshihiro Inokuchi, Kazuki Kakimoto, Akihiro Yamada, Hisae Yasuhara, Yoko Yokoyama, Takuya Yoshino, Akira Matsui, Misaki Nakamura, Taku Tomizawa, Ryosuke Sakemi, Noriko Kamata, Toshifumi Hibi   +25 more
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Effect of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Campaigns, Pakistan, 2014–2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Pakistan began using inactivated poliovirus vaccine alongside oral vaccine in mass campaigns to accelerate eradication of wild-type poliovirus in 2014.
Nicholas C. Grassly, Mufti Zubair Wadood, Rana M. Safdar, Abdirahman Sheikh Mahamud, Roland W. Sutter   +4 more
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Whose Elimination? Frontline Workers’ Perspectives on the Elimination of the Human African Trypanosomiasis and Its Anticipated Consequences

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
While academic literature has paid careful attention to the technological efforts―drugs, tests, and tools for vector control―deployed to eliminate Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), the human resources and health systems dimensions of ...
Jean-Benoît Falisse, Erick Mwamba-Miaka, Alain Mpanya   +2 more
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Disease reservoirs: from conceptual frameworks to applicable criteriaDisease reservoir criteria

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2017
Central to the One Health approach and any disease eradication program is the question of whether a pathogen has a non-human reservoir. Despite well-established conceptual frameworks that define a reservoir of infection, empirical characterization of ...
Luisa K Hallmaier-Wacker, Vincent J Munster, Sascha Knauf   +2 more
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Can probiotics improve efficiency and safety profile of triple Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy? A prospective randomized study [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2016
Background/Aim. Some studies suggest the benefit of applying different probiotic strains in combination with antibiotics in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection.
Grgov Saša, Tasić Tomislav, Radovanović-Dinić Biljana, Benedeto-Stojanov Daniela   +3 more
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Successful Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals—A Retrospective Country Case Study of Sweden

Antibiotics, 2021
The misuse and overuse of antibiotics have resulted in an alarmingly high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in human and animal bacteria. European monitoring programmes show that AMR occurrence in food animals is lower in Sweden than in most ...
Martin Wierup, Helene Wahlström, Björn Bengtsson   +2 more
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Strategies for the Global Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants: An Argument for the Use of Guerrilla Rather Than Trench Warfare

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Many historical disease eradication campaigns have been characterized by large-scale mobilization and long-term campaigns of mass vaccination. As the duration of a program increases, the total cost also increases, but the effectiveness and sustainability
Angus R. Cameron
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Peste des Petits Ruminants in Central and Eastern Asia/West Eurasia: Epidemiological Situation and Status of Control and Eradication Activities after the First Phase of the PPR Global Eradication Programme (2017–2021)

Animals, 2022
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious infectious disease of small ruminants caused by peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV). PPR poses a significant threat to sheep and goat systems in over 65 endemic countries across Africa, the ...
Matteo Legnardi, Eran Raizman, Daniel Beltran-Alcrudo, Giuseppina Cinardi, Timothy Robinson, Laura C. Falzon, Hervé Kapnang Djomgang, Edward Okori, Satya Parida, Felix Njeumi, Camilla T. O. Benfield   +10 more
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The role of research in viral disease eradication and elimination programs: Lessons for malaria eradication [PDF]

, 2011
By examining the role research has played in eradication or regional elimination initiatives for three viral diseases-smallpox, poliomyelitis, and measles-we derive nine cross-cutting lessons applicable to malaria eradication.
Breman, JG, de Quadros, CA, Dowdle, WR, Foege, WH, Henderson, DA, John, TJ, Levine, MM   +6 more
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