Neglected tropical diseases: elimination and eradication [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2019 The term neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) describes a disparate group of diseases which affect populations living in poverty and are important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Global programmes for the control of NTDs benefit large-scale donations made by pharmaceutical companies.
Bodimeade, Christopher +2 more
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Sustainable control of Anopheles mosquito population [PDF]
, 2014 Despite the widespread use of insecticides, community engagement programmes and preventive measures mosquito borne diseases are growing and new tools to prevent the spread of disease are urgently needed. An alternative control measure for the eradication
Birch, Philip +5 more
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Epidemiological, evolutionary, and economic determinants of eradication tails [PDF]
, 2016 Despite modern medical interventions, infectious diseases continue to generate huge socio-economic losses. The benefits of eradicating a disease are therefore high.
Dieckmann, U. +2 more
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Nanopore-based complete genome sequence of a Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (Geminivirus) strain from Thailand [PDF]
, 2020 Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus is an emerging pathogen in Southeast Asia. Here, we report the complete genome of a Thai isolate obtained using Nanopore technology.
Barrantes, Israel +6 more
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Learning about a Moving Target in Resource Management: Optimal Bayesian Disease Control [PDF]
, 2017 Resource managers must often make difficult choices in the face of imperfectly observed and dynamically changing systems (e.g., livestock, fisheries, water, and invasive species).
Fackler, Paul L +2 more
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Designing programs for eliminating canine rabies from islands: Bali, Indonesia as a case study [PDF]
, 2013 <p>Background: Canine rabies is one of the most important and feared zoonotic diseases in the world. In some regions rabies elimination is being successfully coordinated, whereas in others rabies is endemic and continues to spread to uninfected ...
AAG Putra +51 more
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Polio Eradication: How the War on Terror Has Led to the Persistence of Polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria [PDF]
, 2013 In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a campaign to eradicate the polio virus from the world population (Bari 2006). Since 1988, the WHO has used polio vaccines to successfully interrupt transmission of the disease to new individuals in ...
Rouhana, John Michel
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Molecular epidemiology of rubella during the pre- and post-elimination eras in the Americas
Revista Panamericana de Salud PúblicaSince the last case of indigenous rubella virus (RuV) was detected in 2009 in the Region of the Americas, sporadic rubella and congenital rubella cases have been confirmed, and subsequently, a low number of associated sequences have been reported.
Min-hsin Chen +3 more
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Eradicating and eliminating infectious diseases: Past, Present and Future
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2011 During the past 60 years, a number of infectious diseases have been targeted for eradication or elimination, with mixed results. While smallpox is the only one successfully eradicated so far, campaigns on yaws and malaria brought about a dramatic ...
Jai P Narain
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Scenarios for eradicating foot-and-mouth disease [PDF]
Research project commissioned by the Ministery of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries. With the help of desk-research and input-output analysis quantitative information is assembled about the differences in cost for agribusiness and tourism of ...
Bos, E.J. +2 more
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