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Efficacy of combined HBsAg, anti-HBc and anti-HBs screening in minimizing transfusion transmission risk of hepatitis B infection in low resource setting

open access: yesHeliyon
Background: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), and occult Hepatitis B in particular, is a major concern in the transfusion scenario, especially in endemic countries.
Shreyasi Athalye   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Visceral Leishmaniasis Disease Transmission and its Control—A Study Based on Mathematical Modeling

open access: yesMathematics, 2015
Understanding the transmission and control of visceral leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease that manifests in human and animals, still remains a challenging problem globally.
Abhishek Subramanian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Putting the Polio Workforce to Work in a Public Health Crisis: Contributions of the National Stop Transmission of Polio (NSTOP) Program to the COVID-19 Response in Pakistan

open access: yesVaccines
Background: Pakistan reported its first case of COVID-19 in February 2020 and joined other countries in activating a national emergency response following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Aslam Pervaiz   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating a strategy to deliver vaccine to white‐tailed deer at a landscape level

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
Effective delivery of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals to wildlife populations is needed when zoonotic diseases pose a risk to public health and natural resources or have considerable economic consequences.
Justin W. Fischer   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bird Migration Routes and Risk for Pathogen Dispersion into Western Mediterranean Wetlands

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Wild birds share with humans the capacity for moving fast over large distances. During migratory movements, birds carry pathogens that can be transmitted between species at breeding, wintering, and stopover places where numerous birds of various species ...
Elsa Jourdain   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transmission of prion disease [PDF]

open access: yesAPMIS, 2002
The transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to humans as variant Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (vCJD) has focused public attention on how prion diseases are transmitted and how prions reach the brain after exposure. Prion diseases are characterised by transmissibility and neuropathological features of gliosis, neuronal loss and microscopic ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Virulence and Host Range of Fungi Associated With the Invasive Plant Ageratina adenophora

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
To determine whether disease-mediated invasion of exotic plants can occur and whether this increases the risk of disease transmission in local ecosystems, it is necessary to characterize the species composition and host range of pathogens accumulated in ...
Lin Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematical Approach to Estimating the Main Epidemiological Parameters of African Swine Fever in Wild Boar

open access: yesVaccines, 2020
African swine fever (ASF) severely threatens the swine industry worldwide, given its spread and the absence of an available licensed vaccine, and has caused severe economic losses. Its persistence in wild boar (WB), longer than in domestic pig farms, and
Federica Loi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal COVID-19 Vaccine Sharing Between Two Nations That Also Have Extensive Travel Exchanges

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Countries around the world have observed reduced infections from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19 illness, primarily due to non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as lockdowns and social distancing measures designed to limit physical ...
Chris Huntingford   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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