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Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Children: An Evidence‐Informed Narrative Review of Diagnosis, Management and Prevention

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Catheter‐associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are a common healthcare‐associated infection in children and a major contributor to increased morbidity, prolonged hospital stays and higher healthcare costs. This narrative review uses an evidence‐informed approach highlighting recent paediatric literature (2000–2025) to provide an overview
Simon P. Paget, Robert McCusker, Suzanne Simpson, Melissa Short, Angela Berkhout   +4 more
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Mitochondrial phylogeography and population structure of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in the African Great Lakes region

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The ixodid tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the main vector of Theileria parva, wich causes the highly fatal cattle disease East Coast fever (ECF) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Gaston S. Amzati, Roger Pelle, Jean-Berckmans B. Muhigwa, Esther G. Kanduma, Appolinaire Djikeng, Maxime Madder, Nathalie Kirschvink, Tanguy Marcotty   +7 more
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Endemic chikungunya fever in Kenyan children: a prospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) was first described in Tanzania in 1952. Several epidemics including East Africa have occurred, but there are no descriptions of longitudinal surveillance of endemic disease.
Doris K. Nyamwaya, Mark Otiende, Donwilliams O. Omuoyo, George Githinji, Henry K. Karanja, John N. Gitonga, Zaydah R. de Laurent, James R. Otieno, Rosemary Sang, Everlyn Kamau, Stanley Cheruiyot, Edward Otieno, Charles N. Agoti, Philip Bejon, Samuel M. Thumbi, George M. Warimwe   +15 more
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Effect of blood meals and mating on biodemographic characteristics of Aedes albopictus

Physiological Entomology, EarlyView.
Lifespan did not differ between virgin and mated males and females. The number of blood meals (one and two) significantly reduced adult lifespan compared with those with no blood meal. The effect of the second blood meal doubled females' egg production and their reproductive output.
Georgios D. Mastronikolos, Nikos T. Papadopoulos   +1 more
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Transboundary Spanning in Social Movements: Organizational Structure and Antiracism in the US Extinction Rebellion Movement

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper introduces transboundary spanning as a novel concept for social movement analysis. Using Extinction Rebellion (XR) in the United States as a case study, we examine the relational dynamics of social movement boundary spanning: processes wherein actors and organizations engage across symbolic boundaries.
Tobias Müller, Peter Gardner
wiley   +1 more source

Living in the Mycelial World

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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An international study on emerging arboviral infections and blood safety

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Emerging and re‐emerging arboviral infections are a risk to blood safety. We conducted an international survey on how blood establishments respond to current and future arbovirus threats. Study Design and Methods A questionnaire on arbovirus donor deferral strategies, pathogen reduction, and donation screening was distributed to ...
Piya Rajendra, Helen M. Faddy, Daniel Candotti, Carolina B. Bub, Jose M. Kutner, Steven J. Drews, Carmen L. Charlton, Sheila F. O'Brien, Wai‐Chiu Tsoi, Michel‐Andres Garcia‐Otalora, Claire Reynolds, Tuulia Palukka, Riikka Lehtisalo, Ruth Offergeld, Axel Seltsam, Marijke Weber‐Schehl, Nahid Chenarsabz, Naoko Goto, Sung‐Chan Park, So‐Yong Kwon, Ryanne Lieshout‐Krikke, Aneta Kopacz, Ewa Sulkowska, Oana‐Alexandra Șerban, Simona Ruta, Eugene Zhiburt, Maha Badawi, Josephine Mitchel, Ute Jentsch, Ángel Luis Pajares Herraiz, Ana Lafuente Guijosa, Gülşen Özkaya Şahin, Christoph Niederhauser, Marion C. Lanteri, Brian Custer, Galen Conti, Anthea Cheng, Shannah Secret, Peter Simmonds, Heli Harvala, on behalf of the Virology subgroup of the ISBT WP‐TTID   +40 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coproporphyrin excretion in East Coast Fever of cattle [PDF]

, 1938
The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.1.
Roets, G.C.S.
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The Boma: East Coast fever―Tackling neglected livestock diseases in Africa

, 2022
In the early 1900s, cattle herds across South Africa were devastated by a new livestock disease. Today, more than 100 years later, that disease is called East Coast fever, and despite scientists' best efforts to control it, the disease continues to ...
International Livestock Research Institute
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Searching for the beasts in the archive as methodological praxis

Geographical Research, Volume 64, Issue 3, August 2026.
This article offers searching for the beasts in the archive as a methodological tool available to researchers invested in both anticolonialism and antianthropocentrism. By focusing on three basic units of reference—categories, histories, and borders—the article shows how searching for the beasts unsettles some taken‐for‐granted assumptions that ...
Senel Wanniarachchi
wiley   +1 more source