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Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2018 Viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) persist in darkness. The pathogenicity of viruses like Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola is partly explained by their ability to survive on surfaces outside their infected hosts, provided they are not exposed to heat ...
Ann H. Kelly, Almudena Marí Sáez
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The effects of epidemics on capital markets volatility: A case study of Borsa Istanbul [PDF]
CES Working Papers, 2021 This study examines the effects of epidemics like H1N1, MERS and EBOLA on the volatility of capital markets through the case of Borsa Istanbul. The data set covers the period from 1/2/2009 – 8/11/2020 and consists of daily frequency observations.
Fatih GÜZEL, Melek ACAR
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Quarantines in Sierra Leone: Putting people first in the Ebola crisis [PDF]
, 2014 Sierra Leone has declared a public health state of emergency in a bid to contain the spread of Ebola. Since then, quarantine measures have been imposed, including self-quarantines informed by district and chiefdom bye-laws and government-imposed ...
Wahome, Wairimu Munyinyi
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Imperative for a health‐centred focus on climate change in radiology
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.Summary Climate change negatively impacts individual and population‐level health through multiple pathways, including poor air quality, extreme heat and changes in infectious disease. These health effects will lead to higher health system and medical imaging utilisation.
Omar Taboun +2 more
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African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020 No abstract available.
Farouk A. Umaru
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Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public ...
Sharon McLennan +3 more
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Trace Element Patterns in Juvenile Wild Chimpanzee Dentitions
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trace elements are used to infer mammalian early‐life diets, environmental toxins, dispersal patterns, stress histories, and weaning ages. Here, we employ laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) to reveal elemental patterns in our closest living relatives, chimpanzees.
Tanya M. Smith +5 more
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Correlates of Immunity to Filovirus Infection
Viruses, 2011 Filoviruses can cause severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans. Recent advances in vaccine and therapeutic drug development have provided encouraging data concerning treatment of these infections.
Sina Bavari, Steven B. Bradfute
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Survey on Visualization of Information Diffusion over Networks
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Information Diffusion (ID) describes how a value (e.g., a pathogen, a rumor, a packet) spreads through an underlying “medium” network of elements (e.g., a social or computer network). Understanding the information diffusion process is essential to predicting trends, controlling misinformation, and enhancing decision‐making as well as ...
T. Baumgartl +8 more
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Questions and answers on Ebola [PDF]
The current Ebola outbreak is centered on four countries in West Africa: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, although there is the potential for further spread to neighboring African countries.
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