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Lean back and wait for the alarm? Testing an automated alarm system for nosocomial outbreaks to provide support for infection control professionals [PDF]

, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Outbreaks of communicable diseases in hospitals need to be quickly detected in order to enable immediate control. The increasing digitalization of hospital data processing offers potential solutions for automated outbreak detection systems
Aghdassi, Seven Johannes Sam, Behnke, Michael, Gastmeier, Petra, Leistner, Rasmus, Peña Diaz, Luis Alberto, Piening, Brar, Pilarski, Georg, Rohde, Anna Maria, Schröder, Christin, Thoma, Norbert   +9 more
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Fluctuating epidemics on adaptive networks [PDF]

, 2008
A model for epidemics on an adaptive network is considered. Nodes follow an SIRS (susceptible-infective-recovered-susceptible) pattern. Connections are rewired to break links from non-infected nodes to infected nodes and are reformed to connect to other ...
Ira B. Schwartz, L. Arnold, Leah B. Shaw, M. J. Keeling, M. S. Bartlett, N. G. Van Kampen, R. M. Anderson, W. Horsthemke, W. Huang, Y. Moreno   +9 more
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Access to diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease/infection in endemic and non-endemic countries in the XXI century. [PDF]

, 2007
In this article, Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) Spain faces the challenge of selecting, piecing together, and conveying in the clearest possible way, the main lessons learnt over the course of the last seven years in the world of medical care for Chagas ...
Albajar-Vinas, P, Bernal, O, Bulla, D, Morote, S, Villa, L   +4 more
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Gut microbiota is associated with bone mineral density: an observational and genome-wide environmental interaction analysis in the UK Biobank cohort

Bone & Joint Research, 2021
Aims: Despite the interest in the association of gut microbiota with bone health, limited population-based studies of gut microbiota and bone mineral density (BMD) have been made.
Bolun Cheng, Yan Wen, Xuena Yang, Shiqiang Cheng, Li Liu, Xiaomeng Chu, Jing Ye, Chujun Liang, Yao Yao, Yumeng Jia, Feng Zhang   +10 more
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Iodine status five years after the adjustment of universal salt iodization: a cross-sectional study in Fujian Province, China

Nutrition Journal, 2021
Background Universal salt iodization program was introduced to China to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders in 1995. In 2012, Fujian Province decreased the concentration of iodized table salt according to the national unified requirement.
Yixuan Lin, Diqun Chen, Jiani Wu, Zhihui Chen   +3 more
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Molecular epidemiology of endemic Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]

, 2001
This is the first study to provide a comprehensive insight into the molecular epidemiology of endemic Clostridium difficile and particularly that associated with a recently recognized epidemic strain. We DNA fingerprinted all C.
Fawley, W.N., Wilcox, M.H.
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Circulating antigen tests and urine reagent strips for diagnosis of active schistosomiasis in endemic areas [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Point-of-care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests.
Bossuyt, P.M.M., Gopalakrishna, G., Lamberton, P., Leeflang, M.M.G., Ochodo, E.A., Polman, K., Reitsma, J.B., Spek, B., van Lieshout, L.   +8 more
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Treatment-Based Strategy for the Management of Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Patients in the Sudan

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2013
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermatosis that affects more than 50% of successfully treated visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients in Sudan.
A. M. Musa, E. A. G. Khalil, B. M. Younis, M. E. E. Elfaki, M. Y. Elamin, A. O. A. Adam, H. A. A. Mohamed, M. M. M. Dafalla, A. A. Abuzaid, A. M. El-Hassan   +9 more
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Mitochondria-wide association study observed significant interactions of mitochondrial respiratory and the inflammatory in the development of anxiety and depression

Translational Psychiatry, 2023
The aim of this study was to investigate the possible interaction of mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammatory cytokines in the risk of anxiety and depression. We utilized the UK Biobank for the sample of this study.
Li Liu, Shiqiang Cheng, Xin Qi, Peilin Meng, Xuena Yang, Chuyu Pan, Yujing Chen, Huijie Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Jingxi Zhang, Chune Li, Yan Wen, Yumeng Jia, Bolun Cheng, Feng Zhang   +14 more
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Phylogenetic relationships of African Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): insights from mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences [PDF]

, 2003
Africa (excluding the Seychelles) has a diverse caecilian fauna, including the endemic family Scolecomorphidae and six endemic genera of the more cosmopolitan Caeciliidae.
Duellman W.E., Gower D.J., Hillis D.M., Loveridge A., Nussbaum R.A., Nussbaum R.A., Nussbaum R.A., Nussbaum R.A., Parker H.W., Robinson M., Shimodaira H., Swofford D.L., Tamura K., Taylor E.H., Wilkinson M.   +14 more
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