Endemic diseases and agricultural productivity: Challenges and policy response [PDF]
Contrary to Asian countries, the agricultural sector in Africa had not benefited from the green revolution success. After a long time of disinterest in the agriculture sector in Africa, several voices arise now in favour of greater efforts towards this ...
Martine Audibert
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Proceedings of a Joint Meeting held between The Norwegian Society of Infectious Diseases and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Oslo, 20th June 2008 [PDF]
, 2009 The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has a tradition of holding joint meetings with fellow European Societies, providing opportunities to facilitate discussion, exchange information, foster mutual interests and develop collaboration
Myrvang, Bjorn, Newport, Melanie J.
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DLEU1 promotes cell survival by preventing DYNLL1 degradation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Journal of Translational Medicine, 2022 Background Emerging evidence has highlighted the critical roles of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in tumor development and progression. However, the biological functions and underlying mechanisms of DLEU1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC ...
Qihang Li +7 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 Kashin–Beck disease (KBD) mainly damages growth plate of adolescents and is susceptible to both gene and gene–environmental risk factors. HT-2 toxin, which is a primary metabolite of T-2 toxin, was regarded as one of the environmental risk factors of KBD.
Yanan Zhang +15 more
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Global stability of an SIS epidemic model with a finite infectious period [PDF]
, 2017 Assuming a general distribution for the sojourn time in the in- fectious class, we consider an SIS type epidemic model formulated as a scalar integral equation. We prove that the endemic equilibrium of the model is globally asymptotically stable whenever
Nakata, Yukihiko, Rost, Gergely
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Spatial distribution of podoconiosis in relation to environmental factors in Ethiopia: a historical review [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND An up-to-date and reliable map of podoconiosis is needed to design geographically targeted and cost-effective intervention in Ethiopia.
Abdisalan Mohamed Noor +48 more
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The Promise of Priority Review Vouchers as a Legislative Tool to Encourage Drugs for Neglected Diseases [PDF]
, 2013 Despite the intellectual property system’s success in promoting the economic well-being of the United States, this system has not achieved all socially valuable ends.
Hamming, Lesley
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Assessing the impact of climate change on vector-borne viruses in the EU through the elicitation of expert opinion [PDF]
, 2010 Expert opinion was elicited to undertake a qualitative risk assessment to estimate the current and future risks to the European Union (EU) from five vector-borne viruses listed by the World Organization for Animal Health.
Brouwer, A. +7 more
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Perception of COVID-19 and Vaccine Acceptance among Healthcare Workers
International Journal of Microbiology, 2022 Background. COVID-19 infection is more likely to be acquired and transmitted by healthcare workers (HCWs). Furthermore, they serve as role models for communities in terms of COVID-19 vaccination attitudes. As a result, HCWs’ reluctance to vaccinate could
Nader Nemr +5 more
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A two-strain ecoepidemic competition model
, 2014 In this paper we consider a competition system in which two diseases spread by contact. We characterize the system behavior, establishing that only some configurations are possible.
Cavoretto, Roberto +3 more
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