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Immunity in the ABM-DSGE Framework for Preventing and Controlling Epidemics—Validation of Results [PDF]

Entropy, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions on how to manage an epidemiological and economic crisis around the world. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and policy makers have been asking how effective lockdowns are in preventing and controlling the spread of the virus.
Jagoda Kaszowska-Mojsa, Przemysław Włodarczyk, Agata Szymańska   +2 more
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Evaluating risk factors associated with COVID-19 infections among vaccinated people early in the U.S. vaccination campaign: an observational study of five states, January–March 2021

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background COVID-19 vaccines are an effective tool to prevent illness due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, infection after vaccination still occurs. We evaluated all infections identified among recipients of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID ...
Katrin S. Sadigh, Kiersten J. Kugeler, Sara Bressler, Stephanie C. Massay, Emma Schmoll, Lauren Milroy, Alyson M. Cavanaugh, Allison Sierocki, COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Characterization Team, Marc Fischer, Leisha D. Nolen   +10 more
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Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa: Lessons learned and issues arising from West African countries [PDF]

, 2015
© Royal College of Physicians 2015. All rights reserved.The current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak ravaging three nations in West Africa has affected more than 14,000 persons and killed over 5,000.
Akpalu, AK, Foster, M, Ka, MM, McConnochie, M, Oleribe, OO, Salako, BL, Taylor-Robinson, SD   +6 more
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HIV treatment as prevention : models, data, and questions-towards evidence-based decision-making [PDF]

, 2012
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for those infected with HIV can prevent onward transmission of infection, but biological efficacy alone is not enough to guide policy decisions about the role of ART in reducing HIV incidence.
Delva, Wim, HIV Modelling Consortium Treatment as Prevention Editorial Writing Group, The   +1 more
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WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background In April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Information Network for Epidemics produced an agenda for managing the COVID-19 infodemic. “Infodemic” refers to the overabundance of information—including mis- and disinformation.
Sara Rubinelli, Tina D. Purnat, Elisabeth Wihelm, Denise Traicoff, Apophia Namageyo-Funa, Angus Thomson, Claire Wardle, Jaya Lamichhane, Sylvie Briand, Tim Nguyen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Cross-Sectional Study of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in a Rural District of West China

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
BACKGROUND: Parasitic infections are widespread in rural areas of West China. The remote and humid environment, traditional ways of life, contaminated potable water and limited health services all contribute to the transmission and persistence of fecal ...
Ning Tang, Nian Ji Luo
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Addressing contact tracing challenges—critical to halting Ebola virus disease transmission

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Background: Delayed and ineffective contact tracing contributed to the extensive transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the 2014–2015 West African outbreak. Understanding and addressing the challenges to implementing and managing contact tracing is
Ashley L. Greiner, Kristina M. Angelo, Andrea M. McCollum, Kelsey Mirkovic, Ray Arthur, Frederick J. Angulo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between frequency of dairy product consumption and hypertension: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2022
Background Hypertension, a well-known risk factor, contributes to millions of deaths from cardiovascular and renal diseases worldwide. However, evidence on the association between frequency of dairy product consumption and hypertension is inconsistent ...
Hao Wang, Lingli Chen, Yuan Cao, Kaixu Xie, Chunmei Wang, Pei Pei, Yu Guo, Fiona Bragg, Min Yu, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Break up the band: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding-associated Discitis and Osteomyelitis [PDF]

, 2020
Obesity is an epidemic that adversely affects millions of Americans. In 2017, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 93.3 million Americans suffer from obesity.1 Many individuals have undergone laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Hogrefe, Christopher, Meester, Scott
core  

Meta-analysis of hybrid immunity to mitigate the risk of Omicron variant reinfection

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHybrid immunity (a combination of natural and vaccine-induced immunity) provides additional immune protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reinfection.
Huiling Zheng, Huiling Zheng, Shenggen Wu, Wu Chen, Shaojian Cai, Meirong Zhan, Cailin Chen, Jiawei Lin, Zhonghang Xie, Jianming Ou, Wenjing Ye   +10 more
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