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A contact investigation after exposure to a child with disseminated tuberculosis mimicking inflammatory bowel disease [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Purpose Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important diseases that cause significant mortality and morbidity in young children. Data on TB transmission from an infected child are limited.
Dongsub Kim   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complete mitogenomes and phylogenetic relationships of Haemaphysalis nepalensis and Haemaphysalis yeni

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
The mitochondrial genome may include crucial data for understanding phylogenetic and molecular evolution. We sequenced the complete mitogenome of Haemaphysalis nepalensis and Haemaphysalis yeni for the first time. H. nepalensis and H.
Xin-yan Lu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

An O\u27Neill Institute Briefing Paper: Ebola, the World Health Organization, and Beyond: Toward a Framework for Global Health Security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The West African Ebola epidemic has demonstrated that the world remains ill-prepared to respond to infectious disease outbreaks. A host of institutions are now reviewing what went wrong, and new institutions are being considered, including an African ...
Friedman, Eric A.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Issues and Challenges of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Programme in Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper explores some of the key issues and challenges of government HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programme in Nepal. Providing HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services in Nepal is associated with a number of issues and challenges which are ...
Randall, Julian   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Access to HIV Prevention: Closing the Gap [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Provides a region-by-region analysis of intervention gaps, examines current spending levels versus projected need, and recommends funding and programmatic activities to avert 29 million of the 45 million new HIV infections projected between 2002 and ...

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Epidemic Assistance by the Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005–2014

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 2016
Epi-Aids, or epidemiologic assistance investigations, are an important mechanism through which Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supports public health organizations. We described the characteristics of Epi-Aids conducted during 2005-2014 and summarized the publication outcome of Epi-Aid related scientific information products.We performed a ...
Coronado, Fátima   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Use of Rapid Ascertainment Process for Institutional Deaths (RAPID) to identify pregnancy-related deaths in tertiary-care obstetric hospitals in three departments in Haiti

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Accurate assessment of maternal deaths is difficult in countries lacking standardized data sources for their review. As a first step to investigate suspected maternal deaths, WHO suggests surveillance of “pregnancy-related deaths”, defined as ...
Andrew T. Boyd   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is prevention better than cure? An empirical investigation for the case of avian influenza [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The new EU Animal Health Strategy suggests a shift in emphasis away from control towards prevention and surveillance activities for the management of threats to animal health. The optimal combination of these actions will differ among diseases and depend
Huirne, R.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Understanding community resilience during the drinking water contamination event on Oahu, Hawaii, 2021–2022: a mixed mode approach

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background A petroleum leak into the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam water system on Oahu, Hawaii in November 2021 contaminated the drinking water of approximately 93,000 users, causing many to relocate for months. Perceptions of health and wellbeing were
Vidisha Parasram   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

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