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, 2016 An unprecedented disease outbreak in a certain geographical location is epidemic. It can be due to both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, but the ethical issues that arise out of epidemics of communicable diseases have been given considerations,
Rhyddhi Chakraborty (16693662)
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Malaria epidemics and interventions, Kenya, Burundi, southern Sudan, and Ethiopia, 1999-2004. [PDF]
, 2006 Quantitative data on the onset and evolution of malaria epidemics are scarce. We review case studies from recent African Plasmodium falciparum epidemics (Kisii and Gucha Districts, Kenya, 1999; Kayanza Province, Burundi, 2000-2001; Aweil East, southern ...
Alberti, Kathryn P +22 more
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The Dramaturgy of Epidemics [PDF]
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2020 My essay focuses on Charles Rosenberg's provocative and enduring ideal type of epidemic drama in three acts, which he assembled from a vast knowledge of disease history that stretched from the end of the seventeenth century to his then-present pandemic, HIV/AIDS of the 1980s.
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A New Decision Support Framework for Managing Foot-and-mouth Disease Epidemics [PDF]
, 2014 Animal disease epidemics such as the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) pose recurrent threat to countries with intensive livestock production. Efficient FMD control is crucial in limiting the damage of FMD epidemics and securing food production.
Mourits, Monique C. +7 more
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Response to malaria epidemics in Africa. [PDF]
, 2007 Malaria epidemics affect nonimmune populations in many highland and semi-arid areas of Africa. Effective prevention of these epidemics is challenging, particularly in the highlands where predictive accuracy of indicators is not sufficiently high to allow
Tarekegn A. Abeku +2 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2011 INTRODUCTION: We sought to compare risk of death among children aged under-2 years born to HIV positive mother (HIV-exposed) and to HIV negative mother (HIV non-exposed), and identify determinants of under-2 mortality among the two groups in Rwanda ...
Placidie Mugwaneza +14 more
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Frequent travelers and rate of spread of epidemics. [PDF]
, 2007 A small proportion of air travelers make disproportionately more journeys than the rest of travelers. They also tend to interact predominantly with other frequent travelers in hotels and airport lounges.
Anderson, RM +8 more
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The prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among workers in West Africa: a systematic review [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2015 Background: Interventions in workplace settings are considered to be cost-effective in preventing cardiovascular diseases. A systematic review was conducted to assess the prevalence of hypertension and the level of awareness and control among workers in ...
William K. Bosu
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Modelling HIV epidemics in the antiretroviral era: the UNAIDS Estimation and Projection package 2009. [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: The UNAIDS Estimation and Projection Package (EPP) is a tool for country-level estimation and short-term projection of HIV/AIDS epidemics based on fitting observed HIV surveillance data on prevalence.
Stover, John +13 more
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ASSESSMENT OF THE MILK COMPONENTS OF IRAQI DROMEDARY CAMELS [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2020 Camels’ milk has gained so many attentions recently because of its unique therapeuticeffects. Iraq is one of the Arab countries with a long history of camel husbandry and few studiesregarding this important products’ compositions.
Naqa S. M. Tamimi +1 more
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