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Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Gastric Cancer Prevention: Updated Report from a Randomized Controlled Trial with 26.5 Years of Follow-up.

Gastroenterology, 2022
BACKGROUND & AIMS Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is considered as the most important risk factor in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. This study aims to evaluate the long-term effects of H.
Lingjun Yan, Ying Chen, Fa Chen, Tao Tao, Zhijian Hu, Junzhuo Wang, Jian You, B. Wong, Jianshun Chen, W. Ye   +9 more
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Perceptions of the Community about Polio in High-Risk Areas of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Vaccines, 2022
The study aimed to determine the reasons for polio vaccine hesitancy among parents of persistently missed children (PMCs) in the high-risk areas of Karachi, Pakistan. A cross-sectional survey of parents of PMCs was conducted in April 2019 in 34 high-risk
Fayaz Hussain Abbasi, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Jaishri Mehraj, Syed Musa Raza, Shumaila Rasool, Umar Farooq Bullo, Sandeep Mehraj, Zamir Ali Phul, Sundeep Sahitia, Asif Ali Zardari, Shoukat Ali Chandio   +10 more
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An experience of mass administration of fractional dose inactivated polio vaccine through intradermal needle-free injectors in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) campaign was conducted in February 2019 in Karachi where needle-free injectors were introduced for the administration of the fractional dose of IPV (fIPV) on a large scale.
Umar Farooq Bullo, Jaishri Mehraj, Syed Musa Raza, Shumaila Rasool, Noreen Naz Ansari, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Zamir Ali Phul, Sohail Ahmed Memon, Rehan Iqbal Baloch, Zahoor Ahmed Baloch, Shoukat Ali Chandio   +10 more
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Screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori for gastric cancer prevention: the Taipei global consensus

Gut, 2020
Objective A global consensus meeting was held to review current evidence and knowledge gaps and propose collaborative studies on population-wide screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori for prevention of gastric cancer (GC).
Jyh-Ming Liou, P. Malfertheiner, Yi-Chia Lee, B. Sheu, K. Sugano, Hsiu‐Chi Cheng, K. Yeoh, P. Hsu, K. Goh, V. Mahachai, T. Gotoda, Wei-Lun Chang, Mei-Jyh Chen, Tsung-Hsien Chiang, Chieh-Chang Chen, Chun-Ying Wu, A. Leow, Jeng‐Yih Wu, Deng-Chyang Wu, Tzu-Chan Hong, Hong Lu, Y. Yamaoka, F. Mégraud, F. Chan, J. Sung, Jaw-Town Lin, D. Graham, Ming-Shiang Wu, E. El-Omar   +28 more
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Malaria eradication [PDF]

The Lancet, 2020
Kennedy, J, McCoy, D
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Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy to prevent gastric cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

Gut, 2020
Objectives Gastric cancer is strongly associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). We conducted a previous systematic review and meta-analysis that suggested eradication therapy reduced future incidence of gastric cancer, but effect size was ...
A. Ford, Yuhong Yuan, P. Moayyedi
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The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool

Scientific Reports, 2022
Islands are global hotspots for biodiversity and extinction, representing ~ 5% of Earth’s land area alongside 40% of globally threatened vertebrates and 61% of global extinctions since the 1500s.
D. Spatz, N. Holmes, D. Will, Stella Hein, Zachary T. Carter, R. Fewster, B. Keitt, P. Genovesi, Araceli Samaniego, D. Croll, B. Tershy, J. Russell   +11 more
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Epidemiological and molecular investigations of a point-source outbreak of Dracunculus medinensis infecting humans and dogs in Chad: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet Microbe, 2022
Summary: Background: Dracunculiasis (also known as Guinea worm disease), caused by the Dracunculus medinensis nematode, is progressing towards eradication, with a reduction in cases from 3·5 million cases in the mid-1980s to only 54 human cases at the ...
Sarah Anne J Guagliardo, PhD, Elizabeth Thiele, PhD, Karmen Unterwegner, MPH, Ndoyengar Narcisse Nanguita, MPH, Laurès Dossou, MPH, Philip Tchindebet Ouakou, MD, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, MD, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, PhD, Donald R Hopkins, MD, Sharon L Roy, MD, Vitaliano Cama, DVM, Henry Bishop, BS, Sarah Sapp, PhD, Sarah Yerian, MPH, Adam J Weiss, MPH   +14 more
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Efficacy of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy for functional dyspepsia: updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Gut, 2022
Objective Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a chronic disorder that is difficult to treat. Helicobacter pylori may contribute to its pathophysiology. A Cochrane review from 2006 suggested that eradication therapy was beneficial, but there have been numerous ...
Alexander C. Ford, E. Tsipotis, Yuhong Yuan, G. Leontiadis, P. Moayyedi   +4 more
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Human monkeypox – After 40 years, an unintended consequence of smallpox eradication

Vaccine, 2020
Smallpox eradication, coordinated by the WHO and certified 40 years ago, led to the cessation of routine smallpox vaccination in most countries. It is estimated that over 70% of the world’s population is no longer protected against smallpox, and through ...
Karl Simpson, David Heyman, S. Bland, C. Brown, W. Edmunds, Jesper Elsgaard, P. Fine, H. Hochrein, N. Hoff, A. Green, C. Ihekweazu, T. Jones, S. Lule, J. Maclennan, A. McCollum, Barbara Mühlemann, E. Nightingale, D. Ogoina, A. Yinka-Ogunleye, B. Petersen, J. Powell, Ollie Quantick, A. Rimoin, David Ulaeato, A. Wapling   +24 more
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