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Update on Focal Infection Management: A Czech Interdisciplinary Consensus

open access: yesInternational Dental Journal
Background: The focal infection theory has been used to explain several chronic systemic diseases in the past. Systemic diseases were thought to be caused by focal infections, such as caries and periodontal diseases, and dentists were held responsible ...
Vojtěch Peřina   +3 more
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Focal Infection and Periodontitis: A Narrative Report and New Possible Approaches

open access: yesInternational Journal of Microbiology, 2020
The “focal infection theory” is a historical concept based on the assumption that some infections may cause chronic and acute diseases in different districts of the body. Its great popularity spanned from 1930 to 1950 when, with the aim to remove all the
Jean-Paul Rocca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Allee Effects May Slow the Spread of Parasites in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Allee effects are thought to mediate the dynamics of population colonization, particularly for invasive species. However, Allee effects acting on parasites have rarely been considered in the analogous process of infectious disease establishment and ...
Connors, B. M.   +3 more
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Focal infection theory: past and present

open access: yesVestnik dermatologii i venerologii, 2015
The authors present a historical review of and current data on the role of the focal infection in the human body as well as possible development of systemic diseases against its background.
A. V. Patrushev   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Multiscale Analysis of Spreading in a Large Communication Network [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In temporal networks, both the topology of the underlying network and the timings of interaction events can be crucial in determining how some dynamic process mediated by the network unfolds.
Anderson R M   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Malária no Brasil: panorama epidemiológico na última década Malaria in Brazil: trends in the last ten years

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública, 1995
Este artigo apresenta, de maneira resumida, as principais alterações que marcaram a ocorrência de malária, no Brasil, nesta última década. Chama-se a atenção para o processo de focalização da doença, com a concentração da transmissão em áreas ...
Rita de Cássia B. Barata
doaj   +1 more source

Principles of Periodontology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Periodontal diseases are among the most common diseases affecting humans. Dental biofilm is a contributor to the etiology of most periodontal diseases.
Aas   +428 more
core   +2 more sources

Development of reverse-transcription PCR techniques to analyse the density and sex ratio of gametocytes in genetically diverse Plasmodium chabaudi infections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We have developed cross-genotype and genotype-specific quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) assays to detect and quantify the number of parasites, transmission stages (gametocytes) and male gametocytes in blood stage Plasmodium chabaudi ...
Abdel-Wahab   +44 more
core   +1 more source

Neurogenic Inflammation Involves in Systemic Spread of Oral Infection

open access: yesJournal of Dentistry Indonesia, 2014
Focal infection theory proposed in early 1900’s stated that dental infection caused systemic disorders. Nevertheless, the theory was abandoned since large number of teeth were extracted with no satisfying result.
Haryono Utomo
doaj   +1 more source

Model of host-pathogen Interaction dynamics links In vivo optical imaging and immune responses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tracking disease progression in vivo is essential for the development of treatments against bacterial infection. Optical imaging has become a central tool for in vivo tracking of bacterial population development and therapeutic response.
Ale, A   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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