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Niger: Meningitis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Niger is a semi-presidential republic located in western Africa. The majority of the population lives in the most extreme southern part of the country since 80% of Niger’s territory is occupied by the Sahara desert.
Medeiros, Rodrigo
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The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Objective To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana. Methods A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted between 2010 and 2011. The COI was computed from a retrospective review of
Akweongo, P.   +8 more
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(R1522) Modelling the Influence of Desertic Aerosols on the Transmission Dynamics of Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup A [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This paper assesses the role of desert aerosols and vaccine on the transmission dynamics of Neisseria Meningitis serogroup A (NmA). It is biologically well-documented that the inhalation of aerosol dust and its presence in the nasal cavity weakens the ...
Bowong, Samuel   +2 more
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Prevention of Sepsis in Children: A New Paradigm for Public Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. While the management of critically ill patients with sepsis is certainly better now compared to 20 years ago, sepsis-associated mortality remains unacceptably high. Annual deaths from sepsis in both
Carley Riley, Derek S. Wheeler
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Vacunas de la poliomielitis y la meningitis: pasado, presente y futuro [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
La poliomielitis y la meningitis son dos enfermedades infecciosas contagiosas que a pesar de ser producidas agentes etiológicos diferentes, un virus (Poliovirus) y una bacteria (N.meningitidis) respectivamente, comparten la cualidad ser causantes de un ...
Marrón Barrero, María
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Antarctic meteorite newsletter. Volume 4: Number 1, February 1981: Antarctic meteorite descriptions, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 [PDF]

open access: yes
This issue of the Newsletter is essentially a catalog of all antarctic meteorites in the collections of the Johnson Space Center Curation Facility and the Smithsonian except for 288 pebbles now being classed.
Bogard, D. D.   +5 more
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Differences in the Survival, Transmission, and Susceptibility to Disinfection of M1 and M5 Protein Possessing Streptococcus pyogenes and Other Pathogens on Airplane Cabin Surfaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Recent reports regarding the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microorganisms in airplane cabins compel us to examine the factors for pathogen transmission in that environment. We tested the survival and transmission of S.
Bryant, Kayla
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Prevalencia de meningitis bacteriana en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en el Hospital del Niño Francisco de Icaza Bustamante, periodo enero de 2016 a diciembre de 2021. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
La meningitis es la inflamación de las capas que recubren el cerebro y la médula espinal. Esta patología suele inducir una alta mortalidad y el 50% de los sobrevivientes tienen secuelas neurológicas permanentes. En este sentido, el presente trabajo de
Morejón Arévalo, Erick Sebastián
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Meningite: perfil epidemiológico da doença no Brasil nos anos de 2007 a 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A meningite é uma inflamação rara que ocorre nas meninges, que pode ser causada mais comumente por vírus e bactérias, sendo a bacteriana a forma mais grave da doença, podendo levar o paciente a óbito rapidamente ou sequelas aos sobreviventes.
Rodrigues, Erick de Miranda Bento
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