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High burden of untreated syphilis, drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and other sexually transmitted infections in men with urethral discharge syndrome in Kampala, Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives Prompt diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are essential to combat the STI epidemic in resource-limited settings.
Matthew M. Hamill, Annet Onzia, Tza-Huei Wang, Agnes N. Kiragga, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, Ethan Gough, Peter Kyambadde, Johan H. Melendez, Yukari C. Manabe   +9 more
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Plasmodium falciparum genotypes in matched peripheral, placental and umbilical cord blood in an area characterised by unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan

Heliyon, 2017
Background: There are few published studies on Plasmodium falciparum genotypes in peripheral, placental and umbilical cord blood in areas characterised by unstable malaria transmission.
Omar E. Fadlelseed, Maha E. Osman, Nahla M. Shamseldin, Amar B. Elhussein, Ishag Adam   +4 more
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Is neglect of self-clearance biasing TB vaccine impact estimates?

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Background Mathematical modelling has been used extensively to estimate the potential impact of new tuberculosis vaccines, with the majority of existing models assuming that individuals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection remain at lifelong ...
Richard White, Jon Emery, Rebecca A Clark, Nicky McCreesh, Rein M G J Houben, Danny Scarponi, Chathika Krishan Weerasuriya   +6 more
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Antimicrobial use Guidelines for Treatment of Respiratory Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats: Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases [PDF]

, 2017
Respiratory tract disease can be associated with primary or secondary bacterial infections in dogs and cats and is a common reason for use and potential misuse, improper use, and overuse of antimicrobials.
Allen, Angus, Bannasch, Barrs, Beatty, Bennett, Berryessa, Bexfield, Binns, Bongrand, Boothe, Bradley, Burns, Chalker, Chalker, Chan, Chandler, Confalonieri, Danish Small Animal Veterinary Association (SvHKS), Dear, Demetriou, Demko, Dossin, Drawz, Egberink, Ellis, Erles, German, Guardabassi, Hartmann, Helps, Henderson, Hollis, Hunter, Jameson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Keil, Kogan, Kompare, Lee, Lees, Levy, Lionel, Litster, MacPhail, Maggs, Martino, McInnis, McKiernan, Meijvis, Melendez, Meyers, Mochizuki, Morley, Mulholland, Murphy, Owen, Papich, Parnham, Peeters, Pesavento, Priestnall, Priestnall, Proulx, Pui-Ying, Quimby, Quimby, Radhakrishnan, Renshaw, Rheinwald, Rheinwald, Rooney, Rozanski, Ruch-Galle, Ruch-Gallie, Ruch-Gallie, Schulz, Schwarz, Sparkes, Speakman, Speakman, Spindel, Stillion, Sturgess, Sykes, Tart, Trow, Tynan, Vanderkooi, Veir, Velineni, Viitanen, Waddell, Walker, Welsh, Westfall, Wong, Zhu   +101 more
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Risk-Taking Behavior and Its Impact on Treatment, Vaccination and Diagnosing [PDF]

, 2015
We present results from two recent mathematical biology studies that address the effect of risk-taking behavior on epidemic models. We show that when risk-taking prevails over riskavoidance, it is possible to show a detrimental and counterintuitive ...
Maxin, Daniel
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What are the pathways between poverty and malaria in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of mediation studies

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2023
Background Malaria remains a major burden in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While an association between poverty and malaria has been demonstrated, a clearer understanding of explicit mechanisms through which socioeconomic position (SEP) influences malaria ...
Solomon T. Wafula, Theresa Habermann, Mara Anna Franke, Jürgen May, Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja, Eva Lorenz, Johanna Brinkel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

2019-nCoV: The Identify-Isolate-Inform (3I) Tool Applied to a Novel Emerging Coronavirus [PDF]

, 2020
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is an emerging infectious disease closely related to MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV that was first reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019.
Bey, Christian K., Koenig, Kristi L., McDonald, Eric C.   +2 more
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]

, 2000
The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M, Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, van der Groen, G, Van der Stuyft, P   +7 more
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Outbreaks caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hematology and oncology departments: A systematic review

Heliyon, 2017
Background: Vancomycin-resistance in Enterococcus faecium (VRE) poses a major threat in health care settings. It is well known that patients in hematology and oncology departments are especially at risk of nosocomial VRE acquisition.
Nikos Ulrich, Ralf-Peter Vonberg, Petra Gastmeier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of the impact of psychosocial factors on immunity: Implications for enhancing BCG response against tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an urgent global public health priority, causing 1.5 million deaths worldwide in 2018. There is evidence that psychosocial factors modulate immune function; however, how this may influence TB risk or BCG vaccine ...
Boccia, D, Dowd, JB, Fletcher, H, Hayward, SE, Nellums, LB, Wurie, F   +5 more
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