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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Pediatric Perspective
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020 Coronavirus disease 2019, the new public health emergency that originated in China, is spreading rapidly across the globe with limited tools to confine this growing pandemic.
Rupesh Shrestha, Laxman Shrestha
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Household structure and infectious disease transmission [PDF]
, 2009 One of the central tenets of modern infectious disease epidemiology is that an understanding of heterogeneities, both in host demography and transmission, allows control to be efficiently optimized.
Keeling, M J +3 more
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Vertical transmission of HIV from 2007 to 2018 in a reference university hospital in Rio de Janeiro
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2020 The aim of the study was to assess the factors associated with mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. The study design is a retrospective cohort.
Abilene do Nascimento Gouvêa +8 more
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Sheep Movement Networks and the Transmission of Infectious Diseases [PDF]
, 2010 Background and Methodology: Various approaches have been used to investigate how properties of farm contact networks impact on the transmission of infectious diseases.
Nicholas J. Savill +14 more
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Infectious disease and novel ecosystems [PDF]
, 2013 The contributions of habitat destruction, exotic species invasion and climate change on infectious disease ecology are difficult to disentangle. This chapter considers two case studies.
Yakob, L, Laith Yakob, Yakob, Laith
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The role of the placenta in the vertical transmission of HIV-1
Medicina, 2016 Vertical transmission (VT) is the main form of infection by HIV-1 in children under 13 years and estimates show that in 25% of cases intrauterine transmission has occurred. Under these circumstances, the virus somehow overcomes the placental membrane and
Juliana Martinez +8 more
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Hierarchical analysis of determinants of HIV vertical transmission: a case-control study [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2021 Objectives: to analyze the association of socioeconomic, obstetric, pediatric and prophylactic factors to the vertical transmission of HIV in children followed at a reference service in Recife between 2010 and 2015.
Poliana Germano Bezerra de Sá Siqueira +4 more
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COVID-19 infection in pregnant women, preterm delivery, birth weight, and vertical transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaIn less than four months, the total of confirmed cases of COVID-19 was 1,684,833 worldwide. Outcomes among the public of pregnant women with COVID-19 are still unclear.
Géssyca Cavalcante de Melo +1 more
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Calculation of disease dynamics in a population of households [PDF]
, 2010 Early mathematical representations of infectious disease dynamics assumed a single, large, homogeneously mixing population. Over the past decade there has been growing interest in models consisting of multiple smaller subpopulations (households ...
Joshua V Ross +14 more
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Infectio, 2020 Objective: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children living with HIV / AIDS in Colombia. Methods: Retrospective observational study of analytical cross section, carried out in children under 13 years of age living with HIV
Julieth Carolina Castillo
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