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A Diffusion Approximation for an Epidemic Model [PDF]

, 2006
Influenza is one of the most common and severe diseases worldwide. Devastating epidemics actuated by a new subtype of the influenza A virus occur again and again with the most important example given by the Spanish Flu in 1918/19 with more than 27 ...
Dargatz, Christiane
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Friend and foe: factors influencing the movement of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori along the parasitism-mutualism continuum. [PDF]

, 2014
Understanding the transition of bacterial species from commensal to pathogen, or vice versa, is a key application of evolutionary theory to preventative medicine.
Koskella, Britt, Lin, Derek
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Real-time growth rate for general stochastic SIR epidemics on unclustered networks [PDF]

, 2015
Networks have become an important tool for infectious disease epidemiology. Most previous theoretical studies of transmission network models have either considered simple Markovian dynamics at the individual level, or have focused on the invasion ...
House, Thomas, Pellis, Lorenzo, Spencer, Simon E. F.   +2 more
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Epidemic space [PDF]

, 2005
The aim of this article is to highlight the importance of 'spatiality' in understanding the materialization of risk society and cultivation of risk sensibilities.
Anderson M, Beck U, Beck U, Bouter, Brewster DD, Cann AJ, Cannon G, Christie AB, Derrida J, Douglas M, Evans AS, Evans AS, Ewald P, Ewald P, Eyles J, Foucault M, Garret L, Gisselchrist D, Gisselchrist D, Grist NR, Haraway D, Heidegger M, Holland J, Johnson K, Joost van Loon, Latour B, Latour B, Latour B, Latour B, Lefebvre H, Levine A, Lilienfeld DA, Lupton D, Margulis L, McCormick JB, McNeill WH, Old RW, Peters CJ, Preston R, Rothschild H, Ryan F, Ryan F, Sapp J, Shields R, Shope RE, Sontag S, Treichler P, van Loon J, van Loon J, van Loon J, Wills C   +50 more
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Impact of external sources of infection on the dynamics of bovine tuberculosis in modelled badger populations [PDF]

, 2012
Background The persistence of bovine TB (bTB) in various countries throughout the world is enhanced by the existence of wildlife hosts for the infection. In Britain and Ireland, the principal wildlife host for bTB is the badger (Meles meles).
Bulling, Mark T., Hardstaff, Joanne L., Hutchings, Michael R., Marion, Glenn, White, Piran C. L.   +4 more
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Recommendation for Routine Prenatal Screening for Hepatitis C [PDF]

, 2018
Hepatitis C prevalence and incidence are on the rise, both nationally and in Vermont. This project aims to assess the feasibility and potential benefit of implementing routine prenatal Hepatitis C screening, as opposed to screening only patients who fall
Morrison, Althea L
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Lymphatic Filariasis Control in Tanzania: Effect of Six Rounds of Mass Drug Administration with Ivermectin and Albendazole on Infection and Transmission. [PDF]

, 2013
Control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa is based on annual mass drug administration (MDA) with a combination of ivermectin and albendazole, in order to interrupt transmission. We present findings from a detailed study
C Chaccour, DJ Tisch, DW Meyrowitsch, DW Meyrowitsch, DW Meyrowitsch, E Michael, E Michael, E Michael, EM Pedersen, Erling M Pedersen, FO Richards, GJ Weil, GJ Weil, GJ Weil, H Joseph, HM Joseph, JD King, JE McMahon, JE McMahon, JL Liang, JM Mlandonicky, KC Kobylinski, KD Ramaiah, KY Won, LM Zeldenryk, M Parker, MN Malecela, Mwele N Malecela, N Kolstrup, O Mitja, Paul E Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PJ Hotez, RMR Ramzy, RT Rwegoshora, Stephen M Magesa, WHO, WHO, William N Kisinza, YA Derua, Yahya A Derua   +48 more
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Projetos de vida de adultos jovens portadores de HIV por transmissão vertical: estudo exploratório com usuários de um ambulatório de infectologia Life projects of young adults with HIV acquired by vertical transmission: an exploratory study with patients of an infectious diseases' outpatients department

Saúde e Sociedade, 2012
Esta pesquisa teve o intuito de conhecer os projetos de vida de jovens adultos que convivem com o HIV/aids a partir da transmissão vertical, com relação a: estudo, trabalho e constituição familiar. Outro objetivo foi o de conhecer sua vivência no que diz respeito à assistência recebida. Como instrumentos, foram utilizados: questionário sociodemográfico
Lédice Lino de Oliveira, Marinella Della Negra, Maria Cezira Fantini Nogueira-Martins   +2 more
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Distribution and transmission of American foulbrood in honey bees [PDF]

, 2006
The distribution of Paenibacillus larvae spores, the causative agent of American foulbrood, was studied on three different levels in the honey bee system; the apiary level, the colony level and the individual honey bee level.
Lindström, Anders
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A Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of the West Nile Virus Epidemic

, 2004
We present a model for the growth of West Nile virus in mosquito and bird populations based on observations of the initial epidemic in the U.S. Increase of bird mortality as a result of infection, which is a feature of the epidemic, is found to yield an ...
Abramson, Abramson, Aguirre, I.D. Peixoto, Kuenzi, L. Sadasiv, Marfin, Marfin, Mills, Nasci, Perko, R.R. Parmenter, Strogatz, Theophilides, V.M. Kenkre, Yates   +15 more
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