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The genetics of infectious disease susceptibility: has the evidence for epistasis been overestimated? [PDF]

, 2013
Interactions amongst genes, known as epistasis, are assumed to make a substantial contribution to the genetic variation in infectious disease susceptibility, but this claim is controversial.
Ebert, Dieter, Dieter Ebert, Hall, Matthew, Matthew D Hall, Hall, Matthew D.   +4 more
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Tuberculosis transmission attributable to close contacts and HIV status, Malawi. [PDF]

, 2006
We conducted the first molecular study of tuberculosis (TB) to estimate the role of household contact and transmission from HIV-positive putative source contacts (PSCs) in a high HIV-prevalence area.
Yates, Malcolm D, Traore, Hamidou, Judith R. Glynn, Hamidou Traore, Michael Mwenebabu, Fine, Paul E.M., Glynn, Judith R., Mwenebabu, M, Glynn, Judith R, Crampin, Amelia C, Mwenebabu, Michael, Mwaungulu, Lorren, Drobniewski, FD, Amelia C. Crampin, Mwaungulu, L, Sian Floyd, Fine, Paul EM, Traoré, H, Paul E.M. Fine, Crampin, Amelia C., Chaguluka, SD, Floyd, Sian, Yates, Malcolm D., Chaguluka, Steven D, Lorren Mwaungulu, Steven D. Chaguluka, Malcolm D. Yates, Drobniewski, Francis, Glynn, JR, Yates, MD, Crampin, AC, Chaguluka, Steven D., Francis Drobniewski, Fine, PEM, Floyd, S   +34 more
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Sex and Reproduction in the Transmission of Infectious Uveitis

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014
Current data permit only speculations regarding sex differences in the prevalence of infectious uveitis between women and men because uveitis case surveys do not uniformly report gender data.
Janet L. Davis
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Infectious disease outbreak and trade policy formulation [PDF]

This paper provides a framework to understand why a country might resort to a policy like an import ban when at risk from infectious disease outbreak overseas.
Sheikh Shahnawaz
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Transmission of tuberculosis in a high incidence urban community in South Africa.

, 2004
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for ongoing community transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in two densely populated urban communities with a high incidence rate of TB in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS: Between 1993 and
Borgdorff, Martien W, Beyers, Nulda, Behr, Marcel A., van Helden, Paul D., van Helden, Paul D, Richardson, Madalene, Munch, Zahn, Borgdorff, Martien W., Warren, Robin M, Verver, Suzanne, Enarson, Donald A, Enarson, Donald A., Warren, Robin M., van der Spuy, Gian D., Vynnycky, Emilia, van der Spuy, Gian D, Behr, Marcel A   +16 more
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Perinatal Transmission of Yellow Fever, Brazil, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Maria Regina Bentlin, Ricardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros Almeida, Kunie Iabuki Rabello Coelho, Ana Freitas Ribeiro, Melissa Mascheratti Siciliano, Akemi Suzuki, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza   +6 more
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Educational technologies and practices for prevention of vertical HIV transmission

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objective: to assess available evidence on educational technologies and practices for prevention of vertical HIV transmission. Method: LILACS, PubMed, Scopus, BDENF, between April and May 2016, with the descriptors: “Vertical Transmission of Infectious ...
Ana Carolina Maria Araújo Chagas Costa Lima, Karine de Castro Bezerra, Deise Maria do Nascimento Sousa, Camila Teixeira Moreira Vasconcelos, Janaína Fonseca Victor Coutinho, Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá   +5 more
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Potential airborne transmission of SARS-COV-2 through bathroom ventilation ducts associated with an outbreak in a residential building in Santander, Spain, 2020.

PLoS ONE
During the COVID-19 pandemic, airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via respiratory aerosols was a critical concern in indoor environments. In the city of Santander, Spain, an outbreak in a multi-family residential building during a period of low community
Shelly L Miller, Shujie Yan, Alberto García, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Zhiqiang Zhai, Jose Ramon Aranda, Fernando González-Candelas, Ignacio Lombillo, Javier Balbás, Ernesto Cabrillo, Delfín Silió, L David Higuera   +11 more
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Desfechos em fetos e recém-nascidos expostos a infecções na gravidez

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objective: To analyze outcomes in fetuses and newborns exposed to infections during pregnancy. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out in a public maternity hospital in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
Kerolayne Aguiar Gomes da Silva, Keila Cristina Pereira do Nascimento Oliveira, Dara Moraes de Almeida, Edivânia dos Santos Sobrinha, Ewerton Amorim dos Santos, Géssyca Cavalcante de Melo, Raiany Samilli Pereira dos Santos   +6 more
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Paramedic knowledge of infectious disease aetiology and transmission in an Australian Emergency Medical System [PDF]

, 2003
Introduction: Paramedics and other emergency health workers are exposed to infectious disease particularly when undertaking exposure-prone procedures as a component of their everyday practice.
Shaban, Ramon Z., Creedy, Debra, J. Clark, Michele, Creedy, Debra K., Clark, Michele J., Shaban, Ramon   +5 more
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