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COMPARISON OF IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY AND MICROSCOPIC FILM METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA IN LIBERIA

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: To compare immunochromatography and microscopic film method for the diagnosis of malaria in patients reporting to United Nations deployed hospital in Liberia. Study Design: Diagnostic accuracy study.
Syed Tanveer Abbas Gilani, Amjad Khan, Muhammad Ijaz, Muhammad Farooq   +3 more
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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological characteristics and hospital outcomes of hospitalized Lassa fever cases during the 2022-2023 outbreak in Liberia [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

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Background Lassa fever (LF) is an endemic and immediately notifiable disease in Liberia, and one laboratory confirmed case constitutes an outbreak. We described the epidemiological characteristics and hospital outcomes of LF cases hospitalized during the
Emmanuel Dwalu, Pryanka Relan, Julius S. M. Gilayeneh, Patrick N. Kpanyen, Peter Adewuyi, Godwin E. Akpan, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, George W. Goteh, Shermarke Hassan, Philip Owiti, Fahn Tarweh, Benjamin T. Vonhm, Bode I. Shobayo, Ralph W. Jetoh, Louis Ako-Egbe, Chukwuma D. Umeokonkwo, Darius B. Lehyen, Mher Beglaryan, Hannock Tweya   +18 more
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Medium-sized and large bodied mammals of Marshall Wetlands, a proposed protected area in Liberia [PDF]

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Liberia comprises 43% of the upper Guinean tropical forest of West Africa, a global hotspot with high levels of biodiversity and endemism succumbing to accelerated rates of deforestation.
Allen Gweh, Allison Bailey, Ana Filipa Palmeirim, Jackson Poultolnor, Henry Toe, Wing Crowley, Catherine Machalaba, James Desmond, Jenny Desmond, Paula R. Prist   +9 more
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Rebuilding trust in national police: The case of the UN mission in Mali

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract International interventions often aim to reinforce both capacity as well as perceived legitimacy of national security forces. However, how peacekeeping operations manage to improve trust in the national police has received limited attention. In this article, we evaluate whether and how UN missions can (re‐)build trust in the national police ...
Nadine Ansorg, Zorzeta Bakaki, Jessica Di Salvatore   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological characteristics and hospital outcomes of hospitalized Lassa fever cases during the 2022-2023 outbreak in Liberia [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research
Background Lassa fever (LF) is an endemic and immediately notifiable disease in Liberia, and one laboratory confirmed case constitutes an outbreak. We described the epidemiological characteristics and hospital outcomes of LF cases hospitalized during the
Emmanuel Dwalu, Pryanka Relan, Julius S. M. Gilayeneh, Patrick N. Kpanyen, Peter Adewuyi, Godwin E. Akpan, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, George W. Goteh, Shermarke Hassan, Philip Owiti, Fahn Tarweh, Benjamin T. Vonhm, Bode I. Shobayo, Ralph W. Jetoh, Louis Ako-Egbe, Chukwuma D. Umeokonkwo, Darius B. Lehyen, Mher Beglaryan, Hannock Tweya   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trace Element Patterns in Juvenile Wild Chimpanzee Dentitions

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trace elements are used to infer mammalian early‐life diets, environmental toxins, dispersal patterns, stress histories, and weaning ages. Here, we employ laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) to reveal elemental patterns in our closest living relatives, chimpanzees.
Tanya M. Smith, Manish Arora, Maya Bharatiya, Nicole Leonard, Jian‐xin Zhao, Christine Austin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liberia’s expanded programme on immunisation: A critical and interpretative review of immunisation social behavioural change communication challenges and opportunities

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
This desk review presents a critical, interpretative assessment of Liberia’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), focusing on identifying behavioural, systemic, and governance determinants that shape vaccine uptake and delivery.
Musu Deshield Mitchell, Evans Lablah, Abebe Kassahun Afework, Alice Peter, Amadu Bah, Yuah Nemah, Lasse Colee, Godfrey Musuka   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The link between colorfulness and extinction risk across the world's passerine birds

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Many of the functional traits that mediate extinction risk across the range of biodiversity relate indirectly to a species’ ability to persist in a changing world, yet certain traits such as coloration directly affect human interactions with wildlife.
Montague H. C. Neate‐Clegg, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liberia’s experience using home-based care kit for COVID-19, 2021

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
As Liberia experienced an upsurge in the number of COVID-19 cases, it became less tenable to isolate all patients in hospital-based treatment facilities.
Faith Kamara Whesseh, Maame Amo-Aaddae, Peter Adewuyi, Lily Sanvee-Blebo, Himiede Wilson Sesay, Obafemi Babalola, Godwin Akpan, Yatta Wapoe   +7 more
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