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The acceptability of mass administrations of anti-malarial drugs as part of targeted malaria elimination in villages along the Thai–Myanmar border

Malaria Journal, 2016
Background A targeted malaria elimination project, including mass drug administrations (MDA) of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine plus a single low dose primaquine is underway in villages along the Thailand Myanmar border.
Ladda Kajeechiwa, May Myo Thwin, Paw Wah Shee, Nan Lin Yee, Elvina Elvina, Peapah Peapah, Kyawt Kyawt, Poe Thit Oo, William PoWah, Jacqueline Roger Min, Jacher Wiladphaingern, Lorenz von Seidlein, Suphak Nosten, Francois Nosten   +13 more
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Rapid Urban Malaria Appraisal (RUMA) II: epidemiology of urban malaria in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND\ud \ud The thinking behind malaria research and control strategies stems largely from experience gained in rural areas and needs to be adapted to the urban environment.\ud \ud METHODS\ud \ud A rapid assessment of urban malaria was conducted in
Godson Maro, Wang Shr-Jie, Marcel Tanner, S., Lusinge Manane, Manane, Lusinge, Christian Lengeler, Shr-Jie Wang, Mtasiwa, Deodatus, Deodatus Mtasiwa, Penelope Vounatsou, Marcel Tanner, Lengeler Christian, Vounatsou Penelope, Guéladio Cissé, Maro, G., Wang, S.-J., Lengeler, C., Tanner, Marcel, Lengeler, Christian, Mtasiwa, D., Cissé Guéladio, Mshana, Thomas, Mshana Thomas, Mshana, T., Tanner Marcel, Manane, L., Mtasiwa Deodatus, Maro Godson, Thomas Mshana, Smith Thomas A, Wang, Shr-Jie, Manane Lusinge, Thomas A Smith, Maro, Godson   +33 more
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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli's De Hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina (1761): Mercury Mining, Mercurialism, and Preventive Reasoning in Eighteenth‐Century Occupational Medicine

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788), a physician‐naturalist of the Enlightenment, is primarily remembered for his contributions to botany and entomology. Less attention has been paid to his medical work De hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina physico‐chymico‐medica (1761), written during his fifteen years of service as physician at the mercury mines
Alberto Zanatta, Paola Mason, Sofia Bollini, Giovanni Magno   +3 more
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Delivering an insecticide-treated net campaign in a complex operating environment: lessons from Anambra state, Nigeria

Malaria Journal
Background Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) is an important vector control strategy.
Laitan Adeniyi, Kunle Rotimi, Elisabeth G. Chestnutt, Abiola O. Oluwagbemiga, Saliu Ogunmola, Nonso Ndibe, Olusola Oresanya, Julianna Smith, Kolawole Maxwell, Tarekegn A. Abeku   +9 more
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A Novel NR3C1 Frameshift Variant Associated With Familial Glucocorticoid Resistance Syndrome: An Integrated Analysis of Steroid Profiling and Structural Modeling

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glucocorticoid resistance syndrome (GRS) is a rare hereditary disorder caused by pathogenic variants in NR3C1, characterized by marked phenotypic heterogeneity and frequent misdiagnosis as primary aldosteronism or subclinical Cushing's syndrome.
Sufang Yun, Zhifeng Zhu, Fengye Zhou, Ying Liu, Chunfang Liang, Haitao Ju, Lin Lu, Zhaoli Yan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A quasi-experimental study to estimate effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Aweil South County in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan

Malaria Journal
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is an effective intervention to prevent malaria in children in locations where the burden of malaria is high and transmission is seasonal.
Jamshed Khan, Maria Suau Sans, Francis Okot, Abubaker Rom Ayuiel, Jonathan Magoola, Christian Rassi, Sikai Huang, Denis Mubiru, Craig Bonnington, Kevin Baker, Julla Ahmed, Chuks Nnaji, Sol Richardson   +12 more
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One-arm safety intervention study on community case management of chest indrawing pneumonia in children in Nigeria – a study protocol

Global Health Action, 2020
Current recommendations within integrated community case management (iCCM) programmes advise community health workers (CHWs) to refer cases of chest indrawing pneumonia to health facilities for treatment, but many children die due to delays or non ...
Helen Counihan, Ebenezer Baba, Olusola Oresanya, Olatunde Adesoro, Yahya Hamzat, Sarah Marks, Charlotte Ward, Patrick Gimba, Shamim Ahmad Qazi, Karin Källander   +9 more
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Multi-country review of ITN routine distribution data: are ANC and EPI channels achieving their potential?

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Routine continuous distribution (CD) of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has been an important part of an overall ITN strategy to complement mass campaigns since the early 2000s.
Jane E. Miller, Kezia Malm, Aimain Alexis Serge, Marcellin Joel Ateba, Peter Gitanya, Doudou Sene, Emmanuel H. Kooma, Balla Kandeh, Lilia Gerberg, Luigi Nuñez   +9 more
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Exploiting the behaviour of wild malaria vectors to achieve high infection with fungal biocontrol agents [PDF]

, 2012
Background Control of mosquitoes that transmit malaria has been the mainstay in the fight against the disease, but alternative methods are required in view of emerging insecticide resistance.
Kirby, Matthew J, Mpingwa, Monica W, Mpingwa, M W, Russell, T, Koenraadt, C J M, Koenraadt, Constantianus J M, Lyimo, Issa N, Lyimo, I.N., Mpingwa, M. W., Mpingwa Monica W, Lwetoijera, Dickson W., Nchimbi, Nuru, Takken, W., Mpingwa, M.W., Mnyone, Ladslaus L, Hancock Penelope A, Mnyone, L L, Koenraadt, C.J.M., Hancock, P.A., Nchimbi, N, Hancock, Penelope A, Takken, Willem, Lwetoijera, D. W., Nuru Nchimbi, Koenraadt, C. J. M., Hancock, P A, Koenraadt, Constantianus JM, Lyimo Issa N, Russell Tanya L, Lwetoijera Dickson W, Issa N Lyimo, Koenraadt Constantianus JM, Nchimbi Nuru, Kirby, M.J., Willem Takken, Mnyone, L. L., Hancock, Penelope A., Kirby, Matthew J., Matthew J Kirby, Lwetoijera, D W, Mnyone, Ladslaus L., Kirby Matthew J, Mpingwa, Monica W., Lwetoijera, D.W., Hancock, P. A., Constantianus JM Koenraadt, Koenraadt, Constantianus J.M., Koenraadt, Constantianus J. M., Takken, W, Ladslaus L Mnyone, Russell, T. L., Lyimo, Issa N., Tanya L Russell, Mnyone Ladslaus L, Dickson W Lwetoijera, Lwetoijera, Dickson W, Kirby, M. J., Penelope A Hancock, Takken Willem, Lyimo, I N, Lyimo, I. N., Monica W Mpingwa, Kirby, M J, Mnyone, L.L., Nchimbi, N., Mnyone, Ladslaus, Russell, Tanya L, Russell, T.L., Russell, Tanya L.   +68 more
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Evaluating the (comparative) safety profile of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 using individual case safety reports in VigiBase

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) was used under the WHO emergency use listing for circulating vaccine‐derived polio virus (cVDPV) outbreaks from 2021 to 2023. We assessed nOPV2 adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) and compared its safety profile to other vaccines using VigiBase.
Comfort Kunak Ogar, Malede Mequanent Sisay, Leonardo Roque‐Pereira, Christine Leopold, Patrick C. Souverein, Aukje K. Mantel‐Teeuwisse, Marie L. De Bruin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source