ABSTRACT Background and Aim The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is among the countries most affected by cholera in the world. Since the 1970s, endemic foci have persisted in the eastern lake provinces, where chronic armed conflict, massive population displacement, and extreme socioeconomic inequalities create particularly favorable conditions ...
Hermann Yokolo +4 more
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Enhancing CYP2D6 genotyping with nanopore sequencing to address allele diversity P. vivax malaria elimination. [PDF]
Wongsurawat T +10 more
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Multicentric longitudinal study on malaria burden, vector bionomics and health system assessment in diverse eco-epidemiological settings in the context of malaria elimination in India: study protocol. [PDF]
Rahul A +14 more
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Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Velocity Measurements in Children With Sickle Cell Disease in Kenya
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited haemoglobinopathy and poses a high public health burden in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Children with sickle cell anaemia are at a highrisk of ischemic stroke, and transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography helps identify those at highest risk for primary stroke prevention.
Catherine Mwalimu +9 more
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ABSTRACT Aim Cognitive deficits are commonly reported in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Dietary micronutrient intake is a potential modifiable risk factor whose relationship with cognition in SCD patients remains poorly characterised. This study aimed to determine the association between dietary micronutrient intake and cognition among these ...
Albert Dennis Kegya +4 more
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Learning from China's journey to achieve malaria elimination.
Diallo MA, Rabinovich NR.
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Towards Malaria Elimination: A Nationwide Case-Control Study to Assess Risk Factors for Severe Malaria-Related Deaths in Brazil. [PDF]
Garcia KKS +10 more
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Where Is the ‘Oma’ in Multiple Myeloma? Origins and Limitations of some Myeloma‐Related Terminology
ABSTRACT Background Multiple myeloma, often simply called ‘myeloma’, is a clonal plasma cell malignancy that constitutes about one‐tenth of all cancers managed by haematologists. Although the disease was first clearly described in the first half of the 19th century, it was only called multiple myeloma several decades later.
Jecko Thachil, David P. Steensma
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Effectiveness of long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria elimination in Laos (2016-2023). [PDF]
Navalith N +5 more
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Getting Back on the Path to Eliminating HIV in Children
ABSTRACT Introduction The global community proved remarkably resilient in protecting the progress in and commitment to eliminating HIV in children in the face of the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, sudden disruptions in 2025 in donor support for HIV assistance have posed new and existential threats to the hard‐fought gains in global paediatric HIV control.
George K. Siberry
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