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Vaccine implementation: Alaska 2017 [PDF]

, 2017
Bacterial meningitis is a serious disease that causes permanent dysfunction or death; adolescents and young adults carry the greatest risk. The national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has released vaccine recommendations that include
Hulstine, Amanda
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Modeling the effects of information-dependent vaccination behavior on meningitis transmission [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
We propose a mathematical model to investigate the effects of information-dependent vaccination behavior on meningitis transmission. The information is represented by means of information index as early proposed in (d'Onofrio et al., Theor. pop. biol., 2007).
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A Systematic Review of Cases of Meningitis in the Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis on Lumbar Puncture [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Definitive diagnosis of meningitis is made by analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) obtained from a lumbar puncture (LP), which may take days.
Pettigrew, Alexis, Troendle, Michelle
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Teenagers’ understandings of and attitudes towards vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases: a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
<p>Background: To examine immunisation information needs of teenagers we explored understandings of vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases, attitudes towards immunisation and experiences of immunisation.
Barbour, Bedford, Bloor, Bond, Brabin, Brownlie, Butler, Bynum, C. Patterson, Clark, Crocker, Duffell, E. Smith, Finn, Flynn, Gellin, Gordon, H. Bedford, Hilton, Hilton, Hilton, Hinds, Hobson-West, K. Hunt, Kale, Kitzinger, Lashkari, Maple, Marlow, Miller, Paranthaman, Pareek, Parrella, Peckham, Pelucchi, Pollard, Poltorak, Ramsay, Ritchie, S. Hilton, Slonim, Smailbegovic, Smith, Sporton, Streefland, Stretch, Woodhall, Yarwood, Zimet   +48 more
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From silence to academic engagement: How refugee children with disabilities access learning through inclusive ‘artful’ schools in Canada

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Many newcomer children spend a ‘silent year’ in elementary school classrooms while they adjust to a new culture and language. This often delays inclusion in learning and forming friendships with peers. For refugee children with disabilities (RCDs) this phase may last for 3 years or more, impacting their mental health and sense of belonging ...
Susan Barber
wiley   +1 more source

Otologic and vestibular symptoms in COVID‐19: A scoping review

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 287-296, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background Otologic and vestibular symptoms have been seen in patients confirmed to have COVID‐19 disease. Further discussion of these symptoms may provide insight into short‐ and long‐term management for these patients. Objective The aim of this review was to describe the otologic and vestibular symptoms that present in patients with COVID‐19.
Kimberly Mae C. Ong, Teresa Luisa G. Cruz   +1 more
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BMScan: using whole genome similarity to rapidly and accurately identify bacterial meningitis causing species

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infection that remains a public health concern. Bacterial meningitis is commonly caused by the following species: Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Listeria monocytogenes, Haemophilus ...
Nadav Topaz, Dave Boxrud, Adam C. Retchless, Megan Nichols, How-Yi Chang, Fang Hu, Xin Wang   +6 more
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Adult and paediatric mortality patterns in a referral hospital in Liberia 1 year after the end of the war [PDF]

, 2009
The aim of this study was to describe and analyse hospital mortality patterns after the Liberian war. Data were collected retrospectively from January to July 2005 in a referral hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. The overall fatality rate was 17.2% (438/2543)
Accorsi, Ahmad, Atakouma, Ayoola, Becker, Becker, Berkley, Brigitte Vasset, Campagne, Campbell, Coghlan, Couper, Delaunay, Elisa Prados, Endeshaw, English, Evans, G/mariam, Gordon, Guha-Sapir, Harries, Harries, Helena Huerga, Idro, Johnson, Kingenberg, Laville, Macassa, Marsh, Mengistu, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Liberia, Mockenhaupt, Mohammed, Molyneux, Mudiavi, Nathoo, Njoh, Nyame, Ogun, Owusu-Oforia, O’Dempsey, Petit, Plange-Rhule, Reid, Reyburn, Robinson, Saissy, Sani, Savadogo, SBA, Soumare, Walker, Waller, WHO, Wiersinga, Williams, Wiredu, Wright, Youssef   +58 more
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OSSIFICATION OF THE MENINGES [PDF]

Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry, 1921
"Death seems to be the only object of hope and consolation in all such deplorable cases, as the unhappy patient must be frequently subject to pains, spasms, and occasional dereliction of the faculties, both of body and mind, which... are likely to terminate...
Harry M. Imboden, Charles A. McKENDREE
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Powering Disturb-Free Reconfigurable Computing and Tunable Analog Electronics with Dual-Port Ferroelectric FET [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Single-port ferroelectric FET (FeFET) that performs write and read operations on the same electrical gate prevents its wide application in tunable analog electronics and suffers from read disturb, especially to the high-threshold voltage (VTH) state as the retention energy barrier is reduced by the applied read bias.
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