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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis among newly arrived unaccompanied minors living in reception centers in Rome

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: This study aimed to address the prevalence of infectious diseases in a population of unaccompanied immigrant minors living in reception centres of Rome, Italy. Methods: The study was carried out from January 2013 to January 2019.
Rosalia Marrone, Giovanni Baglio, Giusy Bruscino, Gianfranco Costanzo, Andrea Cavani, Concetta Mirisola   +5 more
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The variation in the health status of immigrants and Italians during the global crisis and the role of socioeconomic factors

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background The effects of the recent global economic and financial crisis especially affected the most vulnerable social groups. Objective of the study was to investigate variation of self-perceived health status in Italians and immigrants during the ...
Alessio Petrelli, Anteo Di Napoli, Alessandra Rossi, Gianfranco Costanzo, Concetta Mirisola, Lidia Gargiulo   +5 more
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A multi-species evaluation of digital wildlife monitoring using the Sigfox IoT network

Animal Biotelemetry, 2023
Bio-telemetry from small tags attached to animals is one of the principal methods for studying the ecology and behaviour of wildlife. The field has constantly evolved over the last 80 years as technological improvement enabled a diversity of sensors to ...
Timm A. Wild, Louis van Schalkwyk, Pauli Viljoen, Georg Heine, Nina Richter, Bernd Vorneweg, Jens C. Koblitz, Dina K. N. Dechmann, Will Rogers, Jesko Partecke, Nils Linek, Tamara Volkmer, Troels Gregersen, Rasmus W. Havmøller, Kevin Morelle, Andreas Daim, Miriam Wiesner, Kerri Wolter, Wolfgang Fiedler, Roland Kays, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Mirko Meboldt, Martin Wikelski   +22 more
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Wing tags severely impair movement in African Cape Vultures

Animal Biotelemetry, 2021
Background The use of tracking technologies is key for the study of animal movement and pivotal to ecological and conservation research. However, the potential effects of devices attached to animals are sometimes neglected. The impact of tagging not only
Teja Curk, Martina Scacco, Kamran Safi, Martin Wikelski, Wolfgang Fiedler, Ryno Kemp, Kerri Wolter   +6 more
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Seasonality of scabies and its association with climatic factors in Rohingya refugee camps, Cox’s Bazar: a retrospective observational study, 2021–2023

BMJ Open
Background Scabies is a common skin condition and poses a substantial disease burden in resource-poor tropical settings. The Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh represent one of the world’s largest and most protracted humanitarian crises ...
Charls Erik Halder, Md Abeed Hasan, Hamim Tassdik, James Charles Okello, Muhammad Feroz Khan, Emmanuel Roba Soma, Julekha Tabassum Poly, Md Sobuz Hosen, U Maung Prue, Abdul Hannan   +9 more
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The performance and yield of tuberculosis testing algorithms using microscopy, chest x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019
Setting: The introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and renewed interest in chest x-ray (CXR) for tuberculosis testing has provided additional choices to the smear-based diagnostic algorithms used by TB programs previously.
Jacob Creswell, Zhi Zhen Qin, Rajendra Gurung, Bikash Lamichhane, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Mohan Kumar Prasai, Nirmala Bista, Lal Mani Adhikari, Bishwa Rai, Santat Sudrungrot   +9 more
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Polish Migrants in Ireland and Their Political (Dis)engagement in Transnational Space

Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 2021
Ireland has become one of the main destination countries for Polish migrants after Poland’s EU accession in 2004. While much of the literature on Polish migration to Ireland post-2004 focuses on its labour-market element, in this paper we analyse the ...
Justyna Salamońska , Magdalena Lesińska , Weronika Kloc-Nowak   +2 more
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Exploring the use of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests among displaced populations in Iraq: findings from a pilot project in four IDP camps

Conflict and Health
Background IOM piloted the use of Ag RDTs for COVID-19 in Iraq, in collaboration with FIND, the Global Alliance for Diagnostics, to facilitate access to testing and understand barriers and opportunities for testing in a displacement context.
Lara Abou Ammar, Caitlin M. Wolfe, Lamiaa Nagib, Mohammed Slebei, Sezan Shawkat, Dilman Amo, Raveen Abdullah, Rawshan Abdulmalik, Hiwa Muhammed Amin, Huda Shafiq, Shivan Hafthalah, Aso Qahraman, Jirjees Mohammed, Hassan Ghawji, Srinath Satyanarayana, Nevin Wilson, Sanjay Sarin, Kekeletso Kao, Nellie Ghusayni   +18 more
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Spring raptor migration over the Aeolian Archipelago

Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2012
Spring raptor migration observations were performed from the island of Panarea in the period 20/4-20/5 of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. The highest numbers were recorded for the Honey Buzzard, but also other species such as Marsh Harrier, Black Kite and
Ugo Mellone, Nicolantonio Agostini, Michele Panuccio, Marco Gustin   +3 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source