Transmission dynamics for Methicilin-resistant Staphalococous areus with injection drug user
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen resistance to antibiotics including methicillin. The resistance first emerged in 1960 in a healthcare setting only after two years of using methicillin as a viable ...
Rebekah Wagner, Folashade B. Agusto
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The Public Health Impact of Needle Exchange Programs in the United States and Abroad: Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations [PDF]
, 1993 The goal of the project was: "To assess the public health impact of needle exchange programs." Fourteen research questions were identified; Chapters 5 through 18 of Volume I of the report each address one of these research questions.
Arthur L. Reingold, Peter Lurie
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A step-wise approach to a national hepatitis C screening strategy in Malaysia to meet the WHO 2030 targets: proposed strategy, coverage, and costs [PDF]
, 2019 In Malaysia, more than 330 000 individuals are estimated to be chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), but less than 2% have been treated to date.
Azzeri, Amirah +8 more
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Electroactive Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalysis
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Electrocatalysis is crucial in sustainable energy conversion as it enables efficient chemical transformations. The review discusses how metal–organic frameworks can revolutionize this field by offering tailorable structures and active site tunability, enabling efficient and selective electrocatalytic processes.
Irena Senkovska +7 more
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Injection drug use, unsafe medical injections, and HIV in Africa: a systematic review
Harm Reduction Journal, 2009 The reuse of injecting equipment in clinical settings is well documented in Africa and appears to play a substantial role in generalized HIV epidemics. The U.S.
Reid Savanna R
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Community acceptance and implementation of HIV prevention interventions for injection drug users [PDF]
, 2002 In 1997, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reviewed evidence of the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs for injection drug users (IDUs) and recommended that three types ofinterventions be implemented to prevent transmission of HIV among IDUs ...
Brian R. Edlin +6 more
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Insufficient access to harm reduction measures in prisons in 5 countries (PRIDE Europe): a shared European public health concern [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Prisoners constitute a high-risk population, particularly for infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to estimate the level of infectious risk in the prisons of five different European countries by measuring to what extent the prison ...
Brentari, Cinzia +14 more
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Ice Lithography: Recent Progress Opens a New Frontier of Opportunities
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review focuses on recent advancements in ice lithography, including breakthroughs in compatible precursors and substrates, processes and applications, hardware, and digital methods. Moreover, it offers a roadmap to uncover innovation opportunities for ice lithography in fields such as biological, nanoengineering and microsystems, biophysics and ...
Bingdong Chang +9 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Thermoelectric temperature sensors are developed that directly measure heat changes during optical‐based neural stimulation with millisecond precision. The sensors reveal the temperature windows for safe reversible neural modulation: 1.4–4.5 °C enables reversible neural inhibition, while temperatures above 6.1 °C cause permanent thermal damage.
Junhee Lee +9 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2011 This article provides an overview of a sociological study of the views of 338 drug addiction treatment professionals. A comparison is drawn between the bioethical approaches of Russian and foreign experts from 18 countries.
Mendelevich Vladimir D
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