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Safety and therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at Shecha health centre, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background In 2004, Ethiopia adopted artemether-lumefantrine (AL, Coartem®) as first-line treatment for the management of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Kale Gubae, Hussein Mohammed, Heven Sime, Henok Hailgiorgis, Anteneh Kassahun Mare, Bokretsion Gidey, Mebrahtom Haile, Gudissa Assefa, Worku Bekele, Geremew Tasew, Solomon Mequanente Abay, Ashenafi Assefa   +11 more
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Trends in the use and dual use of factory-made combustible cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes: Results from South African Social Attitudes Surveys during 2007 to 2018

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2023
Introduction Using more than one tobacco product increases the risk of tobaccorelated diseases. We investigated trends in the prevalence and dual use of factory-made (FM) cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in ...
Catherine O. Egbe, Siphesihle Gwambe, Mukhethwa Londani, Olufemi Erinoso, Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf   +4 more
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Responding to COVID-19 threats to trial conduct: lessons learned from a feasibility trial of a psychological intervention for South African adolescents

Trials, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to the conduct of clinical trials. Strategies for overcoming common challenges to non-COVID-19 trial continuation have been reported, but this literature is limited to pharmacological intervention trials from ...
Bronwyn Myers, Claire van der Westhuizen, Megan Pool, Nancy Hornsby, Katherine R. Sorsdahl   +4 more
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Circulation of influenza A and B in the Czech Republic from 2000-2001 to 2015-2016

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background To improve national influenza vaccination recommendations, additional data on influenza A and B virus circulation are needed. Here, we describe the circulation of influenza A and B in the Czech Republic during 16 seasons.
Martina Havlickova, Sophie Druelles, Helena Jirincova, Radomira Limberkova, Alexander Nagy, Anvar Rasuli, Jan Kyncl   +6 more
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Trajectory of confirmed cases and deaths: fourth wave of COVID-19 epidemic in Myanmar

Virology Journal, 2023
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has affected day-to-day life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health.
Ye Minn Htun, Thinzar Aung, Myo Su Kyi, Nyan Htet Shan, Zin Thu Winn, Kaung Si Thu, Nyan Lin Maung, Tun Tun Win, Kyaw Myo Tun   +8 more
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Stably high azithromycin resistance and decreasing ceftriaxone susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 25 European countries, 2016

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background The European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP) performs annual sentinel surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility to therapeutically relevant antimicrobials across the European Union/European Economic Area (
Michaela J. Day, Gianfranco Spiteri, Susanne Jacobsson, Neil Woodford, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Michelle J. Cole, Magnus Unemo, Euro-GASP network   +7 more
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Bibliometric analysis of Oropouche research: impact on the surveillance of emerging arboviruses in Latin America [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Given the emergence and reemergence of viral diseases, particularly in Latin America, we would like to provide an analysis of the patterns of research and publication on Oropouche virus (OROV).
Carlos Culquichicón, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Andrés M. Patiño-Barbosa, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales   +3 more
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Potential revenue from taxing e-cigarettes and comparison of annual costs of daily e-cigarette use versus daily cigarette smoking among South African adults

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2021
Introduction To inform policy making under the proposed The Control of Tobacco and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, we compared annual costs of using e-cigarettes versus cigarettes, and estimated revenue from e-cigarette taxation.
Israel T. Agaku, Catherine O. Egbe, Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf   +2 more
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A comparative analysis of pharmacists’ perspectives on codeine use and misuse – a three country survey

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2018
Background The misuse of codeine is of increasing concern in a number of countries, particularly as this relates to over -the-counter pain and cough relief medication, and is also supplied as a prescription medicine. The study aimed to obtain and analyse
Tara Carney, John Wells, Charles D. H. Parry, Padraig McGuinness, Richard Harris, Marie Claire Van Hout   +5 more
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The antitumor effect of oncolytic respiratory syncytial virus via the tumor necrosis factor-alpha induction and ROS-bax-mediated mechanisms

BMC Cancer, 2023
Background Cervical cancer represents one of the most prevalent cancers among women worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income nations. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) can infect cancer cells selectively and lethally without harming normal cells ...
Mehdi Samadi, Talat Mokhtari-Azad, Ahmad Nejati, Zahra Norooz-Babaei, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mohammad Reza Haghshenas, Fatemeh Adjaminejad, Hedieh Zargaran, Vahid Salimi, Amir Ghaemi   +9 more
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