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A retrospective review of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis queries, South Africa, 2016–2019
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICDs) of South Africa (SA) provides technical support to healthcare workers (HCWs) with regard to infectious diseases through the NICD clinician hotline.
Trisha A. Whitbread +7 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background The international spread of wild poliomyelitis outbreaks continues to threaten eradication of poliomyelitis and in 2014 a public health emergency of international concern was declared.
Kathleen M. O’Reilly +5 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1920 The outbreak of botulism reported here occurred in January, 1920, in an Italian family, living in the Bronx, New York City. The source of the toxin was shown to be a glass jar of factory packed California ripe olives. These olives, consumed as such and also as part of a salad, caused the death of six of the seven members of the family who ate of them ...
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Communicable disease outbreaks: Ethics in an outbreak
Australian Journal of General Practice, 2020 This fifth article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks explores ethical aspects of public health action, information disclosure and research in an epidemic.
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Malaria Journal, 2017 Background Transmission-blocking interventions (TBIs) aim to eliminate malaria by reducing transmission of the parasite between the host and the invertebrate vector.
Ellie Sherrard-Smith +7 more
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On an outbreak of diphtheria [PDF]
Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 1887 n ...
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Nature Communications, 2017 Artemether lumefantrine is widely used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. The impact of imperfect patient adherence to the six-dose regimen is hard to assess.
Joseph D. Challenger +3 more
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EpiJSON: A unified data-format for epidemiology
Epidemics, 2016 Epidemiology relies on data but the divergent ways data are recorded and transferred, both within and between outbreaks, and the expanding range of data-types are creating an increasingly complex problem for the discipline.
Thomas J.R. Finnie +4 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2014 Background: Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy leads to adverse outcomes including low birthweight; however, contemporary estimates of the potential burden of malaria in pregnancy in Africa (in the absence of interventions) are poor.
Dr. Patrick G T Walker, PhD +4 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Surface modification using mussel‐derived polydopamine (PDA) is a versatile and robust biocompatible strategy that enables direct application to various epidermal surfaces, regardless of their morphological complexity or surface characteristics. The PDA‐coated epidermis exhibits multiple anti‐biofouling functionalities, including antibacterial and anti‐
Su Eon Lee +14 more
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