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COVID-19 crisis interlinkage with past pandemics and their effects on food security

Globalization and Health, 2023
Background Pandemics as health and humanitarian crises have exerted traceable impacts on food security. Almost all past and current pandemics have created a food crisis that affects a share of the global population and threaten global food security. With
Hynek Roubík, Michal Lošťák, Chama Theodore Ketuama, Jana Soukupová, Petr Procházka, Adam Hruška, Josef Hakl, Lukáš Pacek, Petr Karlík, Lucie Kocmánková Menšíková, Vladimíra Jurasová, Charles Amarachi Ogbu, Michal Hejcman   +12 more
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Securing circulation pharmaceutically: antiviral stockpiling and pandemic preparedness in the European Union [PDF]

, 2014
Governments in Europe and around the world amassed vast pharmaceutical stockpiles in anticipation of a potentially catastrophic influenza pandemic. Yet the comparatively ‘mild’ course of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic provoked considerable public controversy ...
Anne Roemer-Mahler, Christopher Long, Clarke A, Cooper M, Elbe S, Elbe S, Elbe S, Foucault M, Foucault M, Foucault M, National Research Council (NRC), Petryna A, Snyder G, Stefan Elbe, Trakatellis A, Whyte SR, Williams S, World Health Assembly (WHA), World Health Organization (WHO)   +18 more
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Medical education during pandemics: a UK perspective

BMC Medicine, 2020
Introduction As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic becomes widespread, its impact on society is becoming more pervasive and is now threatening medical education.
A. Mian, Shujhat Khan
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Structure of the Pandemic [PDF]

Structure, 2020
During global pandemics, the spread of information needs to be faster than the spread of the virus in order to ensure the health and safety of human populations worldwide. In our current crisis, the demand for SARS-CoV-2 drugs and vaccines highlights the importance of biological targets and their three-dimensional shape.
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NMR screening of low molecular weight inhibitors targeting the papain‐like protease (PLPro) of SARS‐CoV‐2

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Papain‐like protease from SARS‐CoV‐2 plays an important role in the cleavage of the viral polyproteins and in the suppression of the host's immune response. Here, we present the results of an NMR screening study. We identified 86 binding compounds, of which five candidates were chosen for in‐depth analysis.
Dennis J. Pyper, Sridhar Sreeramulu, Benjamin T. Lanham, Elizabeth M. Engle, David Fushman, Harald Schwalbe   +5 more
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Evaluating COVID-19 impact, vaccination, birth registration, and underreporting in a predominantly indigenous population in Chiapas, Mexico

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background  Indigenous populations globally face significant health disparities compared to non-Indigenous groups, primarily due to marginalization and limited access to healthcare.
Elienai Joaquin-Damas, Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Benjamin M. Schnneider, Beatriz E. Sánchez-Hernández, Amanda Patishtán-López, Amanda Bleichrodt, Gerardo Chowell   +6 more
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Representations of swine flu: Perspectives from a Malaysian pig farm [PDF]

, 2011
© The Author(s), 2010. This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below.Novel influenza viruses are seen, internationally, as posing considerable health challenges, but public responses to such ...
Dhanoa, A, Goodwin, R, Haque, S, Hassan, SBS   +3 more
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AAPM medical physics practice guideline 13.a: HDR brachytherapy, part B

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract The goal of this report is to assist the clinical medical physicist in assuring that key quality standards and practice considerations are met to ensure safe, reliable, and reproducible high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy (BT) treatment. This guideline has been developed to provide appropriate minimum standards for such services.
Susan L. Richardson, Arjit K. Baghwala, Gil'ad N. Cohen, Claire Dempsey, Bruce Libby, Christopher S. Melhus, Robin A. Miller, Daniel J. Scanderbeg, Samantha J. Simiele   +8 more
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Trends of cholera epidemics and associated mortality factors in Cameroon: 2018–2023: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background Cameroon has faced frequent and severe cholera outbreaks since 1971, with case-fatality rates (CFRs) ranging from 12% in 1991, to 5.3% in 2014, all higher than the less than 1% cholera CFR target set by WHO. However, not many studies providing
Akenji Blaise Mboringong, Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho, Roland Ndip Ndip, Esso Endalle Linda, Dibog Luc Bertand, Mendjime Patricia, Belinga Sandrine, Balana Flore Essiene, Theodore Ntamack, Etoundi Georges Alain Mballa   +9 more
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BNT162b2 vaccination effectively prevents the rapid rise of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in high-risk populations in Israel

Cell Reports Medicine, 2021
Summary: Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, various genetic variants have been described. The B.1.1.7 variant, which emerged in England during December 2020, is associated with increased infectivity.
Ariel Munitz, Matan Yechezkel, Yoav Dickstein, Dan Yamin, Motti Gerlic   +4 more
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