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Review of Rabies Preventions and Control [PDF]

, 2017
Rabies is an acute viral infection of the central nervous system, caused by a lyssavirus in the family Rhabdoviridae. It is zoonotic viral disease that can affect all mammals, including humans, cats, dogs, and wildlife and farm animals.
Abdela, N. (Nejash), Balcha, C. (Chernet)   +1 more
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Negligible risk of inducing resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with single-dose rifampicin as post-exposure prophylaxis for leprosy [PDF]

, 2016
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for leprosy is administered as one single dose of rifampicin (SDR) to the contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients. SDR reduces the risk of developing leprosy among contacts by around 60 % in the first 2-3 years after ...
Anthony, Richard, Bratschi, Martin W., Cambau, Emmanuelle, Cavaliero, Arielle, Kasang, Christa, Mieras, Liesbeth, Perera, Geethal, Reichman, Lee, Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Saunderson, Paul, Steinmann, Peter, van Brakel, Wim, van den Broek, Jacques, Yew, Wing Wai   +13 more
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Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers in Fako Division on post exposure prophylaxis to blood borne viruses: a hospital based cross-sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Accidental exposure to blood and body fluid presents a serious public health concern, especially among healthcare workers (HCW) and constitutes a risk of transmission of blood borne viruses. Infections acquired through occupational exposure
Che Henry Ngwa, Elvis Akwo Ngoh, Samuel Nambile Cumber   +2 more
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Factors associated with university students’ knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to analyze the factors associated with university students’ knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 503 university students from a southern state in Brazil; data were ...
Ana Luísa Serrano Lima, Heitor Hortensi Sesnik, Lucas Vinícius de Lima, Gabriel Pavinati, Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes Merino, Marcelle Paiano, Nelly Lopes de Moraes Gil, Gabriela Tavares Magnabosco   +7 more
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Efficiency and relevance of post-exposure prophylaxis prescription by emergency physicians: a monocentric retrospective study

Panorama of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background : Preventing infection with HIV remains a major public health challenge. Exposed persons are offered support and quick access to the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) by hospital emergency services.
Xavier Eyer, Youri Yordanoff, Dominique Pateron, Patrick Plaisance, Anthony Chauvin   +4 more
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The history and evolution of the clinical effectiveness of haemophilia type a treatment: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2012
First evidence of cases of haemophilia dates from ancient Egypt, but it was when Queen Victoria from England in the 19th century transmitted this illness to her descendants, when it became known as the "royal disease".
A Aleem, A Farrugia, A Miners, A Mocroft, AL Dunn, BA Konkle, BL Evatt, BM Feldman, CA Lee, CL Poel Van der, Claudia P. Casas, D Dimichele, D Dimichele, E Berntorp, E Berntorp, E Santagostino, Hector E. Castro, J Astermark, J Goudemand, J Oldenburg, J Stachnik, J Tusell, J Wight, Juan David Rueda, K Porter, L Valentino, L Valentino, LM Aledort, M Carcao, M Carcao, M Depka Von, M Franchini, M Lloyd, M Makris, María Fernanda Briceño, MD Carcao, MV Ragni, P Petrini, PM Mannucci, PM Mannucci, R Prabhu, S Royal, SA Larsson, SC Darby, SC Gouw, T Wong, TL Chorba, VS Blanchette, WK Hoots   +48 more
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Latest clinical recommendations on valproate use for migraine prophylaxis in women of childbearing age. Overview from European Medicines Agency and European Headache Federation [PDF]

, 2018
Migraine is a common and burdensome neurological condition which affects mainly female patients during their childbearing years. Valproate has been widely used for the prophylaxis of migraine attacks and is also included in the main European Guidelines ...
Dogne, Jean-Michel, Garcia Burgos, Juan, Girard, Thomas, Martelletti, Paolo, Straus, Sabine, Vatzaki, Efstratia   +5 more
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Evaluating the impact of policies recommending PrEP to subpopulations of men and transgender women who have sex with men based on demographic and behavioral risk factors. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionDeveloping guidelines to inform the use of antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in resource-limited settings must necessarily be informed by considering the resources and infrastructure needed for PrEP delivery ...
Brown, Marshall D, Buchbinder, Susan P, Casapia, Martin, Glidden, David V, Guanira, Juan, Janes, Holly, Mayer, Kenneth H, McMahan, Vanessa M, Schechter, Mauro   +8 more
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The art of HIV elimination: past and present science [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Remarkable strides have been made in controlling the HIV epidemic, although not enough to achieve epidemic control. More recently, interest in biomedical HIV control approaches has increased, but substantial challenges with the HIV cascade ...
de Oliveira, T., Fisher, M., Lwuji, C.C., McGrath, N., Newell, M.-L., Newport, M., Pillay, D., Porter, K.   +7 more
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Occupational infection to Brucella abortus B19 vaccine despite antimicrobial prophylaxis

Medicina, 2021
The authors report the case of a veterinarian who acquired brucellosis infection by accidental exposure to Brucella abortus vaccine (BRUCEL-VET B19) while performing animal vaccination.
Alexandre Sampaio Moura, Letícia Mattos Menezes, Marcelle Amaral de Matos, Cynthya Magalhães Costa, Bruna Arantes Borges   +4 more
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