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Evaluation of Senegal’s prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background With the expansion of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Senegal, there is growing interest in using PMTCT program data in lieu of conducting unlinked anonymous testing (UAT)-based ANC Sentinel Surveillance.
Ousmane Diouf, Astou Gueye-Gaye, Moussa Sarr, Abdou Salam Mbengue, Christopher S. Murrill, Jacob Dee, Papa Ousmane Diaw, Ndeye Fatou Ngom-Faye, Pape Amadou Niang Diallo, Carlos Suarez, Massaer Gueye, Aminata Mboup, Coumba Toure-Kane, Souleymane Mboup   +13 more
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AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
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Preoperative Radar Localisation of Impalpable Breast and Axillary Lesions: Initial Experience in an Australian Tertiary Centre

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Image‐guided radar localisation (RL) is a wire‐free alternative to hookwire localisation (HWL) for preoperative localisation of impalpable breast and axillary lesions, with potential logistical and technical advantages. This study assesses clinical utility, accuracy of placement and surgical oncologic outcome metrics for RL using ...
Grace Carpenter, Coralie Simoni, Lucy Lu, Jacqueline Eskander, Tracy Liu, Jennifer Yuill, Sophie Nightingale, Margaret Nguyen, Joseph Paiva   +8 more
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Evaluation of the sentinel yellow fever surveillance system in Uganda, 2017–2022: strengths and weaknesses

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Uganda has a sentinel surveillance system in seven high-risk sites to monitor yellow fever (YF) patterns and detect outbreaks. We evaluated the performance of this system from 2017 to 2022.
Mercy Wendy Wanyana, Patrick King, Richard Migisha, Benon Kwesiga, Paul Edward Okello, Daniel Kadobera, Lilian Bulage, Joshua Kayiwa, Annet Martha Nankya, Alex Riolexus Ario, Julie R. Harris   +10 more
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Emergence of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, Nannizziopsis barbatae and Paranannizziopsis in free‐ranging Australian reptiles

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Emerging fungal diseases pose a threat to reptiles globally. Increasing detections of onygenalean fungi, particularly Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, Nannizziopsis spp. and Paranannizziopsis spp. in clinically diseased free‐ranging reptiles, indicate likely ongoing spread within wild reptile populations.
RG Butcher, B Ng, TH Hyndman, JP Wesson, E Jones, M Williams, D Brown, E Kay, A Gillett, L Valenza, LF Grogan   +10 more
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The Australian Penile Cancer Clinical Registry: a comprehensive national approach to data collection

BJU International, EarlyView.
Background Penile cancer is a rare malignancy, with an Australian incidence of 0.6 in 100 000 men, with a wide range of clinical presentations, from localised, curable tumours to aggressive forms with high morbidity and mortality. Epidemiological data and management guidelines for penile cancer in Australia are limited.
Henry Y.C. Pan, David Homewood, Harrison Lucas, Brendan Dittmer, Jiasian Teh, Jonathan S. O'Brien, Jianliang Liu, Ben Tran, Justin Chee, James A. Churchill, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Niall M. Corcoran   +11 more
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Schools as Sites of Activism: Students' Political Socialisation and Activism at School

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores students' political socialisation and activism at school. It draws on research from two datasets: interviews with 24 activists aged 15–25, and data from a national survey of 1600 school students in Wales. Wales offers a unique perspective as a case study for the enactment of young people's civil and political rights, given ...
Rhian Barrance, Esther Muddiman, Mark Connolly, Kate Marston   +3 more
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Cognitive and neurodevelopmental disorders in spinal muscular atrophy type I at the time of disease‐modifying therapies

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract After treatment with new disease‐modifying therapies, cognitive and neurodevelopmental aspects have been observed in individuals with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Emerging evidence suggests that children with SMA type 1 may experience cognitive, language, and behavioural delays, with reported rates of neurodevelopmental difficulties ranging ...
Giorgia Coratti, Bianca Buchignani, Eugenio Mercuri   +2 more
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Surveillance of Wastewater to Monitor the Prevalence of Gastroenteritis Viruses in Chiba Prefecture (2014–2019)

Journal of Epidemiology
Background: In Japan, sentinel surveillance is used to monitor the trend of infectious gastroenteritis. Another method of pathogen surveillance, wastewater-based epidemiology, has been used recently because it can help to monitor infectious disease ...
Chiemi Hotta, Yuki Fujinuma, Takashi Ogawa, Mamiko Akita, Tomoko Ogawa   +4 more
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“A minimum of domination”—the overt normative orientation of Foucault's work

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Answering the charge of ‘crypto‐normativity’ that has long overshadowed Michel Foucault's work, I argue that this work is animated by an overt normative orientation to keep domination to a minimum. This orientation operates both at the level of content and form.
Fabian Freyenhagen
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