Therapeutic Efficacy of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine and Prevalence of Resistance Markers in Tanzania Prior to Revision of Malaria Treatment Policy: Plasmodium Falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase and Dihydropteroate Synthase Mutations in Monitoring in Vivo Resistance. [PDF]
, 2004 Prior to the 2001 malarial treatment policy change in Tanzania, we conducted trials to assess the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and the usefulness of molecular markers in monitoring resistance.
Abdulla, Salim +10 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Background Understanding the varied impact of COVID‐19 severity on pregnancy outcomes is crucial for informed clinical management and targeted interventions. Objective To evaluate the impact of COVID‐19 on pregnancy outcomes, distinguishing between pregnant women managed in primary care and those requiring hospitalization.
Odette de Bruin +73 more
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Sentinel Surveillance: A Reliable Way To Track Antibiotic Resistance in Communities?
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 We used population-based data to evaluate how often groups of randomly selected clinical laboratories accurately estimated the prevalence of resistant pneumococci and captured trends in resistance over time. Surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease
Stephanie J. Schrag +3 more
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No temporal association between influenza outbreaks and invasive pneumococcal infections [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: To assess whether the influenza peak in populations precedes the annual peak for invasive pneumococcal infections (IPI) in winter.Design: Ecological study.
Arenz, Stephan +3 more
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Water buffalo as sentinel animals for schistosomiasis surveillance
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2015 Introduction About 75% of human pathogens are zoonotic, meaning that they are communicated from animals to humans. (1) Schistosomiasis is a zoonotic disease with a complex transmission cycle involving aquatic snails and least 40 species of mammals, which serve as reservoir hosts.
Jose Ma M Angeles +11 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study examines whether hospitals with stronger patient safety culture more consistently follow essential birth practices and have fewer adverse outcomes for mothers and newborns and whether this evidence can guide maternity care priorities in patient safety policy.
Zenewton A. S. Gama +11 more
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Sentinel surveillance system for early outbreak detection in Madagascar
BMC Public Health, 2010 Background Following the outbreak of chikungunya in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Health directed the necessary development of an early outbreak detection system.
Randrianarivo-Solofoniaina Armand +9 more
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Synthesising evidence to estimate pandemic (2009) A/H1N1 influenza severity in 2009-2011
, 2014 Knowledge of the severity of an influenza outbreak is crucial for informing and monitoring appropriate public health responses, both during and after an epidemic.
Birrell, Paul J. +7 more
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New adhesive traps to monitor urban mosquitoes with a case study to assess the efficacy of insecticide control strategies in temperate areas [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Urban mosquitoes in temperate regions may represent a high nuisance and are associated with the risk of arbovirus transmission. Common practices to reduce this burden, at least in Italian highly infested urban areas, imply calendar-based ...
Caputo, Beniamino +5 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective To assess the concordance between pre‐ and postoperative pathology in patients with endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN) undergoing hysterectomy, and identify predictors of malignancy, including sampling method, progestin therapy, and surgical timing.
Jenny Dimakos +6 more
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