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Sero-Prevalence and Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Serological screening of pregnant women for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies is not practiced as an antenatal care in Tanzania; and there is a limited data about sero-prevalence of T. gondii infection in developing countries.
Groß, Uwe, Kidenya, Benson R, Majinge, Charles, Massinde, Anthony N, Mazigo, Humphrey D, Michael, Denna, Mshana, Stephen E, Mwambe, Berno   +7 more
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Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in Vojvodina

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2010
Introduction Toxoplasmosis is an acute infectious anthropozoonotic disease with mild asymptomatic clinical manifestations in immunocompetent persons and more severe in immunocompromised patients. Acute infection in pregnancy can result in severe congenital toxoplasmosis with severe sequels.
Snezana Brkic, Gorana Gajski, Mirjana Bogavac, Daniela Maric, Vesna Turkulov, Slavica Tomic   +5 more
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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among key populations in China: A systematic review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background and aim: Chronic hepatitis C is a major global health challenge. China has the world’s largest burden of hepatitis C and related liver disease, with several groups having an increased risk of acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Che-Rung Liu, Xi Li, Po-lin Chan, Hui Zhuang, Ji-Dong Jia, Xiaochun Wang, Ying-Ru Lo, Nick Walsh   +7 more
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and Vaccination Coverage among Residents of a Lower-Middle-Class Population in the Federal District, Brazil

Vaccines, 2023
Estimating seroprevalence and vaccination coverage against COVID-19 is crucial to the development of well-targeted public health policies at the local level. Here, we estimated seroprevalence and vaccination coverage in a lower-middle-class population in
Raíssa Nogueira de Brito, Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira, Carolina Carvalho Gontijo, Rafael Da Silva Faria, Walter Massa Ramalho, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Manoel Castro, Vitoria Pessoa, Larissa Araújo Torres, Larissa Pereira Leite, Elza Ferreira Noronha, Rodrigo Haddad, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo   +12 more
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Brucellosis and chlamydiosis seroprevalence in goats at livestock–wildlife interface areas of Zimbabwe [PDF]

, 2019
In Zimbabwe, there have been no chlamydiosis and limited brucellosis studies in goats. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of the two diseases in goats at three different livestock–wildlife interface areas: porous ...
Bhandi, Solomon, Bonfini, Barbara, De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel, Matope, Gift, Murondoti, Absolom, Ndengu, Masimba, Pfukenyi, Davies Mubika, Scacchia, Massimo, Tivapasi, Musavengana   +8 more
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A cross-sectional study to determine the seroprevalence of bluetongue virus serotype 8 in sheep and goats in 2006 and 2007 in the Netherlands [PDF]

Background: In August 2006 a major epidemic of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV8) started off in North-West Europe. In the course of 2007 it became evident that BTV8 had survived the winter in North-West Europe, re-emerged and spread exponentially ...
Elbers, A.R.W., Oosterwolde, S.J., Popma, J.K., Rijn, P.A., van, Rooij, E.M.A., van, Vellema, P.   +5 more
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Livestock trade network: potential for disease transmission and implications for risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte [PDF]

, 2018
The island of Mayotte is a department of France, an outermost region of the European Union located in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the coast of Eastern Africa.
A Namatovu, C Cetre-Sossah, D Dekker, D Krackardt, D Krackhardt, DJ Watts, ESM Tuppurainen, JC Gibbens, JH Ward, K Dellagi, KD Stark, L Danon, LM Mansley, MJ Anderson, P Tortosa, R Metras, R Metras, RR Kao   +17 more
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HBsAg seroprevalence among Senegalese militaries

Military Medical Research, 2015
Chronic hepatitis is a major public health problem. Hepatitis B virus is the primary cause, and Hepatitis B and C together are responsible for 60% of cirrhosis and 80% of hepatocellular carcinomas. This study measured the prevalence of HBsAg among Senegalese military to develop an appropriate strategy to prevent cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma ...
Ndiaye, Abdoul A, Fall, Ibrahima, Lo, Gora, Seck, Sidy, Tall, Alioune, Gueye, Boubacar, Mbodj, Amady, Tal-Dia, Anta   +7 more
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Systematic literature review of Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence in livestock, wildlife and humans in Africa from 1968 to 2016.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundRift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic arbovirus that causes severe disease in livestock and humans. The virus has caused recurrent outbreaks in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula since its discovery in 1931.
Madeleine H A Clark, George M Warimwe, Antonello Di Nardo, Nicholas A Lyons, Simon Gubbins   +4 more
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Rubella Seroprevalence in Korean Children

Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2003
The aim of this study was to determine the age-specific rubella seroprevalence and the related factors in Korean children. Subjects of the study were 5393 students from 8 elementary schools in Gyeonggi Province, Korea. Questionnaire surveys with blood sampling were conducted in 1993, 1996, and 1999.
Mo Ran, Ki, Bo Youl, Choi, Myoung-Hee, Kim, Young-Jeon, Shin, Tae Sung, Park   +4 more
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