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High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in health care workers but relatively low numbers of deaths in urban Malawi

medRxiv, 2020
Background In low-income countries, like Malawi, important public health measures including social distancing or a lockdown, have been challenging to implement owing to socioeconomic constraints, leading to predictions that the COVID-19 pandemic would ...
M. Chibwana, K. Jere, R. Kamng'ona, J. Mandolo, Vincent Katunga-Phiri, D. Tembo, N. Mitole, Samantha Musasa, S. Sichone, Agness E. Lakudzala, L. Sibale, Prisca Matambo, Innocent Kadwala, R. Byrne, Alice Mbewe, B. Morton, C. Phiri, J. Mallewa, H. Mwandumba, E. Adams, S. Gordon, K.C. Jambo   +21 more
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Seroprevalence of Brucellosis in Buffalo Worldwide and Associated Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Background: Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease caused by Brucella spp. Brucellosis is widely distributed in more than 160 or 170 countries around the world, where it poses a huge threat to animal husbandry and human health.
Jun-Feng Shi, Jun-Feng Shi, Qing-Long Gong, Qing-Long Gong, Bo Zhao, Bo Zhao, Bao-Yi Ma, Bao-Yi Ma, Zi-Yang Chen, Zi-Yang Chen, Yang Yang, Yu-Han Sun, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Xue Leng, Ying Zong, Jian-Ming Li, Rui Du, Rui Du, Rui Du   +19 more
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Identification of individuals with gonorrhoea within sexual networks: a population-based study.

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Molecular typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and contact tracing provide a combined approach for analysis of sexual networks in metropolitan areas, although there are some difficulties in application.
Bishop, Cynthia J, Choudhury, Bhudipa, Fenton, Kevin A, Ghani, Azra C, Ison, Catherine A, Risley, Claire L, Spratt, Brian G, Ward, Helen   +7 more
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Systematic review of brucellosis in the Middle East: disease frequency in ruminants and humans and risk factors for human infection [PDF]

, 2007
This paper considers the problem of finding global states incoming to a specified global state in a Boolean network, which may be useful for pre-processing of finding a sequence of control actions for a Boolean network and for identifying the basin of ...
Abo-Shehada, M N, Guitian, J, Hegazy, Y M, Holt, H R, Musallam, I I   +4 more
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood

Nature Communications, 2020
Given the limited availability of serological testing to date, the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in different populations has remained unclear.
Dianna L. Ng, Gregory M. Goldgof, B. Shy, Andrew G Levine, J. Balcerek, Sagar P Bapat, J. Prostko, M. Rodgers, K. Coller, Sandra K. Pearce, Sergej Franz, Li Du, M. Stone, S. Pillai, A. Sotomayor-González, V. Servellita, C. Martin, A. Granados, Dustin R. Glasner, Lucy M Han, K. Truong, N. Akagi, David N. Nguyen, N. Neumann, Daniel Qazi, Elaine D. Hsu, W. Gu, Yale A. Santos, B. Custer, V. Green, P. Williamson, N. Hills, Chuanyi M. Lu, Jeffrey D. Whitman, S. Stramer, Candace Wang, Kevin R. Reyes, J. Hakim, Kirk K Sujishi, Fariba Alazzeh, Lori Pham, E. Thornborrow, Ching-Ying Oon, Steve Miller, Theodore Kurtz, G. Simmons, J. Hackett, M. Busch, C. Chiu   +48 more
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Seroprevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

JAMA Network Open, 2021
This cross-sectional study investigates seroprevalence and odds of SARS-CoV-2 infection among health care workers in different professional categories and operational units in Italy.
P. Poletti, M. Tirani, D. Cereda, G. Guzzetta, F. Trentini, V. Marziano, Claudia Toso, A. Piatti, R. Piccarreta, A. Melegaro, A. Andreassi, M. Gramegna, M. Ajelli, S. Merler   +13 more
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Seroprevalence of Human Toxocariasis in Denmark

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2009
ABSTRACT The seroprevalence of Toxocara in the Danish population was assessed from 3,247 sera from individuals originally screened for toxoplasmosis. Of 87 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-positive sera, 79 were confirmed by Western blotting, yielding a crude seroprevalence of 2.4%.
Stensvold, Christen R., Skov, Jakob, Møller, Lone N., Jensen, Per Moestrup, Kapel, Christian Moliin Outzen, Petersen, Jørgen Eskild, Nielsen, Henrik V.   +6 more
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Seroprevalence of hantavirus infection in non-epidemic settings over four decades: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health
Introduction Hantavirus infection is a zoonotic disease from rodents to humans, necessitating seroprevalence assessment for disease burden clarification and control measure implementation.
Fernando Tortosa, Fernando Perre, Celia Tognetti, Lucia Lossetti, Gabriela Carrasco, German Guaresti, Ayelén Iglesias, Yesica Espasandin, Ariel Izcovich   +8 more
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Seroprevalence Of Hepatitis-b Virus In Mid And Far Western Region In Nepal [PDF]

, 2012
Hepatitis B is significant health problems that might involve the late sequel of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The present study aimed to know the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in mid and far western region in Nepal with ...
H, S. A. (Siddiqui), M, A. (Ansari), P, S. (Singh), S, K. (Khan)   +3 more
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High seroprevalence of COVID-19 infection in a large slum in South India; what does it tell us about managing a pandemic and beyond?

Epidemiology and Infection, 2021
People living in urban slums or informal settlements are among the most vulnerable communities, highly susceptible to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and vulnerable to the consequences of the measures taken to control the spread of the ...
C. George, L. Inbaraj, S. Chandrasingh, L. D. de Witte   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source