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High rabies burden and low vaccination status among dogs inflicting bite in Addis Ababa: an urgent call for action

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Introduction: Rabies remains a global threat, killing approximately 60,000 people every year. In Ethiopia, dogs are the main reservoir of the disease. Animals also estimate the burden of the disease. Methodology: Data from 2016 to 2020 were extracted
Sintayehu Abdella, Khogali Ahmed, Bienvenu Salim, Baye Ashenefe, Yimere Mulugeta, Endalkachew Girma, Mesefin Aklilu, Abebe Getachew, Gutu Kitila, Garuma Getahun, Endalkachew Berihanu, Ibsa File, Edward Mberu, Zeyede Zeleke, Desalegn Getahun   +14 more
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Acute and chronic brucellosis eleven-year audit from a tertiary hospital in Armenia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019
Introduction: The incidence of brucellosis in Armenia in 2010 was twice as high as in other countries of the Caucasian region and has almost doubled over the last three decades.
Lilit Sargsyan, Karapet Davtyan, Katrina Hann, Samvel Gasparyan, Vladimir Davidyants, Vladimir Shekoyan, Gayane Poghosyan, Diana Petrosyan   +7 more
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Does provision of cash incentive to HIV-infected tuberculosis patients improve the treatment success in programme settings? A cohort study from South India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: In April 2018, the Government of India launched 'Nikshay Poshan Yojana' (NPY), a cash assistance scheme (500 Indian rupees [~8 USD] per month) intended to provide nutritional support and improve treatment outcomes among tuberculosis (TB ...
Amuje Rohit, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Pruthu Thekkur, Suresh G Shastri, Ravi B. N. Kumar, Abhay S Nirgude, Mahendra M Reddy, Chinnappareddy Ravichandra, Narasimhaiah Somashekar, P S Balu   +9 more
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Alarming prevalence and clustering of modifiable noncommunicable disease risk factors among adults in Bhutan: a nationwide cross-sectional community survey

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Bhutan is currently facing a double burden of non-communicable (NCDs) and communicable diseases, with rising trends of NCDs. The 2014 STEPS survey identified high prevalence of several NCD risk factors; however, associations with socio ...
Dorji Pelzom, Petros Isaakidis, Myo Minn Oo, Mongal Singh Gurung, Pemba Yangchen   +4 more
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Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis through TOUCH Agents in Selected High TB Burden Wards of Kolkata, India: A Mixed Methods Study on Outcomes and Implementation Challenges

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019
Active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) was implemented in 60 selected high TB burden wards of Kolkata, India. Community volunteers called TOUCH (Targeted Outreach for Upliftment of Community Health) agents (TAs) identified and referred ...
Abhijit Dey, Pruthu Thekkur, Ayan Ghosh, Tanusree Dasgupta, Soumyajyoti Bandopadhyay, Arista Lahiri, Chidananda Sanju S V, Milan K. Dinda, Vivek Sharma, Namita Dimari, Dibyendu Chatterjee, Isita Roy, Anuradha Choudhury, Parthiban Shanmugam, Brojo Kishore Saha, Sanghamitra Ghosh, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja   +16 more
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Sorting It Out: Review of The Big Sort [PDF]

California Journal of Politics and Policy, 2009
Cain: Sorting It Out: Review of The Big Sort THE CALIFORNIA Journal of Politics & Policy Book Review The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded Americans Is Tearing Us Apart; Bill Bishop and Robert G. Cushing, Houghton Mifflin, 2008 Sorting It Out Bruce E.
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What Proportion of New Tuberculosis Patients Has a History of Household Tuberculosis Exposure? A Cross-Sectional Study from Udupi District, South India

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019
While tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy among household contacts is effective at an individual level, its population-level impact on reducing TB incidence has been unclear. In this study, we aimed to assess, among the new tuberculosis patients started
Chidananda Sanju SV, Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Divya Nair, Vrinda Hari Ankolekar, Ajay MV Kumar   +4 more
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Tuberculosis in key populations in Tajikistan – a snapshot in 2017

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: WHO End TB Strategy aims at achieving targets of 90% mortality reduction and 80% reduction in tuberculosis (TB) incidence by 2030, recommending better addressing TB and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) issues in key populations. Aim: The
Zulfiya Tilloeva, Seda Aghabekyan, Karapet Davtyan, Olga Goncharova, Olim Kabirov, Bobojon Pirmahmadzoda, Asliddin Rajabov, Azamdzhon Mirzoev, Garry Aslanyan   +8 more
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PAK Kinases Target Sortilin and Modulate Its Sorting [PDF]

Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2020
The multifunctional type 1 receptor sortilin is involved in endocytosis and intracellular transport of ligands. The short intracellular domain of sortilin binds several cytoplasmic adaptor proteins (e.g., the AP-1 complex and GGA1 to -3), most of which target two well-defined motifs: a C-terminal acidic cluster dileucine motif and a YXXΦ motif in the ...
Pallesen, Lone Tjener, Gustafsen, Camilla, Cramer, Jacob, Petersen, Steen Vang, Thirup, Søren Skou, Madsen, Peder, Petersen, Claus Munck   +6 more
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Outcomes and implementation challenges of using daily treatment regimens with an innovative adherence support tool among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients in Karnataka, India: a mixed-methods study

Global Health Action, 2019
Background: In India, a new care package consisting of (i) daily regimen with fixed-dose combination drugs, collected once-a-month and self-administered by the patient, (ii) ‘one stop service’ at antiretroviral treatment (ART) centre for both HIV and ...
Pruthu Thekkur, Ajay MV Kumar, Palanivel Chinnakali, Sriram Selvaraju, Ramachandra Bairy, Akash Ranjan Singh, Abhay Nirgude, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal, Suresh Shastri   +9 more
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