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Amyloidosis in sub-Saharan Africa
Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2012Amyloidosis is a protein folding disorder in which normally soluble proteins are deposited extracellularly as insoluble fibrils. When stained with Congo red dye, it produces apple-green birefringence under polarized light. The main amyloid proteins are AL, AA, ATTR and Aβ(2)-M. The incidence of amyloidosis in sub-Saharan Africa ranges from 0.28 to 0.57%
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Social Science & Medicine, 1990
Malaria as a threat to health has remained undaunted in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has been mathematically modelled, vertically attacked and continuously appraised and yet it continues unabated. Malaria is an acute and chronic disease caused by intracellular protozoa of the genus Plasmodium which are transmitted by the bite of female Anopheles ...
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Malaria as a threat to health has remained undaunted in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has been mathematically modelled, vertically attacked and continuously appraised and yet it continues unabated. Malaria is an acute and chronic disease caused by intracellular protozoa of the genus Plasmodium which are transmitted by the bite of female Anopheles ...
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Journal of Adolescent Health, 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa is going through rapid social, political, and economic transformations that have a profound impact on youth. The present review explores trends and outcomes as they relate to education, family formation and sexual and reproductive health and the interrelationships among these areas.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is going through rapid social, political, and economic transformations that have a profound impact on youth. The present review explores trends and outcomes as they relate to education, family formation and sexual and reproductive health and the interrelationships among these areas.
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Spondyloarthritis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Current Rheumatology Reports, 2014Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is generally uncommon in sub-Saharan Africa, in part because of the rarity of HLA-B27 in this region. However, the relationship between HLA-B27 and SpA, particularly ankylosing spondylitis (AS), is complex. Despite the HLA-B 27:05 risk allele occurring in some West African populations, associated AS is not seen.
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Epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa
Practical Neurology, 2013Over 10 million people in Africa have epilepsy of which most have no access to appropriate treatment. Epilepsy in Africa is different– the incidence is higher, and the causes and cultural attitudes towards it differ. This article examines the epidemiology, causes and treatment of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and looks at the challenges to improve ...
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Communications of the ACM, 1993
Africa seems to be the "lost continent" of the information technologies (IT). The second largest continent is the least computerized, l and its more than twoscore countries have an average telephone density that is an order of magnitude smaller than that of the European Community.
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Africa seems to be the "lost continent" of the information technologies (IT). The second largest continent is the least computerized, l and its more than twoscore countries have an average telephone density that is an order of magnitude smaller than that of the European Community.
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Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa
2001NCDs including diabetes, heart disease and stroke are global epidemics of the 21st century. The greatest burden on health will be in developing countries and sub-Saharan Africa is an area of major challenge: We are concerned with planning for the adult victims of the new epidemic and this includes the development of appropriate treatment.
T J, Aspray, N, Unwin
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Science, 2020
Knowledge of cancer in Africa brings needed diversity to improve health ...
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Knowledge of cancer in Africa brings needed diversity to improve health ...
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Rickettsioses in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006Abstract: Although rickettsioses are among the oldest known vector‐borne zoonoses, several species or subspecies of rickettsias have been identified in recent years as emerging pathogens throughout the world including in sub‐Saharan Africa. To date, six tick‐borne spotted fever group pathogenic rickettsias are known to occur in sub‐Saharan Africa ...
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