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Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Replacement and Voluntary Blood Donor

RADS Journal of Biological Research & Applied Science, 2013
The aim of this study is to present the status of transfusion –transmitted infections among the apparently healthy donors so as to increase the awareness of complications of blood transfusion and make the clinicians more vigilant with regard to ...
Syeda Kanwal Zehra, Saira Bano, Shazia Tabassum Hakim, Sayyada Ghufrana Nadeem   +3 more
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Blood Transfusion Service in Nepal

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine
In Nepal, Blood Transfusion Service-related activities have been initiated in a nationally co-ordinated way. The National Blood programme is established under the National Blood Transfusion Policy.
Rekha Manandhar Shrestha
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Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis B virus infection

Journal of Hepatology, 2009
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a major risk of transfusion-transmitted infection due to the pre-seroconversion window period (WP), infection with immunovariant viruses, and with occult carriage of HBV infection (OBI). Reduction of HBV residual risk depends upon developing more sensitive HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) tests, adopting anti-HBc screening ...
Candotti, Daniel, Allain, Jean-Pierre
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Historical birth records from 1896 to 1944 from the Basel maternity hospital, Switzerland, reveal significant obstetric selection pressures

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert, Guillermo Bravo Morante, Viktoria A. Krenn, Cédric Cordey, Nicole Torres‐Tamayo, Kaspar Staub, Nicole M. Webb, Martin Haeusler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and reinfection with soil-transmitted helminths 18-weeks post-treatment with albendazole-ivermectin, albendazole-mebendazole, albendazole-oxantel pamoate and mebendazole [PDF]

, 2016
Preventive chemotherapy with albendazole or mebendazole is the current strategy to control soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections (i.e. Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura). STH reinfections, in particular A.
Moser, Wendelin, Speich, Benjamin, Hattendorf, Jan, Keiser, Jennifer, Ali, Said M., Ame, Shaali M., Albonico, Marco   +6 more
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Pharmacometric evaluation of pre‐referral rectal artesunate in children with severe malaria

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Parenteral artesunate is the preferred first‐line treatment for severe malaria. Pre‐referral rectal artesunate suppositories are recommended where parenteral treatment is inaccessible. In this study, we compared dihydroartemisinin exposure and model‐predicted early parasite clearance following rectal artesunate and intravenous artesunate in ...
Ayorinde Adehin, Marie A. Onyamboko, Caterina Fanello, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Richard M. Hoglund, Joel Tarning   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2010
Malaria, schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infections are causes of high morbidity in most tropical parts of the world. Even though these infections often co-exist, most studies focus on individual diseases.
Jorg Heukelbach, Mazigo, Humphrey D., Zinga Maria, Heukelbach Jorg, Mahande Aneth M, Mshana, Stephen E., Rebecca Waihenya, Mazigo, Humphrey D, Seni, Jeremiah, Mkoji, Gerald M, Kapesa Anthony, Mazigo Humphrey D, Nicholas JS Lwambo, Mnyone, Ladislaus L, Kweka, Eliningaya J, Mnyone, Ladislaus L ., Waihenya, Rebecca, Mshana, Stephen E, Seni Jeremiah, Kweka, Eliningaya J., Maria Zinga, Anthony Kapesa, Heukelbach, Jorg, Lwambo, Nicholas J.S., Stephen E Mshana, Lwambo, Nicholas Js, Aneth M Mahande, Zinga, Maria, Eliningaya J Kweka, Mshana Stephen E, Ladislaus L Mnyone, Mkoji, Gerald M., Kweka Eliningaya J, Lwambo Nicholas JS, Mahande, Aneth M ., Mkoji Gerald M, Jeremiah Seni, Mahande, Aneth M, Gerald M Mkoji, Kapesa, Anthony, Mnyone Ladislaus L, Waihenya Rebecca, Humphrey D Mazigo   +42 more
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Ceftriaxone‐associated immune haemolytic anaemia: A patient‐level systematic review

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Ceftriaxone can cause acute haemolysis. Its clinical presentation, risk factors, and outcomes remain incompletely characterized. We conducted a systematic review of published cases with patient‐level data, following international guidelines and with registration in PROSPERO (CRD420261338709). Reports were identified through three bibliographic
Sonja Miotti, Giada Wyttenbach, Mario G. Bianchetti, Camilla Lavagno, Pietro Camozzi, Gregorio P. Milani, Renato Gualtieri, Sebastiano A. G. Lava, Pietro B. Faré, Simone Janett   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seroprevalence of hepatitis viruses and risk factors in blood donors of Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
Introduction: Hepatitis B and C are among the most important transfusion-transmitted infections and sources of liver diseases worldwide. In Veracruz, Mexico, liver diseases are important causes of mortality, and the prevalence reports of these viruses ...
Nayali Lopez-Balderas, Elide Bravo, Mireya Camara, Pablo Hernandez-Romano   +3 more
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Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China : a new vision [PDF]

, 2014
The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation.
Stewart, Donald, Allen G Ross, Kate Halton, Yang Henglin, Ross, Allen G., Yuan, Li-Ping, McManus, Donald, Clements, Archie A., Olveda, Remigio M, Archie CA Clements, Yue-Sheng Li, Yap, Peiling, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Gray, Darren J, Williams, Gail M., Olveda, Remigio, Gray, Darren J., Li, Yue-Sheng, Zhou, Xiao-Nong, Remigio M Olveda, Gray, Darren, Du, Zun-Wei, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Ross, Allen, Darren J Gray, Steinmann, Peter, Tallo, Veronica, Williams, Gail M, Gail M Williams, Bieri, Franziska A., Clements, Archie Ca, Henglin, Yang, Ricardo J Magalhães, Peter Steinmann, Ross, Allen G, Clements, Archie C.A., Li-Ping Yuan, McManus, Donald P, Magalhaes, Ricardo J Soares, Veronica Tallo, Zun-Wei Du, Clements, Archie C. A., Franziska A Bieri, Magalhães, Ricardo J, Giovanna Raso, Zun-Wei, Du, McManus, Donald P., Raso, Giovanna, Donald P McManus, Li, Yue-Sheng., Yang, Henglin, Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares, Bieri, Franziska A, Peiling Yap, Olveda, Remigio M., Donald Stewart, Bieri, Franziska, Halton, Kate   +57 more
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