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, 2016 Abordamos el presente trabajo con el objetivo de realizar una revisión bibliográfica que nos permita elaborar un análisis del empleo de armas biológicas tanto en el pasado, es decir, una documentación de la utilización de éstas a lo largo de la historia,
Bruhn Cuevas, Rosa María
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Assessing Risk Thresholds in Controlled Human Infection Models (CHIM)
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Controlled Human Infection Models (CHIMs) are a type of clinical trial involving deliberately exposing human volunteers to an infectious agent. Compared to studies of natural infection, CHIMs offers distinctive benefits, from the ability to study presymptomatic infection to a direct assessment of the efficacy of vaccines and therapeutics in a ...
Alexa Nord‐Bronzyk +4 more
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Diagnóstico laboratorial da varíola: I. resultados do primeiro ano de atividade
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1970 Os autores escrevem a experiência obtida no Diagnóstico Laboratorial de Varíola, durante o primeiro ano de funcionamento de uma unidade montada para servir à Campanha de Erradicação de Varíola no Brasil.
H. G. Schatzmayr, J. A. Mesquita
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, 2017 Contains fulltext : 190586.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)20 ...
Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angélique
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Public health reforms and the mortality decline in nineteenth‐century Italy
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the impact of Italy's 1887–8 health reforms on mortality, contributing to the historical debate on the state's role in Europe's health transition. Leveraging event‐study‐style difference‐in‐differences approach, we assess the effectiveness of the Crispi–Pagliani reforms, which strengthened public health governance and ...
Francesco Maria Salvatore Fiore Melacrinis +1 more
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The Origin of the Variola Virus
Viruses, 2015 The question of the origin of smallpox, one of the major menaces to humankind, is a constant concern for the scientific community. Smallpox is caused by the agent referred to as the variola virus (VARV), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.
Igor V. Babkin, Irina N. Babkina
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Considerations on the Diffraction Limitations to the Spatial Resolution of Optical Transition Radiation [PDF]
, 1999 The interest in using optical transition radiation (OTR) in high energy (multiGeV) beam diagnostics has motivated theoretical and experimental investigations on the limitations brought by diffraction on the attainable resolution.
Artru, X. +3 more
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The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green +3 more
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Remaining Questions about Clinical Variola Major
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 After the recent summary of World Health Organization–authorized research on smallpox, several clinical issues remain. This policy review addresses whether early hemorrhagic smallpox is disseminated intravascular coagulation and speculates about the ...
J. Michael Lane
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Misinformation and women's health: Rebuilding trust in evidence‐based care
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Zainab Al‐Jawahiri
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