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Assessing infection control practices to protect health care workers and patients in Malawi from nosocomial transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in health settings threatens health care workers and people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Retention in care among HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women on lifelong antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: A retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: In 2013, Uganda updated its prevention of maternal-to-child transmission of HIV program to Option B+, which requires that all …
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Reproductive performance parameters in a large population of game-ranched white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum)
The population of free-roaming white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) is under serious threat. Captive breeding of this species is therefore becoming …
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Maternal influenza immunization in Malawi: Piloting a maternal influenza immunization program costing tool by examining a prospective program
BACKGROUND: This costing study in Malawi is a first evaluation of a Maternal Influenza Immunization Program Costing Tool (Costing Tool) …
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Effect of innate antiviral glycoproteins in breast milk on seroconversion to rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix) in children in Lusaka, Zambia
INTRODUCTION: Rotavirus vaccines have been introduced into national immunization programmes to mitigate morbidity and mortality associated rotavirus diarrhoea. Lower vaccine …
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Detection of duo-schistosome infection from filtered urine samples from school children in Zambia after MDA
Schistosomiasis is one of the major Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in sub-Saharan Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, two major human schistosome …
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Risk factors for mortality of children with zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in Central Tunisia
BACKGROUND: Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) caused by Leishmania infantum is endemic with an epidemiological profile of a paediatric disease in …
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Zingerone alleviates the delayed ventricular repolarization and AV conduction in diabetes: Effect on cardiac fibrosis and inflammation
BACKGROUND: The study aims to analyse the action of zingerone in diabetes-related cardiac arrhythmias. METHODS: Diabetes was induced by streptozocin …
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Toxoplasmosis – Awareness and knowledge among medical doctors in Nigeria
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite causing high disease burden worldwide. A One Health approach is needed to understand, prevent, …
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Immunogenicity of rotavirus vaccine (RotarixTM) in infants with environmental enteric dysfunction
INTRODUCTION: Deployment of rotavirus vaccines has contributed to significant declines in diarrheal morbidity and mortality globally. Unfortunately, vaccine performance in …
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Higher-than-expected prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in HIV setting in Botswana: Implications for diagnostic algorithms using Xpert MTB/RIF assay
BACKGROUND: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can cause pulmonary infection and disease especially among people living with HIV (PLHIV). PLHIV with NTM …
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Rapid identification of candidate genes for resistance to tomato late blight disease using next-generation sequencing technologies
Tomato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, also known as the Irish famine pathogen, is one of …
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Immunodominant cytomegalovirus-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in sub-Saharan African populations
More than 90% of children in Africa are infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) by the age of 12 months. However, the …
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Genetic variability of environmental sensitivity revealed by phenotypic variation in body weight and (its) correlations to physiological and behavioral traits
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity is a key component of the ability of organisms to cope with changing environmental conditions. Fish have …
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of introducing malaria diagnostic testing in drug shops: A cluster-randomised trial in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Private sector drug shops are an important source of malaria treatment in Africa, yet diagnosis without parasitological testing is …
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Characterization of Mycosphaerellaceae species associated with citrus greasy spot in Panama and Spain
Greasy spot of citrus, caused by Zasmidium citri-griseum (= Mycosphaerella citri), is widely distributed in the Caribbean Basin, inducing leaf …
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Socioeconomic position and ten-year survival and virologic outcomes in a Ugandan HIV cohort receiving antiretroviral therapy
Lifelong ART is essential to reducing HIV mortality and ending the epidemic, however the interplay between socioeconomic position and long-term …
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Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines?
BACKGROUND: Understanding patterns of physical activity and sedentary time is important to effective population-wide primary prevention and control of non-communicable …
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Community prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in rural Malawi: Implications for policy
BACKGROUND: No community prevalence studies have been done on chronic respiratory symptoms of cough, wheezing and shortness of breath in …
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The burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, genotypes and drug resistance mutations in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are endemic. Although there has …