Substantial increases in antimicrobial resistance among Gram-positive pathogens, particularly Staphylococcus aureus, are compromising traditional therapies for serious bacterial infections. There has been an alarming increase in the rates of…
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Plasmodium vivax is geographically the most widely distributed cause of malaria in people, with up to 2.5 billion people at risk and an estimated 80 million to 300 million clinical cases every year-including severe disease and death. Despite this…
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The leishmanioses, vector-borne diseases caused by the trypanosomatid protozoan Leishmania, are transmitted to susceptible mammals by infected phlebotomine sand flies that inoculate promastigotes into hemorrhagic pools created in host skin. We…
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OBJECTIVES: The kinetics of three serological markers (IgM, IgA, and IgG) in serum, saliva, and urine samples from adult patients with primary or secondary dengue infection were studied. DESIGN: Serum, saliva, and urine samples were collected from…
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In this work, the presence of NS1 protein as a possible early marker of dengue infection was studied in serum samples from confirmed adult patients with a primary and secondary dengue 4 infection. A total of 209 serum samples collected from day 2 up…
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The kinetics of dengue virus (DEN)-specific serum immunoglobulin classes (immunoglobulin M IgM and IgA) and subclasses (IgG1 to IgG4) were studied in patients suffering from dengue fever (DF), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and dengue shock…
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We aimed to investigate serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection during peginterferon (PEG-IFN) and entecavir (ETV) monotherapy.
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Background: Early and accurate diagnosis of dengue infection is essential for control of disease outbreaks. Recently, the dengue virus non-structural antigen 1 (NS1), a conserved and secreted glycoprotein, has been used as a marker for early…
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Peripheral leukocytes from 16 Thai children with dengue hemorrhagic fever were examined to determine the leukocyte composition on the day of presentation and on convalescent days 15 and 30. Mononuclear cells were isolated each time, and the…
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We describe the magnitude and kinetics of plasma viremia and nonstructural protein 1 (sNS1) levels in sequential samples from 167 children with acute dengue, enrolled early in a community study in Vietnam. All children recovered fully, and only 5…
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Background: Dengue is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Exploring the relationships between virological features of infection with patient immune status and outcome may help to identify predictors of disease…
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Kinship systems & the various types of social support they offer in reducing the short-term costs of settlement in the country of destination have generated a great deal of interest during the last two decades. This study examines the kinship…
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By employing a network approach and discussing certain features of different family network patterns among Tamil and Somali families, this paper argues that cultural scripts governing kinship, marriage and gender relations developed in the country…
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Background: The volume of viral genomic sequence data continues to increase rapidly. This is especially true for the smaller RNA viruses, which are relatively easy to sequence in large numbers. The data volumes cause a number of significant problems…
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Klassische Theorien der (internationalen) Migration beziehen sich hauptsächlich auf ökonomische Faktoren, sei es zur Erklärung von Migrationsbewegungen auf der Makro-Ebene oder von Migrationsentscheidungen auf der Mikro-Ebene. Diese Erklärungsweisen…
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OBJECTIVE: Dengue has been endemic in Puerto Rico for three decades. Multiple educational and community-based efforts have been developed to inform the population about dengue prevention. We undertook this study to understand the community members'…
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Key points: 1=in terms of its mean or average score, NZ is among the best 6 performing countries (out of 32) for each of reading, mathematic and scientific literacy (3/32 for reading literacy and mathematic literacy and 6/32 for scientific literacy)…
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency and determinants of knowledge of dengue infection in three sites in northern Thailand, and to compare prevention measures of people with and without knowledge of dengue. METHODS: In May 2001 we conducted an…
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Dengue fever (DF) is an acute febrile disease, caused by infection of dengue virus transmitted by the female Aedes mosquito. This is the second leading cause of deaths in Champasack Province, where Pakse district has the highest number of this…
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To assess the knowledge and attitudes about dengue and practice of prevention followed by the residents of a rural area and an urban resettlement colony of East Delhi, an interview based cross sectional KAP study was undertaken in Jan 97 to Feb 97,…
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