Infection Rates
Efficacy of praziquantel on Schistosoma haematobium and re-infection rates among school-going children in the Ndumo area of uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
... haematobium infection using the filtration ...Re-infection rates were determined in sub-cohort A1 and A2 at 28 and 20 weeks post-treatment, ...Cure rates (CR) and egg reduction rates ...
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Backcalculation of HIV Infection Rates in Malaysia
... Backcalculation of HIV Infection Rates in Malaysia ORIGINAL ARTICLE Backcalculation of HIV Infection Rates in Malaysia H C Ong, PhD, K L Soo, B Sc School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Mal[.] ...
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Stability Analysis of a SEIQRS Model with Graded Infection Rates for Internet Worms
... Abstract—Internet worms have drawn a significant attention owing to their enormous threats to the Internet infrastructure and services. In order to effectively defend against them, this paper proposes a novel epidemic ...
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An Application of the Backcalculation Method to Estimate Past HIV Infection Rates in Malaysia
... An Application of the Backcalculation Method to Estimate Past HIV Infection Rates in Malaysia An Ap~lication of the Backcalculation ethod to Estimate Past HIV Infection in Malaysia Rates He Ong, MSc,[.] ...
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The step from a voluntary to a mandatory national nosocomial infection surveillance system: the influence on infection rates and surveillance effect
... further infection control measures, all NICUs participating received a biannual feedback report including crude and standardized infection rates of their own NICU compared with the national reference ...
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Decreases in human immunodeficiency virus infection rates in Kombolcha, Ethiopia: a 10-year data review
... Introduction: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is one of the most serious public health and development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. A particular challenge for prevention strategies has been ...
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Improving surveillance system and surgical site infection rates through a network: A pilot study from Thailand
... in infection control ...SSI rates, standardized infection ratio (SIR), and surgeon-specific rates and ...by infection and SIR quarterly so they could compare their own data with the ...
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Attention to Details Reduces Infection Rates in Patients with Continuous Flow Pumps
... to infection arising from skin or gastrointestinal pathogens, which is in agreement with our ...line infection which amounts to ...driveline infection was ...implantation infection was an ...
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TPorter_MPH_Final.pdf
... highest rates of newly diagnosed HIV in 2017, making up ...highest rates of infection (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, ...HIV infection rates from 2015 to 2017, ...
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Seroconversion and asymptomatic infections during oseltamivir prophylaxis against Influenza A H1N1 2009
... and infection rates within similar settings, but previous experiences have suggested that exposures and infection rates during the initial outbreak phase are high in closed environments ...
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Changes in healthcare-associated infections after the introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative
... Table 2: Changes in annual infection rates associated with the NHHI by infection type and state. Cells show the best model letter (see Figure 1)[r] ...
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt-Associated Infection Due to Haemophilus influenzae
... Shunt infection with ventriculitis is a frequent complication of ventricular shunt therapy for hy- drocephalus, with infection rates as high as 20% to 27% in recent series.”2 Staphylococ[r] ...
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Do low-income coronary artery bypass surgery patients have equal opportunity to access excellent quality of care and enjoy good outcome in Taiwan?
... quality. Nevertheless, too many indicators can make interpretation difficult. Therefore, a transformation algorithm is required to understand the meaning of quality indicators in a simple manner. Currently, the most ...
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Inverse problem methods as a public health tool in pneumonoccal vaccination
... of infection rates and the efficacy of any vaccine that is currently implemented in the ...contact rates, if the colonization prevalence appears to be relatively constant over a period of time, it is ...
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Tick borne pathogens in Finland: comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas
... highest infection rates were observed in areas of parapatric occurrence of one species, ...comparing infection rates between the collection areas by combining all the analysed ticks (excluding ...
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Epstein-Barr Viruses That Express a CD21 Antibody Provide Evidence that gp350's Functions Extend beyond B-Cell Surface Binding
... (EBV) infection of resting B ...higher infection rates than those exposed to ⌬ BLLF1, ⌬ BLLF1-CD22Ab, or ⌬ BLLF1-CD19Ab ...enhanced infection rates relative to ⌬ BLLF1 but remained ...
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Hybridization between two cestode species and its consequences for intermediate host range
... Although we could observe hybridization in the la- boratory, it still remains unclear if hybridization also occurs in nature. Further experiments are needed to test whether the worms are located in the same compart- ment ...
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Post-stroke infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis
... Second, infection rate was associated with the patients ’ clinical condition. Studies including patients with a higher stroke severity or lower levels of consciousness showed higher infection rates, ...
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The Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution Concentrations and Lockdowns on Covid-19 Infections in Wuhan and Other Provincial Capitals in China
... co-infection rates. In particular, we shall study how air pollution affects infection rates across different cities, including ...affect infection rates in Wuhan before and after ...
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A Geographical Analysis of HIV/AIDS Infection in Nigeria, 1991-2001
... Higher rates of HIV were clustered in the central and southeastern parts of the country in both 1999 and ...highest rates were recorded in the states of Kaduna, Benue, Nasarawa, and Akwa ...high ...
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