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Sheeppox virus genome sequences from the European outbreaks in Spain, Bulgaria, and Greece in 2022-2024.
three, main groups. The isolates from the recent outbreaks belong to clade A2, which includes strains historically circulating in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Sequence divergence was low among the ...
The economic burden of type 2 diabetes on the public healthcare system in Kenya: a cost of illness study
cost-of-illness data, particularly public healthcare costs for NCD s, is limited in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet such data evidence is needed for policy action. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to ...
The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review
substitution that is invoked in artemisinin-resistance emergence in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Parasites carrying various mutations linked to resistance to the sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine combination were ...
A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa.
Marks, Florian; MacLennan, Calman A; Thomson, Nicholas R; Jacobs, Jan; Dougan, Gordon; Kariuki, Samuel; Lunguya, Octavie Source: Nat Commun, Volume 14, Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: Africa South of the Sahara ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers: study protocol for the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study
Africa, Middle-East, and Asia. Methods Participants from various settings, including primary care clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, and mental health facilities, are being enrolled. In 26 countries, we are ...
Global and regional estimates of genital human papillomavirus prevalence among men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Australia and New Zealand (Oceania). The estimates for Eastern and South-Eastern Asia were half that of the other regions. INTERPRETATION: ...
Evaluation of a point-of-care test for the diagnosis of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis in rural southern Tanzania: a diagnostic accuracy study.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis is a common cause of epilepsy in Taenia solium-endemic areas in sub-Saharan Africa but is often undiagnosed because of an absence of affordable diagnostic tools. This ...
Adherence to '5-2-1-0' guidelines and multiple risky behaviours among adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from Global School-based Student Health Survey 2012-2017.
risky behaviours among adolescents in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: Meta-analyses with a random effect were used to calculate overall prevalence. Non-random patterns of the co-occurrence ...
Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study.
Source: BMC Infect Dis, Volume 23, Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: Genomics Humans Infant Male Meningitis, Bacterial Salmonella Salmonella Infections South Africa Abstract: BACKGROUND: Bacterial meningitis caused ...
Epidemiological Dynamics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Virus Diversity and Animal Movement.
Paeshuyse, Jan Source: Viruses, Volume 15, Issue 4 (2023) Keywords: Africa Animals Animals, Wild Disease Outbreaks Foot-and-Mouth Disease Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Livestock Serogroup Abstract: The Horn of ...