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Optimal Control and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an HPV–Chlamydia trachomatis Co-infection Model
In this work, a co-infection model for human papillomavirus (HPV) and Chlamydia trachomatis with cost-effectiveness optimal control analysis is...
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Infection control measures in times of antimicrobial resistance: a matter of solidarity
Control measures directed at carriers of multidrug-resistant organisms are traditionally approached as a trade-off between public interests on the...
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Raising concerns on questionable ethics approvals – a case study of 456 trials from the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
BackgroundThe practice of clinical research is strictly regulated by law. During submission and review processes, compliance of such research with...
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Ethical considerations for HIV remission clinical research involving participants diagnosed during acute HIV infection
HIV remission clinical researchers are increasingly seeking study participants who are diagnosed and treated during acute HIV infection—the brief...
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Infection control for third-party benefit: lessons from criminal justice
This article considers what can be learned regarding the ethical acceptability of intrusive interventions intended to halt the spread of infectious...
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Toward Control of Infectious Disease: Ethical Challenges for a Global Effort
In this view from 2007–2009, the ethical challenges facing a potential global effort to control infectious disease are explored; they provide...
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Invisible epidemics: ethics and asymptomatic infection
Interactions between microbes and human hosts can lead to a wide variety of possible outcomes including benefits to the host, asymptomatic infection,...
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Layered vulnerability and researchers’ responsibilities: learning from research involving Kenyan adolescents living with perinatal HIV infection
BackgroundCarefully planned research is critical to develo** policies and interventions that counter physical, psychological and social challenges...
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Optimal Control Strategies and Sensitivity Analysis of an HIV/AIDS-Resistant Model with Behavior Change
Despite several research on HIV/AIDS, it is still incumbent to investigate more effective control measures to mitigate its infection level....
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Smart Control of Drinking Water Grids Using IoT
Drinking water distribution systems facilitate carrying potable water from water resources such as lakes, rivers, and water tanks to industrial,...
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Hospital Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS): Dual Strategies to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance (ABR) in Hospitals
In this chapter we review the development of hospital infection prevention and control (IPC) since the nineteenth century and its increasingly...
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Drug-Resistant Infection: Causes, Consequences, and Responses
This chapter provides an overview of the causes and consequences of, and possible policy responses to, the problem of drug resistance. Throughout, we...
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Not in their hands only: hospital hygiene, evidence and collective moral responsibility
Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are a major threat to patient safety. This paper addresses the following question: given what is known about the...
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Ethics Education for Successful Infectious Disease Control of COVID-19
The infection rates of COVID-19 have been exponential in some countries despite the imposition of infectious disease control measures such as...
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Assessing the Effects of Holling Type-II Treatment Rate on HIV-TB Co-infection
In this paper, a HIV-TB co-infection model is explored which incorporates a non-linear treatment rate for TB. We begin with presenting a HIV-TB...
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Measuring Infection Transmission in a Stochastic SIV Model with Infection Reintroduction and Imperfect Vaccine
An additional compartment of vaccinated individuals is considered in a SIS stochastic epidemic model with infection reintroduction. The...
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Public perceptions on Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) studies—a qualitative pilot study from South India
Research using Controlled Human Infection Models is yet to be attempted in India. This study was conducted to understand the perceptions of the lay...
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A Biosocial Perspective on (COVID-19) Pandemic Outbreaks: Interfaces of Biology and Social Determinants
This chapter deals on a theoretical level with the importance of interactions between biological and social factors in the epidemic or pandemic...
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Justice in control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission: a fair question to ask?
Active surveillance cultures and contact precautions is a strategy to control the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
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Optimal Drug Regimen and Combined Drug Therapy and Its Efficacy in the Treatment of COVID-19: A Within-Host Modeling Study
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in more than 524 million cases and 6 million deaths worldwide. Various drug interventions targeting multiple...
