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KalaCORE: A Programme to Tackle Visceral Leishmaniasis in South Asia and East Africa (2014–2019)
“Tackling Visceral Leishmaniasis in South Asia and East Africa” (also known as KalaCORE), a UK AID funded programme, worked in two regions with the...
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Challenges of Air Pollution and Health in East Asia
Purpose of ReviewAir pollution has been a serious environmental and public health issue worldwide, particularly in Asian countries. There have been...
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Epidemiology of community origin of major multidrug-resistant ESKAPE uropathogens in a paediatric population in South-East Gabon
BackgroundUrinary tract infections (UTIs) in children are very common. They are often associated with a high risk of sepsis and death. In recent...
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Specific Diversity of Helminth Parasites of the Edible Frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858) in Agricultural Landscapes in the South-East of Ivory Coast, Africa
ObjectiveThis study describes the specific diversity of Helminth parasites of the edible frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858) to assess...
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Prevalence and Molecular Identification of Trypanosomes in Dogs in Enugu North Senatorial Zone, South East Nigeria
PurposeDogs are of immense social, psychological and economic importance in Nigeria and are severely affected by African trypanosomosis. However, the...
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Frequency of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in ovarian cancer patients in South-East Poland
BackgroundMutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are well-established risk factors of breast and ovarian cancer. In our former study, we observed that...
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Emergence dynamics of adult Culicoides biting midges at two farms in south-east England
BackgroundCulicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are biological vectors of livestock arboviruses that cause diseases with significant...
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The South-East Asia Region: Societal Conditions for LGBT Health and Cancer Research
This chapter is a substitute for chapters that were not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In lieu, this chapter on LGBT and cancer in the...
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Anopheles rufipes implicated in malaria transmission both indoors and outdoors alongside Anopheles funestus and Anopheles arabiensis in rural south-east Zambia
BackgroundThe primary malaria vector-control interventions, indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal nets, are effective against indoor...
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A quasi-experimental study to estimate effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Aweil South County in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan
BackgroundSeasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is an effective intervention to prevent malaria in children in locations where the burden of malaria...
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Characterizing HIV status documentation among cancer patients at regional cancer centers in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
IntroductionIn East and Southern Africa, people with HIV (PWH) experience worse cancer-related outcomes and are at higher risk of develo** certain...
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Variability of Supernumerary Chromosome Morphotypes and the Emergence of Micro B Chromosomes in the Karyotype of Apodemus peninsulae (Rodentia) in the Russian Far East
AbstractVariability in the number and morphotypes of macro, mini, and micro B chromosomes of Apodemus peninsulae in the valley Zeya River from Amur...
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Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease: an East Asian perspective
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-related multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder. Advances in genome technology, including next generation...
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Concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls and risk assessment in finless porpoises from the East China Sea
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are bioaccumulative persistent organic pollutants with a great impact on cetaceans. To examine the content of PCBs...
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
Ten years after the severe SARS-CoV outbreak in 2002, another lethal coronavirus outbreak was reported in Middle Eastern countries. Based on the...
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Bungarus fasciatus venom from eastern and north-east India: venom variation and immune cross-reactivity with Indian polyvalent antivenoms
Bungarus fasciatus is one of the medically important elapid snakes of South and South-eastern Asia and is responsible for several snakebite incidents...
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A database of 5305 healthy Korean individuals reveals genetic and clinical implications for an East Asian population
Despite substantial advances in disease genetics, studies to date have largely focused on individuals of European descent. This limits further...
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Dispersed DNA variants underlie hearing loss in South Florida’s minority population
BackgroundWe analyzed the genetic causes of sensorineural hearing loss in racial and ethnic minorities of South Florida by reviewing demographic,...
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in a context of high presumed sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance: malaria morbidity and molecular drug resistance profiles in South Sudan
BackgroundSeasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SP-AQ), is a community-based malaria preventive...
