Sarah K. Wise, Cecelia Damask, Lauren T. Roland, Charles S. Ebert et al.
BACKGROUND: In the 5 years that have passed since the publication of the 2018 International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis (ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2018), the literature has expanded substantially. The ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 update presents 144 individual topics ...
Se Eun Park, Duy Pham Thanh, Christine J. Boinett, Vanessa Wong et al.
There is paucity of data regarding the geographical distribution, incidence, and phylogenetics of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Salmonella Typhi in sub-Saharan Africa. Here we present a phylogenetic reconstruction of whole genome sequenced 249 contemporaneous S. Typhi isolated between 2008-2015 in 11 s...
Philip F. Souter, Graeme D. Cruickshank, Melanie Z. Tankerville, Bruce H. Keswick et al.
Contamination of drinking water by microorganisms and arsenic represents a major human health hazard in many parts of the world. An estimated 3.4 million deaths a year are attributable to waterborne diseases. Arsenic poisoning from contaminated water sources is causing a major health emergency in so...
Sandra Tranquilli, Michael Abedi‐Lartey, Fidèle Amsini, L Arranz et al.
Abstract A network of resource management areas (RMAs) exists across tropical Africa to protect natural resources. However, many are poorly managed and weakly protected. We evaluated how the lack of conservation effort influences the extinction risk of African great apes. We compiled information on ...
Mikyung Kim, Zhenyu Sun, Kasper D. Rand, Xiaomeng Shi et al.
Broadly neutralizing antibodies such as 2F5 are directed against the membrane-proximal external region (MPER) of HIV-1 GP41 and recognize well-defined linear core sequences. These epitopes can be engrafted onto protein scaffolds to serve as immunogens with high structural fidelity. Although antibodi...
Gordon Allan, Steven Krakowka, John Ellis, Catherine Charreyre
Porcine circoviruses (PCVs) belong to the genus Circovirus, family Circoviridae, and are the smallest non-enveloped, single stranded, negative sense, circular DNA viruses that replicate autonomously in mammalian cells. Two types of PCV have been characterised, PCV1 and PCV2 and these two viruses sho...
Cally J Tann, Kathryn A. Martinello, Samantha Sadoo, Joy E Lawn et al.
BACKGROUND: Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is a leading cause of child mortality and longer-term impairment. Infection can sensitize the newborn brain to injury; however, the role of group B streptococcal (GBS) disease has not been reviewed. This paper is the ninth in an 11-article series estimating t...
Megan E. Carey, William R MacWright, Justin Im, James Meiring et al.
Building on previous multicountry surveillance studies of typhoid and others salmonelloses such as the Diseases of the Most Impoverished program and the Typhoid Surveillance in Africa Project, several ongoing blood culture surveillance studies are generating important data about incidence, severity,...
Se Eun Park, Duy Pham Thanh, Gi Deok Pak, Ursula Panzner et al.
Background Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) is one of the leading causes of bacteraemia in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide a better understanding of the genetic characteristics and transmission patterns associated with multi-drug resistant (MDR) iNTS serovars across the continent. Me...
Se Eun Park, Trevor Toy, Ligia María Cruz Espinoza, Ursula Panzner et al.
BACKGROUND: Invasive salmonellosis is a common community-acquired bacteremia in persons residing in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is a paucity of data on severe typhoid fever and its associated acute and chronic host immune response and carriage. The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa (SETA) progra...
Gordon Allan, F. McNeilly, Michael McMenamy, I. McNair et al.
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is now recognized as the essential infectious component of porcine postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). PMWS was first recognized in high-status, specific pathogen-free pigs in Canada in 1991 and is now an economically important disease that affects the...
David Goldstein, Jacqueline Ellis, Robert Brown, Rosemary Wilson et al.
The Canadian Collaborative Acute Pain Initiative, established in 2002, is a voluntary, multidisciplinary consortium of acute pain health professionals from across Canada whose goal is to improve acute pain management through discussion and consensus. The group met in January 2002 to define strategic...
Trevor Toy, Gi Deok Pak, Trung Pham Duc, James I. Campbell et al.
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health concern, yet, there are noticeable gaps in AMR surveillance data in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to measure the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Gram-negative bacteria in bloodstream infec...
Hyon Jin Jeon, Gi Deok Pak, Justin Im, Ellis Owusu‐Dabo et al.
Background: The World Health Organization recently prequalified a typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), recommending its use in persons ≥6 months to 45 years residing in typhoid fever (TF)-endemic areas. We now need to consider how TCVs can have the greatest impact in the most vulnerable populations. Met...
John Pickford
Section A MANAGEMENT Tom Armstrong and Hukumraj Thapa Nepal Step-wise approach to rural schemes Robert A. Boydell India Scaling up rural water and sanitation projects J.R. Calvert and R.W.A. Franceys WEDC Management development for public health: India Barbara Evans I d a Institutional incentives an...
Andrea Haselbeck, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Juyeon Park, Malick M. Gibani et al.
Typhoid fever remains a significant health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, with incidence rates of >100 cases per 100,000 person-years of observation. Despite the prequalification of safe and effective typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV), some uncertainties remain around future demand. Real-life effe...
Hyon Jin Jeon, Justin Im, Andrea Haselbeck, Marianne Holm et al.
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization now recommends the use of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) in typhoid-endemic countries, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, added TCVs into the portfolio of subsidized vaccines. Data from the Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa (SETA) program were used to contribut...
Erin J. Smith, Anton Oentoro, Hisham Alsanawi, Braden Gammon et al.
The standard workflow in many image-guided procedures, preoperative imaging followed by intraoperative registration, can be a challenging process and is not readily adaptable to certain anatomical regions such as the wrist. In this study we present an alternative, consisting of a preoperative regist...
Md. Al-Amin, Md. Mominur Rahman, Md Imran Hossain, Abd Karim et al.
The goal of this study is to determine the impact of non-performing loans (NPLs) on the financial performance of all Bangladeshi listed banks. To accomplish so, the study analyzed data from the previous twenty-three years, from 1997 to 2019 in order to find out the effects of non-performing loan rat...
Paul Gilroy
Professor Sampson's paper offers a valuable snapshot of the professional sociologist's craft. His methodological innovations will prove influential and his focus on durable inequality and the social ranking of places is instructive even if those dynamics are gravely complicated – as they are in cont...