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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"ancient disease"”.
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Experiences of registered nurses of their role in carrying out the induced sputum procedure in diagnosing childhood Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease dating back at least 5000 years, but the TB epidemic is said to be getting worse than at any other time in history (Puri & John, 1997: 12). Someone is infected with TB every second, with a death from TB every 15 seconds, and one out of every three of these …
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Tuberculosis: The Opportunistic Disease
Tuberculosis is an ancient disease caused by one of the most virulent and fatal biological agents; Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) infection, which was nearly eradicated a generation ago, started to reemerge in a concerning manner in the late 1980's …
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Me and My Monsters: A multispecies study on schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa
… are parasitic blood-fluke worms and their disease, schistosomiasis, is an ancient disease that has evolved with humans for centuries and it is through its connections to humans that it has thrived. This dissertation outlines the actor-network surrounding schistosomiasis through a …
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A health information platform for Case Managed Neglected Tropical Diseases - A case study from Mozambique
Leprosy, as one of the neglected tropical diseases, is an ancient disease that requires a slow and patient approach for its diagnosis and treatment involving various actors along the way. This care system has traditionally been supported by a paper based health information system still in use today …
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Structure activity and structure property relationships of antimalarial imidazopyridazines
… pressing human health issues. Despite being an ancient disease, it is estimated to have an annual death rate of 445 000 with out of 216 million malaria related cases in 2016. Malaria is most widespread in developing regions of the world. Forty percent of the world’s population is exposed to …
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Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling for the Preclinical Development of Spectinamide Antibiotics
Despite being an ancient disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and after decades of research, tuberculosis (TB) still affects millions of people every year worldwide. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 10 million people developed tuberculosis and 1.5 million …
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Investigations Into a Rationally Designed Modified Live Vaccine for Equine Strangles
Equine strangles is an ancient disease of horses that continues to be a major problem in the modern era. Strangles has many properties of a disease that could be controlled or even eradicated. The agent of strangles Streptococcus equi ssp. equi has a very narrow host range, infecting Equidae almost …
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Malaria Risk on Ancient Roman Roads: A Study and Application to Assessing Travel Decisions in Asia Minor by the Apostle Paul
… study models malaria risks for travelers on ancient Roman roads with the goal of providing a tool for historical assessment of travel accounts from antiquity. The project includes: identification of malaria risk factors and associated spatial datasets, malaria risk model construction, …