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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"infection rates"”.
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Current HIV/AIDS Infection Rates: Categorization and Stigmatization
… for Disease Control (CDC). Do current AIDS rates justify the categorization of individuals into the current CDC defined "high risk" groups? I argue that the CDC's classification system marginalizes some groups while potentially providing a false sense of security to others. Do individuals …
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The Effect of Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Infection Rates in Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Single-institution Retrospective Study
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Ecological Factors Influencing Infection Rates of the Birch Polypore Inonotus obliquus in the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
… understanding of this fungus; even basic infection rates tend to be anecdotal or lack statistical rigor to guide new research and provide management guidelines ensuring sustainable harvest. Here I determine factors influencing conk formation at tree level by constructing a generalized …
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Infection Rates of Amblyomma Americanum and Dermacentor Variablis by Francisella Tularensis and Borrelia Lonestari in Southwest Missouri
… of this study was to determine the overall infection rates of these two bacterial pathogens and to better establish the risks associated with tick attachment to humans. Adult and nymphal A. americanum and D. variabilis ticks were collected in June of 2009 and 2010. DNA was extracted from the …
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Evaluation of the antimicrobial properties and biocompatibility of polypropylene mesh conjugated with gold nanoparticles
… for pelvic slings. However, biocompatibility and infection rates are a concern. Conjugating gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to PP mesh may enhance biocompatibility while reducing infection rates. In this study we investigated the size and concentration of gold nanoparticles attached to polypropylene …
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An outcomes study: Outpatient versus inpatient hernia repairs
… the study showed that there is no difference in infection rates between inpatient and outpatient hernia repair patients.
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An outcomes study: Outpatient versus inpatient hernia repairs
… the study showed that there is no difference in infection rates between inpatient and outpatient hernia repair patients.
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Examining religious leaders and traditional healers' experiences and responses to HIV/AIDS in a modern community
… and availability of HIV/AIDS information, infection rates are still souring throughout communities. Therefore this study embarks on examining key individuals in communities that may be able to contribute to curtailing further infection rates. The study focuses specifically on 'examining the …
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The evolution of immune genes in tsetse flies (Glossina) and insights into tsetse-symbiont-trypanosome interactions
… arms race and balancing section. Trypanosome infection rates were unexpectedly high (69.35%), consisting of mixed species infections. Advantageous Def variants were observed to reduce infection rates within samples, while an observable relationship between TLR2 and symbiont variation, and …
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Spatial and temporal distribution of a marine microbial parasite, Syndiniales MALV I and II, within St Helena Bay
… revealed a distinct difference in their infection dynamics between an active upwelling season (austral spring and summer) and a stratified period (austral autumn and winter), with distinctly different phytoplankton communities present in the water column between these two seasons. Whilst …
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Performing masculinities and femininities : Grade nine learners' construction of sexual identities in the context of HIV/AIDS
… Africa in particular has recently recorded high infection rates. In response to this high infection rates the government, the medical field, and civil society have joined hands in creating awareness. Despite the publicly reported increasing levels of people infected and living with HIV/AIDS and …
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Impacts of host biology on the urban eco-epidemiology of West Nile virus
… no significant differences between vector infection rates or abundances inside and outside of communal roosts. Second, I found significant correlations between habitats used by robins early in the summer and habitats associated with elevated vector West Nile virus infection rates several …
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Standards of Care and Practice to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
… day’s catheters remain inserted, the persistent infection rates demonstrate the need for continued improvements in hospital processes and nursing practices related to urinary catheters. </p>
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Infection and transmission of West Nile virus by Ochlerotatus triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the laboratory
… from avian amplification hosts to other vertebrates susceptible to WNV infection. These secondary hosts do not develop viremias high enough to continue the infection cycle, and are known as dead end hosts. The primary objective of this study was to compare the susceptibility of Ochlerotatus …
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Socio-demographic Variables as Risk Factors for Neurologic Disease due to Infection by West Nile Virus
… in discriminating between high moderate and low infection rates and showed modest capabilities of estimating actual rates. One of the most important findings of the research was the public health officials own ideas about the greatest obstacle to preventing the spread of WNV in their …
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Landscape pattern and blister rust infection in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) at alpine treeline, Northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.
… 2) to determine the frequency of blister rust infection of whitebark pine trees and determine if landscape pattern is correlated with higher infection rates; and 3) to characterize the climate at alpine treeline. I used both field surveys and subsequent statistical analysis to meet these …
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Scald burn admissions to Princess Margaret Hospital in 1998 and 2008: A comparative analysis
… and severity of injury, treatments, healing, infection, remote and rural patients, first aid administered and by whom, and scar management were analysed. The incidence of scald injury was not reduced, but numbers of admissions were, possibly due to changes in patient management. The admitted …
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Prevention of catheter-associated infections : chlorhexidine vs unmedicated solutions
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are amongst the most common type of nosocomial infections, of which, around 45-56% are directly related to a urethral catheter (Loveday et al., 2014). To avoid unnecessary UTIs caused by urethral catheterisations, meatal cleaning is recommended prior to …
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Market orientation, donor relations, and performance of South African HIV/AIDS care providers
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has reached pandemic proportions. In 2007, UNAIDS (2007) reported that 33.2 million people were living with HIV, 2.5 million were newly infected, and 2.1 million people died due to HIV and its associated disease, Acquired Immunodeficiency …
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Optimisation of 405 nm HINS-light technology for the development of patient-safe decontamination in arthroplasty surgery
Healthcare associated infections (HAI) pose a major threat to patients admitted to hospitals and infection rates following orthopaedic arthroplasty surgery are as high as 4%, while the infection rates are even higher after revision surgery. 405 nm high-intensity narrow spectrum (HINS) light has …
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