The first documented attempts to control malaria by limiting the densities of vectors go back to the Roman times: in an attempt to control the “Roman fever” (the name of malaria at that time), Julius Caesar himself had the Codetan swamp around Rome drained and planted with trees (Varro ...
It was suggested that there is a need to strengthen the focus and intensity of FBTs monitoring in the Western Pacific region in the future. In this study, among the six countries with DALYs greater than 40, four were in Asian and two in South America. Previous research indicates that clo...
layer and the keratinocytes of the epidermis and in the surface part of the dermis in the biopsy secimens taken within 6 days after the onset of rash... Takahashi,Umino,T A,... - 《Clinical Infectious Diseases An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America》 被引量:...
Prediction of mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection using quick Pitt bacteremia score. J Infect. 2022;84(2):131-135. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2021.12.002PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 28. Ben-Zvi H, Drozdinsky G, Kushnir S, et al. Influence of GeneXpert MRSA/SA...
By the 1970s, infectious diseases caused only 3% of deaths in these age groups. The 1918 spike in mortality was very pronounced in the 5- to 24-year-olds and the 25- to 44-year-olds (respective peaks: 3.6 and 4.0 times the rates predicted by regression). The mortality rate in that ...
The health landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean is changing quickly. The region is undergoing a demographic and epidemiological transition in which health problems are highly concentrated on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In light of this, the region faces two main challenges: (1) develop...
Data on hospital burden of CDI have been extracted, compared, and discussed from four public databases for the years 2010–2019. Hospital days due to CDI were compared to established vaccine preventable diseases, such as influenza and herpes zoster, and also to CDI hospitalisations in the United...
Nematode, any worm of the phylum Nematoda. Nematodes are among the most abundant animals on Earth. They occur as parasites in animals and plants or as free-living forms in soil, fresh water, marine environments, and even such unusual places as vinegar. L
Columbian Exchange, the largest part of a more general process of biological globalization that followed the transoceanic voyaging of the 15th and 16th centuries, particularly in the wake of Christopher Columbus’s voyages that began in 1492. It profound
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic virus infecting more than 95% of the world’s population. After primary infection—responsible for infectious mononucleosis in young adults—the virus persists lifelong in the infected host, especially in memory B cells. Viral persistence is usually without...