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Joint Data Analyses of European Birth Cohorts: Two Different Approaches
Abstract : Background: Combined data analyses of birth cohorts can overcome the fragmentation of individual and inconclusive results obtained by analyses based upon single cohorts only. The European project Environmental Health Risks in European Birth Cohorts (ENRIECO) undertook four combined studies to evaluate the concept of ad..
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Comparative Assessment of Immature Survivorship and Developmental Duration of Culex Pipiens Pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Vector Populations in North Central Nigeria
Abstract : Background Culex mosquito vectors of human diseases have received relatively lesser attention from mosquito biologists even though the diseases transmitted by these mosquitoes rank foremost among public health challenges worldwide. As a result, very little is known about spatial ecology of these mosquitoes, especially,..
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Importance of Sample Size Calculation in the Original Medical Research Articles from Developing Countries
Abstract : Sample size calculation is very important for medical research. Because medical data is with uncertainty and most of the studies deals with a small sample and infer about a big population. But most of the researchers from developing countries like Nepal are not aware about this and who aware are not able to use this ..
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Oral Health Status of Handicapped Children Attending Various Special Schools in Belgaum City Karnataka.
Abstract: Aim: To assess the oral health status of handicapped children attending various special schools. Objective: To assess oral hygiene practice, dental caries and treatment needs, gingival and periodontal treatment needs malocclusion status. Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 263 subjects out of which 155 ..
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Is CDC GBS Protocol for Performing Rectovaginal Culture for GBS at 35-37 Weeks of Pregnancy and Subsequent Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Full Term GBS Positive Women Biased? Critical Analysis of: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease.
Abstract : Protocols recommending routine culture of women at 35-36 weeks pregnancy and treating GBS positive women with IV antibiotics in labor are loosely based on low level observational studies. Penicillin resistant GBS strains have been identified since 2006. All forms of GBS disease: EOS, late onset, adult and symptomatic ..
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Incidence of Strongyle infection in cattle and pig with relevance to rainfall in Meghalaya
Abstract: A Study was conducted to know the effect of meteorological parameters on strongyle infection in cattle and pig in Meghalaya. Faecal samples, collected from three Govt. farms during years 2001 – 2002, were screened for the presence of strongyle parasitic egg. Incidence of strongle infection in relation to meteorol..
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Cancer Mortality Rates And North-to-south County Position Along The Mississippi River: An Ecological Study
Abstract: Introduction:This study explores the relationship between north-to-south (N-S)geographic positions of counties along the Mississippi River and their cancer mortality rates for a single race.The research hypothesis is that cancer rates increase from N-S. Methods: In this ecological study, archived age-adjusted cancer m..
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Vaginal Tenofovir Gel Trial Results Suggest Substantial Nonsexual HIV Transmission
Abstract : Abdool Karim and colleagues demonstrated that vaginal tenofovir gel provides partial protection against HIV in South African women. However, the study design of their double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled CAPRISA 004 trial did not allow for determining the mode of HIV acquisition for participants with incident ..
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Syphilis Infection Among Drug Users in Different Regions in China: Develop Targeted Intervention Strategy
Abstract: Aim: To understand the sex behaviours and demographic characteristics associated with syphilis infection among drug users in China, to provide useful information for HIV/AIDS prevention and intetrvention strategy.Methods: convenience sampling method or snowball sampling method was used to recruit drug users. Logistic r..
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Scarification and Male Circumcision Associated with HIV Infection in Mozambican Children and Youth
Abstract: Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, significant numbers of children with seronegative mothers are HIV infected. Similarly, substantial proportions of African youth who have not had sex are infected with HIV. These findings imply that some African children and youth acquire HIV through blood exposures in unhygienic healt..
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