To raise awareness and knowledge of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); information, education and communication (IEC) strategies are needed. Entertainment education (EE) uses performing arts and theatre, as form of HIV programming, and is increasingly utilised in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a...
Author(s)
Hou, M. C. van; Mhlanga-Gunda, R.; Kewley, S.
Publisher
Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, USA
Citation
Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 2019, 21, 4, pp 178-213
Since March 2020, Ghana's creative arts communities have tracked the complex facets of the COVID-19 pandemic through various art forms. This paper reports a study that analysed selected 'COVID art forms' through arts and health and critical health psychology frameworks. Art forms produced between...
Author(s)
Aikins, A. de G.; Akoi-Jackson, B.
Publisher
Ghana Medical Association, Accra, Ghana
Citation
Ghana Medical Journal, 2020, 54, 4 COVID-19 Supplement, pp 86-96
Dengue is a global health problem and expansion of its endemics towards new territories in the hilly regions in Nepal is a serious concern. It appeared as a new disease in Nepal in 2004 from Japanese traveler with sporadic cases every year and massive outbreaks in 2010, 2013 and 2016. The serotype...
Author(s)
Gupta, B. P.; Tuladhar, R.; Kurmi, R.; Manandhar, K. D.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2018, 17, 6, pp (23 February 2018)
Purpose of Review: Mass gatherings (MGs) are characterized by a high concentration of people at a specific time and location. Infectious diseases are of particular concern at MGs. The aim of this review was to summarize findings in the field of infectious diseases with a variety of pathogens...
Author(s)
Van-Thuan Hoang; Gautret, P.
Publisher
Springer, New York, USA
Citation
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2018, 20, 11, pp 44
Sparse data exist on the patterns and determinants of acquisition of polyomaviruses and herpesviruses in childhood. We measured immunoglobulin G seroreactivity against 10 polyomaviruses (BKPyV, JCPyV, KIPyV, WUPyV, MCPyV, HPyV6, HPyV7, TSPyV, HPyV9, HPyV10) and 5 herpesviruses (Epstein Barr virus...
Author(s)
Karachaliou, M.; Waterboer, T.; Casabonne, D.; Chalkiadaki, G.; Roumeliotaki, T.; Michel, A.; Stiakaki, E.; Chatzi, L.; Pawlita, M.; Kogevinas, M.; Sanjose, S. de
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2016, 183, 7, pp 671-679
Background: Dengue infection among travelers has become one of the most public health concerns in present days. The importation of dengue virus can initiate an outbreak in non-endemic regions. Thailand is one of the countries topping the list of highest dengue infections in travelers. Method: This...
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2016, 14, 4, pp 398-406
OBJECTIVE. Evaluation of the epidemiological situation of imported malaria in Poland in 2013 compared to the data from previous years. MATERIAL AND METHODS. The assessment was performed based on the results of the analysis of individual reports sent to the NIPH-NIH by sanitary-epidemiological...
Publisher
Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Warszawa, Poland
Citation
Przegląd Epidemiologiczny, 2015, 69, 2, pp 273-275 (En), 385-387 (Pl)
Phlebotomines are the sole or principal vectors of Leishmania, Bartonella bacilliformis, and some arboviruses. The coevolution of sand flies with Leishmania species of mammals and lizards is considered in relation to the landscape epidemiology of leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease....
Publisher
Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, USA
Citation
Annual Review of Entomology, 2013, 58, pp 227-250
Infectious diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Epidemiologically, differences in the patterns of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance exist across diverse geographical regions. In this review on infectious diseases in the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt, the...
Author(s)
Shibl, A.; Senok, A.; Memish, Z.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2012, 18, 11, pp 1068-1080
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) epizoodemics were reported at 6-10-year intervals in northern South America beginning in the 1920s. In 1937, epizootic VEE virus was isolated from infected horse brain and shown as distinct from the North American equine encephalomyelitis viruses....
Author(s)
Johnson, K. M.; Antczak, D. F.; Dietz, W. H.; Martin, D. H.; Walton, T. E.
Publisher
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, 17, 5, pp 923-927