Patterns of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youths in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania BMC Infectious Diseases 2006, 6:22 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-22 Guerino Chalamilla ([email protected]) Judica Mbwana ([email protected]) Fred Mhalu ([email protected]) Eunice Mmari ([email protected]) Mtebe Majigo ([email protected]) Andrew Swai ([email protected]) Willy Urassa (wura...

A spectrum of blood-borne infectious agents is transmitted through transfusion of infected blood donated by apparently healthy and asymptomatic blood donors. The diversity of infectious agents includes hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1/2), human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-I/II), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Parvovirus B19, West Nile Virus (...

Depending on intensity and extent occurrence of infectious diseases can be distinguished accordingly: Sporadic – isolated cases of disease without obvious epidemiological connections Epidemical – mass occurrence of infectious disease in mutual epidemiological connection taking place in a limited territory for a certain amount of time. When two or more cases of disease occur in one family or hou...

Text S1: Supplementary methods Behavioral module.......................................................................................................... 2 Epidemiological module................................................................................................. 6 Text S2: Supplementary results Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of the behavioral module.............................

eukaryotes, and there is evidence that they exist even in slime mold. The complexity and versatility of GPCR biology is apparent if we consider the fact that this signaling pathway evolved almost 1.2 billion years ago. The editors of G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Structure, Signaling, and Physiology successfully synthesize decades of research into a well-organized reference textbook. The layout ...

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Head lice infestation is associated with limited morbidity but causes a high level of anxiety among parents of school-aged children. Since the 2002 clinical report on head lice was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, patterns of resistance to products available overthe-counter and by prescription have changed, and additional mechanical means of removing head lice have been explored...

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