Diagnosis: Zika virus infection. Arboviral infection was suspected. Dengue virus (DENV) serology (Panbio Dengue immunoglobulin G [IgG] indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], Alere; Panbio Dengue immunoglobulin M [IgM] capture ELISA, Alere; Platelia Dengue NS1Ag ELISA, Bio-Rad) and pan-flavivirus reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using heminested primers that amp...

Whether or not the student of social evolution agrees with the philosophy of Spengler that progressive sterility of the educated classes, like the advent of the machine age, the congregation of men into cities, the pursuit of money and the neglect of culture, signify the decadence of Western civilization, he will recognize that this subject has an importance much broader than its interest to th...

This study postulates that contraceptive use in Pakistan is affected by the usual demographic factors as well as husband-wife communication, female autonomy, son preference, religious beliefs, and family planning service supply. Analysis is based on data obtained from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey of 1990-91. Findings indicate that 74% of women never talked in the past year with ...

We study social decision schemes (SDSs), i.e., functions that map a collection of individual preferences over alternatives to a lottery over the alternatives. Depending on how preferences over alternatives are extended to preferences over lotteries, there are varying degrees of efficiency and strategyproofness. In this paper, we consider four such preference extensions: stochastic dominance (SD...