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Hepatitis A seroprevalence in children and adolescents aged 1–18 years among a low socioeconomic population in Izmir, Turkey
24 January 2012
Oya Halicioglu, Sezin A. Akman, Bengu Tatar, Ruya Atesli, Sukran Kose
Summary: The age-specific prevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection and risk factors were evaluated in a low socioeconomic population in Izmir. Children and adolescents 1–18 years of age admitte...
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A model-based tool to predict the propagation of infectious disease via airports
16 January 2012
Grace M. Hwang, Paula J. Mahoney, John H. James, Gene C. Lin, Andre D. Berro, Meredith A. Keybl, D. Michael Goedecke, Jennifer J. Mathieu, Todd Wilson
Summary: Epidemics of novel or re-emerging infectious diseases have quickly spread globally via air travel, as highlighted by pandemic H1N1 influenza in 2009 (pH1N1). Federal, state, and local public ...
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Rubella contact tracing associated with air travel
04 January 2012
Curi Kim, Pollyanna Chavez, Abbi Pierce, Andrew Murray, Molly Sander, Cynthia Kenyon, Ruta Sharangpani, Emily Abernathy, Joseph Icenogle, Preeta K. Kutty, Susan B. Redd, Kathleen Gallagher, John Neatherlin, Karen Marienau
Summary: This report reviews U.S. guidelines for the identification of persons exposed to rubella during air travel. In response to an individual with rubella who traveled on multiple flights, CDC con...
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Peritoneal tuberculosis in Qatar: A five-year hospital-based study from 2005 to 2009
03 January 2012
Fahmi Yousef Khan, Ahmed Mustafa AL-Muzrakchi, Mamoon M. Elbedawi, Attor Ahmed AL-Muzrakchi, Abdulhakeem Al Tabeb
Summary: There is limited information about peritoneal tuberculosis in Qatar. This retrospective study aimed to review our experience with peritoneal tuberculosis in patients admitted to Hamad general...
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Book review
29 December 2011
Jane N. Zuckerman
Much has been written in the professional literature on infectious diseases in children, but little is available to the public apart from sensation-hungry journals, the world-wide web (the internet) –...
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