Health sciences topic list of research papers
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Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at two referral centers in Tehran, Iran: a descriptive study
Summary Background Risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) vary by population and locale. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for VRE colonization in...
2011 / A. Nateghian, J.L. Robinson, K. Arjmandi, P. Vosough, A. Karimi, et al. -
Extrapolating respiratory tract infection incidences to a rural area of Ghana using a probability model for hospital attendance
Summary Objective The aim of the current study was to extrapolate incidences for respiratory tract infections (RTI) using referral data from a local hospital in Ghana weighted by the individual likelihood of a hospital visit. ...
2012 / R. Krumkamp, N.G. Schwarz, N. Sarpong, W. Loag, H. Zeeb, et al. -
Pulmonary tuberculosis: a public health problem amongst the Saharia, a primitive tribe of Madhya Pradesh, Central India
Summary Objectives To estimate the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) disease amongst the Saharia, a ‘primitive’ tribe of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Methods ...
2010 / Vikas G. Rao, Punnathanathu Gopalan Gopi, Jyothi Bhat, Nagamiah Selvakumar, Rajiv Yadav, et al. -
Outcome and extent of disability following Japanese encephalitis in Indonesian children
Summary Objectives The study aimed to assess outcome, including level of disability, following Japanese encephalitis (JE) in children in Indonesia. Methods A...
2009 / Masri Sembiring Maha, Vanda A. Moniaga, Susan L. Hills, Anton Widjaya, Agus Sasmito, et al. -
Increasing resistance in community-acquired urinary tract infections in Latin America, five years after the implementation of national therapeutic guidelines
Summary Background The worldwide increasing resistance to antibiotics has complicated antimicrobial treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs), especially in Latin America. This study aimed to report the present etiology and...
2010 / P.H.A. Bours, R. Polak, A.I.M. Hoepelman, E. Delgado, A. Jarquin, et al. -
Lack of occult hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors with isolated hepatitis B core antibody living in an HBV low prevalence region of Iran
Abstract Background Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in blood donors is considered a potential threat for the safety of the blood supply, however conclusive studies on this issue are lacking. The aim of this study was to...
2009 / Masoomeh Sofian, Arezoo Aghakhani, Nabiallah Izadi, Mohammad Banifazl, Ebrahim Kalantar, et al. -
Study of Vancomycin (VA) and Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) activity on community-associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) biofilms (Bf) in vitro2010 / A. Farinati, M.V. Campana, S.C. Lopez, R. Notario, J.M. Casellas, et al.
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Practice and knowledge about diagnosis and treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in Spain and Portugal2016 / Cristina Esquinas, Miriam Barrecheguren, Maria Sucena, Esther Rodriguez, Sandra Fernandez, et al.
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Obstetric risk indicators for labour dystocia in nulliparous women: A multi-centre cohort study2008 / Hanne Kjærgaard, Jørn Olsen, Bent Ottesen, Per Nyberg, Anna-Karin Dykes
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Travel-related schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, filariasis, and toxocariasis: the risk of infection and the diagnostic relevance of blood eosinophilia2011 / Gijs G Baaten, Gerard J Sonder, Tom van Gool, Joan A Kint, Anneke van den Hoek
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The Prevalence of Norovirus in returning international travelers with diarrhea2010 / Nadja Apelt, Christine Hartberger, Hartmut Campe, Thomas Löscher
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Common carotid arterial interadventitial distance (diameter) as an indicator of the damaging effects of age and atherosclerosis, a cross-sectional study of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Community Cohort Limited Access Data (ARICLAD), 1987–892006 / MarshaL Eigenbrodt, Zoran Bursac, KathrynM Rose, DavidJ Couper, RichardE Tracy, et al.
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"Harnessing genomics to improve health in Africa" – an executive course to support genomics policy2005 / Alyna C Smith, John Mugabe, Peter A Singer, Abdallah S Daar
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Utilisation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners within maternity care provision: results from a nationally representative cohort study of 1,835 pregnant women2012 / Amie Steel, Jon Adams, David Sibbritt, Alex Broom, Cindy Gallois, et al.
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A systematic review of the responsiveness of lower limb physical performance measures in inpatient care after stroke2013 / Katharine Scrivener, Catherine Sherrington, Karl Schurr
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The differential effects of maternal age, race/ethnicity and insurance on neonatal intensive care unit admission rates2012 / Beatriz E de Jongh, Robert Locke, David A Paul, Matthew Hoffman
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A model for integrating strategic planning and competence-based curriculum design in establishing a public health programme: the UNC Charlotte experience2009 / Michael E Thompson, Andrew Harver, Marquis Eure
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Scaling up integration: development and results of a participatory assessment of HIV/TB services, South Africa2010 / Vera Scott, Mickey Chopra, Virginia Azevedo, Judy Caldwell, Pren Naidoo, et al.
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Cytogenetic analysis of HER1/EGFR, HER2, HER3 and HER4 in 278 breast cancer patients2008 / Andrea Sassen, Justine Rochon, Peter Wild, Arndt Hartmann, Ferdinand Hofstaedter, et al.
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Musculoskeletal disorders in physically active conscripts: a one-year follow-up study in the Finnish Defence Forces2009 / Henri Taanila, Jaana Suni, Harri Pihlajamäki, Ville M Mattila, Olli Ohrankämmen, et al.