Genetic, household and spatial clustering of leprosy on an island in Indonesia : a population-based study (BAIFA Resources)
It is generally accepted that genetic factors play a role in susceptibility to both leprosy...
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Tuberculosis recurrence and mortality after successful treatment : impact of drug resistance (BAIFA Resources)
A DOTS (directly observed treatment short-course) programme was implemented progressively in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan starting in...
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The role and performance of chest X-ray for the diagnosis of tuberculosis : a cost-effectiveness analysis in Nairobi, Kenya (BAIFA Resources)
From TB suspects attending a chest clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, three sputum specimens were examined...
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Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania (BAIFA Resources)
Background: Cost-sharing schemes incorporating modest targeted subsidies have promoted insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for malaria prevention...
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The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest Bangladesh (BAIFA Resources)
Background: The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy (PPUL) in the general population was determined to...
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Conservation of the S10-spc-a Locus within otherwise highly plastic genomes provides phylogenetic insight into the Genus Leptospira (BAIFA Resources)
S10-spc-a is a 17.5 kb cluster of 32 genes encoding ribosomal proteins. This locus has...
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Information and communication technologies and continuing medical education in east and southern Africa : report of a conference held in Moshi, Tanzania 8-10 April 2003 (BAIFA Resources)
In April 2003, a conference was held in Moshi, Tanzania, to explore ways in which...
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Gender, power and HIV prevention (BAIFA Resources)
This policy brief begins, in Chapter 1, with an analysis of the gender inequalities that...
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Cost-effectiveness of algorithms for confirmation test of human African trypanosomiasis (BAIFA Resources)
The control of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is compromised by low sensitivity...
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Detection and identification of human Plasmodium species with real-time quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (BAIFA Resources)
Background: Decisions concerning malaria treatment depend on species identification causing disease. Microscopy is most frequently...
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