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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food… the good, the bad and the ugly!

farmers and diverse cases of human poisoning in Afghanistan, India, South Africa and the former USSR are documented and are related to animal grazing on toxic plants, fed with contaminated feed/forage or to ...

The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic.

than in children. Many countries in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are presently in this stage. In countries in stage 2 of the transition, there has been a large increase in the prevalence among ...

Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Keywords: Decomposition inequality under-five mortality Abstract: Background In sub-Saharan Africa, socioeconomic factors such as place of residence, mother’s educational ...

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Anastasios Saratsis; Smaragda Sotiraki; Uffe Christian Braae; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Veronique Dermauw; Ramon M Eichenberger; Lian F Thomas; Branko Bobić; Pierre Dorny; Sarah Gabriël; Lucy J Rob ...

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in West and Central Africa

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Emilie Hendrickx; Lian F Thomas; Pierre Dorny; Branko Bobić; Uffe Christian Braae; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Ramon M Eichenberger; Sarah Gabriël; Anastasios Saratsis; Paul R Torgerson; Lucy J Rober ...

The potential use of rifabutin for treatment of patients diagnosed with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis.

with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR- TB), especially in South Africa where Xpert is now the initial diagnostic for individuals with TB symptoms. We hypothesized that a proportion of RR- TB ...

Ebola Virus Transmission Caused by Persistently Infected Survivors of the 2014-2016 Outbreak in West Africa.

In this study, we review the knowledge on the Ebola flare-ups that occurred after the peak of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Health Topics:  Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Health ...

Complete Genome Sequences of Five Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses of Serotype A Isolated from Cattle in Nigeria between 2013 and 2015.

originate from outbreaks in northern Nigeria in 2013 to 2015 and belong to the A/ AFRICA /G- IV  lineage. Health Topics:  Animal health Santé animale Diergezondheid Manuscript versions:  DOI:  ...

A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study.

among people fleeing hardship for refuge in Europe is heightened. We describe the cross-border European response to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients from the Horn of Africa ...

Exploring the Diversity of Field Strains of Brucella abortus Biovar 3 Isolated in West Africa.

a systematic review were compared using a clustering analysis and the Hunter-Gaston diversity index (HGDI). Thus, the analysis of the 42 MLVA genotyping results found in the literature on West Africa [i.e., from ...

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