Search Results - "Hurtado, Northan"
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Sub-national variation in measles vaccine coverage and outbreak risk: a case study from a 2010 outbreak in Malawi
Published in BMC public health (15-06-2018)“…Despite progress towards increasing global vaccination coverage, measles continues to be one of the leading, preventable causes of death among children…”
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections at a Provincial Reference Hospital, Cambodia
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-07-2017)“…Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) disease is poorly documented in countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB). We describe prevalence,…”
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Lessons and challenges for measles control from unexpected large outbreak, Malawi
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-02-2013)“…Despite high reported coverage for routine and supplementary immunization, in 2010 in Malawi, a large measles outbreak occurred that comprised 134,000 cases…”
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Measles outbreak response immunization is context-specific: insight from the recent experience of Médecins Sans Frontières
Published in PLoS medicine (01-11-2013)“…Andrea Minetti and colleagues compare measles outbreak responses from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Malawi and argue that outbreak response…”
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Exploring HIV infection and susceptibility to measles among older children and adults in Malawi: a facility-based study
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-02-2015)“…Highlights • HIV infection increases measles susceptibility in infants, but less is known about older ages. • We sampled HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected…”
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in a national referral hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Published in Global health action (01-01-2015)“…There are no recent data on the prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR TB) in Cambodia. We aim to describe TB drug resistance amongst adults with…”
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Feasibility of Training Clinical Officers in Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Respiratory Diseases in Aweil, South Sudan
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-01-2019)“…Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are the leading cause of deaths in children < 5 years old worldwide, particularly affecting low-resource settings…”
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Improved Neonatal Mortality at a District Hospital in Aweil, South Sudan
Published in Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) (01-06-2017)“…Neonatal deaths comprise a growing proportion of global under-five mortality. However, data from the highest-burden areas is sparse. This descriptive…”
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Reaching hard-to-reach individuals: Nonselective versus targeted outbreak response vaccination for measles
Published in American journal of epidemiology (15-01-2014)“…Current mass vaccination campaigns in measles outbreak response are nonselective with respect to the immune status of individuals. However, the heterogeneity…”
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Measles seroprevalence in Chiradzulu district, Malawi: Implications for evaluating vaccine coverage
Published in Vaccine (26-08-2015)“…Abstract Introduction Self-reported measles vaccination coverage is frequently used to inform vaccination strategies in resource-poor settings. However, little…”
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Four years of case‐based surveillance of meningitis following the introduction of MenAfriVac in Moissala, Chad: lessons learned
Published in Tropical medicine & international health (01-12-2017)“…Objective Case‐based surveillance of bacterial meningitis in sentinel districts has been recommended after the introduction of the conjugated vaccine against…”
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Measles Outbreak Response Immunization Is Context-Specific: Insight from the Recent Experience of Médecins Sans Frontières: e1001544
Published in PLoS medicine (01-11-2013)“…Once the outbreak is laboratory-confirmed, additional cases are confirmed clinically [13]. [...]it is possible that some of the measles cases are misclassified…”
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Measles in Democratic Republic of Congo: an outbreak description from Katanga, 2010-2011
Published in BMC infectious diseases (22-05-2013)“…The Democratic Republic of Congo experiences regular measles outbreaks. From September 2010, the number of suspected measles cases increased, especially in…”
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Local discrepancies in measles vaccination opportunities: results of population-based surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in BMC public health (21-02-2014)“…The World Health Organization recommends African children receive two doses of measles containing vaccine (MCV) through routine programs or supplemental…”
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in a national referral hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Published in Global health action (01-01-2015)“…Background and objective There are no recent data on the prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR TB) in Cambodia. We aim to describe TB drug resistance…”
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Dopaminergic influence on cardiovascular responses to exercise stress in hypertensive subjects
Published in American journal of therapeutics (01-01-1997)“…Ten hypertensive subjects were studied at the Vargas Medical School in Caracas, Venezuela. They were submitted to submaximal treadmill exercises according to…”
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