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Breaking the Mould of Centralization? Path Dependence and Local Government Reform in Ireland: 1898-2014 by Ogbazghi, Petros B.

“…The landmark Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, with its extension of local democracy, presented Irish nationalists with an opportunity to advance the cause…”
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Extending partial edge colorings of iterated cartesian products of cycles and paths by Casselgren, Carl Johan, Granholm, Jonas, Petros, Fikre B.

“…We consider the problem of extending partial edge colorings of iterated cartesian products of even cycles and paths, focusing on the case when the precolored…”
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Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among students in three eastern Ethiopian universities by Mekonnen, A., Collins, J. M., Aseffa, A., Ameni, G., Petros, B.

“…SETTINGS: Three universities located in eastern Ethiopia: Haramaya University, Haramaya; Dire-Dawa University, Dire-Dawa; and Jigjiga University,…”
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Eritrea's politics and governance crisis as political culture epiphenomena by Ogbazghi, Petros B.

“…The emergence of Eritrea as a new nation apparently required the government to transcend inherited forms of identity. It has tried to do this by forging a new…”
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Effect of deworming on human T cell responses to mycobacterial antigens in helminth‐exposed individuals before and after bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination by Elias, D., Wolday, D., Akuffo, H., Petros, B., Bronner, U., Britton, S.

“…The protective efficacy of BCG vaccination against pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is highly variable in different populations. The reason remains to be…”
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Cryptosporidium and Giardia infection and drinking water sources among children in Lege Dini, Ethiopia by Ayalew, D, Boelee, E, Endeshaw, T, Petros, B

“…We assessed the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections among children using protected and unprotected water sources in the Lege Dini watershed,…”
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Avidity of IgG Antibodies Against Meningococcal Serogroup A Polysaccharide and Correlations with Bactericidal Activity in Sera From Meningitis Patients and Controls From Ethiopia by Medhane, M., Tunheim, G., Næss, L. M., Mihret, W., Bedru, A., Norheim, G., Petros, B., Aseffa, A., Rosenqvist, E.

“…Meningococcal meningitis is a significant global health challenge, especially for sub‐Saharan area: the African meningitis belt. Neisseria meningitidis of…”
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Role of incidental and/or cured intestinal parasitic infections on profile of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets and activation status in HIV‐1 infected and uninfected adult Ethiopians by KASSU, A., TSEGAYE, A., WOLDAY, D., PETROS, B., AKLILU, M., SANDERS, E. J., FONTANET, A. L., VAN BAARLE, D., HAMANN, D., DE WIT, T. F. RINKE

“…SUMMARY Intestinal parasitic infections have been suggested to cause persistent immune activation leading to an unbalanced immune state. Such a state has been…”
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Reduced naive and increased activated CD4 and CD8 cells in healthy adult Ethiopians compared with their Dutch counterparts by MESSELE, T, ABDULKADIR, M, FONTANET, A. L, PETROS, B, HAMANN, D, KOOT, M, ROOS, M. T. L, SCHELLEKENS, P. T. A, MIEDEMA, F, RINKE DE WIT, T. F

“…To assess possible differences in immune status, proportions and absolute numbers of subsets of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were compared between HIV− healthy…”
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Distribution of lymphocyte subsets in healthy human immunodeficiency virus-negative adult Ethiopians from two geographic locales by Kassu, A, Tsegaye, A, Petros, B, Wolday, D, Hailu, E, Tilahun, T, Hailu, B, Roos, M T, Fontanet, A L, Hamann, D, De Wit, T F

“…Immunological values for 562 factory workers from Wonji, Ethiopia, a sugar estate 114 km southeast of the capital city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, were compared to…”
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Control of human African trypanosomiasis: trap and odour preference of tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans submorsitans) in the upper Didessa river valley of Ethiopia by Belete, H., Tikubet, G., Petros, B., Oyibo, W. A., Otigbuo, I. N.

“…Summary Ethiopia is one of the endemic countries for Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) as over 100 000 people are at risk of having the disease. The control…”
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The relationships between dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), the intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infection and parasite-specific antibody responses: A cross-sectional study in residents of endemic communities in north-east Ethiopia by ABEBE, F, BIRKELAND, K. I, GAARDER, P. I, PETROS, B, GUNDERSEN, S. G

“…There are speculations that the puberty-related hormone dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) might influence the intensity of infection and immune responses…”
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Ethical review of health-related biotechnology research in Africa: a role for the Pan African Bioethics Initiative (PABIN) by Petros, B

“…The paper reviews the status of nature and functions of the Pan African Bioethics Initiative (PABIN) a voluntary organization, founded in 2001 by leading…”
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Differences in prevalence, intensity of infection and parasite-specific antibody levels do not predict different age-infection profiles by Abebe, F., Gaarder, P. I., Petros, B., Gundersen, S. G.

“…Acquired immunity is believed to influence the age‐infection profile of Schistosoma infections. We compared antibody responses against Schistosoma mansoni…”
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Age- and sex-related differences in antibody responses against Schistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigen in a cohort of school children in Ethiopia by ABEBE, F., GAARDER, P. I., PETROS, B., GUNDERSEN, S. G.

“…Acquired immunity is believed to be the main factor in the age‐related differences in prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma infections. We studied antibody…”
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Cryptosporidium and other parasites in Ethiopian AIDS patients with chronic diarrhoea by Fisseha, B, Petros, B, WoldeMichael, T

“…Previous studies in other African countries have shown high prevalences of Isospora belli and Cryptosporidium parvum infections in acquired immunodeficiency…”
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Differences in prevalence, intensity of infection and parasite-specific antibody levels do not predict different age-infection profiles a study in two communities endemic for Schistosoma mansoni infections by ABEBE, F, GAARDER, P. I, PETROS, B, GUNDERSEN, S. G

“…Acquired immunity is believed to influence the age‐infection profile of Schistosoma infections. We compared antibody responses against Schistosoma mansoni…”
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Determination of the human blood index of some anopheline mosquitos by using ELISA by Adugna, N, Petros, B

“…To determine the human blood index, 1253 anopheline mosquitos collected from Arbaminch, Awassa, Metahara and Ziway were tested by the blood meal ELISA, based…”
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Urban malaria in Nazareth, Ethiopia: parasitological studies by Yohannes, M, Petros, B

“…Cross-sectional surveys for parasite infection, and factors that possibly influence human malaria transmission were carried out to characterize the…”
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Sexual transmission of SIVagm in wild grivet monkeys by Phillips-Conroy, J E, Jolly, C J, Petros, B, Allan, J S, Desrosiers, R C

“…This study reports the prevalence of simian immunodeficiency virus and the relationship of serostatus to age and sex among a wild population of Ethiopian…”
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