Abstract:
:Epidemics of cholera have been frequent in southern Africa since the reintroduction of the disease to the continent in 1970. In late 1992, following a severe drought and an influx of refugees from Mozambique, cholera reappeared in Zimbabwe for the first time since 1985 and rapidly spread through the rural areas of the country. Data relating to symptomatic cholera infection collected during 2 large outbreaks on the eastern border of the country showed that host age and sex were important factors relating to symptomatic infection, as were population density and access to water. Epidemic profiles for the 2 study areas differed in that one of the profiles exhibited a distinct second phase epidemic. This unusual pattern was compared qualitatively with the output of a series of simple mathematical models to examine the contribution of different epidemiological processes to the pattern of disease observed. Model output suggested a complex disease process, in which the dynamics may have been influenced by spatial components. Statistical analysis of these unusual data showed that the observed pattern was independent of the effects of host age or sex, and provided compelling evidence of a marked spatial component of the second phase epidemic.
journal_name
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hygauthors
Bradley M,Shakespeare R,Ruwende A,Woolhouse ME,Mason E,Munatsi Adoi
10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90512-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-07-01 00:00:00pages
378-82issue
4eissn
0035-9203issn
1878-3503journal_volume
90pub_type
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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更新日期:1976-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.03.008
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(89)90377-5
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(83)90079-2
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/trstmh/trv115
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(83)90103-7
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.026
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.12.006
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Microbial diarrheal diseases are one of the leading causes of child morbidity and mortality in developing countries. This study aimed to identify the main causes of non-bacterial diarrhea in Afghanistan. METHODS:A total of 699 stools were collected from children aged under 5 years who presented with diarrhe...
journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/trstmh/tru096
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(76)90009-2
更新日期:1976-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Starting in 2008, the Central African Republic (CAR) experienced an unprecedented number of reported yellow fever (YF) cases. A risk assessment of YF virus (YFV) activity was conducted to estimate potential disease risk and vaccine needs. METHODS:A multistage cluster sampling design was used to sample human...
journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/trstmh/tru086
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(94)90090-6
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ten Trypanosoma cruzi stocks recently isolated from patients in acute and chronic phases of Chagas disease were inoculated to susceptible (A/Sn) mice. The mice were inoculated with 10(4) trypomastigotes intraperitoneally and monitored for parasitaemia and mortality for up to 300 d. The results demonstrated that (i) T....
journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90381-3
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A survey of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus antibody, using the reversed passive haemagglutination inhibition test, was carried out in Saudi Arabia on sera from imported livestock at Jeddah seaport, as well as humans who had contact with imported animals on farms and in quarantine stations. Antibodies were dete...
journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90014-6
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The response in vitro of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine, mefloquine and quinine was studied in a hyperendemic peri-urban area of Accra, Ghana, during the fourth quarter of 1991, yielding a total of 159 valid tests. Schizont maturation in drug-free controls and effective chloroquine concentrations were strongly c...
journal_title:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(95)90672-x
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00