Detection of hepatitis B antigen by radioelectrocomplexing.

abstract：PROBLEM:Propanil is an aniline herbicide that is widely used for rice cultivation, but is also used for self-poisoning. Toxicity from propanil is largely due to methemoglobinemia. In resource-poor settings, the capacity to determine methemoglobin concentration is insufficient and prevents effective case management, whi...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Shihana F,Dawson AH,Buckley NA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the implications of implementing the World Health Organization (WHO) 2010 guidelines for antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in adults and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which recommend initiating ART at a CD4+ T lymphocyte (CD4+) threshold of ≤ 350 cells/mm(3) in...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Konings E,Ambaw Y,Dilley K,Gichangi P,Arega T,Crandall B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigations have shown that in the Lake Region of Sukumaland, Tanganyika, where Schistosoma haematobium is highly endemic, Bulinus (Physopsis) nasutus is responsible for the transmission of that schistosome in small, temporary rain pools. This area is one of low rainfall, and large artificial reservoirs ar...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： KINOTI G

更新日期：1964-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine if economic development in China correlates with physical growth among Chinese children and adolescents. METHODS:The height, body weight and physical activity level of children and adolescents aged 18 years and under, as well as dietary data, were obtained from seven large surveys conducted in Chi...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Zong XN,Li H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autogenous species belonging to the Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris subgroup was found on the island of Tafahi, Kingdom of Tonga. A subcolony was established at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., USA, where cross-breeding experiments were conducted with the Samoan strain of A. polynesiensis. The cross between ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Hitchcock JC,Rozeboom LE

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiomersal-iodine-formalin (TIF) has been used as a faecal preservative in many prevalence surveys of intestinal helminths and protozoa. In helminth surveys, however, estimates of worm burden are no less essential than those of prevalence. Direct-smear and dilution egg-counting techniques, using fresh faeces, have bee...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Dunn FL

更新日期：1968-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recommended procedures and criteria for T-cell receptor (TCR) designations are described. The officially adopted designations are for the TCR A, B, D and G loci and for V, D, J and C segments. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria parasites in mice present a simplified rodent model for the immunological study of malaria. Experiments have been performed to determine the pattern and persistence of malaria antibody as detected by the indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test utilizing specific antimouse IgM and IgG conjugates. The antibody ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Waki S,Suzuki M

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1961 the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization asked the National Institute for Medical Research, London, to collect and study material to replace the first International Standard for Serum Gonadotrophin, stocks of which were running low. This paper describes the material that was contributed, its dist...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Bangham DR,Woodward PM

更新日期：1966-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents estimates of the prevalence of visual impairment and its causes in 2002, based on the best available evidence derived from recent studies. Estimates were determined from data on low vision and blindness as defined in the International statistical classification of diseases, injuries and causes of d...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Resnikoff S,Pascolini D,Etya'ale D,Kocur I,Pararajasegaram R,Pokharel GP,Mariotti SP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To assess the outcomes of children diagnosed with hearing impairment 3 years earlier in terms of referral uptake, treatment received and satisfaction with this treatment, and social participation. Methods:We conducted a population-based longitudinal analysis of children with a hearing impairment in two rural...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Mulwafu W,Tataryn M,Polack S,Viste A,Goplen FK,Kuper H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The third study in a series on the prevalence of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria in Africa is devoted to the investigation of the formamidase activity of 288 cultures of mycobacteria, already typed by a battery of standard tests as pathogenic or atypical (184 strains) and saprophytic (104 strains). Of the latter, 96 (92...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Zykov MP,Roulet H

更新日期：1967-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Problem:Slovenia's model of primary health care relied on reactive, episodic care and was ill-equipped to address the country's burden of disease dominated by noncommunicable diseases. Approach:The government has developed a multidisciplinary, community-based, prevention-oriented service delivery model for primary hea...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Johansen AS,Vracko P,West R

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Papua New Guinea the bottle-feeding of babies has been increasing, predominantly among unemployed women of low educational status. Many women are unaware of their legal right to have breaks at work for the purpose of breastfeeding, and a high proportion of workplaces have no facilities for mothers who wish to breas...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Friesen H,Vince J,Boas P,Danaya R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the packing of stool samples with preservative in heat-sealed plastic sleeves is described. In several years' use the method has proved rapid and reliable. The materials are lighter and less bulky than rigid containers, and transport of samples is simple and economical. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Eaton RD

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether integrating antiretroviral therapy (ART) into antenatal care (ANC) and maternal and child health (MCH) clinics could improve programmatic and patient outcomes. METHODS:The authors systematically searched PubMed, Embase, African Index Medicus and LiLACS for randomized controlled trials, p...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Suthar AB,Hoos D,Beqiri A,Lorenz-Dehne K,McClure C,Duncombe C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:In 2010, dengue virus (DENV) serotype-4 was detected during a dengue outbreak in the Amazonian city of Boa Vista. At that time Brazil was already endemic for DENV-1, DENV-2 and DENV-3. This was the first time DENV-4 was observed in the country after it was initially detected and eliminated in 1981. APPROACH:To...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Maciel-de-Freitas R,Valle D

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate out-of-pocket costs and the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in people admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndromes in Asia. METHODS:Participants were enrolled between June 2011 and May 2012 into this observational study in China, India, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, T...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Jan S,Lee SW,Sawhney JP,Ong TK,Chin CT,Kim HS,Krittayaphong R,Nhan VT,Itoh Y,Huo Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This literature review indicates that menstrual regulation during the fifth to seventh week of pregnancy is not always as free from risk as has sometimes been claimed. In particular, it has a higher failure rate, in terms of continued pregnancy, than has abortion by suction in later stages of pregnancy.Vacuum aspirati...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Edström K

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 1300 compounds have so far been included in the WHO Programme for Evaluating and Testing New Insecticides, which is designed to disclose compounds that may satisfactorily replace those to which insect vectors of disease have become resistant. The authors describe the successful passage of o-isopropoxyphenyl ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Wright JW,Fritz RF,Hocking KS,Babione R,Gratz NG,Pal R,Stiles AR,Vandekar M

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This month the World Health Assembly discusses the post-2015 global tuberculosis strategy and accompanying set of targets. Giovanni Battista Migliori tells Fiona Fleck how his institute - one of WHO's thousands of partners across the globe - can contribute in future to its implementation, once it is approved. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Migliori GB,Fleck F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemagglutination (HA) has been used frequently for the titration of tetanus antitoxin but published results have varied in relation to the "unitage" determined by the mouse toxin-neutralization test (TN). This report gives the results of the titration of a group of sera by haemagglutination and compares them with the...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Hardegree MC,Barile MF,Pittman M,Maloney CJ,Schofield F,Maclennan R

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up study of coronary heart disease (CHD) was carried out among adults in Delhi 3 years after an initial community-based epidemiological survey of the same population. A total of 575 of the 814 cases of CHD detected clinically and by electrocardiogram (ECG) in the initial survey took part. On re-examination of...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Chadha SL,Ramachandran K,Shekhawat S,Tandon R,Gopinath N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess government actions to improve the healthiness of food environments in New Zealand, based on the healthy food environment policy index. METHODS:A panel of 52 public health experts rated the extent of government implementation against international best practice for 42 indicators of food environment ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Vandevijvere S,Dominick C,Devi A,Swinburn B,International Network for Food and Obesity\/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support.

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histochemical staining methods for acid phosphatase were used to study the differences among microfilariae of various West African strains of Onchocerca volvulus in both forest and Sudan-savanna onchocerciasis zones. The results have shown statistically significant differences in the staining patterns of microfilarial...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Omar MS,Prost A,Marshall TF

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera, which had been spreading throughout the south-west Pacific in 1961, broke out in Hong Kong in August of that year. The outbreak lasted about six weeks, and recurred in 1962 and 1963; but whereas the 1961 outbreak resembled classical cholera, in the succeeding years the pattern changed. The disease, though sti...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： VANDELINDE PA

更新日期：1965-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the results of serological analyses made by the laboratory of the Treponematoses Control Project, Indonesia, from its establishment in April 1951 until April 1953. All sera were tested quantitatively with the VDRL and Kline slide-tests or the Kahn test, or with all three.A study of the mean reagin...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： LI HY,SOEBEKTI R

更新日期：1955-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:The potential for misidentification of trial participants, leading to misclassification, is a threat to the integrity of randomized controlled trials. The correct identification of study subjects in large trials over prolonged periods is of vital importance to those conducting clinical trials. Currently used me...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： SonLa Study Group.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relatively recent development of more-effective pulicides has been paralleled by the discovery of more-efficient rodenticides. Eight of the latter-namely, warfarin, pival, red squill, alpha-naphthylthiourea (ANTU), zinc phosphide, arsenic trioxide, thallium sulfate, and sodium fluoroacetate (1080)-are discussed wi...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： LINK VB,MOHR CO

更新日期：1953-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Handicap is the result of a process of disablement whose origin is a pathological condition (disease). According to some definitions of health (e.g., a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being), the classical biomedical concept is too restrictive to cover all the consequences of disease. New models hav...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Minaire P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00