James Chau: connecting people with public health.

abstract：:The results of antigenic studies of the viruses received at the World Influenza Centre from the 1952-3 influenza epidemic are described. As in 1950-1, two main antigenic groups of influenza A viruses could be distinguished. One group, called Liverpool, contained strains closely related to 1950-1 Liverpool strains. The...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： ISAACS A,DEPOUX R,FISET P

更新日期：1954-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a nomenclature system for allergens which has been officially recommended by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS). The nomenclature is based on proposals of the IUIS Sub-Committee for Allergen Nomenclature and is applicable to highly purified, well-characterized allergens and...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Marsh DG,Goodfriend L,King TP,Lowenstein H,Platts-Mills TA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1995, the WHO Regional Office for Africa launched a logistics project to address the four main areas of immunization logistics: the cold chain, transport, vaccine supply and quality, and the safety of injections in the countries of the region. The impact of this logistic approach on immunization injection safety wa...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Dicko M,Oni AQ,Ganivet S,Kone S,Pierre L,Jacquet B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique for achieving high yields of Plasmodium falciparum parasites on a continuous basis is described. The technique is applicable in any laboratory. The culture apparatus is also simple and inexpensive and allows multiple cultures to be run simultaneously. A total of approximately 1-2 x 10(9) parasites c...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Siddiqui WA,Kan SC,Kramer K,Richmond-Crum SM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemagglutination and immunoelectrophoresis tests were investigated to find which was more suitable for the immunodiagnosis of amoebiasis. Both tests were positive in more than 90% of sera from patients with amoebic liver abscess. With serum from blood donors and patients with other diseases a much lower percentage of...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Savanat T,Chaicumpa W

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Problem:If universal health coverage (UHC) is to be achieved globally, it needs sustained promotion and political awareness and support. Approach:During its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations in 2016, Japan aimed to raise the issue of UHC to the top of the global health agenda. Local setting...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Sakamoto H,Ezoe S,Hara K,Hinoshita E,Sekitani Y,Abe K,Inada H,Kato T,Komada K,Miyakawa M,Yamaya H,Yamamoto N,Abe SK,Shibuya K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a simple and reliable test for sulfonamides has created a problem because of the increasing use of these drugs in the chemotherapy of malaria. This paper describes a modification of the Bratton-Marshall technique, for which the reagents are easily obtainable and which can be carried out in simply equipped ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： de Almeida-Filho J,de Souza JM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if higher fertility and lower contraceptive use among the poorer segments of society should be considered an inequality, reflecting a higher desire for large families among the poor, or an inequity, a product of the poor being prevented from achieving their desired fertility to the same degree as...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Gillespie D,Ahmed S,Tsui A,Radloff S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paula Radcliffe tells Gary Humphreys about her journey from athlete to clean air advocate and her hopes for a clean air initiative launched by the International Association of Athletics Federation. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the hazards involved in the use of antibiotics in animal feeds is that it may lead to the development of bacterial drug-resistance. An analysis of the phenomenon shows that this possibility largely depends on the size of the bacterial populations involved and on the possibility of selective multiplication of th...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： MANTEN A

更新日期：1963-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological effects of tuberculin in an organism infected with tubercle bacilli are due to an unknown number of different substances, which are present in varying concentrations in different tuberculin preparations. Consequently, the response to tuberculin tests with various products is likely to vary with the biol...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： HANSEN OG,LINDQVIST K,WAALER H

更新日期：1964-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A taxonomic approach using cluster analysis and principal component analysis has grouped the countries of the world in eight clusters, in an initial attempt to propose a worldwide spatial classification based on the following health-related indicators: (a) those directly related to the health status of the population;...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Verhasselt Y,Mansourian B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A form of endemic syphilis exists in the Bakwena Reserve of the Bechuanaland Protectorate known by the local name of "dichuchwa". It is similar to bejel, njovera and the endemic syphilis reported elsewhere in the world. The Government of the Protectorate, with the assistance of WHO and UNICEF, began in November 1953 a...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： MURRAY JF,MERRIWEATHER AM,FREEDMAN ML

更新日期：1956-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted each month for one year to determine the cercarial-incubation periods of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis in Bulinus truncatus for different months of infection. The snails were kept in outdoor aquaria in order to simulate the natural temperature conditions in the endemic bilharzias...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Chu KY,Massoud J,Sabbaghian H

更新日期：1966-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been 4 waves of imported malaria in the USA. They occurred during the colonization of the country and during the Second World War, the UN Police Action in Korea, and the Viet-Nam conflict. The first 3 episodes are briefly described and the data on imported malaria from Viet-Nam are discussed in detail.Endem...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Schultz MG

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have reported an inverse correlation between death rates from cardiovascular diseases and local water hardness, but the significance of such a relationship is still debated. To investigate further this relationship, another indicator of water quality was used, namely, the alpha-radioactivity level of r...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Masironi R

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is devoted to a general discussion of the role of bacteriophagy in cholera. The author examines early and late observations, indicating that a new epoch in the history of the subject began in 1927, when large-scale investigations on cholera bacteriophagy were started in India. The main results are set out u...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： POLLITZER RR

更新日期：1955-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental investigations have been carried out in 32 children on the therapeutic effect of griseofulvin in favus caused by Trichophyton schoenleinii and to determine the optimal treatment schedule.It was found that, while daily doses of 3.12 mg, 6.25 mg or 12.50 mg griseofulvin per kg of body-weight did bring about...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Grin EI,Nadazdin M

更新日期：1965-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyopathies are certain heart diseases of unknown etiology and pathogenesis, occurring mostly in tropical and subtropical areas, where they constitute a major clinical problem and sometimes a public health problem. The need for international co-operation in the study of such forms of heart disease has long been r...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：1968-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the burden of road traffic injuries and deaths for all road users and among different road user groups in Africa. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, Google Scholar, websites of African road safety agencies and organizations for registry- and population-based studies and reports o...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Adeloye D,Thompson JY,Akanbi MA,Azuh D,Samuel V,Omoregbe N,Ayo CK

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between the period elapsed since weaning and the risk of shigellosis was assessed between 1 November 1987 and 30 November 1989 for a cohort of 1085 Bangladeshi children aged < 3 years. The children were followed for 1 month after exposure to Shigella spp. in their residential neighbourhoods, and the 26...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Ahmed F,Clemens JD,Rao MR,Khan MR,Haque E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deposit or precipitate formed after storage at -20 degrees C of allantoic fluids infected with influenza virus contains a considerable amount of the virus. It has been found that by treatment of this material, after thawing, with sodium chloride and subsequent purification of the treated fluid, all the virus origi...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： VEERARAGHAVAN N,SREEVALSAN T

更新日期：1961-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inspection and palpation are the traditional methods used to determine thyroid volume in areas of moderate-to-severe iodine deficiency. However, in areas of mild endemicity, and generally whenever goitres are small, ultrasonography is a safe, noninvasive technique that provides a more precise and objective method for ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of organisms such as viruses, protozoa, helminths, fungi and bacteria, especially mycobacteria, need cell-mediated immunological processes for their elimination. As well as being involved in protection, cell-mediated immunological processes are also involved in a number of allergic reactions to products...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Turk JL

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported is the assessment of a model to evaluate the efficacy of public health programmes, using the example of the Chagas Disease Control Programme in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The reduction in Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates in areas where interventions had been carried out for 5 years and 10 years, resp...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Carneiro M,Antunes CM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate physical activity during leisure time and commuting among persons aged 15-69 years in the urban population of Tianjin, China, and to assess its associations with demographic and health-related characteristics. METHODS:In 1996 a cross-sectional survey of 2002 males and 1974 females provided inf...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Hu G,Pekkarinen H,Hänninen O,Yu Z,Tian H,Guo Z,Nissinen A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-adjusted incidence rate of cervical cancer in Bombay has decreased over the last 20 years, whereas over the same period that of breast cancer increased slightly. Studies indicate that the incidence of cervical cancer is lower in successively later-born cohorts, but no cohort effect has been observed for breast...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Jayant K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uruguay is hosting the WHO Global Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) this month, from 18-20 October. Tabaré Vázquez, the President of Uruguay, tells the Bulletin of the World Health Organization about his country's efforts to prevent and fight NCDs and why countries should step up the global response. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of lectures on the tubercle bacillus by eminent authorities from various countries was organized at the Institut d'Hygiène et de Bactériologie of the University of Lausanne by Professor Paul Hauduroy, from 22 to 25 April 1949. Through the kindness of Professor Hauduroy it has been possible for the World Healt...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：1949-01-01 00:00:00