• Role of vaccines in preventing influenza in healthy children 

  Sambala, E.Z.; Cooper, S.; Schmidt, B.M.; Walaza, S.; Wiysonge, C.S. (HMPG, 2021-03-02)

  The role of an influenza vaccine is to minimise illness and death. Vaccines provide good protection against influenza strains and significantly reduce time off work. However, the recommendation for use depends on the ...

• Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21◦S, 55◦E) 

  Cadet, J. M.; Portafaix, T; Bencherif, H; Lamy, K; Brogniez, C; Auriol, F; Metzger, J.M; Boudreault, L.E.; Wright, C.Y. (MDPI, 2020-04-19)

  Measurement of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is important for the assessment of potential beneficial and adverse impacts on the biosphere, plants, animals, and humans. Excess solar UVR exposure in humans is associated ...

• An implementation study of oral and blood-based HIV self-testing and linkage to care among men in rural and peri-urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Shapiro, A.E.; Krows, M.; Schaafsma, T.T.; Celum, C.L.; Barnabas, R.V.; van Heerden, A.; van Rooyen, H.; Sausi, K.; Sithole, N.; Koole, O. (John Wiley and Sons, 2020-04-22)

  Introduction: In South Africa, men living with HIV are less likely than women to test and know their status (the first UNAIDS “90-90-90” target), and men have worse outcomes across the HIV care cascade. HIV self-testing ...

• Association of deworming with reduced eosinophilia: implications of HIV/AIDS and co-endemic diseases 

  Schoeman S.E.; Markus M.B.; Bentwich Z.; Mansvelt E.P.G.; Adams V.J.; Fincham J.E.; Dhansay M.A.; Lombard, C.J. (2003)

  Eosinophil counts in venous blood were monitored during a randomized controlled deworming trial (n = 155 children) that lasted for a year, and in a whole-school deworming programme (range 174-256 children) of 2 years' ...

• Fumonisin mycotoxins in human hair 

  Sewram, V.; Mshicilelo, N.; Shephard, G.S.; Marasas, W.F.O (2003)

  This study shows for the first time the accumulation of fumonisin mycotoxins in human hair of population clusters exposed to contaminated maize, and thus the feasibility of human hair analysis for the assessment of past ...

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