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  Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal 

  Castro, Eleni; Ngom, Fallou (2018-10-11)

  This poster outlines the international research collaboration between Boston University, the West African Research Center, and local experts in Senegal during a 15 month project --funded by the British Library’s Endangered ...
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  Using InSAR coherence for investigating the interplay of fluvial and aeolian features in arid lands: implications for groundwater potential in Egypt 

  Gaber, Ahmed; Abdelkareem, Mohamed; Abdelsadek, Ismail; El-Baz, Farouk; Koch, M. (MDPI AG, 2018-05-25)

  Despite the fact that the Sahara is considered the most arid region on Earth, it has witnessed prolonged fluvial and aeolian depositional history, and might harbor substantial fresh groundwater resources. Its ancient fluvial ...
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  Improving spatial prediction of Schistosoma haematobium prevalence in southern Ghana through new remote sensors and local water access profiles 

  Walz, Yvonne; Koch, Magaly; Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo; Utzinger, Jurg; Kulinkina, Alexandra V.; Naumova, Elena N. (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2018-06-01)

  BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a water-related neglected tropical disease. In many endemic low- and middle-income countries, insufficient surveillance and reporting lead to poor characterization of the demographic and ...
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  Treatment outcomes and costs of providing antiretroviral therapy at a primary health clinic versus a hospital-based HIV clinic in South Africa 

  Long, Lawrence C.; Rosen, Sydney B.; Brennan, Alana; Moyo, Faith; Sauls, Celeste; Evans, Denise; Modi, Shookdev L.; Sanne, Ian; Fox, Matthew P. (PLoS ONE, 2017-01)

  BACKGROUND:In 2010 South Africa revised its HIV treatment guidelines to allow the initiation and management of patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) by nurses, rather than solely doctors, under a program called NIMART ...
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  Self-reported illness among Boston-area international travelers: A prospective study 

  Chen, Lin H.; Han, Pauline V.; Wilson, Mary E.; Stoney, Rhett J.; Jentes, Emily S.; Benoit, Christine; Ooi, Winnie W.; Barnett, Elizabeth D.; Hamer, Davidson H. (Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2016-10)

  BACKGROUND: The Boston Area Travel Medicine Network surveyed travelers on travel-related health problems. METHODS: Travelers were recruited 2009-2011 during pre-travel consultation at three clinics. The investigation ...
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  Travelers’ diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms among Boston-area international travelers 

  Stoney, Rhett J.; Han, Pauline V.; Barnett, Elizabeth D.; Wilson, Mary E.; Jentes, Emily S.; Benoit, Christine M.; NacLeod, William B.; Hamer, Davidson H.; Chen, Lin H. (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017-06)

  INTRODUCTION: Travelers' diarrhea (TD) and non-TD gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are common among international travelers. In a study of short-term travelers from Switzerland to developing countries, the most common symptom ...
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  Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016 

  Hamer, Davidson; Barbre, Kira A.; Chen, Lin H.; Grobusch, Martin P.; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Goorhulis, Abraham; Genderen, Perry J.Jl van; Molina, Israel; Asgeirsson, Hilmir; Kozarsky, Phyllis E.; Caumes, Eric; Hagmann, Stefan H.; et al. (Annals of Internal Medicine., 2016-11)

  BACKGROUND: Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas and has been imported into many nonendemic countries by travelers. OBJECTIVE: To describe clinical manifestations and epidemiology of Zika virus disease in travelers ...
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  Comparison of medicines management strategies in insurance schemes in middle-income countries: four case studies 

  Kaplan, Warren A.; Ashigbie, Paul G.; Brooks, Mohamad I.; Wirtz, Veronika J. (BioMed Central, 2017-05)

  BACKGROUND: Many middle-income countries are scaling up health insurance schemes to provide financial protection and access to affordable medicines to poor and uninsured populations. Although there is a wealth of evidence ...
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  Timing of pregnancy, postpartum risk of virologic failure and loss to follow-up among HIV-positive women. 

  Onoya, Dorina; Sineke, Tembeka; Brennan, Alana T; Long. Lawrence; Fox, Matthew P (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc, 2017-06)

  BACKGROUND: We assessed the association between the timing of pregnancy with the risk of postpartum virologic failure and loss from HIV care in South Africa. METHODS: The incidence of virologic failure (two consecutive ...
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  Has the phasing out of stavudine in accordance with changes in WHO guidelines led to a decrease in single-drug substitutions in first-line antiretroviral therapy for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa? 

  Brennan, Alana T.; Davies, Mary-Ann; Bor, Jacob; Wandelere, G.; Stinson, K.; Wood, R.; Prozesky, H.; Tanser, F.; Fatii, G.; Boulle, A.; Sikazwe, I.; Wool-Kaloustian, K.; Yuannoutsos, C.; Leroy, V.; de Rekeneire, N.; Fox, M.P. (AIDS., 2017-01)

  OBJECTIVE: We assessed the relationship between phasing out stavudine in first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in accordance with WHO 2010 policy and single-drug substitutions (SDS) (substituting the nucleoside reverse ...

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