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WHO’s mpox report: why reporting dates matter
The publication date and the data cut-off answer different questions. WHO’s report provides a useful case study in reading emerging-threat updates carefully.
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Vaccination, disease surveillance, prevention and population health across African settings.
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Body composition of HIV-exposed, uninfected children in rural Zimbabwe
From the abstract: “In a substudy among 223 children (36 CHEU and 187 CHU) enrolled in the Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) trial in rural Zimbabwe, we measured height, knee-heel length, weight, calf circumference, skinfold thicknesses (triceps, subscapular and calf), and bio-electrical impedance at 2 years of age.”
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Menopause, HPV detection and cervical lesions among middle-aged Senegalese women
From the abstract: “Participants with known menopausal status and a satisfactory HPV test (N = 3,118) and/or Pap smear (N = 2,907) were included, excluding those with cervical cancer or pregnancy; participants without known HIV status were additionally excluded from the cervical neoplasia analysis.”
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PePApipe: a bioinformatics pipeline for African swine fever genomes
From the abstract: “In this study the authors developed ‘PePApipe’, a custom-built, user-friendly pipeline that enables rapid, complete, and efficient ASFV genome analysis.”
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Malaria, miscarriage and blood biomarkers: a Ghanaian case-control study
From the abstract: “Thus, this study evaluated HLA-G and Hematobiochemical levels and their association with malaria infection and miscarriage among pregnant women in the Ghanaian population.”
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Research gaps in root architecture of sub-Saharan Africa’s food crops
From the abstract: “Root and tuber crops (RTCs) provide 354 kcal/capita/day across sub-Saharan Africa (17.7% of dietary energy from major crop categories), and several countries derive over 40% of crop calories from cassava, yam, sweet potato, taro, and cocoyam.”
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High-risk HPV among women receiving HIV treatment in Nekemte, Ethiopia
From the abstract: “An institutional-based cross-sectional study that included 317 HIV-infected women of a reproductive age group attending antiretroviral therapy was conducted in Nekemte town employing a systematic random sampling technique.”
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Mercury resistance genes in samples from Japan, Vietnam and Ghana
From the abstract: “In this study, we investigated the prevalence and abundance of the mercury resistance gene merA in human feces, retail chicken meat, and environmental water samples collected from Japan, Vietnam, and Ghana.”
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Optimising zinc and iron enrichment of cowpea crops in Mozambique
From the abstract: “This study integrated agronomic and economic analyses to identify the biologically and economically optimal Zn and Fe fertilization strategies for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) under tropical field conditions in Mozambique.”
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Food safety knowledge among female household food handlers
From the abstract: “This study assessed food safety knowledge, perceptions, and practices among female household food handlers in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region, Ghana.”