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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Rotavirus vaccines for infants in developing countries in Africa and Asia: considerations from a world health organization-sponsored consultation.

30 Oct 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) and its international partners have prioritized the development of rotavirus vaccines for the past 3 decades. In November 2005, the WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts first reviewed the clinical efficacy ... Read more...

A review of rotavirus infection in and vaccination of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children.

30 Oct 2009 Diarrhea caused by infection with rotavirus annually results in an estimated 611,000 deaths among infants and young children <5 years of age worldwide, and these deaths primarily occur in developing countries. Infection with human immunodeficiency ... Read more...

Reconstructing Indian population history.

22 Sep 2009 India has been underrepresented in genome-wide surveys of human variation. We analyse 25 diverse groups in India to provide strong evidence for two ancient populations, genetically divergent, that are ancestral to most Indians today. One, the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Asia'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• AM last page: international medical education. 30 Oct 2009
• Rotavirus vaccines for infants in developing countries in Africa and Asia: considerations from a world health organization-sponsored consultation. 30 Oct 2009
• A review of rotavirus infection in and vaccination of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. 30 Oct 2009
• Diabetes in Asian immigrant populations. 19 Oct 2009
• Longitudinal Alzheimer's studies go global. 14 Oct 2009
• Paleoanthropology. New work may complicate history of Neandertals and H. sapiens. 7 Oct 2009
• Influenza in the Asia-Pacific. 29 Sep 2009
• [Adverse acupuncture effects. "It is a case of malpractice and not side effects"] 22 Sep 2009
• Reconstructing Indian population history. 22 Sep 2009
• Human genetics: Tracing India's invisible threads. 22 Sep 2009
• Recombinant thyrotropin use in children and adolescents with differentiated thyroid cancer: a multicenter retrospective study. 20 Sep 2009
• National laboratory inventories for wild poliovirus containment--Western Pacific region, 2008. 9 Sep 2009
• Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region. 2 Sep 2009
• The neurological assessment in young children treated with artesunate monotherapy or artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. 31 Aug 2009
• HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men in central and eastern Europe. 30 Aug 2009
• Perspectives of intellectual disability in Asia: epidemiology, policy, and services for children and adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Inhibition of TNF-alpha-induced activation of NF-kappaB by hantavirus nucleocapsid proteins. 30 Aug 2009
• Medical education reform: the Asian experience. 30 Aug 2009
• Asbestos production increases despite WHO opposition. 30 Aug 2009
• Presentation and management of intravascular large B-cell lymphoma. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Asia'

Definition: The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34)

Descriptor UI: D001208

Alternative terms: Asia; Southern Asia;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.252;

Technical Notes: several geog subdivisions & all Asiatic countries are available as headings