Zambia - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

HIV-1 infection in Zambian children impairs the development and avidity maturation of measles virus-specific immunoglobulin G after vaccination and infection.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Endemic transmission of measles continues in many countries that have a high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden. The effects that HIV infection has on immune responses to measles and to measles vaccine can impact measles ... Read more...

Impact of drainage networks on cholera outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia.

15 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between precipitation patterns and cholera outbreaks and the preventative roles of drainage networks against outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia. METHODS: We collected data on 6542 registered cholera patients in ... Read more...

CD4+ response and subsequent risk of death among patients on antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia.

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: Where virologic monitoring is not routinely available, immunologic criteria are commonly used to determine treatment failure while on antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, few have studied CD4+ response and its relationship to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Zambia - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HIV-1 infection in Zambian children impairs the development and avidity maturation of measles virus-specific immunoglobulin G after vaccination and infection. 29 Sep 2009
• Impact of drainage networks on cholera outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia. 15 Sep 2009
• CD4+ response and subsequent risk of death among patients on antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia. 30 Aug 2009
• Mortality and virologic outcomes after access to antiretroviral therapy among a cohort of HIV-infected women who received single-dose nevirapine in Lusaka, Zambia. 30 Aug 2009
• Mental distress in the general population in Zambia: impact of HIV and social factors. 16 Aug 2009
• Characterization of H3N6 avian influenza virus isolated from a wild white pelican in Zambia. 3 Aug 2009
• HIV testing among adolescents in Ndola, Zambia: how individual, relational, and environmental factors relate to demand. 30 Jul 2009
• Isolation and characterization of Mycobacterium bovis strains from indigenous Zambian cattle using Spacer oligonucleotide typing technique. 18 Jul 2009
• [Reduced malaria mortality in Zambia] 9 Jun 2009
• Routine offering of HIV testing to hospitalized pediatric patients at university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: acceptability and feasibility. 30 May 2009
• Closing gaps in antiretroviral therapy access: human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia screening instruments for non-physician healthcare workers. 30 May 2009
• Tuberculosis infection in Zambia: the association with relative wealth. 30 May 2009
• Fitting the HIV epidemic in Zambia: a two-sex micro-simulation model. 3 May 2009
• Increased risk for severe malaria in HIV-1-infected adults, Zambia. 29 Apr 2009
• Predominant human herpesvirus 6 variant A infant infections in an HIV-1 endemic region of Sub-Saharan Africa. 29 Apr 2009
• Clinical and ultrasonographic features of abdominal tuberculosis in HIV positive adults in Zambia. 15 Apr 2009
• Endemic type of animal trypanosomiasis is not associated with lower genotype variability of Trypanosoma congolense isolates circulating in livestock. 5 Apr 2009
• Risk factors for incidence of sexually transmitted infections among women in South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia: results from HPTN 055 study. 30 Mar 2009
• Early results of integrated malaria control and implications for the management of fever in under-five children at a peripheral health facility: a case study of Chongwe rural health centre in Zambia. 15 Mar 2009
• Cattle, other domestic animal ownership, and distance between dwelling structures are associated with reduced risk of recurrent Plasmodium falciparum infection in southern Zambia. 3 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Zambia'

Definition: A republic in southern Africa, south of DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO and TANZANIA, and north of ZIMBABWE. Its capital is Lusaka. It was formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

Descriptor UI: D015024

Alternative terms: Zambia; Rhodesia, Northern; Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.058.290.175.920;