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  1. The national Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunisation Programme in New Zealand was introduced in 2008, and involves routine vaccination of girls 12–13 years with a catch-up for females aged up to 19 years. The ...

    Authors: Leonardo M Simonella, Hazel Lewis, Megan Smith, Harold Neal, Collette Bromhead and Karen Canfell
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:114
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  2. Predictors of immuno-virologic outcomes and discordance and their associations with clinical, demographic, socio-economic and behavioral risk factors are not well described in Nigeria since HIV viral load test...

    Authors: Chuka J Anude, Emeka Eze, Henry C Onyegbutulem, Man Charurat, Mary-Ann Etiebet, Samuel Ajayi, Patrick Dakum, Oluyemisi Akinwande, Chris Beyrer, Alash’le Abimiku and William Blattner
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:113
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  3. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of universal mass vaccination (UMV) against rotavirus (RV) on the hospitalization rates, nosocomial RV infections and RV-gastroenteritis (GE)-associated seconda...

    Authors: Manuela Zlamy, Sabine Kofler, Dorothea Orth, Reinhard Würzner, Peter Heinz-Erian, Andrea Streng and Martina Prelog
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:112
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  4. Published models predicting nasal colonization with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital admissions predominantly focus on separation of carriers from non-carriers and are frequently evaluat...

    Authors: Johannes Elias, Peter U Heuschmann, Corinna Schmitt, Frithjof Eckhardt, Hartmut Boehm, Sebastian Maier, Annette Kolb-Mäurer, Hubertus Riedmiller, Wolfgang Müllges, Christoph Weisser, Christian Wunder, Matthias Frosch and Ulrich Vogel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:111
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  5. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is characterised by limited genomic diversity, which makes the application of whole genome sequencing particularly attractive for clinical and epidemiological investigation. However, i...

    Authors: Josephine M Bryant, Anita C Schürch, Henk van Deutekom, Simon R Harris, Jessica L de Beer, Victor de Jager, Kristin Kremer, Sacha A F T van Hijum, Roland J Siezen, Martien Borgdorff, Stephen D Bentley, Julian Parkhill and Dick van Soolingen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:110
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  7. We conducted a prospective, observational study in Barcelona to determine the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome of elderly patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) compared with younger adults.

    Authors: Pere Domingo, Virginia Pomar, Natividad de Benito and Pere Coll
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:108
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  8. The clinical significance of bacteraemia secondary to non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) gastroenteritis in hospitalised adults is uncertain.

    Authors: Christopher M Parry, Sherine Thomas, Esther J Aspinall, Richard PD Cooke, Stephen J Rogerson, Anthony D Harries and Nicholas J Beeching
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:107
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  9. Among Influenza neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs), oseltamivir corresponds to the most widely used agent to treat influenza disease. However since 2001, several cases of resistance to NAIs have been reported for...

    Authors: Ndongo Dia, Mbayame N Niang, Saadiya A Diadhiou, Déborah G Goudiaby, Abdourahmane Faye, Davy Kiori, Mady Bâ, Rémy Michel and Ousmane M Diop
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:106
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  10. Voriconazole is approved for treatment of invasive aspergillosis and other invasive fungal infections, but the role for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is not clear.

    Authors: Helen Y Chu, Rupali Jain, Hu Xie, Paul Pottinger and David N Fredricks
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:105
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  11. The association between pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has been previously attracted much attention. Diabetes alters immunity to tuberculosis, leading to more frequent treatment failur...

    Authors: Qiuzhen Wang, Aiguo Ma, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, Xiuxia Han, Yufeng Liu, Shanliang Zhao and Jing Cai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:104
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  12. Despite huge efforts to promote widespread vaccination, measles remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in African children. In March 2011, an abnormally high number of case...

    Authors: Vianney Tricou, Marilou Pagonendji, Casimir Manengu, Jeff Mutombo, Rock Ouambita Mabo and Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:103
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  13. Syphilis causes up to 1,500,000 congenital syphilis cases annually. These could be prevented if all pregnant women were screened, and those with syphilis treated with a single dose of penicillin before 28 week...

    Authors: Pieter W Smit, Thomas van der Vlis, David Mabey, John Changalucha, Julius Mngara, Benjamin D Clark, Aura Andreasen, Jim Todd, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba and Rosanna W Peeling
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:102
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  14. Toxoplasma gondii infections during pregnancy can result in abortion or congenital defects. Prevalence and risk factors of toxoplasmosis in women of child-bearing age in Ethiopia are unknown. The current study w...

    Authors: Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Anteneh Hailu Abebe, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, Kassu Desta Tullu, Girmay Medhin, Maria Vitale, Vincenzo Di Marco, Eric Cox and Pierre Dorny
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:101
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  15. HIV infection induces chronic immune activation which is associated with accelerated disease progression; the causes of this activation, however, are incompletely understood. We investigated the activation sta...

    Authors: Miranda Z Smith, Sonia Bastidas, Urs Karrer and Annette Oxenius
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:100
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  16. Human babesiosis is a rare tick-borne infectious disease. The clinical presentation ranges from an asymptomatic form to a life threatening infection with severe hemolysis. Human babesiosis due to Babesia microti ...

    Authors: Elodie Poisnel, Mikael Ebbo, Yael Berda-Haddad, Benoit Faucher, Emmanuelle Bernit, Bernard Carcy, Renaud Piarroux, Jean-Robert Harlé and Nicolas Schleinitz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:99
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  18. Few data exist on viral and bacterial etiology of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in ≥5 year –old persons in the tropics.

    Authors: Sirenda Vong, Bertrand Guillard, Laurence Borand, Blandine Rammaert, Sophie Goyet, Vantha Te, Patrich Lorn Try, Sopheak Hem, Sareth Rith, Sowath Ly, Philippe Cavailler, Charles Mayaud and Philippe Buchy
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:97
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  19. Opt-out HIV testing is offered at 70% of antenatal care (ANC) clinics in Mozambique through the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program. If routine data from this program were of sufficient ...

    Authors: Peter W Young, Mussagy Mahomed, Roberta Z Horth, Ray W Shiraishi and Ilesh V Jani
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:96
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Pneumococcal infections are major causes of child mortality and morbidity worldwide and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major concern, especially in Asian countries. The present study was d...

    Authors: Tran Ngoc Huu, Nguyen Trong Toan, Ha Manh Tuan, Ho Lu Viet, Pham Le Thanh Binh, Ta-Wen Yu, Fakrudeen Shafi, Ahsan Habib and Dorota Borys
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:95
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  21. Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is a commonly encountered disease, one third of which is Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia (SCAP) that can be potentially fatal. There is a paucity of data on etiology and ...

    Authors: Ali Khawaja, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Fahad Khan Durrani and Afia Zafar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:94
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Public hospitals in China play an important role in tuberculosis (TB) control. Three models of hospital and TB control exist in China. The dispensary model is the most common one in which a TB dispensary provi...

    Authors: Xiaolin Wei, Guanyang Zou, Jia Yin, John Walley and Qiang Sun
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:93
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  23. Many HIV patients receiving antiretroviral treatment develop lipodystrophy. NEW-FILL® is a polylactic acid injected to treat facial lipoatrophy. The objectives of this study were to describe (1) change in quality...

    Authors: Martin Duracinsky, Pascale Leclercq, Andrew Richard Armstrong, Marc Dolivo, Frédéric Mouly and Olivier Chassany
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:92
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  24. Deep eosinophilic granulomatous abscesses, as distinguished from eosinophilic subcutaneous abscesses, are rare. Most reports are from the Far-East and India where the most commonly attributed cause is Toxocara. S...

    Authors: Hemmin A Hassan, Runnak A Majid, Nawshirwan G Rashid, Bryar E Nuradeen, Qalandar H Abdulkarim, Tahir A Hawramy, Rekawt M Rashid, Alton B Farris, Jeannette Guarner and Michael D Hughson
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:91
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  25. Recent studies suggest HIV-1 inter-subtype differences in co-receptor usage. We examined the correlation between HIV-1 subtype and co-receptor usage among treatment-naïve HIV-1 subjects in Singapore. Additiona...

    Authors: Kah Ying Ng, Kuan Kiat Chew, Palvinder Kaur, Joe Yap Kwan, Wei Xin Khong, Li Lin, Arlene Chua, Mei Ting Tan, Thomas C Quinn, Oliver Laeyendecker, Yee Sin Leo and Oon Tek Ng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:90
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  26. Bloodstream infections in neonates and infants are life-threatening emergencies. Identification of the common bacteria causing such infections and their susceptibility patterns will provide necessary informati...

    Authors: Samuel EK Acquah, Lawrence Quaye, Kenneth Sagoe, Juventus B Ziem, Patricia I Bromberger and Anthony A Amponsem
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:89
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  27. Smear microscopy, a mainstay of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in developing countries, cannot differentiate M. tuberculosis complex from NTM infection, while pulmonary TB shares clinical signs with NTM disease, cau...

    Authors: Benon B Asiimwe, Godwins B Bagyenzi, Willy Ssengooba, Francis Mumbowa, Gerald Mboowa, Anne Wajja, Harriet Mayanja-Kiiza, Philippa M Musoke, Eric Wobudeya, Gunilla Kallenius and Moses L Joloba
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:88
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  28. Q fever caused by Coxiella burnetii is transmitted to humans by inhalation of aerosols from animal birth products. Q fever in pregnancy is suspected to be a potential cause of fetal and maternal morbidity and fet...

    Authors: Stine Yde Nielsen, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Kåre Mølbak, Niels Henrik Hjøllund, Bjørn Kantsø, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt and Tine Brink Henriksen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:87
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  29. Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei are two closely related species of highly virulent bacteria that can be difficult to detect. Pathogenic Burkholderia are endemic in many regions worldwide and cases of inf...

    Authors: Ingmar Janse, Raditijo A Hamidjaja, Amber CA Hendriks and Bart J van Rotterdam
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:86
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  30. With declining vectorial transmission, Chagas disease predominantly affects adults nowadays. The efficacy of nifurtimox in the chronic phase in adult patients is poorly known, particularly in regions where the...

    Authors: Yves Jackson, Eric Chatelain, Anne Mauris, Marylise Holst, Qianqian Miao, Francois Chappuis and Momar Ndao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:85
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  31. Hospitalizations with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection have increased in New York City, with substantial geographic variation across neighborhoods. While indivi...

    Authors: Amanda M Farr, Melissa A Marx, Don Weiss and Denis Nash
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:84
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  32. Seroreactivity, processes of seroconversion and seroreversion, in the context of HPV infection has been investigated in numerous studies. However, the data resulting from these studies are usually not accounte...

    Authors: Igor A Korostil, Suzanne M Garland, Matthew G Law and David G Regan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:83
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  33. The chronic use of antifungal agents in the treatment of fungal infection in general and oropharyngeal candidiasis mainly in AIDS patient’s leads to the selection of strain resistant to these therapies and a s...

    Authors: Andargachew Mulu, Afework Kassu, Belay Anagaw, Beyene Moges, Aschalew Gelaw, Martha Alemayehu, Yeshambel Belyhun, Fantahun Biadglegne, Zewdu Hurissa, Feleke Moges and Emiko Isogai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:82
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  34. A critical issue in planning pandemic influenza mitigation strategies is the delay between the arrival of the pandemic in a community and the availability of an effective vaccine. The likely scenario, born out...

    Authors: Joel K Kelso, Nilimesh Halder and George J Milne
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:81
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  35. Healthcare-associated infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates are increasing and few effective antibiotics are currently available to treat patients. We observed decreased carbapenem susceptibility am...

    Authors: Luci Correa, Marines Dalla Valle Martino, Itacy Siqueira, Jacyr Pasternak, Ana Cristina Gales, Claudia Vallone Silva, Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Patricia Faria Scherer and Alexandre Rodrigues Marra
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:80
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  36. The prevalence of hyperglycemia among HIV-infected persons who are not receiving antiretroviral therapy is unknown. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of hyperglycemia among Chine...

    Authors: Yinzhong Shen, Zhenyan Wang, Li Liu, Renfang Zhang, Yufang Zheng and Hongzhou Lu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:79
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  37. Strongyloidiasis is commonly a clinically unapparent, chronic infection, but immuno suppressed subjects can develop fatal disease. We carried out a review of literature on hyperinfection syndrome (HS) and diss...

    Authors: Dora Buonfrate, Ana Requena-Mendez, Andrea Angheben, Jose Muñoz, Federico Gobbi, Jef Van Den Ende and Zeno Bisoffi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:78
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  38. Dengue is an acute febrile illness caused by an arbovirus that is endemic in more than 100 countries. Early diagnosis and adequate management are critical to reduce mortality. This study aims to identify clini...

    Authors: Regina P Daumas, Sonia RL Passos, Raquel VC Oliveira, Rita MR Nogueira, Ingebourg Georg, Keyla BF Marzochi and Patrícia Brasil
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:77
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  39. Evidence exists regarding the full prevention of HCV transmission to hemodialysis patients by implementing universal precaution. However, little information is available regarding the frequency with which hosp...

    Authors: Aida Bianco, Francesca Bova, Carmelo GA Nobile, Claudia Pileggi and Maria Pavia
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:76
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  40. Infection with HPV 16 and 18, the major causative agents of cervical cancer, can be prevented through vaccination with a bivalent or quadrivalent vaccine. Both vaccines provide cross-protection against HPV-typ...

    Authors: Tjalke A Westra, Irina Stirbu-Wagner, Sara Dorsman, Eric D Tutuhatunewa, Edwin L de Vrij, Hans W Nijman, Toos Daemen, Jan C Wilschut and Maarten J Postma
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:75
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  41. Pre-vaccination information on HPV type-specific prevalence in target populations is essential for designing and monitoring immunization strategies for cervical cancer (CC) prevention. Data on HPV prevalence i...

    Authors: Cristina Giambi, Serena Donati, Francesca Carozzi, Stefania Salmaso, Silvia Declich, Marta L Ciofi degli Atti, Guglielmo Ronco, Maria P Alibrandi, Silvia Brezzi, Natalina Collina, Daniela Franchi, Amedeo Lattanzi, Maria C Minna, Roberto Nannini, Elena Barretta, Elena Burroni…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:74
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  42. Limited data suggest that fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) scan may be useful for diagnosing infections of the spine. Bruc...

    Authors: Savvas Ioannou, Sofia Chatziioannou, Spiros G Pneumaticos, Alexandra Zormpala and Nikolaos V Sipsas
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:73
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  43. Ineffective communication of infection control requirements during transitions of care is a potential cause of non-compliance with infection control precautions by healthcare personnel. In this study, interven...

    Authors: Mei-Sing Ong, Farah Magrabi, Jeffrey Post, Sarah Morris, Johanna Westbrook, Wayne Wobcke, Ross Calcroft and Enrico Coiera
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:72
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  44. Low absolute humidity (AH) has been associated with increased influenza virus survival and transmissibility and the onset of seasonal influenza outbreaks. Humidification of indoor environments may mitigate vir...

    Authors: Tyler H Koep, Felicity T Enders, Chris Pierret, Stephen C Ekker, Dale Krageschmidt, Kevin L Neff, Marc Lipsitch, Jeffrey Shaman and W Charles Huskins
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:71
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  45. This study presents an analysis of 159 serotype 19A isolates from IPD in children before and after the general recommendation for childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Germany in July 2006. Vaccinati...

    Authors: Mark van der Linden, Ralf René Reinert, Winfried V Kern and Matthias Imöhl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:70
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  46. There is emerging evidence for the presence of an extensive microbiota in human lungs. It is not known whether variations in the prevalence of species of microbiota in the lungs may have aetiological significa...

    Authors: Hugo Cornelis van Woerden, Clive Gregory, Richard Brown, Julian Roberto Marchesi, Bastiaan Hoogendoorn and Ian Price Matthews
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:69
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  47. The US military has seen steady increases in multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteria (GNB) infections in casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan. This study evaluates the prevalence of MDR GNB colonizati...

    Authors: Todd J Vento, David W Cole, Katrin Mende, Tatjana P Calvano, Elizabeth A Rini, Charla C Tully, Wendy C Zera, Charles H Guymon, Xin Yu, Kristelle A Cheatle, Kevin S Akers, Miriam L Beckius, Michael L Landrum and Clinton K Murray
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:68
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  48. In 1998, Malaysia experienced its first chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak in the suburban areas followed by another two in 2006 (rural areas) and 2008 (urban areas), respectively. Nevertheless, there is still...

    Authors: Nor Azila Muhammad Azami, Sharifah Azura Salleh, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Hui-min Neoh, Zulhabri Othman, Syed Zulkifli Syed Zakaria and Rahman Jamal
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:67
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  49. Increasing the dosage of daptomycin may be advantageous in severe infection by enhancing bactericidal activity and pharmacodynamics. However, clinical data on using daptomycin at doses above 6 mg/kg in Asian p...

    Authors: Chung-Chih Lai, Wang-Huei Sheng, Jann-Tay Wang, Aristine Cheng, Yu-Chung Chuang, Yee-Chun Chen and Shan-Chwen Chang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:66
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  50. Lack of access to safe and secure water is an international issue recognized by the United Nations. To address this problem, the One Million Cisterns Project was initiated in 2001 in Brazil’s semi-arid region ...

    Authors: Pasha B Marcynuk, James A Flint, Jan M Sargeant, Andria Jones-Bitton, Ana M Brito, Carlos F Luna, Elizabeth Szilassy, M Kate Thomas, Tiago M Lapa, Enrique Perez and André M Costa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:65
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