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pro vyhledávání: '"Michael P Alpers"'
Autor:
Dagwin Luang-Suarkia, Timo Ernst, Michael P Alpers, Ralph Garruto, David Smith, Allison Imrie
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 4, p e0005488 (2017)
Little is known about the natural history of dengue in Papua New Guinea (PNG). We assessed dengue virus (DENV)-specific neutralizing antibody profiles in serum samples collected from northern and southern coastal areas and the highland region of New
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9a11cced74be4f9f8d377cebb19d1114
Autor:
Anita H J van den Biggelaar, Peter C Richmond, Angela Fuery, Denise Anderson, Christine Opa, Gerard Saleu, Mildred Lai, Jacinta P Francis, Michael P Alpers, William S Pomat, Deborah Lehmann
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 10, p e0185877 (2017)
In an earlier trial, Papua New Guinean (PNG) children at high risk of pneumococcal disease were randomized to receive 0 or 3 doses of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), followed by a single dose of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide v
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e243718c7f6f4ce1aef88bdc09816ada
Autor:
Michael P Alpers
Publikováno v:
Pneumonia, Vol 4, Iss 0, Pp 1-7 (2014)
This review of pneumonia in the tropics is based on experience with respiratory infections in Papua New Guinea since the 1970s. It discusses ideas, principles, historical aspects of pneumonia research and the need to work with people in the community
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9fd58a43afed4db69ab981dcffce141c
Autor:
William S Pomat, Anita H J van den Biggelaar, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Jacinta Francis, Peter Jacoby, Peter M Siba, Michael P Alpers, John C Reeder, Patrick G Holt, Peter C Richmond, Deborah Lehmann, Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 2, p e56698 (2013)
Approximately 826,000 children, mostly young infants, die annually from invasive pneumococcal disease. A 6-10-14-week schedule of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is efficacious but neonatal PCV may provide earlier protection and better coverage.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/3562061a2b8c4e54ad940c36fa0fbcbb
Autor:
Daniel J Tisch, Neal D E Alexander, Benson Kiniboro, Henry Dagoro, Peter M Siba, Moses J Bockarie, Michael P Alpers, James W Kazura
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 7, p e1241 (2011)
Acute painful swelling of the extremities and scrotum are debilitating clinical manifestations of Wuchereria bancrofti infection. The ongoing global program to eliminate filariasis using mass drug administration is expected to decrease this and other
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/dde6bd2906da467daa60541e49cb31ef
Autor:
Sarah E Lloyd, Emma G Maytham, Hirva Pota, Julia Grizenkova, Eleni Molou, James Uphill, Holger Hummerich, Jerome Whitfield, Michael P Alpers, Simon Mead, John Collinge
Publikováno v:
PLoS Genetics, Vol 5, Iss 2, p e1000383 (2009)
Prion diseases are fatal transmissible neurodegenerative disorders, which include Scrapie, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), and kuru. They are characterised by a prolonged clinically silent incubation period, v
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ea236d7807b243039970fe21131ee691
Autor:
Blaise Genton, Valérie D'Acremont, Lawrence Rare, Kay Baea, John C Reeder, Michael P Alpers, Ivo Müller
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 6, p e127 (2008)
BACKGROUND: Severe malaria (SM) is classically associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection. Little information is available on the contribution of P. vivax to severe disease. There are some epidemiological indications that P. vivax or mixed infec
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a065d27408b4422ba77357fec5ca3bd7
Autor:
Freya J I Fowkes, Stephen J Allen, Angela Allen, Michael P Alpers, David J Weatherall, Karen P Day
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 3, p e56 (2008)
The heritable haemoglobinopathy alpha(+)-thalassaemia is caused by the reduced synthesis of alpha-globin chains that form part of normal adult haemoglobin (Hb). Individuals homozygous for alpha(+)-thalassaemia have microcytosis and an increased eryth
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0f952b967ef24e38976d664fa0820cdc
Publikováno v:
Journal de la société des océanistes. :303-321
Ethnographic studies on Melanesian concepts of the human body and religion have expanded our understandings of the concept of personhood. Melanesian ethnographers have used a number of descriptive words to describe the metaphysical components of the
Autor:
Michael P. Alpers, Yali Xue, Anders Bergström, Alexander J. Mentzer, George Koki, Peter Siba, Robert Attenborough, Chris Tyler-Smith, Manjinder S. Sandhu, Kathryn J. H. Robson, William Pomat, Stephen Oppenheimer, Kathryn Auckland
Publikováno v:
Science. 357(6356)
New Guinea shows human occupation since ~50 thousand years ago (ka), independent adoption of plant cultivation ~10 ka, and great cultural and linguistic diversity today. We performed genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping on 381 indivi