ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS AND OTHER ENCEPHALITIDES IN COUNTRIES OF THE MEKONG REGION.

Estimating the burden of Japanese encephalitis virus and other encephalitides in countries of the mekong region.

Diverse aetiologies of viral and bacterial encephalitis are widely recognized as significant yet neglected public health issues in the Mekong region.A robust analysis of the corresponding health burden is lacking.We retrieved 75 articles on encephalitis in the region published in English or in French from 1965 through 2011.Review of available data

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Early Outcomes Of Decentralized Care for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa: An Observational Cohort Study.

We describe baseline characteristics, time to treatment initiation and interim patient outcomes at a decentralized, outpatient treatment site for rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB).Prospective observational cohort study of RR-TB patients from March 2013 until December 2014.Study subjects were followed until completion of the intensive phase of treatme

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