Search for dissertations about: "endemic diseases"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words endemic diseases.

  2. 1. Stochastic epidemic models for endemic diseases: the effect of population heterogeneities

    Author : Mathias Lindholm; Stockholms universitet; []
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  4. 2. Infectious diseases in returning Swedish travellers

    Author : Helena Hervius Askling; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The number of travellers to “tropical” parts of the world has increased substantially during the past decades. Identifying risk groups and providing preventive measures is important both to reduce the number of travellers falling ill and to prevent introduction of diseases into new countries. READ MORE

  5. 3. Epidemiological aspects of tick borne diseases with focus on risk and prevention

    Author : Louise Stjernberg; Pia Forsberg; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; epidemiologi; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; Public health; lyme borreliosis; prevention; risk; ticks; tick borne diseases; epidemiologi; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; Public health; lyme borreliosis; prevention; risk; ticks; tick borne diseases;

    Abstract : The incidence and variety of diseases associated with ticks have increased world-wide and ticks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human infectious diseases in the world. In the northern hemisphere, Ixodes ricinus, the most common tick, transmits diseases caused by several infectious pathogens, including different types of bacteria, virus and protozoa. READ MORE

  6. 4. Rift Valley fever : development of diagnostics and vaccines

    Author : Jonas Näslund; Clas Ahlm; Richard Elliott; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rift Valley Fever; vaccines; diagnostics; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Microbiology; immunology; infectious diseases; Mikrobiologi; immunologi; infektionssjukdomar; medicinsk virologi; Medical Virology; Infectious Diseases; infektionssjukdomar;

    Abstract : Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV) causes an infection with severe impact on animal and human health. The disease is endemic throughout almost the entire African continent and large regions of the Arabian Peninsula. During epidemics, high mortality is observed in animals, especially among cattle, goats, and sheep. READ MORE

  7. 5. Tularemia : epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects

    Author : Henrik Eliasson; Erik Bäck; Anders Sjöstedt; Clas Ahlm; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Francisella; tularemia; epidemiology; case-control; diagnosis; PCR; clinical characteristics; immunology; ELISA; lymphocyte stimulation; Medicine; Medicin; Infektionssjukdomar; Infectious Diseases;

    Abstract : Tularemia is a zoonosis caused by the small, fastidious, gram-negative rod Francisella tularensis that appears over almost the entire Northern Hemisphere. In Sweden, tularemia has appeared mainly in restricted areas in northern parts of central Sweden. READ MORE