Search for dissertations about: "Transmission infections"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 166 swedish dissertations containing the words Transmission infections.

  2. 11. Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea - aspects of hospital epidemiology and treatment

    Author : Marlene Wullt; Enheten för infektionssjukdomar; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Infektioner; peracety ions; Lactobacillus plantarum 299v; metronidazole; fusidic acid; PCR-ribotyping; Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea; AP-PCR; Infections; acidified nitrite;

    Abstract : Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that causes antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and is responsible for hospital outbreaks of diarrhoea. In the first study, 173 consecutive isolates of C. READ MORE

  4. 12. Nora virus as a model to study persistent infection in Drosophila melanogaster

    Author : Mazen Habayeb; Dan Hultmark; Joachim De Miranda; Molecular Biology; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nora virus; Drosophial; persistence; transmission; RNAi; capsid proteins; Microbiology; immunology; infectious diseases; Mikrobiologi; immunologi; infektionssjukdomar; molekylärbiologi; Molecular Biology;

    Abstract : Drosophila melanogaster has been widely used as a model organism to study the immune responses against bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses. Here, I present a D. melanogaster virus as a model to study persistent virus infections. I have discovered and characterized the Nora virus, a small picorna-like RNA virus able to persistently infect D. READ MORE

  5. 13. Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

    Author : Per Gustafson; Enheten för infektionssjukdomar; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; tuberculin skin test; Infections; Infektioner; survival; mortality; case fatality rate; risk factor; incidence; Guinea-Bissau; Africa; epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; HIV-2; HIV-1; HIV; Tbc; Tuberculosis; TB;

    Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) has plagued the humanity for several thousands of years. The bacteria causing TB is mainly spread from person to person as an aerosol transmission. It is estimated that one third of the world’s population is infected with the disease; about 10% of these will develop active TB during their lifetime. READ MORE

  6. 14. Healthcare personnel's working conditions relationship to risk behaviours for organism transmission

    Author : Lisa Arvidsson; Bernice Skytt; Magnus Lindberg; Maria Lindberg; Mirjam Ekstedt; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Working conditions; healthcare personnel; registered nurses; assistant nurses; risk behaviours; organism transmission; infection prevention; self-efficacy; mixed-methods.; Health-Promoting Work; Hälsofrämjande arbete;

    Abstract : Background: Healthcare personnel (HCP) often experience undesirable working conditions. Risk behaviours for organism transmission can lead to healthcare associated infections and risk behaviours has been described to be influenced by working conditions. READ MORE

  7. 15. Inferring transmission dynamics from HIV-1 genealogies

    Author : George Makau Nduva; Systemvirologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV-1; phylogenetics; risk groups; transmission dynamics;

    Abstract : With a national prevalence of 4.9% in the adult population, the HIV-1 epidemic in Kenya is the fifth largest in the world. READ MORE