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Yale News
April 14, 2018
A Zika vaccine could have a substantial effect on mitigating and preventing future Zika virus outbreaks. Through a combination of direct protection and indirect reduction of transmissions, virtual elimination is achievable, even with imperfect vaccine efficacy and coverage, a new Yale School of Public HealthÃâà...
Science Daily
April 3, 2018
Journal Reference: David P. Durham, Meagan C. Fitzpatrick, Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah, Alyssa S. Parpia, Nelson L. Michael, Alison P. Galvani. Evaluating Vaccination Strategies for Zika Virus in the Americas. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018; DOI: 10.7326/M17-0641Ãâà...
SDE Entertainment News
January 30, 2018
While hundreds of National Super Alliance Supporters (NASA) have thronged Uhuru Park for Raila Odinga's 'swearing in,' a group of youth have vandalized the emblems at the Globe roundabout. In the photos seen by SDE, the group of over 50 youth armed with ladders and twigs, scaled the iron mounted structure at theÃâà...
PLoS Blogs (blog)
November 9, 2016
Monroe County voters and those in the Lower Keys neighborhood of Key Haven on Tuesday were split on releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Key Haven as a test to see whether the measure can reduce the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which carry Zika and other viruses.
Annals of Internal Medicine
October 18, 2016
Because of the risk for Zika virus infection in the Americas and the links between infection and microcephaly, other serious neurologic conditions, and fetal death, health ministries across the region have advised women to delay pregnancy. However, the effectiveness of this policy in reducing prenatal ZikaÃâà...
Nature.com
April 5, 2016
Chikungunya, a re-emerging arbovirus transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, causes debilitating disease characterized by an acute febrile phase and chronic joint pain. Chikungunya has recently spread to the island of St. Martin and subsequently throughout the Americas.
Healio
March 1, 2016
“Our results estimate that the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa has substantially impeded the fight against malaria, HIV/AIDS, and TB in the three countries most affected,” Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah, PhD, MSc, research scientist in microbial diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, and colleaguesÃâà...
New Scientist
February 24, 2016
However, malaria would have been the cause for most of these extra deaths, says Ndeffo-Mbah. The World Health Organization declared Liberia – the last country still to be affected – free of Ebola in January. But the effort to be better prepared for any future outbreaks continues apace, with some 13Ãâà...
Yale Daily News (blog)
November 4, 2014
“By treating schistosomiasis we can reduce the burden of malaria on young children in Sub-Saharan Africa by a factor of two [within schistosomiasis—inflicted communities],” said Martial Ndeffo Mbah, associate research scientist in epidemiology at the School of Public Health and the study's principal authorÃâà...
PLoS Blogs (blog)
August 1, 2013
A group led by Yale University's Martial L. Ndeffo Mbah and Alison Galvani focused on the nation of Zimbabwe to determine that by preventing HIV transmission schistosomiasis MDA targeting school-aged children would save up to US$100 million in AIDS healthcare costs in that country over a ten yearÃâà...
Infectious Disease Advisor
December 31, 1999
A Zika virus vaccine of high to moderate efficacy may eliminate prenatal infections, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. In order to quantify the effect of Zika vaccine prioritization of females age 9 to 49 followed by males in the same age range on incidence of prenatalÃâà...
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