منابع مشابه
Acute Infectious Diarrhea
From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. (N.M.T.); and the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health and the Center for Global Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (R.L.G.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Guerrant at the Center for ...
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A. Introduction Acute gastrointestinal illnesses rank second only to acute respiratory illnesses as the most common disease worldwide. In children less than 5 years old, attack rates range from 2-3 illnesses per child per year in developed countries to 10-18 illnesses per child per year in developing countries. In Asia, Africa, and Latin America, acute diarrheal illnesses are a leading cause of...
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Bicout’s letter), Bicout shows that more time is required to detect a bioterror attack than when exponential infection growth is assumed (Figure accompanying Bicout’s letter). The number of persons infected over time under the logistic model will be fewer than the number of persons infected if exponential growth is assumed; therefore, screening blood donors to detect a bioterror attack is even ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0093-0415
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.6.409