Influenza in south-east Asia.

Influenza in South-East Asia.

period through subclinical or mild infection occurring sporadically. In order to understand how the virus infection recurs in the temperate epidemic zone, a hypothesis has been presented by Fukumi3 that the virus may survive through infections occurring sporadically in the tropical virus-reservoir zone. Several virological and epidemiological studies have been published on influenza in Thailand...

Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology in East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia: A Systematic Review.

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic immune-mediated diseases of the human central nervous system and an important cause of non-traumatic neurologic disability among young population in several countries. Recent reports from East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia have proposed a low to moderate prevalence of MS in these countries. METHODS A literature review...

Psychiatry in South-East Asia.

What causes H5N1 avian influenza? Lay perceptions of H5N1 aetiology in South East and East Asia.

BACKGROUND Health education to reduce population poultry exposures has limited effect. Lay beliefs about H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) causes could provide insights helpful for improving public health interventions. METHODS Qualitative interviews of poultry farmers, retailers, market stall holders and consumers in Hong Kong (n = 20), Guangzhou (n = 25), Vietnam (n = 38) and Th...

Commentary: data sharing in South East Asia.

1Clinical Research Directorate/Clinical Monitoring Research Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, NCI Campus at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA; 2Collaborative Clinical Research Branch, Division of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, USA; 3Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University/Mahidol Oxford Research Unit, Th...