BACKGROUND Estimates of influenza-associated hospitalization are limited in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. OBJECTIVE To estimate the national number of influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) hospitalization in Zambia. METHODS We conducted active prospective hospital-based surveillance for SARI at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) situated ...

OBJECTIVE Meta-analyses show that exercise interventions during cancer treatment reduce cancer-related fatigue. However, little is known about the cost-effectiveness of such interventions. Here we aim to assess the cost-effectiveness of the 18-week physical activity during cancer treatment (PACT) intervention for patients with breast and colon cancer. The PACT trial showed beneficial effects fo...

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of nosocomial and community acquired infections. The infections caused by the drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus are difficult to treat in hospital settings. Objective: This study was aimed to determine antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus at the University of Gondar Teaching and Referral Hospital,...

We present a comparison of late-type galaxies (Sa and later) in intermediate redshift clusters and the field using images from the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Cluster and field galaxies are selected by matching photometric and spectroscopic catalogs of four cluster fields: CL0152-1357, CL1056-0337 (MS1054), CL1604+4304, and CL1604+4321. Concentrati...

In the prefrontal cortex, dopamine D 1 -like and M 1 muscarinic receptors are both involved in the regulation of attentional, cognitive and emotional processes but so far no information has been provided on their functional interaction. In the present study we show that in mouse medial prefrontal cortex, concomitant activation of M 1 muscarinic receptors potentiated D 1 -like receptor-induced c...

We present a comparison of late-type galaxies (Sa and later) in intermediate-redshift clusters and in the field using images from the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. Cluster and field galaxies are selected by matching photometric and spectroscopic catalogs of four cluster fields: Cl 0152 1357, Cl 1056 0337 (MS 1054), Cl 1604+4304, and Cl 1604+4321. Concentration, ...