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Assessing the relationship between chronic aflatoxin exposure and hepatitis B virus immune protection in a population of children receiving nutritional support in Rwanda

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By A. Chen, F. Mutua, M. A. Matabishi, E. De Rycke, S. De Saeger, J. F. Lindahl, I. Hahirwa, A. Musafili, M. Umugwaneza, C. Munyanshongore
| Nature Verified
Abstract Chronic aflatoxins exposure may impair immune function, but evidence in African children is limited. We assessed their association with hepatitis B surface antibody (Anti-HBs) levels in Rwandan children receiving nutritional support for malnutrition recovery or prevention. A total of 216 children aged 7–59 months were enrolled, including 70 malnutrition cases and 146 controls.
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Looking in all the wrong places: A rationale for signal detection for pandemics based on existing data sources

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By D. C. Grace, F. Mutua, P. Ochungo, R. Kruska
| ScienceDirect Verified
Under a Creative Commons license open access Keywords Pandemic preparedness Signal detection Surveillance Emerging infectious disease One Health Surveillance systems failed to detect the emergence of COVID-19 Global surveillance systems are ill-equipped to detect the first signals of an emerging infectious disease outbreak. When the ProMED email alert for undiagnosed pneumonia in China was sent out on December 31, 2019, COVID-19 had already been spreading for months.
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