Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate a large outbreak of shigellosis in Papua New Guinea that began in a camp for internally displaced persons before spreading throughout the general community.Methods: Outbreak mitigation strategies were implemented in the affected area to curtail the spread of the disease.Data were collected f
A proper burden and porosity distribution of the bed in the upper shaft are important prerequisites for realizing a stable and efficient operation of the ironmaking blast furnace.The discrete element method was used to investigate the effects of the static friction coefficient between burden particles and shaft angle on the burden profile and poros
Aim: To describe an unusual case presentation of INO associated with possible Lyme disease.Methods: This is a case report of a 30 year old man who presented to the emergency department complaining of right orbital pain, double vision and api 1608-ii an inability to look to the left.He was seen by the ophthalmologist and neurologist and reported wor
Objective To investigate the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs), target organ damage (TOD) and its associated factors among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone.Design This community-based cross-sectional study used a michael harris sunglasses stratified multistage random sampling method to recruit adult participants.Setting The health