The decline in the high incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, parkinsonism, and
Alzheimer-type dementia among the Chamorro population of the western Pacific islands of Guam …

Globally, the prevalence of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is similar in males and
females until adolescence, after which it is higher in males. In industrialized countries in the …

… Getahun H, Harrington M, O’Brien R, Nunn P. Diagnosis of smearnegative pulmonary
tuberculosis in people with HIV infection or AIDS in resource-constrained settings: informing …

This chapter considers changes in global mean sea level, regional sea level, sea level
extremes, and waves. Confidence in projections of global mean sea level rise has increased …

Although progress has been made to reduce global incidence of drug-susceptible
tuberculosis, the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) …

Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis threatens efforts to control the disease. This report
describes the prevalence of resistance to four first-line drugs in 35 countries participating in …

The production of guidelines for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) fits the
mandate of the World Health Organization (WHO) to support countries in the reinforcement of …

… The total number of MDR-TB cases among previously treated cases in each country was
calculated by multiplying the fitted values of p p by the estimated number of previously treated …

The HIV epidemic has led to large increases in the frequency of smear-negative pulmonary
tuberculosis, which has poor treatment outcomes and excessive early mortality compared …

There are over 120 types of brain tumor and approximately 45% of primary brain tumors are
gliomas, of which glioblastoma multiforme ( GBM ) is the most common and aggressive with …