What mean these bones?: studies in southeastern bioarchaeology
In: A Dan Josselyn memorial publication
In: A Dan Josselyn memorial publication
Background: Measles is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and 89–94% herd immunity is required to halt its transmission. Much of the World Health Organization African Region, including the DRC, has vaccination coverage below the 95% level required to eliminate measles, heightening concern of inadequate measles immunity.Material and methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Upgraded Department of Pediatric, Pmch, Patna, Bihar, India for 1 year on 1-10 year old children. Total 600 patients were include in this study for finding out the seroprevalence and anti-measles antibody levels, and studying their association with age, gender, as well as nutritional status of these children. Blood samples were tested for presence of measles specific IgG antibodies. Results:Majority (68.33%) of the total subjects had been vaccinated against measles. A similar trend was observed in each of the age groups. However, the relationship between age and vaccination status was not found to be statistically significant (p=0.227).No statistically significant difference was observed in the baseline characteristics of vaccinated and unvaccinated group except for mean weight for age Z score which was significantly lower in the unvaccinated group (p =0.019). % of the total subjects ≤5 years old had severe wasting (severe acute malnutrition), while 20.31% had moderate wasting. Severe and moderate stunting was observed in 4.5% and 25.83% of the total subjects. In children > 5 years, 20.71% had severe thinness, 12.14% had thinness and only 2 (0.71%) case was overweight. Conclusion: Nutritional status of children has an association with measles antibody titres as well GMT of measles specific IgG antibody, with those with better nutritional status having higher measles antibody titres. Keywords: Measles, Vaccine, Antibody, Vaccination, Malnourished, Anthropometry.
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In: Research Monographs on human population biology
In: US IBP synthesis series 8
In: Florida Anthropological Society publications 8
In: The Florida anthropologist 29,2, pt. 2
In: Research records of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences 7
In: Disertaciones
In: Ciclo de carácter general 1936,2
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In: 2018, JCRT, Volume 6, Issue 1 March 2018, ISSN: 2320-2882
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In the spring of 1995, during works for the rehabilitation of a wall that closed the grotto of the Old Cemetery in the Sicilian village of Alia, the skeletal remains of the victims of the cholera outbreak of 1837 that had been rapidly interred here were brought to light. From that moment on, the Alia project was developed without interruption, analysing the biological evolution of the local population by exploiting study methods characteristic of different anthropological disciplines, such as skeletal biology, population genetics and biodemography. The book renders account of research completed and in progress carried out by academics from the Universities of Florence, Palermo, Parma, Cagliari, Turin and Göttingen. - Nella primavera del 1995, durante i lavori di risanamento al muro che chiudeva la grotta del Cimitero Vecchio del paese siciliano di Alia, erano tornati alla luce i resti scheletrici delle vittime dell'epidemia di colera del 1837, qui frettolosamente inumati. Da quel momento il progetto Alia si è sviluppato senza sosta, analizzando l'evoluzione biologica della popolazione aliese mediante le metodologie di studio tipiche di differenti discipline antropologiche quali la biologia scheletrica, la genetica di popolazione, la biodemografia. Il volume dà conto delle ricerche condotte e in corso da parte di studiosi delle Università di Firenze, Palermo, Parma, Cagliari, Torino e Göttingen.
In: US IBP synthesis series 1