Publications by authors named "J S Munday"
Trypanosoma brucei infectious populations are marked by considerable diversity in the parasite's major antigen, the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). However, most parasites in the bloodstream are non-replicating, questioning how VSG diversity arises. Beaver et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo examine Spanish terms used for "cleft lip" within the United States. Perceived acceptability of these terms was also considered. An online survey was distributed to Spanish-speaking medical interpreters, clinicians, and parents of children with cleft lip.
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- The study aimed to understand the experiences of newly graduated perioperative nurses as they transitioned into clinical practice, utilizing qualitative methods to analyze their perspectives.
- Through 16 semi-structured interviews conducted shortly after graduation, researchers identified key themes such as expectations of competence and the importance of support during this transition.
- The findings highlight the need for supportive practices from educational institutions and healthcare organizations to improve the transition process, which is crucial for ensuring patient safety and effective nursing practice.
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- Measles outbreaks persist even in areas with high vaccination rates, revealing the need to study interactions among unvaccinated children, particularly in school and home settings in the Netherlands, where outbreaks have occurred since the introduction of the MMR vaccine.
- Researchers created a contact network among primary and secondary schools based on household pairs to assess the risk of measles spread, emphasizing that schools with low vaccine uptake are highly interconnected.
- Their network-based model accurately simulated a significant measles outbreak in 2013, showing a much better alignment with real data compared to alternative models that ignored network dynamics and vaccine data.
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- The study aimed to assess the occurrence of subclinical cardiomyopathy and cardiac-related deaths in a colony of non-purebred cats in New Zealand as a representation of the general cat population.
- A total of 132 cats underwent physical exams and echocardiography, revealing that 18.2% had heart disease, primarily hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), while 24% exhibited heart murmurs.
- Over a ten-year period, heart disease was determined to be the cause of death in 5.3% of the cat population studied, with a specific prevalence of HCM-related deaths at 3.8%.*