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Willcox, Willie Mae
No full textWilliam M. Willcox - son. Mitchell G. Willcox - husbandhttps://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-ch-memoranda-1942/1426/thumbnail.jp
Blue Springs : [Tennessee].
No full textShows position of Willcox Reserve (i.e. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox), October 10, 1863.From the Orlando M. Poe papers in LC Manuscript Division.Pencil drawing.Partially traced in ink on verso.LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 396.
Improved traditional phytomedicines in current use for the clinical treatment of malaria.
No full textPhytomedicines and "green pharmacies" are promoted by some NGOs and governments as part of their efforts to control malaria. "Improved traditional medicines" (ITMs) are standardised as regards preparation and dose, although not always according to the concentration of active compounds. A systematic literature search revealed that six such phytomedicines are currently government-approved in at least one country and used on a relatively large scale nationally or internationally: Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae), Cinchona bark (Rubiaceae), Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schltr. (Apocynaceae), "Ayush-64", "Malarial-5" and Cochlospermum planchonii Hook. f. ex Planch. (Bixaceae). One further ITM has been developed and is in the process of being approved: Argemone mexicana decoction. Their development, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and clinical trials are reviewed, as well as priorities for future research
Rapid diagnostic tests for the home-based management of malaria, in a high-transmission area.
No full textRapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are sometimes recommended to improve the home-based management of malaria. The accuracy of an RDT for the detection of clinical malaria and the presence of malarial parasites has recently been evaluated in a high-transmission area of southern Mali. During the same study, the cost-effectiveness of a 'test-and-treat' strategy for the home-based management of malaria (based on an artemisinin-combination therapy) was compared with that of a 'treat-all' strategy. Overall, 301 patients, of all ages, each of whom had been considered a presumptive case of uncomplicated malaria by a village healthworker, were checked with a commercial RDT (Paracheck-Pf). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of this test, compared with the results of microscopy and two different definitions of clinical malaria, were then determined. The RDT was found to be 82.9% sensitive (with a 95% confidence interval of 78.0%-87.1%) and 78.9% (63.9%-89.7%) specific compared with the detection of parasites by microscopy. In the detection of clinical malaria, it was 95.2% (91.3%-97.6%) sensitive and 57.4% (48.2%-66.2%) specific compared with a general practitioner's diagnosis of the disease, and 100.0% (94.5%-100.0%) sensitive but only 30.2% (24.8%-36.2%) specific when compared against the fulfillment of the World Health Organization's (2003) research criteria for uncomplicated malaria. Among children aged 0-5 years, the cost of the 'test-and-treat' strategy, per episode, was about twice that of the 'treat-all' (U.S.0.5). In older subjects, however, the two strategies were equally costly (approximately U.S.$2/episode). In conclusion, for children aged 0-5 years in a high-transmission area of sub-Saharan Africa, use of the RDT was not cost-effective compared with the presumptive treatment of malaria with an ACT. In older patients, use of the RDT did not reduce costs. The question remains whether either of the strategies investigated can be made affordable for the affected population
The Canada Goose in Florida
No full textWEC-211, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Adam S. Willcox and William M. Giuliano, provides information on identification and biology, food and nesting habitat, distribution and migration, conservation, and control of these large protected migratory birds. Includes references for further information. Published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, May 2006
The Canada Goose in Florida
No full textWEC-211, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Adam S. Willcox and William M. Giuliano, provides information on identification and biology, food and nesting habitat, distribution and migration, conservation, and control of these large protected migratory birds. Includes references for further information. Published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, May 2006
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