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effective than/as safe as) than treatment as usual (placebo) in adults with depressive episode/disorder?
World Health Organization Chief Tells Security Council, Urging Sustained Focus to Prevent Future Outbreaks
Emerging Infectious Diseases; Vol. 21, No. 11, November 2015
In the Region of the Americas, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 52 of 2018, a total of 560,586 cases of dengue were reported (incidence rate of 57.3 cases per 100,000 population), including 336 deaths. Of the total cases, 209,192 (37.3%) were laboratoryconfirmed and 3,535 (0.63%) were clas...sified as severe dengue. Cases reported in 2018 were higher than the total reported in 2017 but lower than the historical average reported in the previous 11 years (2006-2016) (Figure 1). Similarly, the proportion of cases of severe dengue and dengue with warning signs reported in 2018 was higher than the previous two years, but lower than the preceding ten years, and it remains below 1% which was reached in 2015.
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) January 16, 2015 / 64(01);20-27
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Q5: What is the added advantage of doing an electroencephalography (EEG) in people with convulsive epilepsy in non- specialist settings in low and middle income countries?