Michael H. Merson
Duke University
149 Papers
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Michael H. Merson is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 149 publications. Previous affiliations of Michael H. Merson include International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh & University of the Witwatersrand.
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Towards a common definition of global health
Jeffrey P. Koplan,T. Christopher Bond,Michael H. Merson,K. Srinath Reddy,Mario Henry Rodriguez,Nelson K. Sewankambo,Judith N. Wasserheit +6 more
TL;DR: This commentary makes the argument for the necessity of a common definition of global health.
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Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives
TL;DR: The burden of hearing loss is described and recommendations for halting and then reversing the continuing increases in this burden are offered, as well as low-cost possibilities for prevention and unprecedented opportunities to reduce the generally high treatment costs.
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Structural interventions in public health.
TL;DR: This framework suggests nine kinds of structural interventions, and it is possible to identify examples of each kind of intervention across a range of public health issues.
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Endemic cholera in rural bangladesh, 1966–1980
Roger I. Glass,Roger I. Glass,Stan Becker,M. Imdadul Huq,Barbara J. Stoll,M. U. Khan,Michael H. Merson,Michael H. Merson,John V. Lee,Robert E. Black,Robert E. Black +10 more
TL;DR: While little progress has been made in understanding the mode of transmission of v. cholerae 01, and in identifying practices for prevention, fluid therapy in this area has decreased the case fatality rate significantly and provides guidance for similar programs elsewhere.
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Contamination of weaning foods and transmission of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in children in rural Bangladesh
TL;DR: The proportion of a child's food samples that contained E. coli was significantly related to the child's annual incidence of diarrhoea associated with enterotoxigenic E. Escherichia coli, highlighting the importance of seeking locally available foods that are hygienic as well as nutritious to supplement the diets of breastfeeding children in developing countries.
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