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G H Rée

Publications and source records attributed to G H Rée.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1999

Locally acquired Hansen's disease in north Queensland.

Hansen's disease (leprosy) is rare in Australia and usually imported from endemic areas. We report a 23-year-old white male with multibacillary leprosy who had lived all his life in North Queensland and initially appeared to have no risk factors. However, historical records revealed his grandfather to have been infected; because of stigma, this was unknown to the patient. As Hansen's disease has an incubation period of years, isolated cases may still occur as a result of previous endemicity in Queensland.

Adult↗
PubMed1983

Treatment of lobar pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: short course chemotherapy with penicillin or chloramphenicol.

In an attempt to reduce the costs of treatment we treated 203 patients with clinical lobar pneumonia either with penicillin or chloramphenicol for periods of up to 24 hours after remission of fever (mean 2.4 days). The results show that for patients with moderately severe pneumonia short-course treatment is as effective as the more traditional treatment. Patients with severe pneumonia may respond to such treatment but require careful evaluation before stopping treatment.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

Schistosomiasis and human behaviour.

Research on schistosomiasis has been mainly a biological and biomedical endeavor. Yet water and man-water contact are of fundamental importance in understanding the epidemiology of schistosomiasis. A review of water contacts and human behaviour in schistosome endemic areas shows that children in general have more and longer water contact than adults, and that such water contact is often greatest during the middle of the day, at a time when cercarial shedding from snails is at their peak. Control of schistosomiasis must take human behaviour into account. Indiscriminate mollusciciding without the cooperation and understanding of villagers is bound to fail.

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PubMed1979

A population study in the Maldive islands.

The Maldive Islands harbour, among 2,000 widely scattered coral islands, 190 atolls at present inhabited by over 128,000 persons. Between 1956-1976 the Royal Air Force occupied an air staging station which resulted in an increase in material and health prosperity, mostly affecting Hittadu Island. The growth rate which was 2.6% for the Maldivian population prior to that period, increased to 4.4%, resulting in a population density of 1,085 per sqkm. The unenviable prospects of the withdrawal are described.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Onchocerciasis treated with diethylcarbamazine.

One hundred patients with onchocerciasis were treated with diethylcarbamazine: a single course of treatment led to clinical cure in 48% of the patients; no means of anticipating which patients might require only a single course of treatment was found.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Fevers of hot climates.

The febrile patient from the tropics is generally, but not invariably, suffering from an infection which need not necessarily be exotic although this possibility must be excluded. In acute infections malaria must always be considered, as its diagnosis and treatment are easy and effective. A positive diagnosis of an exotic infection can only be made if a history of long or short residence in a tropical or subtropical area is obtained. In most patients a diagnosis is readily established.

Adolescent↗