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bundling, a newly identified risk factor for neonatal tetanus: implications for global control.bundling, which consists of wrapping an infant for prolonged periods in a sheepskin cover after dried cow dung is applied, is a common and apparently unique practice limited to the rural, mountainous regions of northern pakistan. the practice is initiated at various ages during the neonatal period. its potential contribution to neonatal tetanus (nnt) had not been evaluated.19968921470
cattle plague in shangri-la: observations on a severe outbreak of rinderpest in northern pakistan 1994-1995.between april 1994 and november 1995 the most severe epidemic of rinderpest reported in the world for over a decade affected domestic livestock in the northern areas of pakistan. as many as 40,000 cattle and yaks died, more by some estimates, and mortality rates may have exceeded 80 per cent in these species in several villages. this report describes some of the clinicopathological and epidemiological features peculiar to the outbreak, including laboratory-confirmed rinderpest in a goat, and the ...19989699250
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