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White, Sara E. ; Harvey, Steven A. ; Meza, Graciela ; Llanos, Alejandro ; Guzman, Mitchel ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Vinetz, Joseph M. | BMC | 2018-11-30T02:09:28ZBACKGROUND: A transmission-blocking vaccine (TBV) to prevent malaria-infected humans from infecting mosquitoes has been increasingly considered as a tool for malaria control and elimination. This study tested the hypothesis that a malaria TBV wo[...]![]()
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Sempou, Emily ; Biasini, Emiliano ; Pinzon-Olejua, Alejandro ; Harris, David-A. ; Malaga-Trillo, Edward | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:59ZBACKGROUND: Prions and amyloid-beta (Abeta) oligomers trigger neurodegeneration by hijacking a poorly understood cellular signal mediated by the prion protein (PrP) at the plasma membrane. In early zebrafish embryos, PrP-1-dependent signals cont[...]![]()
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Accinelli, Roberto A. ; Llanos, Oscar ; Lopez, Lidia M. ; Pino, Maria I. ; Bravo, Yeny A. ; Salinas, Veronica ; Lazo, Maria ; Noda, Julio R. ; Sanchez-Sierra, Marita ; Zarate, Lacey ; da Silva, Joao ; Gianella, Fabiola ; Kheirandish-Gozal, Leila ; Gozal, David | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:34ZBACKGROUND: Symptoms of sleep apnea are markedly increased in children exposed to smoke from biomass fuels and are reduced by kitchen stoves that improve indoor biomass pollution. However, the impact of adherence to the use of improved stoves ha[...]![]()
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Adolescent pregnancies are a common phenomenon that can have both positive and negative consequences. The rights framework allows us to explore adolescent pregnancies not just as isolated events, but in relat[...]
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Bouton, Tara C. ; Phillips, Patrick P. J. ; Mitnick, Carole D. ; Peloquin, Charles A. ; Eisenach, Kathleen ; Patientia, Ramonde F. ; Lecca, Leonid ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Gandhi, Neel R. ; Butler, Donna ; Diacon, Andreas H. ; Martel, Bruno ; Santillan, Juan ; Hunt, Kathleen Robergeau ; Vargas, Dante ; von Groote-Bidlingmaier, Florian ; Seas, Carlos ; Dianis, Nancy ; Moreno-Martinez, Antonio ; Horsburgh, C. Robert | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:59:36ZBACKGROUND: Current guidelines for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are largely based on expert opinion and observational data. Fluoroquinolones remain an essential part of MDR-TB treatment, but the optimal dose of fluoroqu[...]![]()
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Jimenez, Alfons ; Rees-Channer, Roxanne R. ; Perera, Rushini ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Chiodini, Peter L. ; Gonzalez, Iveth J. ; Mayor, Alfredo ; Ding, Xavier C. | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:02:16ZBACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are today the most widely used method for malaria diagnosis and are recommended, alongside microscopy, for the confirmation of suspected cases before the administration of anti-malarial treatment. The di[...]![]()
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Manrique, Paulo ; Hoshi, Mari ; Fasabi, Manuel ; Nolasco, Oscar ; Yori, Pablo ; Calderon, Martiza ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Kosek, Margaret N. ; Vinetz, Joseph M. ; Gamboa, Dionicia | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:53:06ZBACKGROUND: Several platforms have been used to generate the primary data for microsatellite analysis of malaria parasite genotypes. Each has relative advantages but share a limitation of being time- and cost-intensive. A commercially available [...]![]()
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Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin ; El Tantawi, Maha ; Aly, Nourhan M. ; Al-Batayneh, Ola B. ; Schroth, Robert J. ; Castillo, Jorge L. ; Virtanen, Jorma I. ; Gaffar, Balgis O. ; Amalia, Rosa ; Kemoli, Arthur ; Vulkovic, Ana ; Feldens, Carlos A. ; ECCAG | BMC | 2020-07-14T00:01:11ZBACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between early childhood caries (ECC) in 3–5-year-old children, seven indicators of poverty and the indicator of monetary poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LICs, MICs). M[...]![]()
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Fung, J. ; Gelaye, B. ; Zhong, Q.Y. ; Rondon, M.B. ; Sánchez, S.E. ; Barrios, Y.V. ; Hevner, K. ; Qiu, C. ; Williams, M.A. | BMC | 2019-04-24T18:23:51ZBackground: Antepartum depression is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in the prenatal period. There is accumulating evidence for the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathophysiology of depressi[...]![]()
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Davila Cordova, Jennifer Estefanía ; Tapia Aguirre, Vilma ; Vasquez Apestegui, Vanessa ; Ordoñez Ibarguen, Luis ; Vu, Bryan N. ; Steenland, Kyle ; Gonzales, Gustavo F. | BMC | 2020-07-14T00:01:06ZBACKGROUND: Lima is one of the more polluted cities in Latin America. High levels of PM(2.5) have been shown to increase health center outpatient visits of respiratory diseases. METHODS: Health center outpatient visits for children![]()
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Torres, Katherine ; Bachman, Christine M. ; Delahunt, Charles B. ; Alarcon Baldeon, Jhonatan ; Alava, Freddy ; Gamboa Vilela, Dionicia ; Proux, Stephane ; Mehanian, Courosh ; McGuire, Shawn K. ; Thompson, Clay M. ; Ostbye, Travis ; Hu, Liming ; Jaiswal, Mayoore S. ; Hunt, Victoria M. ; Bell, David | BMC | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZBACKGROUND: Microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood films remains a major form of diagnosis in malaria case management, and is a reference standard for research. However, as with other visualization-based diagnoses, accuracy depends on i[...]![]()
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Scliar, M.O. ; Gouveia, M.H. ; Benazzo, A. ; Ghirotto, S. ; Fagundes, N.J. ; Leal, T.P. ; Magalhães, W.C. ; Pereira, L. ; Rodrigues, M.R. ; Soares-Souza, G.B. ; Cabrera, L. ; Berg, D.E. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Bertorelle, G. ; Tarazona-Santos, E. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:37ZBackground: Archaeology reports millenary cultural contacts between Peruvian Coast-Andes and the Amazon Yunga, a rainforest transitional region between Andes and Lower Amazonia. To clarify the relationships between cultural and biological evolut[...]![]()
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Buttenheim, Alison M. ; Levy, Michael Z. ; Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo ; McGuire, Molly ; Toledo Vizcarra, Amparo M. ; Mollesaca Riveros, Lina M. ; Meza, Julio ; Borrini-Mayori, Katty ; Náquira, César ; Behrman, Jere ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | BMC | 2019-12-06T21:04:43ZBACKGROUND: Individual behavior change is a critical ingredient in efforts to improve global health. Central to the focus on behavior has been a growing understanding of how the human brain makes decisions, from motivations and mindsets to uncon[...]![]()
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Peiris, David ; Thompson, Simon R. ; Beratarrechea, Andrea ; Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Goudge, Jane ; Gyamfi, Joyce ; Kamano, Jemima Hoine ; Irazola, Vilma ; Johnson, Claire ; Kengne, Andre P. ; Keat, Ng Kien ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Mohan, Sailesh ; Mukasa, Barbara ; Ng, Eleanor ; Nieuwlaat, Robby ; Ogedegbe, Olugbenga ; Ovbiagele, Bruce ; Plange-Rhule, Jacob ; Praveen, Devarsetty ; Salam, Abdul ; Thorogood, Margaret ; Thrift, Amanda G. ; Vedanthan, Rajesh ; Waddy, Salina P. ; Webster, Jacqui ; Webster, Ruth ; Yeates, Karen ; Yusoff, Khalid | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:36ZBACKGROUND: The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases comprises the majority of the world's public research funding agencies. It is focussed on implementation research to tackle the burden of chronic diseases in low- and middle-income countries a[...]![]()
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Hernández-Vásquez, A. ; Alarcon-Ruiz, C.A. ; Bendezu-Quispe, G. ; Comandé, D. ; Rosselli, D. | BMC | 2018-11-30T23:41:31ZBackground: Biosimilars could be a promising option to help decrease healthcare costs and expand access to treatment. There is no previous evidence of a global bibliometric analysis on biosimilars. Therefore, we aimed to assess the quantity and [...]![]()
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Francis, Elizabeth R. ; Kuo, Chin-Chi ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Nessel, Lisa ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Feldman, Harold I. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBACKGROUND: The silent progression of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and its association with other chronic diseases, and high treatment costs make it a great public health concern worldwide. The population burden of CKD in Peru has yet to be fu[...]![]()
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Incubators are organizations that support the growth of new and typically technology-based enterprises, by providing business support services that bring together human and financial capital. Although the tra[...]
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Infections with Bartonella bacilliformis result in Carrion's disease in humans. In the first phase of infection, the pathogen causes a hemolytic fever ("Oroya fever") with case-fatality rates as high as ~90% in untreated patients, followed by a [...]![]()
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Garcia-Quintanilla, Meritxell ; Dichter, Alexander A. ; Guerra, Humberto ; Kempf, Volkhard A. J. | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:23ZInfections with Bartonella bacilliformis result in Carrion's disease in humans. In the first phase of infection, the pathogen causes a hemolytic fever ("Oroya fever") with case-fatality rates as high as ~90% in untreated patients, followed by a[...]![]()
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Menezes, S.M. ; Decanine, D. ; Brassat, D. ; Khouri, R. ; Schnitman, S.V. ; Kruschewsky, R. ; López, G. ; Álvarez, C. ; Talledo, M. ; Gotuzzo, E. ; Vandamme, A.-M. ; Galvão-Castro, B. ; Liblau, R. ; Weyenbergh, J.V. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZBackground: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of the incapacitating, neuroinflammatory disease HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Currently, there are no disease-modifying therapies[...]![]()
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Zafra-Tanaka, J.H. ; Goicochea-Lugo, S. ; Villarreal-Zegarra, D. ; Taype-Rondan, A. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:46ZBackground: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) should follow an adequate methodology using an evidence-based approach in order to provide reliable recommendations. However, little is known regarding the quality of CPGs for Depression, which pre[...]![]()
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Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae ; Goicochea-Lugo, Sergio ; Villarreal-Zegarra, David ; Taype-Rondan, Álvaro | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:24ZBACKGROUND: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) should follow an adequate methodology using an evidence-based approach in order to provide reliable recommendations. However, little is known regarding the quality of CPGs for Depression, which pre[...]![]()
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De Vries, Y.A. ; Al-Hamzawi, A. ; Alonso, J. ; Borges, G. ; Bruffaerts, R. ; Bunting, B. ; Caldas-De-Almeida, J.M. ; Cia, A.H. ; de Girolamo, G. ; Dinolova, R.V. ; Esan, O. ; Florescu, S. ; Gureje, O. ; Haro, J.M. ; Hu, C. ; Karam, E.G. ; Karam, A. ; Kawakami, N. ; Kiejna, A. ; Kovess-Masfety, V. ; Lee, S. ; Mneimneh, Z. ; Navarro-Mateu, F. ; Piazza, M. ; Scott, K. ; ten Have, M. ; Torres, Y. ; Viana, M.C. ; Kessler, R.C. ; de Jonge, P. ; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. ; Al-Kaisy, M.S. ; Andrade, L.H. ; Benjet, C. ; Bromet, E.J. ; De Almeida, J.M.C. ; Cardoso, G. ; Chatterji, S. ; Degenhardt, L. ; Demyttenaere, K. ; Hinkov, H. ; Hu, C.-Y. ; Karam, A.N. ; Lépine, J.-P. ; Levinson, D. ; McGrath, J. ; Medina-Mora, M.E. ; Moskalewicz, J. ; Pennell, B.-E. ; Posada-Villa, J. ; Scott, K.M. ; Slade, T. ; Stagnaro, J.C. ; Stein, D.J. ; Whiteford, H. ; Williams, D.R. ; Wojtyniak, B. | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:24ZBackground: Specific phobia (SP) is a relatively common disorder associated with high levels of psychiatric comorbidity. Because of its early onset, SP may be a useful early marker of internalizing psychopathology, especially if generalized to m[...]![]()
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Reis-Cunha, J.L. ; Rodrigues-Luiz, G.F. ; Valdivia, H.O. ; Baptista, R.P. ; Mendes, T.A.O. ; Loss de Morais, G. ; Guedes, R. ; Macedo, A.M. ; Bern, C. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Talavera Lopez, C. ; Andersson, B. ; Vasconcelos, A.T. ; Bartholomeu, D.C. | BMC | 2019-04-24T18:23:51ZBackground: Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, is currently divided into six discrete typing units (DTUs), named TcI-TcVI. CL Brener, the reference strain of the T. cruzi genome project, is a hybrid with a genome assembled[...]![]()
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Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Ortiz-Soriano, Victor ; Moscoso-Porras, Miguel ; Runzer-Colmenares, Fernando M. ; Malaga, German ; Jaime Miranda, J. | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:02:20ZBACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that hypertension is a risk factor for cognitive impairment, but whether this association is also present in extremely poor populations in Low Middle Income Countries settings remains to be studied. Unders[...]