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Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela ; Powell, Amy-R. ; Hartinger-Pena, Stella-M. ; Schwarz, Lara ; Bausch, Daniel-G. ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie-A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:58ZBACKGROUND: Madre de Dios is located in the southeastern Amazonian region of Peru. Rodents have been estimated to be the reservoirs for up to 50 % of emerging zoonotic pathogens, including a host of viruses, bacteria, and parasites. As part of a[...]![]()
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Comparative genomic analysis of Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Valdivia, Hugo O. ; Reis-Cunha, Joao L. ; Rodrigues-Luiz, Gabriela F. ; Baptista, Rodrigo P. ; Baldeviano, G. Christian ; Gerbasi, Robert V. ; Dobson, Deborah E. ; Pratlong, Francine ; Bastien, Patrick ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Beverley, Stephen M. ; Bartholomeu, Daniella C. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:14ZBACKGROUND: The Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis complex is responsible for most cases of New World tegumentary leishmaniasis. This complex includes two closely related species but with different geographic distribution and disease phenotypes, [...]![]()
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Singh, Neha-S. ; Huicho, Luis ; Afnan-Holmes, Hoviyeh ; John, Theopista ; Moran, Allisyn-C. ; Colbourn, Tim ; Grundy, Chris ; Matthews, Zoe ; Maliqi, Blerta ; Mathai, Matthews ; Daelmans, Bernadette ; Requejo, Jennifer ; Lawn, Joy-E. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:59ZBACKGROUND: Evaluating health systems and policy (HSP) change and implementation is critical in understanding reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) progress within and across countries. Whilst data for health outcomes, covera[...]![]()
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Mann, Carlyn ; Ng, Courtney ; Akseer, Nadia ; Bhutta, Zulfiqar-A. ; Borghi, Josephine ; Colbourn, Tim ; Hernandez-Pena, Patricia ; Huicho, Luis ; Malik, Muhammad-Ashar ; Martinez-Alvarez, Melisa ; Munthali, Spy ; Salehi, Ahmad-Shah ; Tadesse, Mekonnen ; Yassin, Mohammed ; Berman, Peter | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:55ZBACKGROUND: Countdown to 2015 (Countdown) supported countries to produce case studies that examine how and why progress was made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Analysing how health-financing data explains improvements in[...]![]()
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Pollard, S.L. ; Williams, D.L. ; Breysse, P.N. ; Baron, P.A. ; Grajeda, L.M. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Jaime Miranda, J. ; Checkley, W. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:31ZBackground: Burning biomass fuels indoors for cooking is associated with high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (CO). More efficient biomass-burning stoves and chimneys for ventilation have been proposed as solutions [...]![]()
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Caffrey, D. ; Jaime Miranda, J. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Dávila-Roman, V.G. ; Cabrera, L. ; Dowling, R. ; Stewart, T. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, A. ; Wise, R. ; León-Velarde, F. ; Checkley, W. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:11:38ZBackground: We sought to determine if adult residents living at high altitude have developed sufficient adaptation to a hypoxic environment to match the functional capacity of a similar population at sea level. To test this hypothesis, we compar[...]![]()
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Lee, Sky W. ; Deiss, Robert G. ; Segura, Eddy R. ; Clark, Jesse L. ; Lake, Jordan E. ; Konda, Kelika A. ; Coates, Thomas J. ; Caceres, Carlos F. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:16ZBACKGROUND: Increased HIV testing frequency among high-risk populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and male-to-female transgender women (TW) can lead to earlier treatment and potentially reduce HIV transmission. METHODS: We analyzed[...]![]()
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Kojima, N. ; Siebert, J. C. ; Maecker, H. ; Rosenberg-Hasson, Y. ; Leon, S. R. ; Vargas, S. K. ; Konda, K. A. ; Caceres, C. F. ; Klausner, J. D. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:50ZBACKGROUND: Current syphilis tests cannot distinguish between active and past syphilis among patients with serofast rapid plasma reagin (RPR) titers. We investigated whether cytokine profiles might provide insight in the differentiation of activ[...]![]()
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Kojima, N. ; Siebert, J. C. ; Maecker, H. ; Rosenberg-Hasson, Y. ; Leon, S. R. ; Vargas, S. K. ; Konda, K. A. ; Caceres, C. F. ; Klausner, J. D. | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:27ZBackground. Current syphilis tests cannot distinguish between active and past syphilis among patients with serofast rapid plasma reagin (RPR) titers. We investigated whether cytokine profiles might provide insight in the differentiation of activ[...]![]()
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Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Anticona Huaynate, Cynthia ; Correa, Malena ; Mayta Malpartida, Holger ; Ramal Asayag, Cesar ; Seminario, Juan R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Murphy, Laura ; Oberhelman, Richard A. ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | BMC | 2018-11-30T03:10:43ZBACKGROUND: Delays in receiving adequate care for children suffering from pneumonia can be life threatening and have been described associated with parents' limited education and their difficulties in recognizing the severity of the illness. The[...]![]()
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Wingfield, Tom ; Boccia, Delia ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Montoya, Rosario ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBackground. Cash transfers are key interventions in the World Health Organisation’s post-2015 global TB policy. However, evidence guiding TB-specific cash transfer implementation is limited. We designed, implemented and refined a novel TB-specif[...]![]()
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Riddell, Michaela A. ; Edwards, Nancy ; Thompson, Simon R. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Praveen, Devarsetty ; Johnson, Claire ; Kengne, Andre P. ; Liu, Peter ; McCready, Tara ; Ng, Eleanor ; Nieuwlaat, Robby ; Ovbiagele, Bruce ; Owolabi, Mayowa ; Peiris, David ; Thrift, Amanda G. ; Tobe, Sheldon ; Yusoff, Khalid | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:33ZBACKGROUND: The imperative to improve global health has prompted transnational research partnerships to investigate common health issues on a larger scale. The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) is an alliance of national research fundi[...]![]()
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Morales Ruiz, Sandra ; Bendezu, Jorge ; Choque Guevara, Ricardo ; Montesinos, Ricardo ; Requena, David ; Choque Moreau, Luz ; Montalvan Avalos, Angela ; Fernandez-Diaz, Manolo | BMC | 2019-03-05T15:23:25ZBackground: Infectious coryza (IC) is an acute respiratory disease of growing chickens and layers caused by Avibacterium paragallinarum. The development of tools that allow rapid pathogen detection is necessary in order to avoid disease dissemin[...]![]()
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Altez-Fernandez, Carlos ; Ortiz, Victor ; Mirzazadeh, Majid ; Zegarra, Luis ; Seas, Carlos ; Ugarte-Gil, Cesar | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:33ZBACKGROUND: Genitourinary tuberculosis is the third most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Diagnosis is difficult because of unspecific clinical manifestations and low accuracy of conventional tests. Unfortunately, the delayed diagnosi[...]![]()
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Anticona Huaynate, Cynthia Fiorella ; Pajuelo Travezaño, Mónica Jehnny ; Correa, Malena ; Mayta Malpartida, Holger ; Oberhelman, Richard ; Murphy, Laura L. ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:14ZBACKGROUND: Worldwide, rural communities face barriers when accessing health services. In response, numerous initiatives have focused on fostering technological innovations, new management approaches and health policies. Research suggests that t[...]![]()
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McCloskey, Morgan L. ; Tarazona-Meza, Carla E. ; Jones-Smith, Jessica C. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Checkley, William | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:33ZBACKGROUND: Diet and activity are thought to worsen with urbanization, thereby increasing risk of obesity and chronic diseases. A better understanding of dietary and activity patterns across the urbanization divide may help identify pathways, an[...]![]()
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Nguyen, H. Bryant ; Jaehne, Anja-Kathrin ; Jayaprakash, Namita ; Semler, Matthew-W. ; Hegab, Sara ; Yataco, Angel-Coz ; Tatem, Geneva ; Salem, Dhafer ; Moore, Steven ; Boka, Kamran ; Gill, Jasreen-Kaur ; Gardner-Gray, Jayna ; Pflaum, Jacqueline ; Domecq, Juan-Pablo ; Hurst, Gina ; Belsky, Justin-B. ; Fowkes, Raymond ; Elkin, Ronald-B. ; Simpson, Steven-Q. ; Falk, Jay-L. ; Singer, Daniel-J. ; Rivers, Emanuel-P. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:51:42ZPrior to 2001 there was no standard for early management of severe sepsis and septic shock in the emergency department. In the presence of standard or usual care, the prevailing mortality was over 40-50 %. In response, a systems-based approach, [...]![]()
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Moreno-Gutierrez, Diamantina ; Rosas-Aguirre, Angel ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Bilcke, Joke ; Barboza, José Luis ; Hayette, Marie-Pierre ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan ; Aguirre, Kristhian ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Rodriguez, Hugo ; Speybroeck, Niko ; Beutels, Philippe | BMC | 2020-07-14T00:02:35ZBackground: Case management is one of the principal strategies for malaria control. This study aimed to estimate the economic costs of uncomplicated malaria case management and explore the influence of health-seeking behaviours on those costs. M[...]![]()
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Siddharthan, Trishul ; Pollard, Suzanne L. ; Quaderi, Shumonta A. ; Mirelman, Andrew J. ; Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Kirenga, Bruce ; Rykiel, Natalie A. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Shrestha, Laxman ; Chandyo, Ram K. ; Cattamanchi, Adithya ; Michie, Susan ; Barber, Julie ; Checkley, William ; Hurst, John R. | BMC | 2018-11-30T03:10:45ZBACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the end result of a susceptible individual being exposed to sufficiently deleterious environmental stimuli. More than 90% of COPD-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countrie[...]![]()
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Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae ; Pacheco-Barrios, Kevin ; Tellez, Walter Andree ; Taype-Rondan, Álvaro | BMC | 2019-07-04T16:59:31ZBACKGROUND: Dog-assisted therapy (DAT) is a non-pharmacological intervention based on the interaction between patients and dogs, which has been proposed to help adults with dementia. However, evidence to support it is lacking. Thus, we aim to ev[...]![]()
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Zafra-Tanaka, J.H. ; Pacheco-Barrios, K. ; Tellez, W.A. ; Taype-Rondan, A. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:50ZBackground: Dog-assisted therapy (DAT) is a non-pharmacological intervention based on the interaction between patients and dogs, which has been proposed to help adults with dementia. However, evidence to support it is lacking. Thus, we aim to ev[...]![]()
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Fandiño-Del-Rio, Magdalena ; Goodman, Dina ; Kephart, Josiah L. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Williams, Kendra N. ; Moazzami, Mitra ; Fung, Elizabeth C. ; Koehler, Kirsten ; Davila-Roman, Victor G. ; Lee, Kathryn A. ; Nangia, Saachi ; Harvey, Steven A. ; Steenland, Kyle ; Gonzales, Gustavo F. ; Checkley, William ; Cardiopulmonary outcomes and Household Air Pollution | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:59:37ZBACKGROUND: Biomass fuel smoke is a leading risk factor for the burden of disease worldwide. International campaigns are promoting the widespread adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in resource-limited settings. However, it is unclear if t[...]![]()
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Moransard, M. ; Bednar, M. ; Frei, K. ; Gassmann, M. ; Ogunshola, O. O. | BMC | 2019-01-25T15:18:34ZBACKGROUND: Treatment with erythropoietin (Epo) in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the rodent model of multiple sclerosis (MS), has consistently been shown to ameliorate disease progression and improve overall outcome. The effec[...]![]()
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Pinzón-Olejua, A. ; Welte, C. ; Abdesselem, H. ; Malaga-Trillo, E. ; Stuermer, C.A.O. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:12:16ZBackground: As a consequence of gene/genome duplication, the RTN4/Nogo gene has two counterparts in zebrafish: rtn4a and rtn4b. The shared presence of four specific amino acid motifs-M1 to M4-in the N-terminal region of mammalian RTN4, and zebra[...]![]()
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Henry Bonnie ; Orrego Elena ; Rojas Alejandro ; Yassi Annalee ; Parra Jorge ; Solis Fernanda ; Beltran Efrain ; Breilh Jaime ; Spiegel Jerry M ; Bowie William R ; Pearce Laurie ; Gaibor Juan ; Velasquez Patricio ; Concepcion Miriam ; Parkes Margot | BMC | 2019-09-23T13:38:57ZAbstract
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The
Sustainably Managing Environmental Health Risk in Ecuador project was launched in 2004 as a partnership linking a large Canadian university with leading Cuban and Mexican institutes to strengthen[...]