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Gonsalves, Lianne ; Hindin, Michelle J. ; Bayer, Angela ; Carcamo, Cesar P. ; Gichangi, Peter ; Habib, Ndema ; Mwaisaka, Jefferson ; Say, Lale | BMC | 2018-11-30T22:50:36ZBACKGROUND: Young people face special challenges to accessing needed sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and support. With high penetration and access, mobile phones provide a new channel for reaching young people, but there is litt[...]![]()
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Background: Many of the assessment tools used to study depression among older people are adaptations of instruments developed in other cultural setting. There is a need to validate those instruments in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Met[...]![]()
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Gómez-Restrepo, Carlos ; Maldonado, Patricia ; Rodríguez, Nelcy ; Ruiz-Gaviria, Rafael ; Escalante, Miguel Ángel ; Gómez, Raúl Ángel ; Ribeiro-de-Araujo, Marcelo ; Schmidt-de-Oliveira, Ana Carolina ; Chávez-Rivera, Joel Salvador ; Godínez-García, Jorge Alberto ; Piazza-Ferrand, Marina ; Blitchtein-Winicki, Dora | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:03:19ZBACKGROUND: In Latin America, substance related disorders are highly prevalent and one of the treatment strategies is the Therapeutic Communities (TCs), however, in Latin America there is scarce data about this treatment strategies, their qualit[...]![]()
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Martiáñez-Vendrell, Xavier ; Jimenez, Alfons ; Vásquez, Ana ; Campillo, Ana ; Incardona, Sandra ; González, Raquel ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Torres, Katherine ; Oyibo, Wellington ; Faye, Babacar ; Macete, Eusebio ; Menéndez, Clara ; Ding, Xavier C. ; Mayor, Alfredo | BMC | 2020-07-14T00:02:33ZBACKGROUND: Malaria diagnostics by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) relies primarily on the qualitative detection of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) and Plasmodium spp lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH). As novel RDTs with increased[...]![]()
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Martin, Laura J. ; Roper, Martha H. ; Grandjean, Louis ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Coronel, Jorge ; Caviedes, Luz ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Moore, David A. J. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:55ZBACKGROUND: Early identification of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) increases the likelihood of treatment success and interrupts transmission. Resource-constrained settings use risk profiling to ration the use of drug suscepti[...]![]()
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Phelan, Jody-E. ; Coll, Francesc ; Bergval, Indra ; Anthony, Richard-M. ; Warren, Rob ; Sampson, Samantha-L. ; Gey-van-Pittius, Nicolaas-C. ; Glynn, Judith-R. ; Crampin, Amelia-C. ; Alves, Adriana ; Bessa, Theolis-Barbosa ; Campino, Susana ; Dheda, Keertan ; Grandjean, Louis ; Hasan, Rumina ; Hasan, Zahra ; Miranda, Anabela ; Moore, David ; Panaiotov, Stefan ; Perdigão, João ; Portugal, Isabel ; Sheen, Patricia ; de-Oliveira-Sousa, Erivelton ; Streicher, Elizabeth-M. ; van-Helden, Paul-D. ; Viveiros, Miguel ; Hibberd, Martin-L. ; Pain, Arnab ; McNerney, Ruth ; Clark, Taane-G. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:45:57ZBACKGROUND: Approximately 10% of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome is made up of two families of genes that are poorly characterized due to their high GC content and highly repetitive nature. The PE and PPE families are typified by their hig[...]![]()
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Torres, K.J. ; Villasis, E. ; Bendezú, J. ; Chauca, J. ; Vinetz, J.M. ; Gamboa, D. | BMC | 2020-06-10T18:12:15ZBackground: Previous data have suggested that regulatory T cells (Tregs) balance protective immune responses with immune mediated pathology in malaria. This study aimed to determine to test the hypothesis that Treg proportions or absolute levels[...]![]()
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Tam, Yvonne ; Huicho, Luis ; Huayanay-Espinoza, Carlos-A. ; Restrepo-Mendez, Maria-Clara | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:48:07ZBACKGROUND: Peru has made great improvements in reducing stunting and child mortality in the past decade, and has reached the Millennium Development Goals 1 and 4. The remaining challenges or missed opportunities for child survival needs to be[...]![]()
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McFarland, Adam P. ; Sanchez, Juan F. ; Mercado, Alejandro ; Ventocilla, Julio A. ; Cavalcanti, Sofia ; Gonzalez, Sofia ; Lescano, Andres G. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:59:07ZTwo Plasmodium vivax recurrences in a Peruvian sailor with weight above the 60 kg (cap for primaquine dosage) highlight the importance of adequate radical cure weight dosage for patient treatment and control efforts, particularly within the mil[...]![]()
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Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Medina-Lezama, Josefina ; Chirinos-Pacheco, Julio A. ; Muñoz-Retamozo, Paola V. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Checkley, William ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group | BMC | 2019-01-25T16:03:19ZBACKGROUND: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) represents a great burden for the patient and the health system, particularly if diagnosed at late stages. Consequently, tools to identify patients at high risk of having CKD are needed, particularly in l[...]![]()
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Abstract Recent years have seen contentious debate about efforts to schedule medicines such as ketamine and tramadol under the international drug control conventions. Proponents argue that misuse poses a significant risk to public health and tha[...]![]()
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Zammarchi, Lorenzo ; Casadei, Gianluigi ; Strohmeyer, Marianne ; Bartalesi, Filippo ; Liendo, Carola ; Matteelli, Alberto ; Bonati, Maurizio ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Bartoloni, Alessandro | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:14ZBACKGROUND: In low-incidence countries, most tuberculosis (TB) cases occur among migrants and are caused by reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) acquired in the country of origin. Diagnosis and treatment of LTBI are rarely imple[...]![]()
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Pray, Ian W. ; Muro, Claudio ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Vilchez, Percy ; Wakeland, Wayne ; Pan, William ; Lambert, William E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:42ZBACKGROUND: Taenia solium (cysticercosis) is a parasitic cestode that is endemic in rural populations where open defecation is common and free-roaming pigs have access to human feces. The purpose of this study was to examine the roaming pattern[...]![]()
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Pray, Ian W. ; Muro, Claudio ; Gamboa, Ricardo ; Vilchez, Percy ; Wakeland, Wayne ; Pan, William ; Lambert, William E. ; Garcia, Hector H. ; O'Neal, Seth E. | BMC | 2019-08-08T15:23:47ZBACKGROUND: Taenia solium (cysticercosis) is a parasitic cestode that is endemic in rural populations where open defecation is common and free-roaming pigs have access to human feces. The purpose of this study was to examine the roaming pattern[...]![]()
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Bui, A.L. ; Moscoso, M.G. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, A. ; Checkley, W. ; Gilman, R.H. ; Smeeth, L. ; Miranda, J.J. | BMC | 2019-12-06T20:57:47ZBackground: Individuals' self-perceptions of weight often differ from objective measurements of body fat. This study aimed to 1) measure agreement between self-perceptions of weight and objective measurement of body fat by bioelectric impedance [...]