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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier, Matthew N. Vigliotti, Paige E. Rice, Brian Pietrosimone, Shannon L. Mihalko, Edward H. Ip, Richard F. Loeser, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Ryan Hill, Santiago Saldana, Kim L. Bennell, Paul DeVita   +12 more
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Mosquito Control and Scrap Tires: Same Old Problem, No Reliable Strategies

Acta Biológica Colombiana
Artificial breeding sites in urban areas have favored the domestication of mosquito vectors. Scrap tires are an important breeding source for mosquito larvae.
Walter Quezada-Yaguachi, Miriam Alquisira-Domínguez, Miriam J. Vázquez-Anzúres, Dania Berenice Rebollo-Salinas, Luz Dalila Rescalvo-Luna, Fabián Correa-Morales, Cassandra González-Acosta, Miguel Moreno-García   +7 more
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Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in a Colombian Caribbean region suggests that secondary vectors play an important epidemiological role

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Colombia, as part of The Andean Countries Initiative has given priority to triatomine control programs to eliminate primary (domiciliated) vector species such as Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata.
Omar Cantillo-Barraza, Duverney Chaverra, Paula Marcet, Sair Arboleda-Sánchez, Omar Triana-Chávez   +4 more
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Estimating Effects of Temperature on Dengue Transmission in Colombian Cities

Annals of Global Health, 2017
Background: Dengue fever is a viral disease that affects tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is well known that processes related to virus transmission by mosquitoes are highly influenced by weather. Temperature has been described as one of
Víctor Hugo Peña-García, Omar Triana-Chávez, Sair Arboleda-Sánchez   +2 more
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Susceptibilidad de Anopheles albimanus a los insecticidas en cuatro localidades de Tumbes [PDF]

, 2013
El control de los vectores de importancia médica ha sido parte vital en la estrategia global para el control de los mosquitos involucrados en la transmisión de enfermedades, y la aplicación de insecticidas representa la medida de intervención pra ...
González S., Rommel V., Solís C., María E., Solís C., Rosa L.   +2 more
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Clinical Significance of Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring for Mycophenolate in Patients With Extrarenal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Clinical response to mycophenolic acid (MPA) is highly heterogeneous; thus, therapeutic drug level monitoring (TDM) may help improve treatment efficacy. This systematic review and meta‐analysis examined therapeutic ranges for MPA levels associated with better outcomes and safety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ...
Zahraa Qamhieh, Dalia Sriwi, Callie Saric, Tripti Singh, Christie M. Bartels, Shivani Garg   +5 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Evolución y estado actual de las enfermedades no transmisibles en Argentina [PDF]

Revista Argentina de Salud Pública, 2010
Las enfermedades no transmisibles (ENT) explican más del 60% de las muertes en Argentina. El país atravesó el proceso de transición epidemiológica a mediados del siglo XX, disminuyendo en forma progresiva la mortalidad por enfermedades transmisibles y ...
Jonatan, Konfino , Bruno, Linetzky , Daniel, Ferrante   +2 more
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Trypanosoma cruzi infection in domestic and synanthropic mammals such as potential risk of sylvatic transmission in a rural area from north of Antioquia, Colombia

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2020
In Colombia, dogs and opossum are the most important mammals in domestic and sylvatic T. cruzi transmission. However, the role of both species has not been evaluated in areas where both species converge in the peridomestic area. To evaluate the infection
Omar Cantillo-Barraza, Sindy Carolina Bedoya, Samanta C.C. Xavier, Sara Zuluaga, Bibiana Salazar, Andrés Vélez-Mira, Lina María Carrillo, Omar Triana-Chávez   +7 more
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Prácticas de bioseguridad adoptadas en grandes explotaciones de bovinos de carne de la zona Central de Chile [PDF]

, 2011
Bioseguridad se refiere al conjunto de acciones implementadas, orientadas a prevenir el ingreso y salida de agentes causantes de enfermedades en un área que se intenta proteger, así como también limitar su diseminación al interior de esta unidad.
Duchens, M., Maino, M., Paris, A.
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