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Validation of the rapid assessment procedure for loiasis (RAPLOA) in the democratic republic of CongoS [PDF]

, 2012
Background: A simple method called RAPLOA, to rapidly assess what proportion of people in a community are infected with L. loa and hence which communities are at high risk of severe adverse reactions following ivermectin treatment, was developed in ...
Wanji Samuel, Tepage Floribert, Maurice N Mutro, Floribert Tepage, Mutro, Maurice N., Ukety, Tony O., Wanji, Samuel, Ukety Tony O, Remme, Jan H., Akotshi Dowo O, Tony O Ukety, Diggle Peter J, Dowo O Akotshi, Tepage, Floribert, Akotshi, Dowo O., Peter J Diggle, Samuel Wanji, Jan H Remme, Mutro Maurice N, Diggle, Peter J., Remme Jan H   +20 more
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Viral Infection‐Inspired Autonomous Detection of Fusion‐Competent Viruses for Screening and Environmental Surveillance

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by viral entry mechanisms, the FUSION assay enables autonomous detection of respiratory viruses via membrane fusion–triggered CRISPR‐Cas13a activation. VEACON selectively fuses with fusion‐competent viruses, triggering fluorescence within confined vesicles.
Jae Chul Park, Yidam Song, Hyun‐Woo Choi, Jaeuk Sung, Harin Jin, WonSeok Gwak, Kirim Yoo, Soohwang Lee, Jongeon Park, Jeongmin Kim, Hye‐Jun Jo, Jahyun Koo, Youngdo Jeong, Kwan Hyi Lee, Seung‐Jung Kee, Hojun Kim   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macrophage-mediated delivery of ganciclovir nanocomplexes inhibits the pathogenicity of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

Discover Oncology
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), a member of the γ-herpesvirus family, is associated with the development of various malignancies.
Haopeng Tan, Lixia Yao, Runa Zhang, Mengchan Ye, Shanzhe Shi, Jinli Zhang, Jianyu Xu, Dongdong Cao, Fangling Li, Dongmei Li   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scope and limits of an anamnestic questionnaire in a control-induced low-endemicity helminthiasis setting in south-central Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2013
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis are two high-burden neglected tropical diseases. In highly endemic areas, control efforts emphasize preventive chemotherapy.
Silué, Kigbafori D., Mamadou Ouattara (128981), N’Goran Dje N., Utzinger, Jürg, N’Guessan Yao, Isaac I Bogoch, Bogoch Isaac I., Koné, Siaka, N’Goran Eliézer K., Yao N’Guessan (417749), Utzinger Jürg, Siaka Koné (128990), Eliézer K. N’Goran (417750), Dje N. N’Goran (417748), Adiossan Lukas G., N'goran, Eliézer K., Jürg Utzinger, Ouattara Mamadou, Lukas G Adiossan, Siaka Koné, Isaac I. Bogoch (234648), Jürg Utzinger (39609), Mamadou Ouattara, N'goran, Dje N., Adiossan, Lukas G., Yao N'Guessan, Thomas Fürst (128978), Kigbafori D. Silué (128980), Lukas G. Adiossan (128985), Silué Kigbafori D., Eliézer K N'Goran, Ouattara, Mamadou, Thomas Fürst, Kigbafori D Silué, Bogoch, Isaac I., Koné Siaka, N'guessan, Yao, Fürst Thomas, Fürst, Thomas, Dje N N'Goran   +39 more
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Lymphoid‐Tissue‐on‐Chip Recapitulates Human Antibody Responses In Vitro

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The presented lymphoid‐tissue‐on‐chip system allows culture of primary human tonsil cells at organotypic high density under perfusion for up to 4 weeks, emulates immune response to soluble vaccines and vaccination via peripheral antigen‐presenting cells and represents a useful tool to assess cellular interactions during homeostasis, immune responses ...
Claudia Teufel, Anna‐Sophie Schlemmer, Andrea W. Eiken, Zachary W. Wagoner, Dennis Vöhringer, Lena Christ, Alex Dulovic, Patrick Marsall, Madeleine Fandrich, Eduardo J. S. Brás, Julia Marzi, Friederike Bärhold, Julia Philipp, Sven Becker, Lisa E. Wagar, Peter Loskill   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of short-term morbidity and mortality in patients with decompensated liver disease in the Suez Canal area

Egyptian Liver Journal
Background Liver cirrhosis represents a significant global health burden, affecting over 160 million individuals worldwide in 2017. The aim of this study was to describe the different clinical presentations and outcomes of patients with decompensated ...
Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud El.Alawy, Nader Attia El.Nemr, Nageh Louis Mahrous, Mohamed Ahmed Abo El.Magd   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, is considered endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, excluding the United States. However, increasing evidence of T. cruzi parasites in the United States in triatomine insects, domestic animals, wildlife, and humans challenges that nonendemic label.
Beatty, Norman L., Hamer, Gabriel L., Moreno-Peniche, Bernardo, Mayes, Bonny, Hamer, Sarah A.   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

MFPD: A Multiple Fungal Pathogen Detection Pipeline Across Diverse Habitats

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The MFPD pipeline integrates a comprehensive ITS reference database of fungal pathogens, optimized parameters, and algorithms tailored for both full‐length and subregion sequences that balance accuracy and computational efficiency; it enables high‐throughput, species‐level identification from amplicon sequencing data, supporting large‐scale ...
Yi Shen, Xinrun Yang, Jiabao Yu, Yaozhong Zhang, Tianjie Yang, Yang Gao, Xiaofang Wang, Alexandre Jousset, Waseem Raza, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Qirong Shen, Gaofei Jiang, Zhong Wei, Yangchun Xu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiota is associated with bone mineral density: an observational and genome-wide environmental interaction analysis in the UK Biobank cohort

Bone & Joint Research, 2021
Aims: Despite the interest in the association of gut microbiota with bone health, limited population-based studies of gut microbiota and bone mineral density (BMD) have been made.
Bolun Cheng, Yan Wen, Xuena Yang, Shiqiang Cheng, Li Liu, Xiaomeng Chu, Jing Ye, Chujun Liang, Yao Yao, Yumeng Jia, Feng Zhang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source