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Barriers and facilitators of HIV treatment services among men who have sex with men during COVID-19 lockdown

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Background: The provision of HIV treatment services was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown measures, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM), a population disproportionately affected by HIV.
Betty Sebati, Edith Phalane, Amukelani Bilankulu, Refilwe N. Phaswana-Mafuya   +3 more
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Hypertension in obesity: A focus on individualized pharmacotherapy and the role of body composition, on behalf of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Diabetes and Metabolic Risk Factors and Working Group on Lifestyle, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy and Adherence

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Hypertension in obesity represents a major global health challenge, closely linked to the global epidemics of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic dysfunction. Excess adiposity contributes to elevated blood pressure through multiple, interrelated mechanisms, including activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, sympathetic nervous system ...
Christina Antza, Andrej Belancic, Jens Jordan, Alberto Esteban, Anna Oliveras, Ryan McNally, Panagiota Anyfanti, Jorie Versmissen, María S. Fernández‐Alfonso, Vasilios Kotsis, Thomas Weber, Alexandre Persu, Reinhold Kreutz   +12 more
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On the distributional consequences of epidemics [PDF]

We develop a tractable general theory for the study of the economic and demographic impact of epidemics, and notably its distributional consequences. To this end, we develop a three-period overlapping generations model where altruistic parents choose ...
Raouf Boucekkine, Jean-Pierre Laffargue
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Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Innovative Interventions Implemented During COVID-19 Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in North-West Province of South Africa

COVID
South Africa’s health system was affected by the various mitigation measures implemented to control the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, innovative interventions were introduced to ensure service continuity.
Lerato Lucia Olifant, Edith Phalane, Hlengiwe Mhlophe, Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya   +3 more
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Malaria epidemic early warning and detection in African highlands. [PDF]

, 2004
Malaria epidemics have long been known to recur in the African highlands. Efforts to develop systems of early warning and detection for epidemics are outlined here with special emphasis on the Highland Malaria Project (HIMAL).
de Vlas, SJ, de Vlas, Sake, Cox, J, Ochola, Samuel, Beard, B, Langi, Peter, Cox, Jonathan, Langi, P, Hay, Simon I, Abeku, TA, Beard, Brian, Ochola, S, Hay, SI, Abeku, Tarekegn A, Hay, Simon, de Vlas, Sake J   +15 more
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Medicines, misinformation and machines: Navigating infodemics in the generative AI era

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Health information is now widely accessed through smartphones, online searches and increasingly through generative artificial intelligence (AI). These systems create new opportunities for communication, and in some routine contexts, well‐governed AI assistants could reduce exposure to lower quality sources by providing cautious, evidence‐aligned ...
Natansh D. Modi, Lisa M. Kalisch Ellett, Michael D. Wiese, Ashley M. Hopkins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cynaroside targets distinct metabolic pathways in gram-positive and gram-negative pathogenic bacteria: an integrated multi-omics study

Frontiers in Microbiology
The antibiotic resistance crisis has become a major threat to global public health. Discovering natural antibacterial compounds with unique mechanisms from traditional medicinal plants is an effective strategy to overcome this challenge. Through activity-
Shiqi Xia, Daofeng Liu, Haowen Zhang, Kui Zhao, Ming Jiang, Xiuhua Tao   +5 more
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Introduction : the anthropology of epidemics

Funding: Research by Christos Lynteris leading to this chapter was funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme/ERC grant agreement no 336564 for the project Visual Representations of the ...
Lynteris, Christos, Keck, Frédéric, Kelly, Ann H.   +2 more
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Characterization of Immune Responses to RBD‐SD1 Nanoparticle Vaccines Derived From ACE2‐Capable HKU5‐CoV‐2, NeoCoV, and HKU5 Merbecoviruses

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
SpyCatcher‐mi3 nanoparticles presenting HKU5, NeoCoV, and HKU5‐CoV‐2 RBD‐SD1 induced strong, cross‐reactive IgG responses in immunized mice. The surrogate virus neutralization test demonstrated strong activity in sera from homologous vaccination. ABSTRACT Recent discoveries of merbecoviruses such as HKU5, NeoCoV, and HKU5‐CoV‐2 that use angiotensin ...
Peter J. Halfmann, Jeong Soo Lee, Augustine Duffy, Tong Wang, Bingcheng Huang, James Z. Kurdi, Ajay Inampudi, Natasha Chen, Elizabeth Frimpong, Carmen Rai, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ravi S. Kane   +11 more
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The status of machine learning in HIV testing in South Africa: a qualitative inquiry with stakeholders in Gauteng province

Frontiers in Digital Health
BackgroundThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains one of the leading causes of death globally, with South Africa bearing a significant burden. As an effective way of reducing HIV transmission, HIV testing interventions are crucial and require the ...
Musa Jaiteh, Edith Phalane, Yegnanew A. Shiferaw, Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source