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Bocio multinodular gigante. Revisión de la literatura a propósito de un caso

Revista Colombiana de Cirugía, 2020
Introducción. La patología tiroidea abarca desde procesos benignos hasta cánceres. El manejo médico-quirúrgico del bocio gigante implica la realización de estudios citológicos y de imagen.
Roberto Jesús Causa Soteras, José Roberto Causa García, Yilian Ayled González Pérez   +2 more
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Effect of early two-dose measles vaccination on childhood mortality and modification by maternal measles antibody in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: A single-centre open-label randomised controlled trial

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Early 2-dose measles vaccine (MV) at 4 and 9 months of age vs. the WHO strategy of MV at 9 months of age reduced all-cause child mortality in a previous trial.
Sebastian Nielsen, Ane B Fisker, Isaquel da Silva, Stine Byberg, Sofie Biering-Sørensen, Carlitos Balé, Amarildo Barbosa, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Nadja Skadkær Hansen, Vu An Do, Ole Bæk, Stine Møller Rasmussen, Lone Damkjær, Sophus Hvidt, Olga Baltzersen, Amabelia Rodrigues, Cesario Martins, Kristoffer J Jensen, Hilton C Whittle, Gaby Smits, Fiona van der Klis, Peter Aaby, Christine S. Benn   +22 more
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Xpert MTB/RIF on urine samples to increase diagnosis of TB in people living with HIV in Guinea-Bissau

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives: We investigated if Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) testing on urine samples among newly diagnosed HIV-patients as an adjunctive test to Xpert testing on sputum increases diagnosis. We sought to define subgroups of patients, for whom testing with either
Alexander Dutschke, Ditte Steiniche, Sanne Jespersen, Joao Paulo Nanque, Candida Medina, Bo Langhoff Hønge, Christian Wejse   +6 more
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Effects of the introduction of new vaccines in Guinea-Bissau on vaccine coverage, vaccine timeliness, and child survival: an observational study

The Lancet Global Health, 2014
Background: In 2008, the GAVI Alliance funded the introduction of new vaccines (including pentavalent diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis [DTP] plus hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b antigens) in Guinea-Bissau.
Dr. Ane B Fisker, PhD, Linda Hornshøj, MD, Amabelia Rodrigues, PhD, Ibraima Balde, BSc, Manuel Fernandes, Prof. Christine S Benn, DMSc, Prof. Peter Aaby, DMSc   +6 more
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BCG skin reactions by 2 months of age are associated with better survival in infancy: a prospective observational study from Guinea-Bissau

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Introduction Receiving Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-Denmark vaccine at birth has been associated with ~40% reductions in all-cause neonatal mortality.
Peter Aaby, Adam Roth, Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen, Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, Mike Berendsen, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Marcus Kjær Sørensen, Ivan Monteiro, Christine Stabell Benn   +8 more
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The mortality effects of disregarding the strategy to save doses of measles vaccine: a cluster-randomised trial in Guinea-Bissau

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction Measles vaccine (MV) may improve health beyond measles protection. To avoid wastage from multi-dose vials, children in Guinea-Bissau are only measles vaccinated when aged 9–11 months and when six or more children are present.
Peter Aaby, Ane Bærent Fisker, Amabelia Rodrigues, Christine Stabell Benn, Stine Byberg   +4 more
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Hypertension is associated with increased mortality in patients with tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
: Objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is associated with a number of non-communicable co-morbidities, which can complicate treatment and impair outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of hypertension on disease severity, treatment outcome and ...
A.B. Seegert, C.B. Patsche, A. Sifna, V.F. Gomes, C. Wejse, M. Storgaard, F. Rudolf   +6 more
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Can BCG vaccination at first health-facility contact reduce early infant mortality? Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial (CS-BCG)

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Increasing evidence suggests that the BCG vaccine has non-specific effects, altering the susceptibility to non-tuberculous infections. Thus, early BCG vaccination may reduce mortality.
Peter Aaby, Sanne Marie Thysen, Christine Stabell Benn, Ane Bærent Fisker, Aksel Karl Georg Jensen, Andreas Møller Jensen, Julie Odgaard Vedel, Igualdino da Silva Borges   +7 more
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Impact of HIV-1, HIV-2, and HIV-1+2 dual infection on the outcome of tuberculosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Background: HIV-1 infection has been shown to impact the outcome of patients with tuberculosis (TB), but data regarding the impact of HIV-2 on TB outcomes are limited.
C. Wejse, C.B. Patsche, A. Kühle, F.J.V. Bamba, M.S. Mendes, G. Lemvik, V.F. Gomes, F. Rudolf   +7 more
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Overall effect of a campaign with measles vaccine on the composite outcome mortality or hospital admission: A cluster-randomized trial among children aged 9-59 months in rural Guinea-Bissau

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objectives: Campaigns with measles vaccine (C-MV) are conducted to eradicate measles, but prior studies indicate that MV reduces non-measles mortality and hospital admissions too. We hypothesized that C-MV reduces death/hospital admission by 30%. Methods:
Anshu Varma, Sanne M. Thysen, Justiniano S.D. Martins, Line M. Nanque, Aksel K.G. Jensen, Ane B. Fisker   +5 more
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