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Two-Year Hepatitis and HIV Seroprevalence in Samples of Patients Admitted to Primary Health Care Centers

Van Tıp Dergisi, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Viral hepatitis and HIV are a global health problem causing acute and chronic infections. The aim of this study was to determine the HBsAg, Anti-HBs, Anti-HCV, anti-HAV IgG and Anti-HIV seropositivity rates in clinical samples sent from ...
Duygu Kübra Tuna, Yalçın Dicle, Elif Aydın   +2 more
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Misclassification of recent HIV-1 seroconversion in sub-Saharan Africa using the sensitive/less sensitive technique

Virology Journal, 2011
Background In resource-limited settings where HIV-1 is endemic, there is a need for simple, inexpensive but effective rapid methods for detecting recent infections and estimating incidence for the purposes of surveillance and management.
Hayford Anna A, Duedu Kwabena O, Sagoe Kwamena W   +2 more
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Decreased pre-existing Ad5 capsid and Ad35 neutralizing antibodies increase HIV-1 infection risk in the Step trial independent of vaccination. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The Step trial raised the possibility that uncircumcised men with pre-existing Ad5 neutralizing antibodies carried an increased risk of HIV infection after vaccination. Thus, understanding Ad seropositivity in humans is important to the development of an
Cheng Cheng, Lingshu Wang, Jason G D Gall, Martha Nason, Richard M Schwartz, M Juliana McElrath, Steven C DeRosa, John Hural, Lawrence Corey, Susan P Buchbinder, Gary J Nabel   +10 more
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Cracking the Code: Which Ocular Symptoms Predict Dry Eye Signs? Insights From a Large International Sicca Registry

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The study aimed to identify symptom‐based predictors of dry eye disease (DED) signs in the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) cohort. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis examining 16 ocular symptoms (most graded 0–4) and artificial tear (AT) use (graded 0–3) as predictors of DED signs (abnormal ocular ...
Pragnya R. Donthineni, Chloe Shields, Rohit Muralidhar, Shreya Bhatt, Alan Baer, Robert Fox, Sara S. McCoy, Anat Galor   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autoantibodies to Extracellular Erythrocyte Band 3 Epitopes Are Associated With Anemia in Plasmodium vivax Infection

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plasmodium vivax‐associated anemia is a multifactorial clinical outcome, in which the destruction of uninfected red blood cells (uRBCs) plays a major role in disease development and severity. Here, we identified autoantibody targets within the extracellular loops of Band 3 (B3), a major erythrocyte transmembrane protein.
Aline Marzano‐Miranda, Vanessa G. Fraga, Cor Jésus F. Fontes, Simone Ladeia‐Andrade, Marcelo U. Ferreira, Daniella C. Bartholomeu, Érika M. Braga   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Among High-Risk Populations in Jiangsu Province, Eastern China

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Toxoplasma gondii, an opportunistic protozoan, infects one-third of people worldwide and could lead to serious outcomes in immunodeficient or immunocompromised populations.
Fanzhen Mao, Yougui Yang, Yougui Yang, Yuying Chen, Yuying Chen, Qiang Zhang, Xin Ding, Bixian Ni, Xiangzhen Xu, Xiaolin Jin, Yang Dai, Yang Dai   +11 more
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Machine Learning to Predict Remission Between 6 and 24 Months in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights From JAK, an International Registry Collaboration

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To develop, externally validate, and simplify a machine learning model to predict remission between 6 and 24 months in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initiating tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, JAK inhibitors, interleukin‐6 inhibitors, abatacept, or rituximab using data from 11 international registries in the JAK‐pot collaboration ...
Zubeyir Salis, Denis Mongin, Denis Choquette, Louis Coupal, Catalin Codreanu, Florenzo Iannone, Roberto Caporali, Tore K. Kvien, Sella Provan, Ruth Fritsch‐Stork, Dan Nordström, Nina Trokovic, Karel Pavelka, Jakub Závada, Ana Rodrigues, Ziga Rotar, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Irini Flouri, Céline Lamacchia, Michele Iudici, Delphine Courvoisier, Kim Lauper, Axel Finckh   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sero-prevalence of syphilis infection among people living with HIV in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional nationwide hospital-based study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Globally, there were an estimated 7.1 million new syphilis infections in 2020, with more than 30% of these new infections reported in African countries such as Sierra Leone.
Darlinda F. Jiba, Sulaiman Lakoh, Shuchao Wang, Wei Sun, Umu Barrie, Matilda N. Kamara, Abdulai Tejan Jalloh, Francis K. Tamba, George A. Yendewa, Jin-Wen Song, Guang Yang   +10 more
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Low CD4 Counts and History of Sore Throat Predict High SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients in Mwanza, Tanzania

COVID, 2023
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Helmut A. Nyawale, Mariam M. Mirambo, Fabian Chacha, Nyambura Moremi, Mohamed Mohamed, Phares C. Lutema, Betrand Msemwa, James Samwel Mundamshimu, Bartholomeo Nicholaus, Stephen E. Mshana   +9 more
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Screening Indicators of Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV infections in Prisoners

Viral Hepatitis Journal, 2012
Objective:The study was made in the prisoners who had been under risk for many infectious disease. Our goals to screen Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV indicators with serological methods. And to vaccinate in determined seronegative subjects
Elçin BALCI, Kamuran TÜRKER, Vesile ŞENOL, Osman GÜNEY   +3 more
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