antimicrobial resistance profile and molecular characterization [PDF]
Funding Information: CISM is supported by the Government of Mozambique and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). CHAMPS is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under the Grant OPP1126780 to Robert Breiman ...
Bassat, Quique +17 more
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An adaptive phase II/III safety and efficacy randomized controlled trial of single day or three-day fixed-dose albendazole-ivermectin co-formulation versus albendazole for the treatment of Trichuris trichiura and other STH infections. ALIVE trial protocol [PDF]
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are targeted for control through mass drug-administration campaigns to prevent morbidity affecting at-risk groups in endemic regions.
Algorta, Jaime +20 more
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Quality of care in family planning services in rural Mozambique with a focus on long acting reversible contraceptives : a cross-sectional survey [PDF]
Background: In Mozambique, both the government and partners have undertaken efforts over the last decade to improve FP (family planning) services, especially through training health care providers and promoting the uptake of LARCs (Long Acting Reversible
de Melo, Malica +6 more
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High SARS‐CoV‐2 Exposure in Rural Southern Mozambique After Four Waves of COVID‐19: Community‐Based Seroepidemiological Surveys [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Mozambique was one of many African countries with limited testing capacity for SARS‐CoV‐2. Serosurveys, an alternative to estimate the real exposure to understand the epidemiology and transmission dynamics, have been scarce in Mozambique.
de Jesus Á +18 more
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Pathological Methods Applied to the Investigation of Causes of Death in Developing Countries: Minimally Invasive Autopsy Approach [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Complete diagnostic autopsies (CDA) remain the gold standard in the determination of cause of death (CoD). However, performing CDAs in developing countries is challenging due to limited facilities and human resources, and poor ...
Bassat Orellana, Quique +14 more
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Investigating the feasibility of child mortality surveillance with postmortem tissue sampling: generating constructs and variables to strengthen validity and reliability in qualitative research [PDF]
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network aims to generate reliable data on the causes of death among children aged <5 years using all available information, including minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS).
Ahoua Kone +51 more
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Quantifying long-term health and economic outcomes for survivors of group B Streptococcus invasive disease in infancy: protocol of a multi-country study in Argentina, India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. [PDF]
Sepsis and meningitis due to invasive group B Streptococcus (iGBS) disease during early infancy is a leading cause of child mortality. Recent systematic estimates of the worldwide burden of GBS suggested that there are 319,000 cases of infant iGBS ...
Abubakar, Amina +32 more
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Between tradition and modernity: Girls' talk about sexual relationships and violence in Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique [PDF]
This paper interrogates the influence of a tradition-modernity dichotomy on perspectives and practices on sexual violence and sexual relationships involving girls in three districts of Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique.
Heslop, J +4 more
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Dynamics of CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Subsets and Inflammatory Biomarkers during Early and Chronic HIV Infection in Mozambican Adults [PDF]
During primary HIV infection (PHI), there is a striking cascade response of inflammatory cytokines and many cells of the immune system show altered frequencies and signs of extensive activation.
Ananworanich +61 more
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The global distribution and diversity of protein vaccine candidate antigens in the highly virulent Streptococcus pnuemoniae serotype 1 [PDF]
Serotype 1 is one of the most common causes of pneumococcal disease worldwide. Pneumococcal protein vaccines are currently being developed as an alternate intervention strategy to pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.
Adzhubei +48 more
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