A study of blood contamination of Siqveland matrix bands [PDF]
, 2002 AIMS To use a sensitive forensic test to measure blood contamination of used Siqveland matrix bands following routine cleaning and sterilisation procedures in general dental practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen general dental practices in the West of
A H Lowe +12 more
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Occult Infection with Hepatitis C Virus: Looking for Clear-Cut Boundaries and Methodological Consensus. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2021 Wróblewska A, Bielawski KP, Sikorska K.
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“Fecal microbiome in epidemiologic studies” - Letter [PDF]
, 2016 We congratulate Sinha et al. on their recent report (1) comparing fecal sample collection methods for epidemiologic studies of the gut microbiome. These data contribute to the increasing body of literature describing robust methodological frameworks for ...
Abu-Ali, Galeb +5 more
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Middle ear biofilm and sudden deafness - a light and transmission electron microscopy study
Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundThere still exists controversy about whether the healthy human middle ear mucosa is sterile or if it may harbor a diverse microbiome. Considering the delicacy of the human round window membrane (RWM), different mechanisms may exist for avoiding
Hao Li +8 more
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Occult HBV infection among a cohort of Nigerian adults
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009 Objective: To determine markers of HBV infection and detect the presence of its occult infection in serum of a cohort of adult Nigerians. Methodology: The study involved 28 adult Nigerians with viral hepatitis (Group 1) and 28 apparently healthy adult ...
Samuel O. Ola +6 more
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Endemic HBV among hospital in-patients in Bangladesh, including evidence of occult infection. [PDF]
J Gen Virol, 2021 Chowdhury FR +18 more
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Enhancing Bayesian risk prediction for epidemics using contact tracing
, 2012 Contact tracing data collected from disease outbreaks has received relatively little attention in the epidemic modelling literature because it is thought to be unreliable: infection sources might be wrongly attributed, or data might be missing due to ...
C. P. Jewell +7 more
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Occult infection with hepatitis B virus PreS variants synergistically promotes hepatocellular carcinoma development in a high-fat diet context by generating abnormal ceramides. [PDF]
BMC Med, 2022 Liu C +8 more
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Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in a Cohort of HIV-Positive Patients Resident in Sicily, Italy [PDF]
, 2013 Occult hepatitis B virus (OBI) in HIV-infected groups is still debated, as well as the associated risk-factors and clinical significance. In this paper, we examined a total of 405 HBsAg-negative/HIV-infected patients enrolled from January 2007 to ...
Colomba, GME +4 more
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OCCULT HBV-INFECTION (CLINICAL REPORT)
Журнал инфектологии, 2017 .
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