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Prevalence of Cryptococcal Antigenemia and Lateral Flow Assay Accuracy in Severely Immunosuppressed AIDS Patients

Journal of Fungi
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia detected by lateral flow assay (LFA) in AIDS patients and its accuracy in the diagnosis of cryptococcosis.
Adriana Carla Garcia Negri, Maína de Oliveira Nunes, Gláucia Moreira Espíndola Lima, James Venturini, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Márcia dos Santos Lazera, Lídia Raquel de Carvalho, Marilene Rodrigues Chang, Rosianne Assis de Sousa Tsujisaki, Adriana de Oliveira França, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago   +11 more
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The WHO public-health approach to antiretroviral treatment against HIV in resource-limited settings.

, 2006
WHO has proposed a public-health approach to antiretroviral therapy (ART) to enable scaling-up access to treatment for HIV-positive people in developing countries, recognising that the western model of specialist physician management and advanced ...
Crowley, Siobhan, De Cock, Kevin, Ekpini, René, Gilks, Charles F, Gove, Sandy, Guerma, Teguest, Perriens, Jos, Souteyrand, Yves, Sutherland, Don, Vitoria, Marco   +9 more
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Making stillbirths count, making numbers talk - issues in data collection for stillbirths. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Stillbirths need to count. They constitute the majority of the world's perinatal deaths and yet, they are largely invisible. Simply counting stillbirths is only the first step in analysis and prevention.
Abdel-Aleem, Hany, Bergsjø, Per, Betran, Ana, Duke, Charles W, Fauveau, Vincent, Flenady, Vicki, Frøen, J Frederik, Gordijn, Sanne J, Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund, Hofmeyr, G Justus, Jokhio, Abdul Hakeem, Lawn, Joy, Lumbiganon, Pisake, Merialdi, Mario, Pattinson, Robert, Shankar, Anuraj   +15 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
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Innovative Diagnostic Approaches and Challenges in the Management of HIV: Bridging Basic Science and Clinical Practice

Life
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a major public health challenge globally. Recent innovations in diagnostic technology have opened new pathways for early detection, ongoing monitoring, and more individualized patient care, yet significant ...
Mohd Afzal, Shagun Agarwal, Rabab H. Elshaikh, Asaad M. A. Babker, Einas Awad Ibrahim Osman, Ranjay Kumar Choudhary, Suresh Jaiswal, Farhana Zahir, Pranav Kumar Prabhakar, Anass M. Abbas, Manar G. Shalabi, Ashok Kumar Sah   +11 more
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Willingness to Pay for Community Health Fund Card in Mtwara Rural District,Tanzania [PDF]

, 2003
\ud The Ministry of Health in Tanzania has established a new programme in the primary health care service. CHF is a district-level prepayment scheme targeted at the rural population.CHF starts in 1995 on a pilot basis in one district and in 2003 has to ...
Baraldes, Carme, Carreras , Lluis
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Canadian Journey to a National Electronic Health Record [PDF]

, 2015
Report detailing Canada's journey towards its national EHR. Canada has chosen to utilise hub-and-spoke repositories over point-to-point information exchange systems.
Rimpilainen, Sanna
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial accessibility and social inclusion: The impact of Portugal's last health reform [PDF]

, 2019
Health policies seek to promote access to health care and should provide appropriate geographical accessibility to each demographical functional group.
Ben‐Akiva M. E., El‐Geneidy A., Law M., Radke J., Remoaldo P., Ribeiro V., Ribeiro V., Rodrigue J.‐P., Saúde M., Saúde M., Saúde M., Simões J., Small K. A.   +12 more
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Improved Outcomes for Older Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Neuroblastoma in the Post‐Immunotherapy Era: An Updated Report From the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We describe clinical and biologic characteristics of neuroblastoma in older children, adolescents, and young adults (OCAYA); describe survival outcomes in the post‐immunotherapy era; and identify if there is an age cut‐off that best discriminates outcomes.
Rebecca J. Deyell, Kavitha Srivatsa, Paola Angelini, Pei‐Chi Kao, Brady Payne, Arlene Naranjo, Sveva Castelli, Miho Kato, Miki Ohira, Ulriche Pöetschger, Yaël Mossé, Lucas Moreno, Meredith S. Irwin, Ramya Ramanujachar, Wendy B. London   +14 more
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