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Attitudes and acceptance of oral and parenteral HIV preexposure prophylaxis among potential user groups: a multinational study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: The use of antiviral medications by HIV negative people to prevent acquisition of HIV or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has shown promising results in recent trials.
Garnett, Geoffrey P   +33 more
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Ten years of surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae during the era of antiretroviral scale-up and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To document trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a central hospital in Malawi during the period of national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
Mavuto Mukaka   +41 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of Malaria and Anaemia among HIV Infected Pregnant women Receiving Co-trimoxazole Prophylaxis in Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study in Kinondoni Municipality. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
HIV-infected pregnant women are particularly more susceptible to the deleterious effects of malaria infection particularly anaemia. In order to prevent opportunistic infections and malaria, a policy of daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis without the ...
Billy Ngasala   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-extract acts as a potent immunomodulator against allergic sensitization and airway inflammation

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
Epidemiological and experimental studies have shown an inverse relationship between infections with certain parasites and a reduced incidence of allergic diseases. We and others have shown that infection with Toxoplasma gondii prevents the development of
Mirjana Drinić   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.M., Shaw, D.
core   +1 more source

First molecular data on the human roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides species complex from the Bronze and Iron Age in Hallstatt, Austria

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Palaeoparasitological studies can provide valuable information on the emergence, distribution, and elimination of parasites during a particular time in the past.
Elisabeth Barsch   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consequent stages of developing a multi-compartmental mechanistic model for chronically inhaled nanoparticles pulmonary retention

open access: yesToxicology Reports, 2019
The paper retraces the development of a mechanistic multicompartmental system model describing particle retention in lungs under chronic inhalation exposures.
Boris A. Katsnelson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data on High Resolution Melting (HRM) and phylogenetic analysis of P. ovale wallikeri and P. ovale curtisi

open access: yesData in Brief, 2019
High Resolution Melting (HRM) analysis is a post-PCR analysis method used for identifying genetic variation in nucleic acid sequences. These data are presenting the identity of the 33 samples used for a qPCR-HRM and a nested snapback methods validation ...
Aline Lamien-Meda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pilot Study on the Prevalence of Entamoeba gingivalis in Austria—Detection of a New Genetic Variant

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
Entamoeba gingivalis is a parasitic protist that resides in the oral cavity. Although E. gingivalis has been frequently detected in individuals with periodontitis, its precise role in this context remains to be established, since E.
Martina Köhsler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Production, characterization, and antigen specificity of recombinant 62-71-3, a candidate monoclonal antibody for rabies prophylaxis in humans

open access: yes, 2013
Rabies kills many people throughout the developing world every year. The murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) 62-71-3 was recently identified for its potential application in rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP).
Both, L   +26 more
core   +1 more source

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