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Neutrophil proteins as potential biomarkers for a sputum-based tuberculosis screening test [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionThe development of a rapid and affordable assay to screen participants for Q12 additional testing could streamline TB screening in resource-limited settings and for community-wide health screens.
Mark Chambers, Farina Karim, Matilda Mazibuko, Zoey Mhlane, Lindiwe Madziwa, Yunus Moosa, Yunus Moosa, Sashen Moodley, Monjurul Hoque, Monjurul Hoque, Emily Beth Wong, Emily Beth Wong, Emily Beth Wong, Emily Beth Wong, Emily Beth Wong, Andriette Hiemstra, Stephanus Theron Malherbe, Belinda Kriel, Kim Stanley, Ilana Claudia van Rensburg, Ayanda Shabangu, Bronwyn Smith, Gerhard Walzl, Nelita Du Plessis, Timothy R Sterling, Mark Hatherill, Alasdair Leslie, Alasdair Leslie, Alasdair Leslie   +28 more
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Home bowel cancer tests and informed choice—is current information sufficient?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objectives: To evaluate the type of information that is available to purchasers of home‐based bowel cancer test kits. Methods: Manufacturers, pharmacies and independent testing programs were contacted to obtain faecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits. State
K. Howard, G. Salkeld
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Frequency of HTLV-1 seroconversion between pregnancies in Nagasaki, Japan, 2011–2018

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundHuman T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is transmitted vertically from an infected mother to her child via breastfeeding during infancy or horizontally via sexual contact.
Nahoko Komatsu, Masako Iwanaga, Yuri Hasegawa, Shoko Miura, Naoki Fuchi, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Katsunori Yanagihara, Kiyonori Miura   +7 more
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Analysis of the lipid-lowering activity and mechanism of Betukladin based on a zebrafish model [PDF]

Shandong kexue
Betukladin is a dietary supplement composed of reindeer lichen powder and birch bark extract, possessing various pharmacological activities such as blood glucose regulation, lipid lowering, anti-inflammatory effects, and anticoagulation.
DU Xingshuo, ZHAN Wen, GAO Songying, SUN Changgao, XU Mingxian, ZHANG Sichen, LI Hongliang, XIA Qing, HE Qiuxia
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Can a Questionnaire Be Useful for Assessing Reading Skills in Adults? Experiences with the Adult Reading Questionnaire among Incarcerated and Young Adults in Norway

Education Sciences, 2021
Background: Good screening tools can be of immense value in educational counselling for adults. We report two studies where we explored the factor structure and discriminative power of the Adult Reading Questionnaire (ARQ) in different samples of young ...
Arve E. Asbjørnsen, Lise Øen Jones, Ole Johan Eikeland, Terje Manger   +3 more
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Advantages and Limitations of Ultrasound as a Screening Test for Ovarian Cancer

Diagnostics, 2023
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the seventh most common malignancy diagnosed among women, the eighth leading cause of cancer mortality globally, and the most common cause of death among all gynecological cancers.
Antonios Koutras, Paraskevas Perros, Ioannis Prokopakis, Thomas Ntounis, Zacharias Fasoulakis, Savia Pittokopitou, Athina A. Samara, Asimina Valsamaki, Athanasios Douligeris, Anastasia Mortaki, Ioakeim Sapantzoglou, Alexandros Katrachouras, Athanasios Pagkalos, Panagiotis Symeonidis, Vasileios-Chrysovalantis Palios, Alexandros Psarris, Marianna Theodora, Panos Antsaklis, George Makrydimas, Athanasios Chionis, Georgios Daskalakis, Emmanuel N. Kontomanolis   +21 more
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Children of prisoners: a growing public health problem

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2004
Objectives:To estimate the number and proportion of children in New South Wales affected by parental incarceration, and to describe the health impact of punitive incarceration on the children of prisoners.
Simon Quilty, Michael H. Levy, Kirsten Howard, Alex Barratt, Tony Butler   +4 more
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Screening for chloroquine maculopathy in populations with uncertain reliability in outcomes of automatic visual field testing

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare screening methods for the early detection of maculopathy in patients treated with chloroquine (CQ) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and to identify the risk factors for the development of toxic maculopathy ...
Paradee Kunavisarut, Pimploy Chavengsaksongkram, Aniki Rothova, Kessara Pathanapitoon   +3 more
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Awareness, knowledge, and factors that influenced the uptake of screening tests for prostate cancer among men aged 40 and older in Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
Background: Despite being the second most common and deadliest cancer in males, prostate cancer could go unnoticed in the early stages. Prevention programs have been set in place to help in the early detection and reduction of mortality rates in ...
Kayode R. Adewoye, Shuaib K. Aremu, Waheed A. Adegbiji, Chijioke C. Achebe   +3 more
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Magnetic Solid-Phase Extraction Using Fe3O4@SiO2 Magnetic Nanoparticles Followed by UV-Vis Spectrometry for Determination of Paraquat in Plasma and Urine Samples

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2017
A rapid and simple method was optimized and validated for the separation and quantification of paraquat, a frequently used herbicide and a leading cause of fatal poisoning worldwide, at trace levels with UV-Vis spectrophotometry in plasma and urine ...
Ou Sha, Yu Wang, Xin Yin, Xiaobing Chen, Li Chen, Shujun Wang   +5 more
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