Binary regression analysis with network structure of respondent-driven sampling data [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a procedure to sample from hard-to-reach populations. It has been widely used in several countries, especially in the monitoring of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. Hard-to-reach populations have had a key role in the dynamics of such epidemics and must inform evidence-based initiatives aiming to ...
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Revisiting nested group testing procedures: new results, comparisons, and robustness [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 Group testing has its origin in the identification of syphilis in the US army during World War II. Much of the theoretical framework of group testing was developed starting in the late 1950s, with continued work into the 1990s. Recently, with the advent of new laboratory and genetic technologies, there has been an increasing interest in group testing ...
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Antigenic Conservation of an Immunodominant Invariable Region of the VlsE Lipoprotein among European Pathogenic Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi SL [PDF]
, 2017 Lyme disease is caused by genetically divergent spirochetes, including 3 pathogenic genospecies: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii. Serodiagnosisis complicated by this genetic diversity. A synthetic peptide (C6), based on the
Aberer, Elisabeth +9 more
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DST, 2018 Introduction: Congenital syphilis (CS) occurs at any time during gestation if the pregnant women were not treated or were incorrectly treated during pregnancy. CS can be avoided with adequate prenatal diagnosis and treatment.
Gabriela Gaspar Filgueiras Landi +3 more
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Correlation between specific IgM levels and percentage IgG-class antibody avidity to Toxoplasma gondii [PDF]
, 2008 Toxoplasmosis is an usually asymptomatic worldwide disseminated infection. In its congenital presentation it may lead to abortion or fetal malformations.
César, Katia Regina +5 more
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Educating health workers is key in congenital syphilis elimination in Colombia
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017 Introduction: Colombia promotes the diagnosis and treatment of gestational syphilis in a single visit using rapid diagnostic tests to prevent mother-to-child transmission.
Juan Pablo Garcés +5 more
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GESTATIONAL SYPHILIS: REPERCUSSIONS FOR POSTPARTUM WOMEN
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2019 Objective: To know the repercussions of the diagnosis of Gestational Syphilis for the postpartum woman. Method: A qualitative research carried out in a pediatric unit of a university hospital in southern Brazil.
Jéssica Gama da Silva +5 more
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Compressed Sensing with Probabilistic Measurements: A Group Testing Solution [PDF]
arXiv, 2009 Detection of defective members of large populations has been widely studied in the statistics community under the name "group testing", a problem which dates back to World War II when it was suggested for syphilis screening. There the main interest is to identify a small number of infected people among a large population using collective samples.
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Simple Objective Detection of Human Lyme Disease Infection Using Immuno-PCR and a Single Recombinant Hybrid Antigen [PDF]
, 2014 A serology-based tiered approach has, to date, provided the most effective means of laboratory confirmation of clinically suspected cases of Lyme disease, but it lacks sensitivity in the early stages of disease and is often dependent on subjectively ...
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1985 Foi realizado levantamento da incidência de reação de Wassermann positiva (método de Wadsworth, Maltaner e Maltaner) em gestantes e parturientes do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (Brasil), no
Sueli Marlene Visentini Barreto +2 more
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