Adaptive Group Testing on Networks with Community Structure: The Stochastic Block Model [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Group testing was conceived during World War II to identify soldiers infected with syphilis using as few tests as possible, and it has attracted renewed interest during the COVID-19 pandemic. A long-standing assumption in the probabilistic variant of the group testing problem is that individuals are infected by the disease independently.
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Serological diagnosis of syphilis: Preliminary study searching for an algorithm in Turkey [PDF]
, 2018 Different algorithms have been proposed to increase the diagnostic capacity of syphilis. We analyzed three common algorithms for detecting suspected syphilis cases in low prevelance Turkish population.
Cemile Sonmez +3 more
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A biosensor based on magnetoelastic waves for detection of antibodies in human plasma for COVID-19 serodiagnosis [PDF]
Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2024) 116456The study proposes a new efficient wireless biosensor based on magnetoelastic waves for the detection of antibodies in human plasma, aiming at the serological diagnosis of COVID-19. The biosensor was functionalized with the N antigen - nucleocapsid phosphoprotein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Validation analyses, by sodium dodecyl-sulfate polyacrylamide gel
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Avaliação a longo prazo do tratamento etiológico da doença de Chagas com benznidazol [PDF]
, 2002 O objetivo deste artigo é verificar o resultado da terapêutica específica com o benznidazol na doença de Chagas aguda e crônica, após prazo longo de seguimento dos pacientes, tomando como base do critério de cura a reversão pós-terapêutica definitiva à ...
CANÇADO, J. Romeu
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A novel panel of peptides with diagnostic potential for serological identification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii and B. afzelii in human sera [PDF]
A novel panel of peptide for serological identification of Borrelia burgdoferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii was developed and assessed in this study.
Bowman, Alan +4 more
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Acroangiodermatitis (pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma) in an HIV sero-positive patient with syphilis and hepatitis C virus coinfection: clinical and dermatopathological features [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 Acroangiodermatitis is an angioproliferative disease usually related to chronic venous insufficiency, and it is considered a clinical and histological simulator of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS).
Fred Bernardes Filho +4 more
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Interactive computer-based interventions for sexual health promotion (Protocol) [PDF]
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Background: The lack of Treponema pallidum-specific antigens with highly accurate diagnosis makes the diagnosis of syphilis challenging. Methods: A soluble recombinant version of a new diagnostic protein Tp0663 has been produced.
Man Xu +11 more
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Evaluation of dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) by recombinant protein EPC1 for anti- echinococcus granulosus IGG antibody [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonosis caused by the Echinococcus granulosus with a substantial impact in human and animal health in endemic areas. The purpose of the present study was serodiagnosis optimizing of dog echinococcosis in
Etebar, Fazeleh +5 more
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Soroprevalência de sífilis em pacientes submetidos à fertilização assistida [PDF]
, 2014 ResumoObjetivoEstabelecer a soroprevalência de sífilis em pacientes submetidos à reprodução assistida.MétodoEstudo descritivo retrospectivo feito de janeiro a dezembro de 2011, em pacientes submetidos à reprodução assistida de baixa e alta complexidade ...
Amaral, Waldemar Naves do +1 more
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