Chagas disease in Trinidad and Tobago - a call to action. [PDF]
Trans R Soc Trop Med HygChagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a vector-borne disease that can lead to serious cardiac alterations. The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) is not considered Chagas endemic by major public health ...
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Scope of optometry practice in Trinidad and Tobago: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Health Sci Rep, 2023 To report the scope of optometry practice in Trinidad and Tobago to identify areas that need improvement.
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Health professional and public perspectives on environmentally sustainable healthcare in Trinidad and Tobago. [PDF]
J Clim Chang HealthIntroduction Strategies for environmentally sustainable healthcare may be informed by considering key perspectives on how the health sector contributes to climate change in the Caribbean.
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The EQ-5D-5L valuation study for Trinidad and Tobago. [PDF]
Health Qual Life OutcomesThe 2016 EQ-5D-3L value set for Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) allows for the calculation of EQ-5D-5L values via the crosswalk algorithm. The 2016 value set was based on methods predating the EQ-VT protocol, now considered the gold standard for developing EQ ...
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The benefits of exposing post-secondary students to entrepreneurship training in Trinidad and Tobago
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021 Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) serves as a pillar for economic stability globally. Entrepreneurship education provides young people with essential skills that can be used in a positive manner, thus enabling them to be employers rather
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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2021 Hunters are at a higher risk for exposure to zoonotic pathogens due to their close interactions with wildlife and arthropod vectors. In this study, high throughput sequencing was used to explore the viromes of two tick species, Amblyomma dissimile and ...
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Diagnosis of Mycobacteriosis in Cultured Hybrid Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) in Trinidad and Tobago. [PDF]
J Fish DisABSTRACT Mycobacteriosis is a significant disease in fish husbandry, with negative impacts on production facilities. Moreover, some Mycobacterium spp. that infect fish have zoonotic potential. Morbidity and mortality events at hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) farms in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) associated with mycobacterial infections prompted a ...
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and attitudes toward routine vaccinations among Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago: implications for a National Immunization Policy [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionVaccine hesitancy poses a threat to the prevention of COVID-19 and other vaccine-controlled diseases. In 2019, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago launched a policy outlining the scope of health services in the public sector available to ...
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Evaluating Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk scores for participants with known CVD and non-CVD in a multiracial/ethnic Caribbean sample [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk prediction models have been useful in estimating if individuals are at low, intermediate, or high risk, of experiencing a CVD event within some established time frame, usually 10 years.
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