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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2023 This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of psychoactive substance use by adolescents from public schools. This is a cross-sectional study that used a random sample of adolescents from five public schools located in a municipality in the central-west ...
Eliana Pereira Vellozo +9 more
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Łukasz Kamieński, Shooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War.
Open Cultural Studies, 2019 From alcohol to LSD, Łukasz Kamieński takes readers on a unique 300-page journey through the history of warfare as seen through the prism of drug use. Beginning with the Greek city-states and ending with the contemporary consumption in the American Armed
Zmarzlinski Adam
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Comparison of Outcomes among Adult Patients with Nosocomial Bacteremia Caused by Methicillin-Susceptible and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Several studies have shown that patients with bacteremia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have worse outcomes than those with bacteremia caused by methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA).
Jann-Tay Wang +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Background and aimHepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major global public health concern, being a leading cause of chronic liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Mariantonietta Di Stefano +9 more
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Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2019 Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania (NTD) endemic in 98 countries. Although some drugs are available, current treatments deal with issues such as toxicity, low efficacy, and emergence of resistance ...
Joyce V.B. Borba +7 more
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Detecting and managing small bowel Crohn’s disease – capsule endoscopy becoming a first line diagnostic method? [PDF]
, 2011 Small bowel endoscopy is crucial for diagnosing small bowel Crohn’s disease, and capsule endoscopy is complemented by balloon-assisted enteroscopy to take biopsies and by magnetic resonance imaging to visualize enteral and extra-intestinal involvement ...
Albert, Jörg Gerhard +1 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Background and Aims Reliable noninvasive biomarkers are an unmet clinical need for the diagnosis of NASH. This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy of the circulating triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (plasma TREM2) as a biomarker for NASH in patients with NAFLD and elevated liver stiffness.
Vineesh Indira Chandran +17 more
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Hot-spot analysis for drug discovery targeting protein-protein interactions [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: Protein-protein interactions are important for biological processes and pathological situations, and are attractive targets for drug discovery. However, rational drug design targeting protein-protein interactions is still highly challenging.
Fernández-Recio, Juan, Rosell, Mireia
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PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Alongshan virus (ALSV), a newly discovered member of unclassified Flaviviridae family, is able to infect humans. ALSV has a multi-segmented genome organization and is evolutionarily distant from canonical mono-segmented flaviviruses.
Hua Chen +22 more
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Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy Decreases Mortality Among Patients With High CD4 Counts in China: A Nationwide, Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundClinical trials have demonstrated that immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces AIDS-related morbidity and mortality. We tested the hypothesis that initiating ART ≤30 days after human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis ...
Brookmeyer, Ron +10 more
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