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Patients experiences of self-management and strategies for dealing with chronic conditions in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: The high burden of chronic communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and an escalating rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in …
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Forest elephant movement and habitat use in a tropical forest-grassland mosaic in Gabon
Poaching of forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) for ivory has decimated their populations in Central Africa. Studying elephant movement can provide …
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Dietary diversity of 6- to 59-month-old children in rural areas of Moramanga and Morondava districts, Madagascar
BACKGROUND: A dietary imbalance or a disregard for the nutritional needs of children during early childhood can affect their growth. …
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Identification and characterization of the bZIP transcription factor family and its expression in response to abiotic stresses in sesame
Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) gene family is one of the largest transcription factor families in plants, and members of this …
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Prioritizing core areas, corridors and conflict hotspots for lion conservation in southern Africa
Conservation of large carnivores, such as the African lion, requires preservation of extensive core habitat areas, linkages between them, and …
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Determinants of teenage pregnancy in Degua Tembien District, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A community-based case-control study
BACKGROUND: Approximately 16 million teenagers aged 15-19 years and 2 million teenagers under the age of 15 years give birth …
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Characterization of wheat (Triticum aestivum) TIFY family and role of Triticum Durum TdTIFY11a in salt stress tolerance
The TIFY proteins constitute a plant-specific super-family and they are involved in regulating many plant processes, such as development, defences …
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Biodegradability of polyethylene by bacteria and fungi from Dandora dumpsite Nairobi-Kenya
This study aimed at isolating and identifying bacteria and fungi with the capacity to degrade low density polyethylene (LDPE). The …
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HLA Class III: A susceptibility region to systemic lupus erythematosus in Tunisian population
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Short tandem repeats (STR) are usually used as informative polymorphic markers for genetic mapping and for disease …
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Automated IS6110-based fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Reaching unprecedented discriminatory power and versatility
BACKGROUND: Several technical hurdles and limitations have restricted the use of IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (IS6110 RFLP), the most …
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Agreement of Middle brook 7H10 with Lowenstein Jensen and accuracy of the Sensititre MYCOTB plate using either method as a reference standard for Mycobacterium tuberculosis first line drug susceptibility testing
INTRODUCTION: Although Sensititre Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MYCOTB) plate offers both drug susceptibility testing (DST) and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results, it …
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Utilization of fine needle aspiration cytology at Kamuzu central hospital
BACKGROUND: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has been widely accepted to be a safe, accurate, prompt and inexpensive procedure for …
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High CD4 counts associated with better economic outcomes for HIV-positive adults and their HIV-negative household members in the SEARCH Trial
BACKGROUND: Country decisions to scale-up "test and treat" approaches for HIV depend on consideration of both the health and economic …
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Validity of reported retention in antiretroviral therapy after roll-out to peripheral facilities in Mozambique: Results of a retrospective national cohort analysis
BACKGROUND: Retention in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) presents a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozambique, after roll-out to peripheral facilities, the …
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Genotyping performance evaluation of commercially available HIV-1 drug resistance test
BACKGROUND: ATCC HIV-1 drug resistance test kit was designed to detect HIV-1 drug resistance (HIVDR) mutations in the protease and …
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Birdcall lures improve passerine mist-net captures at a sub-tropical African savanna
Field research techniques are constantly evolving to meet the needs of the scientific community. There is a growing need for …
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HIV infection in patients with sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe – Results from the Zimbabwe STI etiology study
BACKGROUND: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) frequently co-occur. We conducted HIV diagnostic testing in an assessment of the …
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The costs and cost effectiveness of providing second-trimester medical and surgical safe abortion services in Western Cape Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, access to second-trimester abortion services, which are generally performed using medical induction with misoprostol alone, is …
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Validated UPLC-MS/MS method for the quantification of dasatinib in plasma: Application to pharmacokinetic interaction studies with nutraceuticals in Wistar rats
Dasatinib (DAS) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) used in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and in the management …
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Cryptococcal antigen positivity combined with the percentage of HIV-seropositive samples with CD4 counts <100 cells/μl identifies districts in South Africa with advanced burden of disease
INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is an opportunistic fungal disease with a high mortality among HIV-positive patients with severe immunosuppression (CD4 …