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Piloting very early infant diagnosis of HIV in Lesotho: Acceptability and feasibility among mothers, health workers and laboratory personnel
INTRODUCTION: Mortality associated with in-utero HIV infection rises rapidly within weeks after birth. Very early infant diagnosis of HIV (VEID)-testing …
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Thermal resilience may shape population abundance of two sympatric congeneric Cotesia species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Basal and plasticity of thermal tolerance determine abundance, biogeographical patterns and activity of insects over spatial and temporal scales. For …
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Effectiveness of health education intervention in improving knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding Tuberculosis among HIV patients in General Hospital Minna, Nigeria – A randomized control trial
INTRODUCTION: The risk of development of active TB in HIV-infected individuals is 20-37 times higher than those that are HIV …
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Preparedness of lower-level health facilities and the associated factors for the outpatient primary care of hypertension: Evidence from Tanzanian national survey
INTRODUCTION: Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a rapid rise in the burden of non-communicable diseases in both urban and rural areas. …
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Disparities in availability of essential medicines to treat non-communicable diseases in Uganda: A Poisson analysis using the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment
OBJECTIVE: Although the WHO-developed Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) tool is a comprehensive and widely applied survey of health …
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Antenatal care service quality increases the odds of utilizing institutional delivery in Bahir Dar city administration, North Western Ethiopia: A prospective follow up study
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, more than 62% of pregnant women attend antenatal care at least once, yet only about one in …
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Burnout and self-reported suboptimal patient care amongst health care workers providing HIV care in Malawi
BACKGROUND: The well-documented shortages of health care workers (HCWs) in sub-Saharan Africa are further intensified by the increased human resource …
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Q fever in Egypt: Epidemiological survey of Coxiella burnetii specific antibodies in cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats and camels
Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. Clinical presentation in humans varies from asymptomatic to …
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Barriers to early presentation of breast cancer among women in Soweto, South Africa
PURPOSE: Reported breast cancer incidence is rising in South Africa, where some women are diagnosed late and have poor outcomes. …
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Drought response of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. inoculated with ACC deaminase and IAA producing rhizobacteria
Drought is one of the major constraints limiting agricultural production worldwide and is expected to increase in the future. Limited …
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Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) as a screening tool for depression in pregnant women: Afaan Oromo version
BACKGROUND: Semantic, technical, content, criterion and conceptual equivalence must be examined in order to validate a psychological rating scale in …
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Correction: RNA-sequencing-based transcriptome and biochemical analyses of steroidal saponin pathway in a complete set of Allium fistulosum—A. cepa monosomic addition lines
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181784.].
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Correction: The Influence of Second-Hand Cigarette Smoke Exposure during Childhood and Active Cigarette Smoking on Crohn's Disease Phenotype Defined by the Montreal Classification Scheme in a Western Cape Population, South Africa
Smoking may worsen the disease outcomes in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), however the effect of exposure to second-hand cigarette …
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Low prevalence of HCV infection with predominance of genotype 4 among HIV patients living in Libreville, Gabon
BACKGROUND: Gabon is an endemic area for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the risk of …
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Trapping or tethering stones (TS): A multifunctional device in the Pastoral Neolithic of the Sahara
The Pierres de Ben Barour, also known as trapping or tethering stones (TS), are stone artefacts with notches or grooves …
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Chromosome passenger complex is required for the survival of cells with ring chromosomes in fission yeast
Ring chromosomes are circular chromosomal abnormalities that have been reported in association with some genetic disorders and cancers. In Schizosaccharomyces …
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Field experiment and numerical simulation of point source irrigation with multiple tracers
Dyes like Brilliant Blue have similar adsorptive behaviour as some organic contaminants, e.g., pesticides. Bromide ions, on the other hand, …
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Scaling up implementation of ART: Organizational culture and early mortality of patients initiated on ART in Nairobi, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Scaling up the antiretroviral (ART) program in Kenya has involved a strategy of using clinical guidelines coupled with decentralization …
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Gene regulation in Kluyveromyces marxianus in the context of chromosomes
Eukaryotes, including the unicellular eukaryotes such as yeasts, employ multiple levels of gene regulation. Regulation of chromatin structure through chromatin …
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Time-course evaluation of intestinal structural disorders in a porcine model of intra-abdominal hypertension by mechanical intestinal obstruction
BACKGROUND: A mechanical intestinal obstruction (MIO) can generate intraabdominal hypertension (IAH) that is life threatening. The intestines are very sensitive …