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Out-of-pocket payment for surgery in Uganda: The rate of impoverishing and catastrophic expenditure at a government hospital
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: It is Ugandan governmental policy that all surgical care delivered at government hospitals in Uganda is to …
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Prevalence and unmet need for diabetes care across the care continuum in a national sample of South African adults: Evidence from the SANHANES-1, 2011-2012
South Africa faces an epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), yet national surveillance is limited due to the lack of …
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Cellular bioenergetics is impaired in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a highly debilitating disease of unknown aetiology. Abnormalities in bioenergetic function have been cited as …
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Correction: Measuring three aspects of motivation among health workers at primary level health facilities in rural Tanzania
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176973.].
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Determinants of maternal near miss among women in public hospital maternity wards in Northern Ethiopia: A facility based case-control study
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, 20,000 women die each year from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth and post-partum. For every woman that …
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Formal comment to Soler et al.: Great spotted cuckoo nestlings have no antipredatory effect on magpie or carrion crow host nests in southern Spain
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Survey of poliovirus antibodies in Borno and Yobe States, North-Eastern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Nigeria remains one of only three polio-endemic countries in the world. In 2016, after an absence of 2 years, …
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A group randomized trial using an appointment system to improve adherence to ART at reproductive and child health clinics implementing Option B+ in Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: In October 2013, Tanzania adopted Option B+ under which HIV-positive pregnant women are initiated on antiretroviral therapy in reproductive …
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Optimal waist circumference threshold for diagnosing metabolic syndrome in African people living with HIV infection
BACKGROUND: The applicability of the internationally advocated cut-off points of waist circumference (WC) derived from Caucasians to diagnose metabolic syndrome …
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Recurrent deletions of the X chromosome linked CNV64, CNV67, and CNV69 shows geographic differences across China and no association with idiopathic infertility in men
A recent study found that three recurrent deletions of X chromosome linked copy number variations (CNVs), CNV64, CNV67 and CNV69 …
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Time trends in management of HIV-positive pregnant women in Northern Tanzania: A registry-based study
OBJECTIVE: To examine time trends in antenatal factors and delivery characteristics in Northern Tanzania, and relate these to national guidelines …
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Molecular characterization and epidemic history of hepatitis C virus using core sequences of isolates from Central Province, Saudi Arabia
The source of HCV transmission in Saudi Arabia is unknown. This study aimed to determine HCV genotypes in a representative …
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A glycosylated recombinant subunit candidate vaccine consisting of Ehrlichia ruminantium major antigenic protein1 induces specific humoral and Th1 type cell responses in sheep
Heartwater, or cowdriosis, is a tick-borne disease of domestic and wild ruminants that is endemic in the Caribbean and sub-Saharan …
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High prevalence of gastric intestinal metaplasia detected by confocal laser endomicroscopy in Zambian adults
BACKGROUND: Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) may increase the detection of gastric premalignant lesions, and facilitate targeted biopsies for histology. The …
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The rare nonsense mutation in p53 triggers alternative splicing to produce a protein capable of inducing apoptosis
P53 protein is more frequently mutated in human tumours compared with the other proteins. While the majority of the p53 …
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Building test data from real outbreaks for evaluating detection algorithms
Benchmarking surveillance systems requires realistic simulations of disease outbreaks. However, obtaining these data in sufficient quantity, with a realistic shape …
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New carboxamide derivatives bearing benzenesulphonamide as a selective COX-II inhibitor: Design, synthesis and structure-activity relationship
Sixteen new carboxamide derivatives bearing substituted benzenesulphonamide moiety (7a-p) were synthesized by boric acid mediated amidation of appropriate benzenesulphonamide with …
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Clinical characteristics and 12-month outcomes of patients with valvular and non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major contributor to the global cardiovascular disease burden. The clinical profile and outcomes of …
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Cost-of-illness of cholera to households and health facilities in rural Malawi
Cholera remains an important public health problem in many low- and middle-income countries. Vaccination has been recommended as a possible …
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Clinical chemistry reference intervals of healthy adult populations in Gojjam Zones of Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Reference interval is crucial for disease screening, diagnosis, monitoring, progression and treatment efficacy. Due to lack of locally derived …