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Interventions that effectively target Anopheles funestus mosquitoes could significantly improve control of persistent malaria transmission in south–eastern Tanzania
Malaria is transmitted by many Anopheles species whose proportionate contributions vary across settings. We re-assessed the roles of Anopheles arabiensis …
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Correction: Dynamic Changes of Soil Surface Organic Carbon under Different Mulching Practices in Citrus Orchards on Sloping Land
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168384.].
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Changes in the living arrangement and risk of stroke in Japan; does it matter who lives in the household? Who among the family matters?
Previous studies have suggested associations of family composition with morbidity and mortality; however, the evidence of associations with risk of …
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Pattern or process? Evaluating the peninsula effect as a determinant of species richness in coastal dune forests
The peninsula effect predicts that the number of species should decline from the base of a peninsula to the tip. …
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Brief educational interventions to improve performance on novel quality metrics in ambulatory settings in Kenya: A multi-site pre-post effectiveness trial
BACKGROUND: The quality of primary care delivered in resource-limited settings is low. While some progress has been made using educational …
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Landscape and environmental influences on Mycobacterium ulcerans distribution among aquatic sites in Ghana
Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is highly endemic in West Africa. While the mode of transmission is unknown, many …
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The performance of BD FACSPresto™ for CD4 T-cell count, CD4% and hemoglobin concentration test in Ethiopia
INTRODUCTION: In Ethiopia, CD4+ T-cell counting is still required for all patients at baseline before antiretroviral therapy (ART) and to …
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A mixed methods approach to adapting and evaluating the functional assessment of HIV infection (FAHI), Swahili version, for use with low literacy populations
BACKGROUND: Despite bearing the largest HIV-related burden, little is known of the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among people living …
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Acceptability and feasibility of early infant male circumcision for HIV prevention in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has been successfully implemented in 14 countries as an additional HIV prevention intervention. As …
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Southern Tunisia: A still high endemicity area for hepatitis A
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis A (HAV) and E (HEV) viruses are responsible for enterically transmitted hepatitis. Tunisia is reported to be of …
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A bis-sulphamoylated estradiol derivative induces ROS-dependent cell cycle abnormalities and subsequent apoptosis
Clinical trials have revealed that the potential anticancer agent, 2-methoxyestradiol (2ME2) has limitations due to its low bioavailability. Subsequently, 2ME2 …
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The costs and cost effectiveness of providing first-trimester, medical and surgical safe abortion services in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Despite a liberal abortion law, access to safe abortion services in South Africa is challenging for many women. Medication …
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Proportions of circulating follicular helper T cells are reduced and correlate with memory B cells in HIV-infected children
INTRODUCTION: HIV causes defects in memory B cells in children, but the mechanisms of those defects have not been fully …
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Establishment of reference intervals during normal pregnancy through six months postpartum in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is associated with changes in hematological and biochemistry values, yet there are no African reference intervals for clinical …
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CD4 T-cell expression of IFN-γ and IL-17 in pediatric malarial anemia
In Plasmodium falciparum holoendemic transmission regions of western Kenya, life-threatening pediatric malaria manifests primarily as severe malarial anemia (SMA, Hb≤6.0 …
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The potential impact and cost of focusing HIV prevention on young women and men: A modeling analysis in western Kenya
OBJECTIVE: We compared the impact and costs of HIV prevention strategies focusing on youth (15-24 year-old persons) versus on adults …
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Effect of genomic distance on coexpression of coregulated genes in E. coli
In prokaryotes, genomic distance is a feature that in addition to coregulation affects coexpression. Several observations, such as genomic clustering …
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Comparative genomic analysis between Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strains isolated from buffalo
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive, pleomorphic, facultative intracellular pathogen that causes Oedematous Skin Disease (OSD) in buffalo. To better understand …
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Characterization of rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bengo province, Northwestern Angola, prior to vaccine introduction
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus group A (RVA) is considered the leading cause of pediatric diarrhea, responsible for the high burden of diarrheal …
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A post-GWAS analysis of predicted regulatory variants and tuberculosis susceptibility
Utilizing data from published tuberculosis (TB) genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we use a bioinformatics pipeline to detect all polymorphisms in …