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Hui Jun Zhou, Jing Cao, Hui Shi, Nasheen Naidoo et al. • Frontiers in Public Health
(2021)
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 is the most prevalent HCV infection in China. Sofosbuvir-based direct antiviral agent (DAA) regimens are the current mainstays of treatment. Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) and sofosbuvir/ledi...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.779215
Peng Wang, Ying Li, Lu Li, Rong Zhong et al. • Frontiers in Oncology
(2021)
ObjectiveA hot genetic variant, rs641738 within the membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain containing 7(MBOAT7) and transmembrane channel-like 4 (TMC4), was recently reported to be associated with several liver diseases. However, the resul...
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DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.639438
R. F. L. Azevedo • Gerontechnology
(2022)
The global pandemic has drastically impacted older adults in numerous ways (e.g., loneliness; age discrimination; mental and physical health; limited access to traditional health care).On the other hand, it may have accelerated the general ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.593.sp3
Sabine Vogler, Friederike Windisch • Antibiotics
(2022)
Point-of-care diagnostic tests for community-acquired acute respiratory tract infections (CA-ARTI) can support doctors by improving antibiotic prescribing. However, little is known about health technology assessment (HTA), pricing and fundi...
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DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11080987
Vivi Setiawaty, Dini Darmawati, Arie Ardiansyah Nugraha, Pancrasia Maria Hendrati • Iranian Journal of Microbiology
(2022)
Background and Objectives: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is commonly detected in pneumonia patients who travel from the Middle East regions. Besides MERS-CoV, many other pathogenic agents cause pneumonia. Detection...
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Hernandez-Romieu, Alfonso C, Sullivan, Patrick S, Sanchez, Travis H, Kelley, Colleen F et al. • JMIR Research Protocols
(2014)
BackgroundRecruiting valid samples of men who have sex with men (MSM) is a key component of the US human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) surveillance and of research studies seeking to improve HIV prevention for MSM. Social media, such as Face...
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DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3342
Chaurasia Mukul, Agrawa Neha, Chourasia Ankita, Bhatnagar Monica et al. • Scripta Medica
(2021)
Background: Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and its resistant form methicillinresistant S. aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common nosocomial pathogens causing a wide range of infections in humans. The anterior nares are the main ecologic...
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DOI: 10.5937/scriptamed52-31190
Maaike C. Swets, Steven Kerr, James Scott-Brown, Adam B. Brown et al. • Nature Communications
(2023)
Abstract Choosing optimal outcome measures maximizes statistical power, accelerates discovery and improves reliability in early-phase trials. We devised and evaluated a modification to a pragmatic measure of oxygenation function, the $$S/F$...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42205-6
Ayomide Owoyemi, Ron Ikpe, Mariam Toye, Ayesan Rewane et al. • Digital Health
(2021)
COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the globe and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The COVID-19 infection continues to spread across Africa. In Africa, mobile phone applications have been used for the surveilla...
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DOI: 10.1177/2055207621996876
Thulasee Jose, Ivana T. Croghan, J. Taylor Hays, Darrell R. Schroeder et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
(2021)
This analysis tested the hypothesis that current e-cigarette use was associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients seeking medical care. E-cigarette and conventional cigarette use were ascertained using a novel elect...
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DOI: 10.1177/21501327211024391
Saeed Shakibfar, Morten Andersen, Maurizio Sessa • iScience
(2023)
Summary: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an acute infection involving the parenchyma of the lungs, which is acquired outside of the hospital. Population-wide real-world data and artificial intelligence (AI) were used to develop a dise...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107027
Jeongmin Moon, Seonji Kim, Daesung Lim, Ho Kyung Sung et al. • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
(2025)
Introduction: Delirium is a critical neuropsychiatric condition that surged among older adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, likely due to social isolation resulting from distancing measures. In this study we exam...
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DOI: 10.5811/westjem.41507
Andrey Gerasimov, Elena Galkina, Elena Danilova, Irina Ikonnikova et al. • PeerJ
(2021)
When studying the dynamics of morbidity and mortality, one should not limit ourselves to analyzing general trends. Interesting information can be obtained from the analysis of deviations in morbidity and mortality from the general dynamics....
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11049
Janice R Turek, Vikas Bansal, Aysun Tekin, Shuchita Singh et al. • JMIR Research Protocols
(2022)
BackgroundThe rapid emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic globally collapsed health care organizations worldwide. Incomplete knowledge of best practices, progression of disease, and its impact could result in fallible care. Data on symptoms an...
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DOI: 10.2196/27921
Jong Seung Kim, Jun Hyung Park, Juhyun Kim, Yong Chul Lee et al. • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
(2026)
Objectives: Few large-scale population-based studies have examined the association between COVID-19 and respiratory aspergillosis. Using nationwide data, we investigated whether SARS-CoV-2 infection increases respiratory aspergillosis incid...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2026.109095
Muluken Genetu Chanie, Mequannent Sharew Melaku, Melaku Yalew, Mastewal Arefaynie et al. • BMC Pulmonary Medicine
(2021)
Abstract Background Worldwide, pneumonia is the third leading cause of death in under 5 years children. Ethiopia is ranked 4th out of 15 countries having the highest burdens of the death rate among under-five children due to pneumonia. Rega...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12890-021-01548-w
Florian Herbolsheimer, Annette Peters, Sarah Wagner, Stefan N. Willich et al. • BMC Public Health
(2024)
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions posed challenges to maintaining healthy lifestyles and physical well-being. During the first mobility restrictions from March to mid-July 2020, the German population was advised to stay...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17675-y
Yazan AlHabil, Anas N. Owda, Basil J. Zaid, Seema Hameedi et al. • BMC Women's Health
(2024)
Abstract Background Inadequate surgical interventions can lead to serious complications such as tubo-ovarian abscesses in the upper female genital system, often resulting from untreated pelvic inflammatory disease. Pelvic inflammatory disea...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12905-024-03341-3
Mushi A, Yassin Y, Khan A, Yezli S et al. • Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
(2021)
Abdulaziz Mushi,1 Yara Yassin,1 Anas Khan,1,2 Saber Yezli,1 Yasir Almuzaini1 1The Global Centre for Mass Gatherings Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud Univer...
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Nosipho Faith Makhakhe • E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
(2025)
The distribution of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in South Africa was instituted in 2016. Female sex workers (FSWs) were targeted as a priority group to curb the rise in new HIV infections. Certain organizations working with FSWs wer...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256115