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Designing a rapid response program to support evidence-informed decision-making in the Americas region: using the best available evidence and case studies
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: The objective of this work was to inform the design of a rapid response program to support evidence-informed decision-making in health policy and practice for the Americas region. Specifically, we focus on the ... -
Designing and Interpreting Limiting Dilution Assays: General Principles and Applications to the Latent Reservoir for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Limiting dilution assays are widely used in infectious disease research. These assays are crucial for current human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 cure research in particular. In this study, we offer new tools to help ... -
Designing Audience-Centered Interactive Voice Response Messages to Promote Cancer Screenings Among Low-Income Latinas
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014)Introduction: Cancer screening rates among Latinas are suboptimal. The objective of this study was to explore how Latinas perceive cancer screening and the use and design of interactive voice response (IVR) messages to ... -
Designing Financial-Incentive Programmes for Return of Medical Service in Underserved Areas: Seven Management Functions
(BioMed Central, 2009)In many countries worldwide, health worker shortages are one of the main constraints in achieving population health goals. Financial-incentive programmes for return of service, whereby participants receive payments in ... -
Designing Transparency Systems for Medical Care Prices
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Detection and Identification of NAP-2 as a Biomarker in Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Proteomic Approach
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: A lack of sensitive and specific biomarkers is a major reason for the high rate of Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-related mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate potential proteomic biomarkers ... -
Detection of Low Frequency Drug Resistant Mutations in Antiretroviral-Treated HIV-1C Infections
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Detection of Microbial Translocation in HIV and SIV Infection Using the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Assay is Masked by Serum and Plasma
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Objective: Microbial translocation (MT) is thought to be a major contributor to the pathogenesis of HIV-related immune activation, and circulating lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Gram-negative bacteria is the principle ... -
Detection of Murine Post-Pneumonectomy Lung Regeneration by 18FDG PET Imaging
(Springer, 2012)Background: An intriguing biologic process in most adult mammals is post-pneumonectomy lung regeneration, that is, the removal of one lung (pneumonectomy) results in the rapid compensatory growth of the remaining lung. The ... -
Detection of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in U.S. Drinking Water Linked to Industrial Sites, Military Fire Training Areas, and Wastewater Treatment Plants
(American Chemical Society, 2016)Drinking water contamination with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) poses risks to the developmental, immune, metabolic, and endocrine health of consumers. We present a spatial analysis of 2013–2015 national ... -
Detection of Recombination Events in Bacterial Genomes from Large Population Samples
(Oxford University Press, 2012)Analysis of important human pathogen populations is currently under transition toward whole-genome sequencing of growing numbers of samples collected on a global scale. Since recombination in bacteria is often an important ... -
Detection of respiratory syncytial virus and rhinovirus in healthy infants
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Despite the research importance of rhinovirus detection in asymptomatic healthy infants, the literature remains sparse. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and rhinovirus ... -
Determinants and Consequences of Obesity
(American Public Health Association, 2016)Objectives. To review the contribution of the Nurses' Health Studies (NHS and NHS II) in addressing hypotheses regarding risk factors for and consequences of obesity.Methods. Narrative review of the publications of the NHS ... -
Determinants of Anemia among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Adults at Care and Treatment Clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016)Anemia is often a comorbidity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Many cross-sectional studies have been conducted on anemia and HIV, but few, if any, have addressed incidence of anemia prospectively. A ... -
Determinants of Anemia in Postpartum HIV-Negative Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Nature Publishing Group, 2013)Objective: The determinants of anemia during both pregnancy and postpartum recovery remain incompletely understood in sub-Saharan African women. Subjects/methods: In a prospective cohort study among pregnant women, we ... -
Determinants of childhood immunisation coverage in urban poor settlements of Delhi, India: a cross-sectional study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Objectives: Aggregate data on childhood immunisation from urban settings may not reflect the coverage among the urban poor. This study provides information on complete childhood immunisation coverage among the urban poor, ... -
Determinants of High Blood Pressure and Barriers to Diagnosis and Treatment in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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The Determinants of HIV Treatment Costs in Resource Limited Settings
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Governments and international donors have partnered to provide free HIV treatment to over 6 million individuals in low and middle-income countries. Understanding the determinants of HIV treatment costs will ... -
Determinants of host susceptibility to murine respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease identify a role for the innate immunity scavenger receptor MARCO gene in human infants
(Elsevier, 2016)Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the global leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants. Nearly 30% of all infected infants develop severe disease including bronchiolitis, but susceptibility ... -
Determinants of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Escape from the Primary CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Response
(Rockefeller University Press, 2004)CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play an important role in containment of virus replication in primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. HIV's ability to mutate to escape from CTL pressure is increasingly ...