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Improving self-referral for diabetes care following hypoglycaemic emergencies...
Abstract Background Hypoglycaemia is a common and potentially life threatening consequence of insulin and sulphonylurea treated Diabetes. Some severe hypoglycaemic events result... -
Repeated praziquantel treatment and Opisthorchis viverrini infection: a popul...
Abstract Background Opisthorchis viverrini infection is highly prevalent in northeast Thailand. This liver fluke is classified as a carcinogen due to its causal links with... -
Infectious disease burden and antibiotic prescribing in primary care in Israel
Abstract Background Antibiotics are frequently prescribed at many of the visits to primary care clinics, often for conditions for which they provide no benefit, including viral... -
Helios + Regulatory T cell frequencies are correlated with control of viral r...
Abstract Background The acute phase of HIV infection is characterized by massive depletion of CD4 T cells, high viral plasma levels and pronounced systemic immune activation.... -
Increased calcium intake is associated lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels...
Abstract Background There are indications that an increased intake of calcium has a vitamin D sparing effect, which might be explained by a decreased catabolism of... -
Health-related quality of life in thrombocytopenic patients with chronic hepa...
Abstract Background Despite changes in the treatment paradigm towards non-interferon-based therapies, interferon-based treatments are still used in some geographical regions for... -
Prevalence of nasal colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aure...
Abstract Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of MRSA among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) being monitored in a tertiary outpatient hospital... -
Serum interleukin-6 is an indicator for severity in 901 patients with SARS-Co...
Abstract Background Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was proposed to be associated with the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present study aimed to explore the kinetics... -
Association of Schistosoma haematobium infection morbidity and severity on co...
Abstract Background Individuals living in Schistosoma haematobium endemic areas are often at risk of having other communicable diseases simultaneously. This usually creates... -
Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among foreigners living in Guan...
Abstract Background The prevalence of HIV/HCV/HBV/ Treponema pallidum is an essential health issue in China. However, there are few studies focused on foreigners living in... -
ATLANTIS: a randomised multi-arm phase II biomarker-directed umbrella screeni...
Abstract Background Metastatic urothelial cancer (UC) is the eighth most common cause of cancer death in the UK. Standard first-line treatment, for most patients, is cytotoxic... -
Effect of hCMSCs and liraglutide combination in ALI through cAMP/PKAc/β-caten...
Abstract Background ALI/ARDS is the major cause of acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients. As human chorionic villi-derived MSCs (hCMSCs) could attenuate ALI in... -
EWS and FUS bind a subset of transcribed genes encoding proteins enriched in ...
Abstract Background FUS (TLS) and EWS (EWSR1) belong to the FET-protein family of RNA and DNA binding proteins. FUS and EWS are structurally and functionally related and... -
Influences of cancer symptom knowledge, beliefs and barriers on cancer sympto...
Abstract Background People from lower socioeconomic groups have worse survival outcomes for cancer, which in part reflects later-stage disease at diagnosis. The mechanisms... -
Production results from piglets vaccinated in a field study in Spain with a T...
Abstract Background PRRS is a viral disease of pigs and sows that is one of the most costly to the pig industry worldwide. The disease can be controlled by focusing on different... -
Burden of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa...
Abstract Background Seroprevalence data and clinical studies in children suggest that the burden of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in Africa may be underestimated. We performed a... -
Oxidative stress enhances the expression of IL-33 in human airway epithelial ...
Abstract Background Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is a cytokine belonging to the IL-1 family, and its possible involvement in the pathophysiology of COPD and viral-induced... -
The impact of the cumulative dose of cisplatin during concurrent chemoradioth...
Abstract Background The impact of cumulative dose of cisplatin on clinical outcomes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients who received intensity-modulated radiotherapy... -
Divergent transcriptomic responses underlying the ranaviruses-amphibian inter...
Abstract Background Ranaviruses (family Iridoviridae, nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses) have been reported as promiscuous pathogens of cold-blooded vertebrates. Rana grylio... -
Efficacy of a physical activity programme combining individualized aerobic ex...
Abstract Background In individuals with neuromuscular diseases (NMD), symptoms of muscle weakness, fatigue and pain may limit physical activity. Inactivity leads to reduced...