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Associations of mutually exclusive categories of physical activity and sedent...
Background Both physical activity and sedentary behaviour have been individually associated with health, however, the extent to which the combination of these behaviours... -
Comparison of multi-parallel qPCR and double-slide Kato-Katz for detection of...
There is growing interest in local elimination of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection in endemic settings. In such settings, highly sensitive diagnostics are needed to... -
Evaluation of the Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program in California
Author(s): McMenamin, Sara B; Cummins, Sharon E; Zhuang, Yue-Lin; Gamst, Anthony C; Ruiz, Carlos G; Mayoral, Antonio; Zhu, Shu-Hong | Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The... -
Dyslipidemia and reference values for fasting plasma lipid concentrations in ...
Background Dyslipidemia is reported in 27 − 43% of children and adolescents with overweight/obesity and tracks into adulthood, increasing the risk of cardiovascular morbidity.... -
Efficacy of a bivalent killed whole-cell cholera vaccine over five years: a r...
Background Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is a feasible tool to prevent or mitigate cholera outbreaks. A better understanding of the vaccine’s efficacy among different age groups... -
Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transpla...
Background Procalcitonin (PCT) has become a commonly used serum inflammatory marker. Our aim was to describe the kinetics and usefulness of serial post-operative PCT... -
Comparative M-protein analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes from pharyngitis and...
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are responsible for a significant disease burden amongst Māori and Pacific populations in New Zealand (NZ).... -
Inequities in energy-balance related behaviours and family environmental dete...
Background Tackling inequalities in overweight, obesity and related determinants has become a top priority for the European research and policy agendas. Although it has been...
