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Laboratory Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis in Areas of Low Transmission. A Review of a Line of Research
Laboratory Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis in Areas of Low Transmission. A Review of a Line of Research, 12/2002
After 57 years of successful control of schistosomiasis in Venezuela, the prevalence and intensity of infection have declined. Approximately 80% of the...
Schistosoma mansoni - immunodiagnosis - low prevalence
Schistosoma mansoni - immunodiagnosis - low prevalence
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Schistosomiasis in a Low Prevalence Area: Incomplete Urbanization Increasing Risk of Infection in Paracambi, RJ, Brazil, 12/1995
The risk of schistosomiasis infection and heavy infection in the locality of Sabugo was evaluated in relation to housing in areas with different urbanization...
schistosomiasis - Schistosoma mansoni - epidemiology - urbanization - low prevalence - risk - Brazil
schistosomiasis - Schistosoma mansoni - epidemiology - urbanization - low prevalence - risk - Brazil
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PLOS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 11/2018, Volume 13, Issue 11
Objectives Highly resistant microorganisms (HRMOs) are of high concern worldwide and are becoming increasingly less susceptible for antibiotics. To study the...
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | INFECTION PREVENTION | NURSING-HOMES | LOW-PREVALENCE | SETTINGS | INTEGRATED STEWARDSHIP | SPREAD
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | INFECTION PREVENTION | NURSING-HOMES | LOW-PREVALENCE | SETTINGS | INTEGRATED STEWARDSHIP | SPREAD
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Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, ISSN 1943-3921, 11/2019, Volume 81, Issue 8, pp. 2635 - 2647
In many visual search tasks (e.g., cancer screening, airport baggage inspections), the most serious search targets occur infrequently. As an ironic side...
Attentional blink | Cognitive Psychology | Low-prevalence effect | Psychology | Locus coeruleus | Pupillometry
Attentional blink | Cognitive Psychology | Low-prevalence effect | Psychology | Locus coeruleus | Pupillometry
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Trends in Parasitology, ISSN 1471-4922, 05/2018, Volume 34, Issue 5, pp. 369 - 377
The development and integration of DNA-based methods in research and clinical microbiology laboratories have enabled standardised and comprehensive detection...
microbiology | ecology | microbiome | metagenomics | public health | gut | GENETIC DIVERSITY | BLASTOCYSTIS | HUMAN HEALTH | LOW-PREVALENCE | ENTAMOEBA | COLONIZATION | ACTIVE ULCERATIVE-COLITIS | DIENTAMOEBA-FRAGILIS | PARASITOLOGY | TRANSPLANTATION | CHILDREN
microbiology | ecology | microbiome | metagenomics | public health | gut | GENETIC DIVERSITY | BLASTOCYSTIS | HUMAN HEALTH | LOW-PREVALENCE | ENTAMOEBA | COLONIZATION | ACTIVE ULCERATIVE-COLITIS | DIENTAMOEBA-FRAGILIS | PARASITOLOGY | TRANSPLANTATION | CHILDREN
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European Respiratory Journal, ISSN 0903-1936, 01/2011, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp. 88 - 99
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the accuracy of the QuantiFERON-TB (R) Gold In-Tube (QFT-G-IT) and the T-SPOT (R). TB assays with...
Interferon-γ release assay | TBNET | Systematic review | ECDC | Latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infection | Meta-analysis | interferon-gamma release assay | meta-analysis | SKIN-TEST | PREDICTIVE-VALUE | systematic review | ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS | LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | IMMUNE-RESPONSES | CELL-BASED TEST | DISEASE | QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD | LOW-PREVALENCE | latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection | IN-TUBE TEST | Multivariate Analysis | Predictive Value of Tests | Reproducibility of Results | Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis | Humans | Tuberculosis - microbiology | Clinical Trials as Topic | Interferon-gamma - metabolism | Tuberculin Test | Tuberculosis - diagnosis | Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis | Algorithms | BCG Vaccine | Sensitivity and Specificity | Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology | Odds Ratio | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - metabolism
Interferon-γ release assay | TBNET | Systematic review | ECDC | Latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infection | Meta-analysis | interferon-gamma release assay | meta-analysis | SKIN-TEST | PREDICTIVE-VALUE | systematic review | ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS | LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | IMMUNE-RESPONSES | CELL-BASED TEST | DISEASE | QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD | LOW-PREVALENCE | latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection | IN-TUBE TEST | Multivariate Analysis | Predictive Value of Tests | Reproducibility of Results | Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis | Humans | Tuberculosis - microbiology | Clinical Trials as Topic | Interferon-gamma - metabolism | Tuberculin Test | Tuberculosis - diagnosis | Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis | Algorithms | BCG Vaccine | Sensitivity and Specificity | Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology | Odds Ratio | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - metabolism
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Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, ISSN 0269-2813, 04/2014, Volume 39, Issue 7, pp. 645 - 659
Summary Background Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC); however, the magnitude of this effect is...
ENDOSCOPIC SURVEILLANCE | INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE | EVIDENCE-BASED CONSENSUS | CROHNS-DISEASE | POPULATION-BASED COHORT | TERM-FOLLOW-UP | OLMSTED COUNTY | LOW-PREVALENCE | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | COLONOSCOPIC SURVEILLANCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS | Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology | Colitis, Ulcerative - complications | Colorectal Neoplasms - etiology | Prevalence | Humans | Risk | Colitis, Ulcerative - epidemiology | Incidence | Development and progression | Health aspects | Risk factors | Colorectal cancer | Ulcerative colitis
ENDOSCOPIC SURVEILLANCE | INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE | EVIDENCE-BASED CONSENSUS | CROHNS-DISEASE | POPULATION-BASED COHORT | TERM-FOLLOW-UP | OLMSTED COUNTY | LOW-PREVALENCE | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | COLONOSCOPIC SURVEILLANCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS | Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology | Colitis, Ulcerative - complications | Colorectal Neoplasms - etiology | Prevalence | Humans | Risk | Colitis, Ulcerative - epidemiology | Incidence | Development and progression | Health aspects | Risk factors | Colorectal cancer | Ulcerative colitis
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BMC Medicine, ISSN 1741-7015, 2016, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 48
Tuberculosis (TB) causes significant morbidity and mortality in high-income countries with foreign-born individuals bearing a disproportionate burden of the...
Screening | Tuberculosis | Review | Migration | MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS | GOLD | COST-EFFECTIVENESS | LATENT TUBERCULOSIS | RISK | GAMMA RELEASE ASSAYS | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | IMMIGRANT TUBERCULOSIS | MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY | LOW-PREVALENCE | INFECTION | Tuberculosis - epidemiology | Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data | Income - statistics & numerical data | Developed Countries | Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - prevention & control | Humans | Risk Factors | Travel - statistics & numerical data
Screening | Tuberculosis | Review | Migration | MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS | GOLD | COST-EFFECTIVENESS | LATENT TUBERCULOSIS | RISK | GAMMA RELEASE ASSAYS | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | IMMIGRANT TUBERCULOSIS | MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY | LOW-PREVALENCE | INFECTION | Tuberculosis - epidemiology | Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data | Income - statistics & numerical data | Developed Countries | Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - prevention & control | Humans | Risk Factors | Travel - statistics & numerical data
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Journal of Hypertension, ISSN 0263-6352, 02/2017, Volume 35, Issue 2, pp. 243 - 245
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology, ISSN 0735-1097, 07/2007, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 13
The human arterial system in youth is beautifully designed for its role of receiving spurts of blood from the left ventricle and distributing this as steady...
CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | PULSE-WAVE VELOCITY | INPUT IMPEDANCE | AGE-RELATED-CHANGES | CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY | CROSS-LINK BREAKER | NONINVASIVE DETERMINATION | LOW PREVALENCE | AORTIC STIFFNESS | ELDERLY-PATIENTS | BLOOD-PRESSURE | Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Elasticity | Arteries - pathology | Aorta, Thoracic - physiopathology | Vascular Resistance - physiology | Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology | Aging - physiology | Arteries - physiopathology | Sensitivity and Specificity | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Aged | Blood Pressure Determination | Hypertension | Heart | Heart rate | Efficiency | Atherosclerosis | Aging | Age | Veins & arteries
CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | PULSE-WAVE VELOCITY | INPUT IMPEDANCE | AGE-RELATED-CHANGES | CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY | CROSS-LINK BREAKER | NONINVASIVE DETERMINATION | LOW PREVALENCE | AORTIC STIFFNESS | ELDERLY-PATIENTS | BLOOD-PRESSURE | Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Elasticity | Arteries - pathology | Aorta, Thoracic - physiopathology | Vascular Resistance - physiology | Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology | Aging - physiology | Arteries - physiopathology | Sensitivity and Specificity | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Aged | Blood Pressure Determination | Hypertension | Heart | Heart rate | Efficiency | Atherosclerosis | Aging | Age | Veins & arteries
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, ISSN 0095-1137, 03/2019, Volume 57, Issue 3
The Quick Chaser H. pylori (QCP), which is a novel antigen detection kit for Helicobacter pylori, was developed recently. The previous examination kits...
Flagellin | Catalase | Helicobacter pylori | Stool antigen | Rapid test kit | NEGATIVE GASTRIC-CANCER | ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION | MICROBIOLOGY | MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY | CHILDREN | rapid test kit | RESISTANCE | LOW-PREVALENCE | flagellin | ERADICATION THERAPY | CARCINOMA | catalase | PCR | stool antigen
Flagellin | Catalase | Helicobacter pylori | Stool antigen | Rapid test kit | NEGATIVE GASTRIC-CANCER | ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION | MICROBIOLOGY | MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY | CHILDREN | rapid test kit | RESISTANCE | LOW-PREVALENCE | flagellin | ERADICATION THERAPY | CARCINOMA | catalase | PCR | stool antigen
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Lancet Infectious Diseases, The, ISSN 1473-3099, 2010, Volume 10, Issue 4, pp. 227 - 239
Summary Over the past decade, community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged in patients without health-care contact,...
Infectious Disease | SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS | METHICILLIN-RESISTANT | CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGY | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | LEUCOCIDIN GENES | MRSA STRAINS | PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN | STAPHYLOCLOCCUS-AUREUS | LOW-PREVALENCE | CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC | NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION | Microbial Sensitivity Tests | Staphylococcus aureus - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology | Molecular Epidemiology | Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification | Humans | Europe - epidemiology | Methicillin Resistance | Epidemiology | Staphylococcus aureus | Staphylococcus aureus infections | Methicillin | Epidemics | Laboratories | Communities | Cloning | Staphylococcus infections | Nosocomial infections | Drug resistance | Disease control | Molecular chains | Data processing
Infectious Disease | SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS | METHICILLIN-RESISTANT | CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGY | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | LEUCOCIDIN GENES | MRSA STRAINS | PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN | STAPHYLOCLOCCUS-AUREUS | LOW-PREVALENCE | CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC | NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION | Microbial Sensitivity Tests | Staphylococcus aureus - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology | Molecular Epidemiology | Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification | Humans | Europe - epidemiology | Methicillin Resistance | Epidemiology | Staphylococcus aureus | Staphylococcus aureus infections | Methicillin | Epidemics | Laboratories | Communities | Cloning | Staphylococcus infections | Nosocomial infections | Drug resistance | Disease control | Molecular chains | Data processing
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Gut, ISSN 0017-5749, 02/2017, Volume 66, Issue 2, pp. 235 - 249
ObjectiveTo conduct a comprehensive global systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and IBD. As bacterial...
RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE | RISK-FACTORS | CYTOKINE PRODUCTION | CROHNS-DISEASE | ULCERATIVE-COLITIS | PEDIATRIC-PATIENTS | LOW-PREVALENCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL LESIONS | PYLORI INFECTION | Campylobacter Infections - complications | Crohn Disease - epidemiology | Humans | Risk Factors | Helicobacter Infections - epidemiology | Stomach Diseases - epidemiology | Helicobacter Infections - complications | Colitis, Ulcerative - epidemiology | Protective Factors | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Helicobacter pylori | Campylobacter Infections - epidemiology | Campylobacter | Stomach Diseases - microbiology | Helicobacter infections | Campylobacter infections | Inflammatory bowel diseases | Research
RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE | RISK-FACTORS | CYTOKINE PRODUCTION | CROHNS-DISEASE | ULCERATIVE-COLITIS | PEDIATRIC-PATIENTS | LOW-PREVALENCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL LESIONS | PYLORI INFECTION | Campylobacter Infections - complications | Crohn Disease - epidemiology | Humans | Risk Factors | Helicobacter Infections - epidemiology | Stomach Diseases - epidemiology | Helicobacter Infections - complications | Colitis, Ulcerative - epidemiology | Protective Factors | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Helicobacter pylori | Campylobacter Infections - epidemiology | Campylobacter | Stomach Diseases - microbiology | Helicobacter infections | Campylobacter infections | Inflammatory bowel diseases | Research
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Perception, ISSN 0301-0066, 1/2017, Volume 46, Issue 1, pp. 109 - 115
As public safety relies on the ability of professionals, such as radiologists and baggage screeners, to detect rare targets, it could be useful to identify...
attention | visual search | working memory | low prevalence | BOUNDARIES | RARE | OPHTHALMOLOGY | TARGETS | PREVALENCE | PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL | PSYCHOLOGY
attention | visual search | working memory | low prevalence | BOUNDARIES | RARE | OPHTHALMOLOGY | TARGETS | PREVALENCE | PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL | PSYCHOLOGY
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Journal of Clinical Virology, ISSN 1386-6532, 07/2019, Volume 116, pp. 1 - 3
The BioPlex® HIV Ag-Ab assay, unlike other HIV 1/2 antigen/antibody immunoassays, is capable of differentiating positive HIV-1 antibodies (Groups M and O) from...
Positive predictive value | Testing algorithms | HIV | False positive | Low-prevalence | BioPlex | Prevention | Antigens | Algorithms | HIV antibodies | RNA | HIV testing | HIV (Viruses)
Positive predictive value | Testing algorithms | HIV | False positive | Low-prevalence | BioPlex | Prevention | Antigens | Algorithms | HIV antibodies | RNA | HIV testing | HIV (Viruses)
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Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, ISSN 1067-151X, 07/2013, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. S1 - S6
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common and disabling disease. Because of improved treatment of chronic diseases and lower mortality from infectious diseases, the US...
RADIOGRAPHIC OSTEOARTHRITIS | SURGERY | REVISION TOTAL HIP | WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY | JOINT REPLACEMENT | OLDER-ADULTS | ACETABULAR DYSPLASIA | LOW-PREVALENCE | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | ORTHOPEDICS | KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS | HEALTH-STATUS
RADIOGRAPHIC OSTEOARTHRITIS | SURGERY | REVISION TOTAL HIP | WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY | JOINT REPLACEMENT | OLDER-ADULTS | ACETABULAR DYSPLASIA | LOW-PREVALENCE | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | ORTHOPEDICS | KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS | HEALTH-STATUS
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