Measuring coverage in MNCH: new findings, new strategies, and recommendations for action.

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journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： PLOS Medicine Staff.

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helminth and protozoan infections affect more than 1 billion children globally. Improving water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition could be more sustainable control strategies for parasite infections than mass drug administration, while providing other quality of life benefits. METHODS AND FIND...

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authors： Pickering AJ,Njenga SM,Steinbaum L,Swarthout J,Lin A,Arnold BF,Stewart CP,Dentz HN,Mureithi M,Chieng B,Wolfe M,Mahoney R,Kihara J,Byrd K,Rao G,Meerkerk T,Cheruiyot P,Papaiakovou M,Pilotte N,Williams SA,Colford JM

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunohistochemical markers are often used to classify breast cancer into subtypes that are biologically distinct and behave differently. The aim of this study was to estimate mortality for patients with the major subtypes of breast cancer as classified using five immunohistochemical markers, to investigate ...

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authors： Blows FM,Driver KE,Schmidt MK,Broeks A,van Leeuwen FE,Wesseling J,Cheang MC,Gelmon K,Nielsen TO,Blomqvist C,Heikkilä P,Heikkinen T,Nevanlinna H,Akslen LA,Bégin LR,Foulkes WD,Couch FJ,Wang X,Cafourek V,Olson JE,Bag

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in children. T cell ALL (T-ALL) represents about 15% of pediatric ALL cases and is considered a high-risk disease. T-ALL is often associated with resistance to treatment, includi...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Li Y,Buijs-Gladdines JG,Canté-Barrett K,Stubbs AP,Vroegindeweij EM,Smits WK,van Marion R,Dinjens WN,Horstmann M,Kuiper RP,Buijsman RC,Zaman GJ,van der Spek PJ,Pieters R,Meijerink JP

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a genetically heterogeneous group of retinal diseases that cause congenital blindness in infants and children. Mutations in the GUCY2D gene that encodes retinal guanylate cyclase-1 (retGC1) were the first to be linked to this disease group (LCA type 1 [LCA1]) and account f...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Williams ML,Coleman JE,Haire SE,Aleman TS,Cideciyan AV,Sokal I,Palczewski K,Jacobson SG,Semple-Rowland SL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Average profiles of salivary progesterone in women vary significantly at the inter- and intrapopulation level as a function of age and acute energetic conditions related to energy intake, energy expenditure, or a combination of both. In addition to acute stressors, baseline progesterone levels differ among p...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Núñez-de la Mora A,Chatterton RT,Choudhury OA,Napolitano DA,Bentley GR

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oncolytic viruses hold much promise for clinical treatment of many cancers, but a lack of systemic delivery and insufficient tumor cell killing have limited their usefulness. We have previously demonstrated that vaccinia virus strains are capable of systemic delivery to tumors in mouse models, but infection ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kirn DH,Wang Y,Le Boeuf F,Bell J,Thorne SH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal regimen for perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is controversial. Use of combination prophylaxis with a beta-lactam plus vancomycin is increasing; however, the relative risks and benefits associated with this strategy are unknown. Thus, we sought to compare postoperative outcomes following ad...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Branch-Elliman W,Ripollone JE,O'Brien WJ,Itani KMF,Schweizer ML,Perencevich E,Strymish J,Gupta K

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Important differences exist in the diagnosis of malnutrition when comparing the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards and the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference. However, their relationship with mortality has not been studied. Here, we assessed the accuracy of t...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lapidus N,Luquero FJ,Gaboulaud V,Shepherd S,Grais RF

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the beginning of June 2020, there were nearly 7 million reported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide and over 400,000 deaths in people with COVID-19. The objective of this study was to determine associations between comorbidities listed in the Charlson comorbidity index and mortality am...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Harrison SL,Fazio-Eynullayeva E,Lane DA,Underhill P,Lip GYH

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with preeclampsia (PEC) and gestational hypertension (GH) exhibit insulin resistance during pregnancy, independent of obesity and glucose intolerance. Our aim was to determine whether women with PEC or GH during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing diabetes after pregnancy, and whether the pr...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Feig DS,Shah BR,Lipscombe LL,Wu CF,Ray JG,Lowe J,Hwee J,Booth GL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Botswana, an estimated 24% of adults ages 15-49 years are infected with HIV. While alcohol use is strongly associated with HIV infection in Africa, few population-based studies have characterized the association of alcohol use with specific high-risk sexual behaviors. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We conducted a ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Weiser SD,Leiter K,Heisler M,McFarland W,Percy-de Korte F,DeMonner SM,Tlou S,Phaladze N,Iacopino V,Bangsberg DR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) can stratify populations into cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk groups. We aimed to quantify the potential advantage of adding information on PRSs to conventional risk factors in the primary prevention of CVD. METHODS AND FINDINGS:Using data from UK Biobank on 306,654 individual...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Sun L,Pennells L,Kaptoge S,Nelson CP,Ritchie SC,Abraham G,Arnold M,Bell S,Bolton T,Burgess S,Dudbridge F,Guo Q,Sofianopoulou E,Stevens D,Thompson JR,Butterworth AS,Wood A,Danesh J,Samani NJ,Inouye M,Di Angelantoni

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prescription opioid misuse has become a leading cause of unintentional injury and death among adolescents and young adults in the United States. However, there is limited information on how adolescents and young adults obtain prescription opioids. There are also inadequate recent data on the prevalence of ad...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Hudgins JD,Porter JJ,Monuteaux MC,Bourgeois FT

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization has endorsed the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for investigation of patients suspected of having tuberculosis (TB). However, its utility for routine TB screening and detection of rifampicin resistance among HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency enrolling in antiretroviral t...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lawn SD,Brooks SV,Kranzer K,Nicol MP,Whitelaw A,Vogt M,Bekker LG,Wood R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests that variations in fasting glucose and insulin amongst those without frank type 2 diabetes mellitus are important determinants of cardiovascular disease. However, the relative importance of variations in fasting insulin, glucose, and glycated haemoglobin as risk factors for cardiovascular d...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lawlor DA,Fraser A,Ebrahim S,Smith GD

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile text messaging and medication monitors (medication monitor boxes) have the potential to improve adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment and reduce the need for directly observed treatment (DOT), but to our knowledge they have not been properly evaluated in TB patients. We assessed the effectiveness o...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Liu X,Lewis JJ,Zhang H,Lu W,Zhang S,Zheng G,Bai L,Li J,Li X,Chen H,Liu M,Chen R,Chi J,Lu J,Huan S,Cheng S,Wang L,Jiang S,Chin DP,Fielding KL

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Andrew Seale and colleagues discuss the development of a global strategy to counter sexually transmitted infections. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Seale A,Broutet N,Narasimhan M

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In June 2016, the first phase of the Chilean Food Labelling and Advertising Law that mandated front-of-package warning labels and marketing restrictions for unhealthy foods and beverages was implemented. We assess foods and beverages reformulation after this initial implementation. METHODS AND FINDINGS:A da...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Reyes M,Smith Taillie L,Popkin B,Kanter R,Vandevijvere S,Corvalán C

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic adversity in early life has been hypothesized to "program" a vulnerable phenotype with exaggerated inflammatory responses, so increasing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood. The aim of this study is to test this hypothesis by assessing the extent to which the association between...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Stringhini S,Batty GD,Bovet P,Shipley MJ,Marmot MG,Kumari M,Tabak AG,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global warming is predicted to indirectly result in more undernutrition by threatening crop production. Whether temperature rise could affect undernutrition directly is unknown. We aim to quantify the relationship between short-term heat exposure and risk of hospitalization due to undernutrition in Brazil. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Xu R,Zhao Q,Coelho MSZS,Saldiva PHN,Abramson MJ,Li S,Guo Y

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many mathematical models have investigated the impact of expanding access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) on new HIV infections. Comparing results and conclusions across models is challenging because models have addressed slightly different questions and have reported different outcome metrics. This study co...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Eaton JW,Johnson LF,Salomon JA,Bärnighausen T,Bendavid E,Bershteyn A,Bloom DE,Cambiano V,Fraser C,Hontelez JA,Humair S,Klein DJ,Long EF,Phillips AN,Pretorius C,Stover J,Wenger EA,Williams BG,Hallett TB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Perspective, David Peiris and Dorairaj Prabhakaran discuss implications and challenges of cardiovascular disease risk assessments in the population of India. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Peiris D,Prabhakaran D

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Published research on prescribed opioid analgesic (POA) use during pregnancy and birth outcomes is limited in scope and has not adequately adjusted for potential confounding factors. To help address these gaps, we estimated associations between maternal POAs during pregnancy and two adverse birth outcomes us...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Sujan AC,Quinn PD,Rickert ME,Wiggs KK,Lichtenstein P,Larsson H,Almqvist C,Öberg AS,D'Onofrio BM

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying stage II patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) at higher risk of progression is a clinical priority in order to optimize the advantages of adjuvant chemotherapy while avoiding unnecessary toxicity. Recently, the intensity and the quality of the host immune response in the tumor microenvironment h...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Sanz-Pamplona R,Melas M,Maoz A,Schmit SL,Rennert H,Lejbkowicz F,Greenson JK,Sanjuan X,Lopez-Zambrano M,Alonso MH,Qu C,McDonnell KJ,Idos GE,Vignali M,Emerson R,Fields P,Guinó E,Santos C,Salazar R,Robins HS,Rennert

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of diseases and injuries and the effects of their risk factors can have substantial subnational heterogeneity, especially in middle-income countries like Mexico. Subnational analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors can improve characterization of the epidemiological transition and...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Stevens G,Dias RH,Thomas KJ,Rivera JA,Carvalho N,Barquera S,Hill K,Ezzati M

更新日期：2008-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased adiposity is linked with higher risk for cardiometabolic diseases. We aimed to determine to what extent elevated body mass index (BMI) within the normal weight range has causal effects on the detailed systemic metabolite profile in early adulthood. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We used Mendelian randomizat...

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authors： Würtz P,Wang Q,Kangas AJ,Richmond RC,Skarp J,Tiainen M,Tynkkynen T,Soininen P,Havulinna AS,Kaakinen M,Viikari JS,Savolainen MJ,Kähönen M,Lehtimäki T,Männistö S,Blankenberg S,Zeller T,Laitinen J,Pouta A,Mäntyselkä P

更新日期：2014-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care advances in the United States (US) have led to improved survival of children with neurological impairment (NI). Children with NI may account for an increasing proportion of hospital resources. However, this assumption has not been tested at a national level. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We conducted a study of...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Berry JG,Poduri A,Bonkowsky JL,Zhou J,Graham DA,Welch C,Putney H,Srivastava R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HVTN 100 evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of an HIV subtype C pox-protein vaccine regimen, investigating a 12-month booster to extend vaccine-induced immune responses. METHODS AND FINDINGS:A phase 1-2 randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial enrolled 252 participants (210 vaccine/42 placebo; ...

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authors： Laher F,Moodie Z,Cohen KW,Grunenberg N,Bekker LG,Allen M,Frahm N,Yates NL,Morris L,Malahleha M,Mngadi K,Daniels B,Innes C,Saunders K,Grant S,Yu C,Gilbert PB,Phogat S,DiazGranados CA,Koutsoukos M,Van Der Meeren O,

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various risk factors have been associated with epithelial ovarian cancer risk in observational epidemiological studies. However, the causal nature of the risk factors reported, and thus their suitability as effective intervention targets, is unclear given the susceptibility of conventional observational desi...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Yarmolinsky J,Relton CL,Lophatananon A,Muir K,Menon U,Gentry-Maharaj A,Walther A,Zheng J,Fasching P,Zheng W,Yin Ling W,Park SK,Kim BG,Choi JY,Park B,Davey Smith G,Martin RM,Lewis SJ

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00