Modelling the strategic use of antiretroviral therapy for the treatment and prevention of HIV.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undiagnosed and misdiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) drives the epidemic in India. Serological (antibody detection) TB tests are not recommended by any agency, but widely used in many countries, including the Indian private sector. The cost and impact of using serology compared with other diagnostic techniques is ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Dowdy DW,Steingart KR,Pai M

更新日期：2011-08-01 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; ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

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：:This month in PLOS Medicine we launched a Special Issue on New Tools and Strategies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Care, and Elimination. In this issue's Editorial, the Guest Editors Claudia Denkinger, Richard Chaisson, and Mark Hatherill highlight some of the research that will publish and how these studies focusing on ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Hatherill M,Chaisson RE,Denkinger CM

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with unprovoked (i.e., without the presence of apparent transient risk factors such as recent surgery) venous thromboembolism (VTE) are at risk of recurrence if anticoagulants are stopped after 3-6 months, yet their risk remains heterogeneous. Thus, prolonging anticoagulant treatment should be consi...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Geersing GJ,Hendriksen JMT,Zuithoff NPA,Roes KC,Oudega R,Takada T,Schutgens REG,Moons KGM

更新日期：2020-06-26 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:Somalia has been affected by conflict since 1991, with children aged <5 years presenting a high acute malnutrition prevalence. Cash-based interventions (CBIs) have been used in this context since 2011, despite sparse evidence of their nutritional impact. We aimed to understand whether a CBI would reduce acut...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Grijalva-Eternod CS,Jelle M,Haghparast-Bidgoli H,Colbourn T,Golden K,King S,Cox CL,Morrison J,Skordis-Worrall J,Fottrell E,Seal AJ

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral-based interventions for HIV-1 prevention, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) to reduce the infectiousness of HIV-1 infected persons and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the susceptibility of HIV-1 uninfected persons, showed high efficacy for HIV-1 protection in randomized clinical...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Baeten JM,Heffron R,Kidoguchi L,Mugo NR,Katabira E,Bukusi EA,Asiimwe S,Haberer JE,Morton J,Ngure K,Bulya N,Odoyo J,Tindimwebwa E,Hendrix C,Marzinke MA,Ware NC,Wyatt MA,Morrison S,Haugen H,Mujugira A,Donnell D,Ce

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Counties are the smallest unit for which mortality data are routinely available, allowing consistent and comparable long-term analysis of trends in health disparities. Average life expectancy has steadily increased in the United States but there is limited information on long-term mortality trends in the US ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Ezzati M,Friedman AB,Kulkarni SC,Murray CJ

更新日期：2008-04-22 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:Socioeconomic disparities in infant mortality have persisted for decades in high-income countries and may have become stronger in some populations. Therefore, new understandings of the mechanisms that underlie socioeconomic differences in infant deaths are essential for creating and implementing health initi...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Yu Y,Liew Z,Wang A,Arah OA,Li J,Olsen J,Cnattingius S,Qin G,Obel C,Fu B,Li J

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bariatric and metabolic surgery is used as a treatment for patients with severe and complex obesity. However, there is a need to improve outcome selection and reporting in bariatric surgery trials. A Core Outcome Set (COS), an agreed minimum set of outcomes reported in all studies of a specific condition, ma...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Coulman KD,Hopkins J,Brookes ST,Chalmers K,Main B,Owen-Smith A,Andrews RC,Byrne J,Donovan JL,Mazza G,Reeves BC,Rogers CA,Thompson JL,Welbourn R,Wordsworth S,Blazeby JM,BARIACT working group.

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:trans-fatty acids (TFAs) are a well-known risk factor of ischemic heart disease (IHD). In Australia, the highest TFA intake is concentrated to the most socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Elimination of industrial TFA (iTFA) from the Australian food supply could result in reduced IHD mortality and morbid...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Marklund M,Zheng M,Veerman JL,Wu JHY

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous epidemiological studies suggest that working-aged persons with a history of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may have an increased risk for developing neurodegenerative disease (NDD) while persons with a history of mild TBI do not. In this comprehensive nationwide study in Finland, we...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Raj R,Kaprio J,Korja M,Mikkonen ED,Jousilahti P,Siironen J

更新日期：2017-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hannah Leslie and co-authors discuss priorities in individual countries for health system reform. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Thapa G,Jhalani M,García-Saisó S,Malata A,Roder-DeWan S,Leslie HH

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perinatal mortality and morbidity continue to be major global health challenges strongly associated with prematurity and reduced fetal growth, an issue of further interest given the mounting evidence that fetal growth in general is linked to degrees of risk of common noncommunicable diseases in adulthood. Ag...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kiserud T,Piaggio G,Carroli G,Widmer M,Carvalho J,Neerup Jensen L,Giordano D,Cecatti JG,Abdel Aleem H,Talegawkar SA,Benachi A,Diemert A,Tshefu Kitoto A,Thinkhamrop J,Lumbiganon P,Tabor A,Kriplani A,Gonzalez Perez R,He

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis--infection with helminth parasites in the genus Schistosoma, including S. mansoni--is a widespread, devastating tropical disease affecting more than 200 million people. No vaccine is available, and praziquantel, the only drug extensively utilized, is currently administered more than 100 milli...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kuntz AN,Davioud-Charvet E,Sayed AA,Califf LL,Dessolin J,Arnér ES,Williams DL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid misuse and deaths are increasing in the United States. In 2017, Ohio had the second highest overdose rates in the US, with the city of Cincinnati experiencing a 50% rise in opioid overdoses since 2015. Understanding the temporal and geographic variation in overdose emergencies may help guide public po...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Li ZR,Xie E,Crawford FW,Warren JL,McConnell K,Copple JT,Johnson T,Gonsalves GS

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies have provided compelling evidence of associations between ambient temperature and cardiovascular disease. However, evidence of effects of daily temperature variability on cardiovascular disease is scarce and mixed. We aimed to examine short-term associations between temperature variab...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Tian Y,Liu H,Si Y,Cao Y,Song J,Li M,Wu Y,Wang X,Xiang X,Juan J,Chen L,Wei C,Gao P,Hu Y

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In South Africa, within-country migration is common. Mobility affects many of the factors in the pathway for entry to or retention in care among people living with HIV. We characterized the patterns of migration (i.e., change in residency) among peripartum women from rural South Africa and their association ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kim HY,Dobra A,Tanser F

更新日期：2020-03-31 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: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:With no effective treatments for cognitive decline or dementia, improving the evidence base for modifiable risk factors is a research priority. This study investigated associations between risk factors and late-life cognitive decline on a global scale, including comparisons between ethno-regional groups. ME...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lipnicki DM,Makkar SR,Crawford JD,Thalamuthu A,Kochan NA,Lima-Costa MF,Castro-Costa E,Ferri CP,Brayne C,Stephan B,Llibre-Rodriguez JJ,Llibre-Guerra JJ,Valhuerdi-Cepero AJ,Lipton RB,Katz MJ,Derby CA,Ritchie K,Ancelin ML

更新日期：2019-07-23 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:Spurred by the creation of potential modified risk tobacco products, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assess the science base for tobacco "harm reduction," leading to the 2001 IOM report Clearing the Smoke. The objective of this study was to determine ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Tan CE,Kyriss T,Glantz SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 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...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

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:There is growing concern that racial and ethnic minority communities around the world are experiencing a disproportionate burden of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We investigated racial and ethnic disparities in patterns of COVI...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Rentsch CT,Kidwai-Khan F,Tate JP,Park LS,King JT Jr,Skanderson M,Hauser RG,Schultze A,Jarvis CI,Holodniy M,Lo Re V 3rd,Akgün KM,Crothers K,Taddei TH,Freiberg MS,Justice AC

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria and hypertension are major causes of maternal mortality in tropical countries, especially during first pregnancies, but evidence for a relationship between these syndromes is contradictory. METHODS AND FINDINGS:In a cross-sectional survey of Tanzanian parturients, the rate of hypertension was simila...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Muehlenbachs A,Mutabingwa TK,Edmonds S,Fried M,Duffy PE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The alpha-thalassaemias are the commonest genetic disorders of humans. It is generally believed that this high frequency reflects selection through a survival advantage against death from malaria; nevertheless, the epidemiological description of the relationships between alpha-thalassaemia, malaria, and othe...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Wambua S,Mwangi TW,Kortok M,Uyoga SM,Macharia AW,Mwacharo JK,Weatherall DJ,Snow RW,Marsh K,Williams TN

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only about half the studies that have collected information on the relevance of women's height and body mass index to their risk of developing ovarian cancer have published their results, and findings are inconsistent. Here, we bring together the worldwide evidence, published and unpublished, and describe th...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaysia's stable health care system is facing challenges with increasing medicine costs. To investigate these issues a survey was carried out to evaluate medicine prices, availability, affordability, and the structure of price components. METHODS AND FINDINGS:The methodology developed by the World Health O...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Babar ZU,Ibrahim MI,Singh H,Bukahri NI,Creese A

更新日期：2007-03-27 00:00:00