Correction: association between cutaneous nevi and breast cancer in the nurses' health study: a prospective cohort study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sales visits by pharmaceutical representatives ("drug detailing") are common, but little is known about the content of these visits or about the impact of visit characteristics on prescribing behavior. In this study, we evaluated the content and impact of detail visits for gabapentin by analyzing market rese...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Steinman MA,Harper GM,Chren MM,Landefeld CS,Bero LA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) of houses provide effective malaria transmission control. There is conflicting evidence about whether it is more beneficial to provide both interventions in combination. A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted to investigate wheth...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： West PA,Protopopoff N,Wright A,Kivaju Z,Tigererwa R,Mosha FW,Kisinza W,Rowland M,Kleinschmidt I

更新日期：2014-04-15 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:In recent decades, increased attention has been focused on the impact of disabilities and medicinal drug use on road safety. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between prescription medicines and the risk of road traffic crashes, and estimate the attributable fraction. METHODS AND FINDIN...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Orriols L,Delorme B,Gadegbeku B,Tricotel A,Contrand B,Laumon B,Salmi LR,Lagarde E,CESIR research group.

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychosis is a severe mental condition that is characterized by a loss of contact with reality and is typically associated with hallucinations and delusional beliefs. There are numerous psychiatric conditions that present with psychotic symptoms, most importantly schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, an...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Huang JT,Leweke FM,Oxley D,Wang L,Harris N,Koethe D,Gerth CW,Nolden BM,Gross S,Schreiber D,Reed B,Bahn S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of malaria makes surveillance-based methods of estimating its disease burden problematic. Cartographic approaches have provided alternative malaria burden estimates, but there remains widespread misunderstanding about their derivation and fidelity. The aims of this study are to present a new...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Hay SI,Okiro EA,Gething PW,Patil AP,Tatem AJ,Guerra CA,Snow RW

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, the main focus of studies of childhood mortality has been the infant and under-five mortality rates. Neonatal mortality (deaths <28 days of age) has received limited attention, although such deaths account for about 41% of all child deaths. To better assess progress, we developed annual estimat...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Oestergaard MZ,Inoue M,Yoshida S,Mahanani WR,Gore FM,Cousens S,Lawn JE,Mathers CD,United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation and the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group.

更新日期：2011-08-01 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:Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a major global health issue, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), that is associated with poor physical and mental health, but its association with breastfeeding practices is understudied. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Caleyachetty R,Uthman OA,Bekele HN,Martín-Cañavate R,Marais D,Coles J,Steele B,Uauy R,Koniz-Booher P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested throughout the past fifty years that serum uric acid concentrations can help predict the future risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but the epidemiological evidence is uncertain. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We report a "nested" case-control comparison within a prospective study in Reykjavik...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Wheeler JG,Juzwishin KD,Eiriksdottir G,Gudnason V,Danesh J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H. Bart van der Worp and colleagues discuss the controversies and possibilities of translating the results of animal experiments into human clinical trials. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： van der Worp HB,Howells DW,Sena ES,Porritt MJ,Rewell S,O'Collins V,Macleod MR

更新日期：2010-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Policy Forum, Peter Hotez and colleagues discuss vaccination exemptions in US states and possible consequences for infectious disease outbreaks. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Olive JK,Hotez PJ,Damania A,Nolan MS

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the involvement of intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity in tumor progression, treatment resistance, and metastasis is established, genetic heterogeneity is seldom examined in clinical trials or practice. Many studies of heterogeneity have had prespecified markers for tumor subpopulations, limiting thei...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Mroz EA,Tward AD,Hammon RJ,Ren Y,Rocco JW

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A nonsputum blood test capable of predicting progression of healthy individuals to active tuberculosis (TB) before clinical symptoms manifest would allow targeted treatment to curb transmission. We aimed to develop a proteomic biomarker of risk of TB progression for ultimate translation into a point-of-care ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Penn-Nicholson A,Hraha T,Thompson EG,Sterling D,Mbandi SK,Wall KM,Fisher M,Suliman S,Shankar S,Hanekom WA,Janjic N,Hatherill M,Kaufmann SHE,Sutherland J,Walzl G,De Groote MA,Ochsner U,Zak DE,Scriba TJ,ACS and GC6–74

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification and characterization of tumor suppressor genes has enhanced our understanding of the biology of cancer and enabled the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Whereas in past decades, a handful of tumor suppressors have been slowly identified using techniques such as link...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Chan TA,Glockner S,Yi JM,Chen W,Van Neste L,Cope L,Herman JG,Velculescu V,Schuebel KE,Ahuja N,Baylin SB

更新日期：2008-05-27 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

abstract：:Drawing upon interviews with experts and a review of the literature, Gavin Yamey proposes a new framework for scaling up global health interventions. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Yamey G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global tuberculosis epidemic results in nearly 2 million deaths and 9 million new cases of the disease a year. The vast majority of tuberculosis patients live in developing countries, where the diagnosis of tuberculosis relies on the identification of acid-fast bacilli on unprocessed sputum smears using ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Steingart KR,Henry M,Laal S,Hopewell PC,Ramsay A,Menzies D,Cunningham J,Weldingh K,Pai M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attrition during the period from HIV testing to antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is high worldwide. We assessed whether same-day HIV testing and ART initiation improves retention and virologic suppression. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We conducted an unblinded, randomized trial of standard ART initiation ver...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Koenig SP,Dorvil N,Dévieux JG,Hedt-Gauthier BL,Riviere C,Faustin M,Lavoile K,Perodin C,Apollon A,Duverger L,McNairy ML,Hennessey KA,Souroutzidis A,Cremieux PY,Severe P,Pape JW

更新日期：2017-07-25 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：:Aaron Kesselheim and colleagues examine orphan-designated drugs approved between 2009 and 2015 in the United States. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kesselheim AS,Treasure CL,Joffe S

更新日期：2017-01-03 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：:Peter Openshaw discusses the challenges in advancing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) treatments and the implications of a study by Mejias and colleagues using a newly identified gene signature for diagnosis and prediction of RSV severity. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Openshaw PJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 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:Antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACT) is used clinically to prepare the fetal lung for impending preterm birth, but animal and human studies link corticosteroids to smaller birth size. Whether ACT is associated with birth size is debated; therefore, we assessed differences in birth size in treated versus un...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Rodriguez A,Wang Y,Ali Khan A,Cartwright R,Gissler M,Järvelin MR

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The response to the next influenza pandemic will likely include extensive use of antiviral drugs (mainly oseltamivir), combined with other transmission-reducing measures. Animal and in vitro studies suggest that some strains of influenza may become resistant to oseltamivir while maintaining infectiousness (f...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lipsitch M,Cohen T,Murray M,Levin BR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sanjay Basu and Kristine Madsen discuss the effects of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in both Australia and Berkeley, USA. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Basu S,Madsen K

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Perspective, Hilary Seligman and Sanjay Basu discuss future scenarios of food assistance programs to improve population health in a changing political environment. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Seligman HK,Basu S

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor that carries a 5-y survival rate of 5%. Attempts at eliciting a clinically relevant anti-GBM immune response in brain tumor patients have met with limited success, which is due to brain immune privilege, tumor immune evasion, and a pauc...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Curtin JF,Liu N,Candolfi M,Xiong W,Assi H,Yagiz K,Edwards MR,Michelsen KS,Kroeger KM,Liu C,Muhammad AK,Clark MC,Arditi M,Comin-Anduix B,Ribas A,Lowenstein PR,Castro MG

更新日期：2009-01-13 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