Advances in clinical trial design: Weaving tomorrow's TB treatments.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive pregnancy weight gain is associated with obesity in the offspring, but this relationship may be confounded by genetic and other shared influences. We aimed to examine the association of pregnancy weight gain with body mass index (BMI) in the offspring, using a within-family design to minimize confo...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Ludwig DS,Rouse HL,Currie J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

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: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：BACKGROUND:Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy, and its incidence and associated mortality are increasing. Despite the immediate need to detect these cancers at an earlier stage, there is no effective screening methodology or protocol for endometrial cancer. The comprehensive, genomics-based an...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Nair N,Camacho-Vanegas O,Rykunov D,Dashkoff M,Camacho SC,Schumacher CA,Irish JC,Harkins TT,Freeman E,Garcia I,Pereira E,Kendall S,Belfer R,Kalir T,Sebra R,Reva B,Dottino P,Martignetti JA

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In an essay, Paul Bloem and Ikechukwu Ogbuanu discuss the public health implications of HPV vaccination. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Bloem P,Ogbuanu I

更新日期：2017-06-27 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: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: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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001895.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： PLOS Medicine Staff.

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantitative estimation of the extent to which the immune system's protective effect against one herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection protects against infection with additional HSV-2 strains is important for understanding the potential for HSV-2 vaccine development. Using viral genotyping, we estima...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Johnston C,Magaret A,Roychoudhury P,Greninger AL,Reeves D,Schiffer J,Jerome KR,Sather C,Diem K,Lingappa JR,Celum C,Koelle DM,Wald A

更新日期：2017-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:How do we spot the next sexually transmitted infection? Kyle Bernstein and colleagues look for lessons from past discovery. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Bernstein K,Bowen VB,Kim CR,Counotte MJ,Kirkcaldy RD,Kara E,Bolan G,Low N,Broutet N

更新日期：2017-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving a malaria-free world presents exciting scientific challenges as well as overwhelming health, equity, and economic benefits. WHO and countries are setting ambitious goals for reducing the burden and eliminating malaria through the "Global Technical Strategy" and 21 countries are aiming to eliminate malaria by...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Rabinovich RN,Drakeley C,Djimde AA,Hall BF,Hay SI,Hemingway J,Kaslow DC,Noor A,Okumu F,Steketee R,Tanner M,Wells TNC,Whittaker MA,Winzeler EA,Wirth DF,Whitfield K,Alonso PL

更新日期：2017-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001659.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： PLOS Medicine Staff.

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002781.]. ...

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：2019-07-18 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:Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood illness caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species in the genus Enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family. The disease has had a substantial burden throughout East and Southeast Asia over the past 15 y. China reported 9 million cases of HFMD bet...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Takahashi S,Liao Q,Van Boeckel TP,Xing W,Sun J,Hsiao VY,Metcalf CJ,Chang Z,Liu F,Zhang J,Wu JT,Cowling BJ,Leung GM,Farrar JJ,van Doorn HR,Grenfell BT,Yu H

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between fetal exposure to major radiodiagnostic testing in pregnancy-computed tomography (CT) and radionuclide imaging-and the risk of childhood cancer is not established. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We completed a population-based study of 1.8 million maternal-child pairs in the province of Ontari...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Ray JG,Schull MJ,Urquia ML,You JJ,Guttmann A,Vermeulen MJ

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In an Editorial, Guest Editors Nicola Low and Nathalie Broutet discuss the Collection on sexually transmitted infections in the context of research priorities in the field. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Low N,Broutet NJ

更新日期：2017-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:agricultural pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in the developing world, killing at least 250,000-370,000 people each year. Targeted pesticide restrictions in Sri Lanka over the last 20 years have reduced pesticide deaths by 50% without decreasing agricultural output. However, regulatory de...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Dawson AH,Eddleston M,Senarathna L,Mohamed F,Gawarammana I,Bowe SJ,Manuweera G,Buckley NA

更新日期：2010-10-26 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：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is estimated to affect 130-180 million people worldwide. Although its origin is unknown, patterns of viral diversity suggest that HCV genotype 1 probably originated from West Africa. Previous attempts to estimate the spatiotemporal parameters of the virus, both globally and regionally...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Magiorkinis G,Magiorkinis E,Paraskevis D,Ho SY,Shapiro B,Pybus OG,Allain JP,Hatzakis A

更新日期：2009-12-01 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: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:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are essential in host defense against pathogens by virtue of their capacity to detect microbes and initiate the immune response. TLR2 is seen as the most important receptor for gram-positive bacteria, while TLR4 is regarded as the gram-negative TLR. Melioidosis is a severe infectio...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Wiersinga WJ,Wieland CW,Dessing MC,Chantratita N,Cheng AC,Limmathurotsakul D,Chierakul W,Leendertse M,Florquin S,de Vos AF,White N,Dondorp AM,Day NP,Peacock SJ,van der Poll T

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In this month's editorial, PLOS Medicine Editorial Board member Rachel Jewkes identifies challenges that the violence prevention research community faces in substantially reducing violence against women and girls over the next 30 years. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Jewkes R

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are essential to summarize evidence relating to efficacy and safety of health care interventions accurately and reliably. The clarity and transparency of these reports, however, is not optimal. Poor reporting of systematic reviews diminishes their value to clinicians, policy makers...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Liberati A,Altman DG,Tetzlaff J,Mulrow C,Gøtzsche PC,Ioannidis JP,Clarke M,Devereaux PJ,Kleijnen J,Moher D

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria vaccines based on the 19-kDa region of merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1(19)) derived from the 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum are being tested in clinical trials in Africa. Knowledge of the distribution and natural dynamics of vaccine antigen polymorphisms in populations in which malaria vaccin...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Takala SL,Coulibaly D,Thera MA,Dicko A,Smith DL,Guindo AB,Kone AK,Traore K,Ouattara A,Djimde AA,Sehdev PS,Lyke KE,Diallo DA,Doumbo OK,Plowe CV

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Gordon C. Smith discusses the study by Katy Kozhimannil and colleagues that examines variations in cesarean section rates in the US and argues for the need for high-quality routine data collection to better understand the reasons for these variations. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Smith GC

更新日期：2014-10-21 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...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

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