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BMJ Case Rep
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February 4, 2026
Cat scratch disease (CSD), caused by Bartonella henselae, is an uncommon cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and rarely presents with visceral organ involvement. This case report describes a middle-aged woman with 3 months of night sweats and 1 month of ...
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HIV Res Clin Pract
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December 2025
People with HIV are at increased risk of cardiovascular events; thus, care delivery strategies that increase access to comprehensive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management are a priority. We report the results of a multi-component telemedicine-based ...
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PLoS neglected tropical diseases
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October 2025
BackgroundBolivia has one of the highest burdens of Chagas disease. Transmission is most common through the triatomine bug vector carrying Trypanosoma cruzi infection, but a rising proportion of cases occurs through congenital transmission from mo ...
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Open Forum Infect Dis
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March 2025
BACKGROUND: Weight gain associated with integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) is well documented. However, recent reports suggest that the observed weight gain among persons who switch to INSTIs may be associated with their preswitch regimen. METHO ...
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PLOS global public health
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January 2025
Workers in food processing industries are subject to many occupational health risks and disparities, but little is known about their risk of tickborne diseases. We examined a cohort of Latino individuals working in the meat packing, produce processing, and ...
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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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April 3, 2024
ABSTRACT.Bolivia has one of the highest burdens of Chagas disease in the world. Vertical transmission from mother to infant accounts for a growing number of cases. We performed a systematic review of articles assessing the ...
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IJID regions
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June 2023
BackgroundRacial and ethnic minorities have borne a disproportionate burden from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Certain essential occupations, including food processing and farm work, employ large numbers of Hispanic migrant workers and have ...
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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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April 5, 2023
ABSTRACT.Approximately one-third of people with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection develop Chagas cardiomyopathy, which carries a poor prognosis. Accurate prediction of which individuals will go ...
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AIDS and behavior
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December 2022
Although cardiovascular death is a growing source of mortality for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the risk factors and circumstances surrounding sudden death in this population are poorly understood. We compared 399 adult sudden dea ...
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PLOS global public health
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January 2022
Meat packing, produce processing, and farm workers are known to have an elevated risk of COVID-19, but occupational risk factors in this population are unclear. We performed an observational cohort study of meat packing, produce processing, and farm worker ...
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New England Journal of Medicine
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October 7, 2021
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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October 2021
BackgroundVertical transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection accounts for a growing proportion of new cases of Chagas disease. Better risk stratification is needed to predict which women are more likely to transmit the infection.Methods ...
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Journal for Healthcare Quality
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September 2021
ABSTRACTHepatitis C virus (HCV) is a chronic infection that can lead to severe liver damage if left untreated. With increased availability and affordability of curative treatments, screening for HCV has become an ...
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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
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April 2021
BackgroundVertical transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection from mother to infant accounts for a growing proportion of new Chagas disease cases. However, no systematic reviews of risk factors for T. cruzi vertical transmission have been perform ...
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Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics
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January 2020
PurposeTo evaluate the frequency and clinical impact of switches in antiplatelet therapy following implementation of CYP2C19 genotyping after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).MethodsThe frequency of escalation (clopidogrel switche ...
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Prostate
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November 2019
BACKGROUND: Docetaxel prednisone is a standard of care for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels are a poor prognostic factor in this population; therefore, we evaluate ...
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Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine
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February 2019
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Pharmacogenomics
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August 2018
It is well established that the CYP2C19 nonfunctional *2 and *3 polymorphisms impair the bioactivation and antiplatelet effects of clopidogrel, and increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular events following percutaneous coronary intervention. In contrast ...
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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March 2018
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