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Brucellosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania.
(Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2012-12)
Acute and convalescent serum samples were collected from febrile inpatients identified
at two hospitals in Moshi, Tanzania. Confirmed brucellosis was defined as a positive
blood culture or a ≥ 4-fold increase in ...
Bacteremic disseminated tuberculosis in sub-saharan Africa: a prospective cohort study.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2012-07)
BACKGROUND: Disseminated tuberculosis is a major health problem in countries where
generalized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection epidemics coincide with high
tuberculosis incidence rates; data are limited on patient ...
Leptospirosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection among febrile inpatients in northern Tanzania.
(Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 2013-08)
BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are prevalent
in many areas, including northern Tanzania, yet little is known about their interaction.
METHODS: We enrolled febrile inpatients at ...
Changes in HIV risk behavior and seroincidence among clients presenting for repeat HIV counseling and testing in Moshi, Tanzania.
(AIDS Care, 2012)
While HIV counseling and testing (HCT) has been considered an HIV preventive measure
in Africa, data are limited describing behavior changes following HCT. This study
evaluated behavior changes and estimated HIV seroincidence ...
Comparing actual and perceived causes of fever among community members in a low malaria transmission setting in northern Tanzania.
(Trop Med Int Health, 2013-11)
OBJECTIVE: To compare actual and perceived causes of fever in northern Tanzania. METHODS:
In a standardised survey, heads of households in 30 wards in Moshi, Tanzania, were
asked to identify the most common cause of fever ...
Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2013)
INTRODUCTION: The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons
seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not
approached fever in a comprehensive manner. In many areas, ...
Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians.
(BMC Fam Pract, 2018-03-01)
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are a common reason for antibiotic
overuse worldwide. We previously showed that over 80% of outpatients presenting to
a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka ...
Clinical and pathological characteristics of HIV- and HHV-8-negative Castleman disease.
(Blood, 2017-03)
Castleman disease (CD) comprises 3 poorly understood lymphoproliferative variants
sharing several common histopathological features. Unicentric CD (UCD) is localized
to a single region of lymph nodes. Multicentric CD (MCD) ...
Establishment of normative ranges of the healthy human immune system with comprehensive polychromatic flow cytometry profiling.
(PloS one, 2019-01)
Existing normative flow cytometry data have several limitations including small sample
sizes, incompletely described study populations, variable flow cytometry methodology,
and limited depth for defining lymphocyte ...
Loss of PRDM1/BLIMP-1 function contributes to poor prognosis of activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
(Leukemia, 2017-03)
PRDM1/BLIMP-1, a master regulator of plasma-cell differentiation, is frequently inactivated
in activated B-cell-like (ABC) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. Little
is known about its genetic aberrations and ...