Specificity of serological screening tests and reference laboratory tests to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: a prospective clinical performance study

Autor: Martial Kassi N’Djetchi, Oumou Camara, Mathurin Koffi, Mamadou Camara, Dramane Kaba, Jacques Kaboré, Alkali Tall, Brice Rotureau, Lucy Glover, Mélika Barkissa Traoré, Minayegninrin Koné, Bamoro Coulibaly, Guy Pacome Adingra, Aissata Soumah, Mohamed Gassama, Abdoulaye Dansy Camara, Charlie Franck Alfred Compaoré, Aïssata Camara, Salimatou Boiro, Elena Perez Anton, Paul Bessell, Nick Van Reet, Bruno Bucheton, Vincent Jamonneau, Jean-Mathieu Bart, Philippe Solano, Sylvain Biéler, Veerle Lejon

Publikováno v: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2024)

Abstract Background Serological screening tests play a crucial role to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT). Presently, they preselect individuals for microscopic confirmation, but in future “screen and treat” strategies they w

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/cddf7d328fd243efa70783ee893348cb

Large-scale deep learning analysis to identify adult patients at risk for combined and common variable immunodeficiencies

Autor: Giorgos Papanastasiou, Guang Yang, Dimitris I. Fotiadis, Nikolaos Dikaios, Chengjia Wang, Ahsan Huda, Luba Sobolevsky, Jason Raasch, Elena Perez, Gurinder Sidhu, Donna Palumbo

Publikováno v: Communications Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2023)

Abstract Background Primary immunodeficiency (PI) is a group of heterogeneous disorders resulting from immune system defects. Over 70% of PI is undiagnosed, leading to increased mortality, co-morbidity and healthcare costs. Among PI disorders, combin

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/b8fa4012ffde4c28aefc400d4b0660e1

Underwater Cultural Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals

Autor: Elena Perez-Alvaro

Publikováno v: Blue Papers, Vol 2, Iss 2 (2023)

Underwater cultural heritage is heritage that is surrounded by water. It can be found in rivers, lakes, oceans and reservoirs, and comprises tangible heritage – wrecks, fishing tools, sunken cities and aircraft – as well as the intangible heritag

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/5138764fafb645119efaec880bbe6a3f

Risk factors for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: an international matched case-control-control study (EURECA)Research in context

Autor: Salvador Pérez-Galera, Jose M. Bravo-Ferrer, María Paniagua, Tomislav Kostyanev, Marlieke E.A. de Kraker, Jan Feifel, Jesús Sojo-Dorado, Joost Schotsman, Rafael Cantón, George L. Daikos, Biljana Carevic, Gorana Dragovac, Lionel K. Tan, Lul Raka, Adriana Hristea, Pierluigi Viale, Murat Akova, Jose María Reguera, Lucía Valiente de Santis, Julián Torre-Cisneros, Ángela Cano, Emmanuel Roilides, Lili Radulovic, Cenk Kirakli, Evelyn Shaw, Matthew E. Falagas, Vicente Pintado, Herman Goossens, Marc J. Bonten, Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Jesús Rodriguez-Baño, Almudena de la Serna, Sophie Monteau, Virginia Palomo, Elena Soriano, David Gutierrez, Elisa Moreno, Zaira Palacios, Isabel Morales, Natalia Maldonado, Antonio Plata Ciezar, Juan Diego Ruiz Mesa, Beatriz Sobrino Diaz, Ignacio Marquez Gomez, Ines Perez Camacho, Azahara Frutos-Adame, Julia Guzman-Puche, Irene Gracia-Ahufinger, Elena Perez-Nadales, Julian Torre-Gimenez, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, Elias Iosifidis, Elsa Chorafa, Ivana Radovanovic, Sladjana Petrovic, Slavica Cvetkovi, Srdjan-Sanja Melentijevic, Can Bicmen, Gunes Senol, Fe Tubau, Jordi Camara, Victor Daniel Gumucio, Dimitris Bassoulis, John Deliolanis, Vassiliki Ch. Pitiriga, Nikolaos Triarides, Efstathia Argiti, Nikolaos J. Legakis, Kyriakidou Margarita, Desirée Gijón-Cordero, Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa, Alessandro Bartoloni, Gian Maria Rossolini, Simin-Aysel Florescu, Maria Nica, Serban Benea, Daniela Talapan, Deana Medić, Sanja Maričić Prijić, Mireia Cantero Caballero, Lina M. Parra Ramírez, Volkan Korten, Hüseyin Bilgin, George N. Dalekos, Aggelos Stefos, Nikolaos Spyridis, Athanasios Michos, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Rossana Cavallo, Nicola Petrosillo, Antonio Dicaro, Maria Paola Landini, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti, Mileva Masanovic, Dusan Matkovic, Sotirios Tsiodras, Francesco Blasi, Marta Di pasquale, Claudio Viscoli, Andrei Vata, Olivia Dorneanu, Perlat Kapisyzi, Adriana Vince, Evdoxia Tsigou, Efstratios Maltezos, Apostolos Komnos, Charalampos Gogos, Fabio Franzetti, Massimo Antonelli, Mihaela Lupse, Dan Corneci, Dana Tomescu, Anca Georgescu, Ljiljana Bukarica, Goran Mitrović, Nataša Lukić Krstić, Arsim Kurti, Beatriz Díaz-Pollán, Julia Origüen Sabater, Patricia Muñoz, Alpay Azap, Banu Sancak, Arife Sahin, Halis Akalin

Publikováno v: EClinicalMedicine, Vol 57, Iss , Pp 101871- (2023)

Summary: Background: Data on risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) with wider applicability are needed to inform preventive measures and efficient design of randomised trials. Methods: An international matched case-control-cont

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/80b72fa78ac84a5a9598037579f4bb2e

Towards an FDA-cleared basophil activation test

Autor: Oral Alpan, Richard L. Wasserman, Theodore Kim, Amy Darter, Atul Shah, Douglas Jones, Donald McNeil, Henry Li, Laura Ispas, Melinda Rathkopf, Elena Perez, Dareen Siri, Maeve O’Connor, Matthew Plassmeyer, Kimberly Romito, Christina Pettibone, Sean O’Reilly, Søren Ulrik Sønder, Gerald Marti

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Allergy, Vol 3 (2023)

Food allergy is a global health problem affecting up to 10% of the world population. Accurate diagnosis of food allergies, however, is still a major challenge in medical offices and for patients seeking alternative avenues of diagnosis. A flawless te

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/878eb1c99f424103b1befa541bdcb37b