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Cheemarla N, Brito A, Fauver J, Alpert T, Vogels C, Omer S, et al.
medRxiv . 2020 Jun; PMID: 32577694
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges in diagnostic testing. At the beginning of the epidemic, a confluence of factors resulted in delayed deployment of PCR-based diagnostic tests, resulting in...
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Corburn J, Vlahov D, Mberu B, Riley L, Caiaffa W, Rashid S, et al.
J Urban Health . 2020 Apr; 97(3):348-357. PMID: 32333243
The informal settlements of the Global South are the least prepared for the pandemic of COVID-19 since basic needs such as water, toilets, sewers, drainage, waste collection, and secure and...
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Gibson K, Trajtenberg F, Wunder E, Brady M, San Martin F, Mechaly A, et al.
Elife . 2020 Mar; 9. PMID: 32157997
Spirochete bacteria, including important pathogens, exhibit a distinctive means of swimming via undulations of the entire cell. Motility is powered by the rotation of supercoiled 'endoflagella' that wrap around the...
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da Silva Santos A, Dias de Oliveira R, Ferreira Lemos E, Lima F, Cohen T, Cords O, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2020 Feb; 72(5):771-777. PMID: 32064514
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among incarcerated populations globally. We performed mass TB screening in 3 prisons and assessed yield, efficiency, and costs associated...
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Lebov J, Arias J, Balmaseda A, Britt W, Cordero J, Galvao L, et al.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth . 2019 Nov; 19(1):423. PMID: 31744466
Following publication of the original article [1], the author mentioned that two additional NIH staff were involved in the development of the protocol who did not receive recognition in the...
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Lebov J, Arias J, Balmaseda A, Britt W, Cordero J, Galvao L, et al.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth . 2019 Aug; 19(1):282. PMID: 31391005
Background: Until recently, Zika virus (ZIKV) infections were considered mild and self-limiting. Since 2015, they have been associated with an increase in microcephaly and other birth defects in newborns. While...
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Nguyen A, Song A, Swopes T, Ko A, Lim B
Perm J . 2019 Jul; 23. PMID: 31314716
Introduction: The initial therapeutic intervention for infected necrotizing pancreatitis usually begins with endoscopic cystogastrostomy for drainage, followed by endoscopic necrosectomy. Endoscopic pancreatic necrosectomy is commonly performed transluminally through transgastric or...
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Nguyen A, Girgis A, Tekeste T, Chang K, Adeyemo M, Eskandari A, et al.
World J Clin Cases . 2018 Nov; 6(13):624-631. PMID: 30430117
Aim: To examine the practice pattern in Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC), ., gastroenterology (GI)/surgery referrals and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), for pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCNs) after the region-wide dissemination of...
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Freitas B, Zin A, Ko A, Maia M, Ventura C, Belfort Jr R
Ophthalmology . 2017 Jul; 124(12):1876-1878. PMID: 28676282
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Vavinskaya V, Baumgartner J, Ko A, Saenz C, Valasek M
Case Rep Obstet Gynecol . 2016 Nov; 2016:6841989. PMID: 27843660
Primary appendiceal mucinous lesions are uncommon and represent a spectrum from nonneoplastic mucous retention cysts to invasive adenocarcinoma. Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (LAMNs) represent an intermediate category on this spectrum...