Association of enteric parasitic infections with intestinal inflammation and permeability in asymptomatic infants of São Tomé Island

Authors: Alves M, Ferreira F, Garzón M, Papoila AL, Pereira-da-Silva L, Reis A, Seixas J
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Pathogens and Global Health
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20477724.2017.1299831?journalCode=ypgh20

The cumulative effect of repeated asymptomatic enteric infections on intestinal barrier is not fully understood in infants. We aimed to evaluate the association between previous enteric parasitic infections and intestinal inflammation and permeability at 24-months of age, in asymptomatic infants of São Tomé Island. A subset of infants from a birth cohort, with intestinal parasite […]
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Giardia duodenalis and chronic malnutrition in children under five from a rural area of Guinea-Bissau

Authors: Aguiar P, Camará I, Centeno-Lima S, de Sousa B, Ferreira F, Ferrinho P, Indeque B, Nunes B, Rodrigues R, Rosado-Marques V
Publication Year: 2013
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/2091

A case-control study that included 109 children aged 0 to 59 months of a rural community in Guinea-Bissau was conducted. The anthropometric assessment of children in the study identified 31 cases of chronic malnutrition (z-score height for age < -2) and 78 controls (z-score height for age ≥ -2). Microscopic examination of stools was performed for detection and identification of G. duodenalis and other parasites.
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RegaDB: Community-driven data management and analysis for infectious diseases

Authors: Alcantara LC, Assel M, Ayouba A, Beheydt G, Boucher C, Camacho RJ, Carvalho AP, Cavaco-Silva J, De Bel A, De Munter P, De Oliveira T, Deforche K, Ferreira F, Grossman Z, Imbrechts S, Kaiser R, Lacor P, Lapadula G, Libin P, Otelea D, Paraschiv S, Peeters M, Ruelle J, Sloot P, Snoeck J, Theys K, Torti C, Van Laethem K, Van Wijngaerden E, Vandamme AM, Wesner S, Zazzi M
Journal: Bioinformatics
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23645815

RegaDB is a free and open source data management and analysis environment for infectious diseases. RegaDB allows clinicians to store, manage and analyse patient data, including viral genetic sequences. Moreover, RegaDB provides researchers with a mechanism to collect data in a uniform format and offers them a canvas to make newly developed bioinformatics tools available to clinicians and virologists through a user friendly interface.
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Trends and predictors of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and clusters with TDR in a local Belgian HIV-1 epidemic

Authors: Albert J, Balotta C, Boucher C, De Munter P, Derdelinckx I, Ferreira F, Gomez-Lopez A, Khouri R, Kostrikis LG, Kücherer C, Li G, Littsola K, Nielsen C, Paredes R, Pineda-Peña AC, Schrooten Y, Stanojevic M, Trovão NS, Van Laethem K, Van Ranst M, Van Wijngaerden E, Vandamme AM, Vercauteren J, Vinken L, Wensing A
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: PLoS One
Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101738

We aimed to study epidemic trends and predictors for transmitted drug resistance (TDR) in our region, its clinical impact and its association with transmission clusters. We included 778 patients from the AIDS Reference Center in Leuven (Belgium) diagnosed from 1998 to 2012. Resistance testing was performed using population-based sequencing and TDR was estimated using the WHO-2009 surveillance list.
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Association of enteric parasitic infections with intestinal inflammation and permeability in asymptomatic infants of São Tomé Island

Giardia duodenalis and chronic malnutrition in children under five from a rural area of Guinea-Bissau

RegaDB: Community-driven data management and analysis for infectious diseases

Trends and predictors of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and clusters with TDR in a local Belgian HIV-1 epidemic

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