Aliens on the move: Transportation networks and non-native species

Authors: Ascensão F, Capinha C
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Railway Ecology
Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57496-7_5

Biological invasions are a major component of global environmental change, threatening biodiversity and human well-being. These invasions have their origin in the human-mediated transportation of species beyond natural distribution ranges. This is a process that has increased by orders of magnitude in recent decades as a result of accelerating rates of international trade, travel, and […]
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The drug transporter ABCB1 c.3435C&gt T SNP influences artemether-lumefantrine treatment outcome

Authors: Do Rosário V, Gil JP, Kiaco K, Lopes D, Rodrigues AS
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Malaria Journal
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28934955

Malaria treatment performance is potentially influenced by pharmacogenetic factors. This study reports an association study between the ABCB1 c.3435C>T, CYP3A4*1B (g.-392A>G), CYP3A5*3 (g.6986A>G) SNPs and artemether + lumefantrine treatment outcome in 103 uncomplicated malaria patients from Angola. No significant associations with the CYP3A4*1B and CYP3A5*3 were observed, while a significant predominance of the ABCB1 c.3435CC genotype was […]
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Key Characteristics of Rehabilitation Quality Improvement Publications: Scoping Review From 2010 to 2016

Authors: Hoenig H, Jesus TS, Papadimitriou C, Pinho CS
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28965737

To characterize the peer-reviewed quality improvement (QI) literature in rehabilitation. Five electronic databases were searched for English-language articles from 2010 to 2016. Keywords for QI and safety management were searched for in combination with keywords for rehabilitation content and journals. Secondary searches (eg, references-list scanning) were also performed. Two reviewers independently selected articles using working […]
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HIV and tuberculosis co-infection among migrants in Europe: A systematic review on the prevalence, incidence and mortality

Authors: Abecasis AB, Couto I, Dias S, Fronteira I, Machado D, Tavares AM, Viveiros M
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: PLoS One
Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185526#

International human migration has been rapidly growing. Migrants coming from low and middle income countries continue to be considerably vulnerable and at higher risk for infectious diseases, namely HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and tuberculosis (TB). In Europe, the number of patients with HIV-TB co-infection has been increasing and migration could be one of the potential […]
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Deciphering babesia-vector interactions

Authors: Antunes S, Couto J, Domingos A, Ferrolho J, Rosa C
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627281/

Understanding host-pathogen-tick interactions remains a vitally important issue that might be better understood by basic research focused on each of the dyad interplays. Pathogens gain access to either the vector or host during tick feeding when ticks are confronted with strong hemostatic, inflammatory and immune responses. A prominent example of this is the Babesia spp.—tick—vertebrate host relationship. Babesia spp. […]
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Aliens on the move: Transportation networks and non-native species

The drug transporter ABCB1 c.3435C&gt T SNP influences artemether-lumefantrine treatment outcome

Key Characteristics of Rehabilitation Quality Improvement Publications: Scoping Review From 2010 to 2016

HIV and tuberculosis co-infection among migrants in Europe: A systematic review on the prevalence, incidence and mortality

Deciphering babesia-vector interactions

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