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AHA: Chagas disease and its heart effects have come to America

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: August 20, 2018

Chagas disease and its related cardiomyopathy are spreading to nonendemic areas and doctors should be aware of...

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Open AAA and peripheral bypass surgery patients among the highest users of post-acute care

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: August 17, 2018

There is significant variation in use of PAC and rates of home discharge following complex cardiac, abdominal,...

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Zika virus vaccine trial launches

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: August 16, 2018

The first-in-human trial of an experimental live, attenuated Zika virus vaccine is underway.

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Vascular training for general surgery residents continues downward trend

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: August 16, 2018

Operative experience in open arterial vascular surgery procedures for general surgery residents has...

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CDC supports Ebola response in DRC

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: August 14, 2018

The CDC is coordinating with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on a new Ebola outbreak in North Kivu province...

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Barriers loom for HCV care in young people who inject drugs

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: August 8, 2018

HCV-infected young people who inject drugs face unique barriers to HCV testing, counseling, and treatment....

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Genetic composition of HCV changes with HIV coinfection

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: August 7, 2018

Marked differences were seen in HCV hypervariable region 1 when comparing HIV-coinfected with HCV-monoinfected...

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World off track for meeting 2020 HIV prevention, mortality goals

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 26, 2018

New HIV infections declined by 18% in the past 7 years, but this is not quick enough to reach the 2020 target...

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Real-time microarrays can simultaneously detect HCV and HIV-1, -2 infections

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 25, 2018

HBV, HCV, and HIV coinfections can be detected simultaneously using real-time TAC microarrays.

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FDA: Krintafel approved as ‘radical cure’ for preventing malaria relapse

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 23, 2018

The FDA has approved single-dose tafenoquine (to be marketed as Krintafel) for the prevention of relapse in patients receiving appropriate...

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Female survivor transmits Ebola virus 1 year after outbreak

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 23, 2018

A Liberian woman who survived Ebola in 2014 transmitted the virus to other family members a year later....

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National Academies issues 5-step plan to address infections linked to opioid use disorder

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 19, 2018

A National Academies workshop results in a five-step action plan for dealing with the infectious disease...

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Mosaic HIV-1 vaccine stimulates broad antigenicity, enters phase 2b human efficacy trial

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 13, 2018

A mosaic virus HIV-1 vaccine induced robust immune responses in humans and monkeys, and protected monkeys...

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Transplanting HCV-infected kidneys in HCV-infected patients showed positive outcomes, costs

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 11, 2018

With increasing kidney transplant success and demand outstripping supply, deferring antiviral therapy until...

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Antibodies to HCV core protein can be expressed in E. coli and silkworms

Author:: Mark S. Lesney

Publish date: July 11, 2018

Intrabodies to HCV core protein can be expressed in E. coli and silkworms for potential use in...

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