The burden of disease and associated health-care costs of syphilis are significant despite widespread screening and treatment. Our objective was to conduct an economic evaluation using a simulation model when comparing enzyme immunoassay (EIA) initial testing and Inno-Lia (IL) confirmatory testing (EIA + IL) with rapid plasma reagin (RPR) initial testing and Treponema pallidum particle agglutin...

BACKGROUND To assess the long-term effectiveness and safety of adefovir (ADV) plus lamivudine (LMV) in LMV-resistant (R) kidney transplants with chronic hepatitis B, 11 such patients were treated with add-on ADV. METHODS Serum alanine aminotransferase, renal function and serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels were assessed every 3 months; ADV mutations were searched for by INNO-LiPA HBV DR ...

Claudin-2 enhances breast cancer liver metastasis and promotes the development of colorectal cancers. The objective of our current study is to define the regulatory mechanisms controlling Claudin-2 expression in breast cancer cells. We evaluated the effect of several Src Family Kinase (SFK) inhibitors or knockdown of individual SFK members on Claudin-2 expression in breast cancer cells. We also...

This study explores the phenomenon of chasm in the marketing process of discontinuous inno vations. Drawing on Moore’s concept of chasm crossing, an empirical analysis is performed using the data gathered from a survey of potential users of satellite DMB. First, the demand of satellite DMB is forecasted. Then, the demand changes in different innovation adopter groups are deter mined from the co...

The United Kingdom Health Protection Agency Mycobacterium Reference Unit offers a national "Fastrack" molecular service for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and rifampin resistance by using the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB assay. We analyzed the service in a routine, nontrial context of 1,997 primary clinical specimens, including 658 nonrespiratory specimens. The overall adjusted concord...

INTRODUCTION The methods for genotyping the hepatitis C virus have been much discussed. The aim of this study was to compare the methodologies of reverse hybridization and direct sequencing for genotyping the hepatitis C virus. METHODS Ninety-one plasma samples from patients attended at the Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, were used. Genotyping by reverse hybridization was...

Two methods for genotyping hepatitis C virus (DNA enzyme immunoassay [DEIA] and line probe assay [Inno-LiPA HCV I and II]) were compared on 120 samples and of these 87% were assigned to the same subtype by both assays. There were 15 subtyping discrepancies which involved 5% of type 1 isolates and 90% of type 2 isolates. Amplified products from the core and 5' untranslated regions (UTR) were seq...

Il presente articolo si propone di illustrare il sorgere e lo sviluppo della realtà Ploščad’ Peremen a Minsk nel contesto delle proteste bielorusse, iniziate nell’agosto 2020. è spazio resistenza, luogo aggregazione protesta alternativa. Situato in un cortile ulica Červjakova, sorge seguito al gesto sovversivo dei dj Kirill Galanov Vladislav Sokolovskij, che occasione concerto governativo suona...