Enhancing an HIV index case testing passive referral model through a behavioural skills‐building training for healthcare providers: a pre‐/post‐assessment in Mangochi District, Malawi
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DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25292
Abstract: Although knowledge of HIV positivity is a necessary step towards engagement in HIV care, more than one quarter of HIV‐positive Malawians remain unaware of their HIV status. Testing the sexual partners, guardians and children of… read more here.
Keywords: index; hiv; index case; skills building ... See more keywords
Clinical features and disease course of patients with acute ischaemic stroke just before the Italian index case: Was COVID-19 already there?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11739-021-02634-x
Abstract: Since the end of February 2020, Italy has suffered one of the most severe outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, what happened just before the Italian index case has not yet been investigated. To… read more here.
Keywords: covid; italian index; index case; clinical features ... See more keywords
Diagnostic delay as main contributing factor to a large outbreak of tuberculosis in a university.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.11.007
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiological characteristics of a large tuberculosis outbreak in the university environment and the main risk factors associated with it. METHOD A descriptive analysis of the data collected from sick individuals and… read more here.
Keywords: delay main; university; tuberculosis; index case ... See more keywords
Double dose alglucosidase-alpha doubles benefit?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2018.07.004
Abstract: We read with interst the article by Landis et al. about a 3 monthsold male with dilated cardiomyopathy due to infantile onset Pompe disease (IOPD) who profited from increased dosage of algucosidase-alpha (40mg/kg/d twice a… read more here.
Keywords: index; dose alglucosidase; case; double dose ... See more keywords
30 year experience of index case identification and outcomes of cascade testing in high-risk breast and colorectal cancer predisposition genes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41431-021-01011-8
Abstract: It is 30 years since the first diagnostic cancer predisposition gene (CPG) test in the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine (MCGM), providing opportunities for cancer prevention, early detection and targeted treatments in index cases and… read more here.
Keywords: cancer; index case; cancer predisposition; index ... See more keywords
Expanding the spectrum of KIF5A mutations—case report of a large kindred with familial ALS and overlapping syndrome
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DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2022.2164204
Abstract: Abstract Objectives This paper presents the first report of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) kindred due to the KIF5A p.Arg1007Lys, a splice-altering variant. Methods An index case was a 54-year-old male who developed progressive gait difficulty… read more here.
Keywords: index case; expanding spectrum; report; case ... See more keywords
Male caregiver barriers to HIV index-case testing of untested children.
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DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002669
Abstract: BACKGROUND Index case testing (ICT) for children-testing children of HIV-positive index adults-reveals a high prevalence of undiagnosed pediatric HIV; however, uptake of ICT is sub-optimal. METHODS During recruitment for a randomized trial (NCT03049917), data were… read more here.
Keywords: index case; male caregiver; untested children; caregiver barriers ... See more keywords
Eradicating Helicobacter pylori via 13C-urea breath screening to prevent gastric cancer in indigenous communities: a population-based study and development of a family index-case method
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DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-329871
Abstract: Objective Screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori help reduce disparities in the incidence of gastric cancer. We aimed to evaluate its acceptability and feasibility in the indigenous communities and develop a family index-case method to… read more here.
Keywords: index case; index; indigenous communities; family ... See more keywords
O07.5 The index case’s partnership status is important in predicting the likelihood of persistence of introduced XDR NG among MSM
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.144
Abstract: Background Extensively drug resistant (XDR) Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) strains have recently been isolated in the UK and Australia. We use a mathematical model to assess the importance of the index cases’ partnership status in predicting… read more here.
Keywords: introduced xdr; index; index cases; index case ... See more keywords
P161 Tuberculosis contact screening: will the 2016 guidelines lead to missed diagnoses?
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DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210983.303
Abstract: Background UK TB contact screening guidelines changed in 2016,1 requiring screening only of contacts of patients with potentially transmissible disease, specifically pulmonary or laryngeal TB. TB contacts and the index case are likely to have… read more here.
Keywords: contact screening; case; tuberculosis; index case ... See more keywords
Coevolving JAK2V617F+ relapsed AML and donor T cells with PD-1 blockade after stem cell transplantation: an index case.
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DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004335
Abstract: Relapse of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is associated with poor outcomes, as therapeutic approaches to reinstate effective graft-versus-leukemia (GvL) responses remain suboptimal. Immune escape through overexpression of PD-L1 in… read more here.
Keywords: response; cell transplantation; stem cell; index case ... See more keywords