Background: HIV self-testing (HIVST) is recommended by the World Health Organization, but implementation remains limited. This cross-sectional study evaluated HIVST uptake among female entertainment workers (EWs), men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender women in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to inform national implementation.
Methods: Between December 2018 and September 2019, individuals reached through community outreach or via online advertising were offered HIVST or referrals to facility-based testing.
Background: In the prehospital acute treatment phase of severely injured patients, the stabilization of the vital parameters is paramount. The rapid and precise assessment of the injuries by the emergency physician is crucial for the initial treatment and the selection of the receiving hospital.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether the prehospital emergency medical assessment has an influence on prehospital and emergency room treatment.
Gene expression and growth rate are highly stochastic in . Some of the growth rate variations result from the deterministic and asymmetric partitioning of damage by the mother to its daughters. One daughter, denoted the old daughter, receives more damage, grows more slowly and ages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCystic fibrosis (CF) is a common multi-system genetically inherited condition, predominately found in individuals of Caucasian decent. Since the identification of the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator () gene in 1989, and the subsequent improvement in understanding of CF pathophysiology, significant increases in life-expectancy have followed. Initially this was related to improvements in the management and systems of care for treating the various affected organ systems.
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