Publications by authors named "Lorena Quiroz"

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have the potential to identify infectious diseases quickly, minimize disease transmission, and could complement and improve surveillance and control of infectious and vector-borne diseases during outbreaks. The U.S.

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Previous studies measuring the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of individuals with dengue focused on treatment seeking populations. However, the vast majority of global dengue cases are unlikely to be detected by health systems. Representative measurements of HRQoL should therefore include patients with disease not likely to trigger treatment-seeking behavior.

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Article Synopsis
  • * Focus group discussions highlighted that safety concerns were prioritized by participants, and providing clear information improved their understanding and acceptance of the study procedures.
  • * Many participants preferred home settings for feeding experiments and were motivated by the potential benefits for improving knowledge about DENV transmission in their community.
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Report of clinical treatment of a patient with a triple pregnancy after ICSI, who had the abortion of the first fetus at 16 weeks of gestation and the "asynchronic delivery" of the other two, at 28 weeks. A reproductive inflammatory process previously diagnosed in the couple could have been related with the premature rupture of membranes (PROM) occurred at 15.5 weeks of pregnancy.

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