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JMIR Form Res
January 2025
Private Practice, Ballito, South Africa.
Background: Barriers to mental health assessment and intervention have been well documented within South Africa, in both urban and rural settings. Internationally, evidence has emerged for the effectiveness of technology and, specifically, app-based mental health tools and interventions to help overcome some of these barriers. However, research on digital interventions specific to the South African context and mental health is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Assisted partner services (APSs; sometimes called index testing) are now being brought to scale as a high-yield HIV testing strategy in many nations. However, the success of APSs is often hampered by low levels of partner elicitation. The Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (CASI)-Plus study sought to develop and test a mobile health (mHealth) tool to increase the elicitation of sexual and needle-sharing partners among persons with newly diagnosed HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOcul Immunol Inflamm
January 2025
Universiti Malaya Eye Research Centre (UMERC), Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Purpose: To shed light on one of the ocular adverse effects related to pembrolizumab.
Method: Case report and literature review.
Result: A 53-year-old gentleman with underlying Stage III B renal cell carcinoma with lung metastasis and gout presented in June 2021 with bilateral red eyes following Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination.
Am J Public Health
January 2025
Melanie S. Askari is with the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New York City Health Department, Long Island City, NY. Robert J. Arciuolo, Olivia Matalka, Krishika A. Graham, Beth M. Isaac, Ramona Lall, Antonine Jean, and Jennifer B. Rosen are with the New York City Health Department, Bureau of Immunization, Long Island City.
To determine utility of syndromic surveillance in improving varicella case detection during an outbreak among recent immigrants to New York City (NYC). During March through August 2023, the NYC Health Department received varicella reports from routine sources and syndromic surveillance from emergency department visits with varicella as a chief complaint or discharge diagnosis. Reports were reviewed to determine if individuals met criteria for confirmed or probable varicella cases and if cases were outbreak-associated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJCO Glob Oncol
January 2025
Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Purpose: Asparaginase (ASN) is a critical component of pediatric ALL protocols. Until recently, ASN was available in three formulations: native Escherichia coli, PEGylated E. coli (PEG), and Erwinase, with native E.
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