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Open AccessIdentification of differentially recognized T cell epitopes in the spectrum of tuberculosis infection
There is still incomplete knowledge of which Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens can trigger distinct T cell responses at different stages of infection. Here, a proteome-wide screen of 20,610 Mtb-derived pe...
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Open AccessSupervised smoking facility access, harm reduction practices, and substance use changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community-engaged cross-sectional study
The potential public health benefits of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) are considerable, and yet implementation of SSFs in North America has been slow. We conducted this study to respond to significant k...
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Open AccessCommunity-Engaged Research Ethics Training (CERET): develo** accessible and relevant research ethics training for community-based participatory research with people with lived and living experience using illicit drugs and harm reduction workers
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) can directly involve non-academic community members in the research process. Existing resources for research ethics training can be inaccessible to team members wi...
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Open AccessA Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific subunit vaccine that provides synergistic immunity upon co-administration with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
Given the encouraging clinical results of both candidate subunit vaccines and revaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) against tuberculosis (TB), there is support for combining BCG and subunit vaccina...
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Community-Based Participatory Approaches to Knowledge Translation: HIV Prevention Case Study of the Investigaytors Program
Approaches to knowledge translation (KT) that engage community stakeholders in the research cycle have been identified as particularly promising for addressing the “know-do” gap. Using the case study of a long...
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Maritime Transport and the Threat of Bio Invasion and the Spread of Infectious Disease
We overview the threat that ship** poses for the invasive spread of non-indigenous species and spread of infectious disease, focusing in particular on invasions of the aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus mosq...
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Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Services Among Canadian Sexual and Gender Minorities with Depression and at Risk of Suicide
This study examines barriers to mental health services among sexual and gender minorities (SGM) who screened positive for depression and risk of suicide. Data from an online survey of SGM (N = 2778) are analyz...
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Awareness of, interest in, and willingness to pay for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Canadian gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective, HIV prevention strategy increasingly being accessed by gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). GBMSM face structural and individual-le...
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Open Access“We have been forced to move away from home”: print news coverage of Canadians studying abroad at Caribbean offshore medical schools
Canadian international medical graduates are Canadian-citizens who have graduated from a medical school outside of Canada or the United States. A growing number of Canadians enroll in medical school abroad, in...
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Open Access“Location is surprisingly a lot more important than you think”: a critical thematic analysis of push and pull factor messaging used on Caribbean offshore medical school websites
Offshore medical schools are for-profit, private enterprises located in the Caribbean that provide undergraduate medical education to students who must leave the region for postgraduate training and also typic...
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Open AccessInbound medical tourism to Barbados: a qualitative examination of local lawyers’ prospective legal and regulatory concerns
Enabled by globalizing processes such as trade liberalization, medical tourism is a practice that involves patients’ intentional travel to privately obtain medical care in another country. Empirical legal rese...
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A Critical Review of Matthew Clayton: Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing
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Pesticides and their Metabolites in the Homes and Urine of Farmworker Children Living in the Salinas Valley, CA
In support of planning efforts for the National Children's Study, we conducted a study to test field methods for characterizing pesticide exposures to 20 farmworker children aged 5–27 months old living in the ...
