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Pharmacovigilance in the Caribbean Countries: an Overview
Purpose of overviewThe constant surge in accessing essential medicines creates a greater need for continuous monitoring of usage. The inability to...
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Natural vertical transmission of dengue virus in Latin America and the Caribbean: highlighting its detection limitations and potential significance
Dengue continues to be a major public health concern in Latin America and the Caribbean with many countries in the region having experienced drastic...
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Testicular cancer mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean: trend analysis from 1997 to 2019
BackgroundIn the last decades, an increasing incidence of testicular cancer has been observed in several countries worldwide. Although mortality...
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Origins and Contemporary Epidemiology of Rabies in the Insular Caribbean
Today, rabies is enzootic in North, Central and South America. In contrast to the mainland, the Caribbean represents the largest region of the...
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Chagas a Neglected Tropical Disease in Rural Communities of the Colombian Caribbean, CHAGCOV Study
PurposeChagas disease (CD) a Neglected Tropical Diseases is an important public health issue in countries where is still endemic, included in the...
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Insights into the genetic landscape and presence of Cochliomyia hominivorax in the Caribbean
The New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax , is a major parasite that causes myiasis in livestock, humans, and other warm-blooded animals in the...
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Hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in the Colombian Caribbean harbor the **gmen tick virus: an emerging arbovirus of public health concern
BackgroundTicks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites involved in transmitting viruses of public health importance. The objective of this work was...
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Ancylostoma in dogs in the Caribbean: a review and study from St. Kitts, West Indies
BackgroundLittle is known about the prevalence of Ancylostoma in dogs in the Caribbean. In view of the number of owned free-roaming and feral dogs...
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Genetic diagnosis for rare diseases in the Dutch Caribbean: a qualitative study on the experiences and associated needs of parents
Research on the perspectives of patients and parents regarding genetic testing and its implications has been performed mostly in Europe, Canada, the...
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Clinical and community genetics services in the Dutch Caribbean
The Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of six islands: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Because...
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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with end-stage renal disease in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AimTo estimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis in Latin...
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A phylogeny of the genus Limia (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) suggests a single-lake radiation nested in a Caribbean-wide allopatric speciation scenario
ObjectiveThe Caribbean is an important global biodiversity hotspot. Adaptive radiations there lead to many speciation events within a limited period...
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An Exploratory Survey on the Care for Ataxic Patients in the American Continents and the Caribbean
Little is known about access of rare disease carriers to health care. To increase this knowledge, the Pan American Hereditary Ataxia Network (PAHAN)...
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Staff and participant perceptions of optimal recruitment and retention strategies for biomedical cohort studies in the Caribbean
PurposeTo identify staff and participants perspectives of best practices that facilitate achieving enrollment and retention targets in biomedical...
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Presentation, follow-up, and outcomes among African/Afro-Caribbean men on active surveillance for prostate cancer: experiences of a high-volume UK centre
BackgroundExperiences of African/Afro-Caribbean men on active surveillance (AS) for prostate cancer (PCa) in the United Kingdom (UK) are not well...
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Association between sexual behaviour and head and neck cancer in the French West Indies: a case-control study based on an Afro-Caribbean population
BackgroundWorldwide, a significant proportion of head and neck cancers is attributed to the Human papillomavirus (HPV). It is imperative that we...
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Admixture map** reveals the association between Native American ancestry at 3q13.11 and reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease in Caribbean Hispanics
BackgroundGenetic studies have primarily been conducted in European ancestry populations, identifying dozens of loci associated with late-onset...
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Principle of Hot and Cold and Its Clinical Application in Latin American and Caribbean Medicines
Historically hot and cold theories have been essential for the constitution and practice of Latin American and Caribbean traditional health systems....
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Genome characterization of zucchini yellow mosaic virus infecting cucurbits reveals the presence of a new genotype in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean region
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is a member of the genus Potyvirus that is becoming a serious pathogen of pumpkin and other cucurbits in Trinidad...
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Importation of cats and risk of parasite spread: a Caribbean perspective and case study from St Kitts
BackgroundIn more recent years, international travel with cats has increased. The distribution of cat parasites can change with this movement....
