04/23/2019
Research Article
Joanna Davies and colleagues highlight the association between low socioeconomic status and poor end of life care as well as increased risk of hospital death. Read the Author Summary.
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04/23/2019
Research Article
Using 24 published datasets, Purvesh Khatri and colleagues compare the performance 16 gene signatures for diagnosis of patients with active tuberculosis. Part of the Special Issue on New Tools and Strategies for Tuberculosis Disagnosis, Care and Elimination.
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04/23/2019
Perspective
In a Perspective for the Special Issue on New Tools and Strategies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Care and Elimination, Gavin Churchyard and Sue Swindells discuss the importance of strategies to target latent tuberculosis infection in high risk populations and thus disrupt a reservoir for new infections in high burden countries.
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04/23/2019
Perspective
Johan Vekemans, Katherine O'Brien, and Jeremy Farrar discuss recent breakthroughs in the search for a highly effective tuberculosis vaccine in their perspective for the Special Issue on New Tools and Strategies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Care and Elimination.
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04/16/2019
Research Article
In their cohort study, David Wastlund and colleagues find that universal ultrasound scanning for breech presentation near term is associated with reduced undiagnosed breech presentation and improved pregnancy outcomes, and can be cost-effective. Read the Author Summary.
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04/11/2019
Research Article
In a discrete choice experiment, Carrie Llewellyn and co-workers investigate the preferences of men who have sex with men for provision of HIV testing. Read the Author Summary.
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04/16/2019
Research Article
Thomas Scriba for the Special Issue on New Tools and Strategies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Care, and Elimination.
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04/12/2019
Research Article
Yongge Liu and colleagues for the Tuberculosis Special Issue.
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04/12/2019
Research Article
Caroline Anne Crowther and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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04/12/2019
Research Article
Laura Magee and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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