The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of human toxocariasis in three Andean communities from the Northeast of Lima, Peru.A total of 303 subjects including children and adults were studied and blood samples were collected to detect anti-Toxocara antibodies by ELISA-IgG test and by hematological examination; stool samples were collec
Medical students on long-term rural clinical placements and their perceptions of urban and rural internships: a qualitative study
Abstract Background There is some anecdotal evidence that anxiety about the responsibility of an intern influences rural future intentions.Additionally, research has shown that urban interns have reported that they are worried about being ‘forced’ to work in non-metropolitan hospitals in their first year after graduation.This study sought to ex
Rational design of a live-attenuated eastern equine encephalitis virus vaccine through informed mutation of virulence determinants.
Live attenuated vaccines (LAVs), if sufficiently safe, provide the most potent and durable anti-pathogen responses in vaccinees with single immunizations commonly yielding lifelong immunity.Historically, viral LAVs were derived by blind passage of virulent strains in cultured cells resulting in adaptation to culture and a loss of fitness and diseas
Low-Complexity Group Alternate Iterative List Detection for MIMO Systems
In this paper, we propose a low-complexity group alternate iterative list (GAIL) detection algorithm for MIMO systems.By saddle western blanket utilizing the recursive interference suppression and successive interference cancellation techniques, the symbol vector can be partitioned into many subgroups.Subsequently, symbols in each subgroup are dete