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  1. The intention of the following study was to describe the interrelationship between villagers, domestic animals and wildlife at the Community Forestry Concession of Uaxactún, Guatemala by means of participatory...

    Authors: Samuel Alberto Mérida Ruíz, Dennis Sigfried Guerra Centeno, Edgar Leonel Bailey Leonardo, Karl Rohn, Sarah Kösters and Lothar Kreienbrock
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:207
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  2. Onchocerciasis is one of the most important public health problems over large areas of tropical Africa countries including Ethiopia. The African Program for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has been working with ...

    Authors: Fitsum Weldegebreal, Girmay Medhin, Zemichael Weldegebriel and Mengistu Legesse
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:206
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  3. Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy and it represents third most common malignancy in Karachi (after breast and oral cancer). Due to lack of well established cancer registry in our country...

    Authors: Atif Ali Hashmi, Zubaida Fida Hussain, Aneel Roy Bhagwani, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Naveen Faridi, Syed Danish Hussain and Mehmood Khan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:205
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  4. Enteric parasitic infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients has been a significant health problem in developing countries like Nepal. This study was undertaken to access the burden of enteric...

    Authors: Ananda Ghimire, Shiva Bhandari, Sarmila Tandukar, Jyoti Amatya, Dinesh Bhandari and Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:204
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  5. Globally the number of children reaching school age is estimated to be 1.2 billion children (18 % of the world’s population) and rising. This study was therefore designed to determine the school health service...

    Authors: Olugbenga Temitope Kuponiyi, Olorunfemi Emmanuel Amoran and Opeyemi Temitola Kuponiyi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:203
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  7. People concentrated in congregated systems such as prisons, are important but often neglected reservoirs for tuberculosis transmission, and threaten those in the outside community. The condition is more seriou...

    Authors: Terefe G. Fuge and Samuel Y. Ayanto
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:201
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  8. Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV; Tospovirus: Bunyaviridae) has been an economically important virus in the USA for over 30 years. However the complete sequence of only one TSWV isolate...

    Authors: Shunmugiah V. Ramesh and Hanu R. Pappu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:200
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  9. This study reports a case of Prader Willi syndrome (PWS), a genomic imprinting disease related to chromosome regions 15q11.2–q13 15, which includes hypothalamic dysfunction leading to hyperphagia, obesity, sho...

    Authors: Rosaria Di Lorenzo, Sara Sberveglieri, Donatella Marrama, Giulia Landi and Paola Ferri
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:199
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  10. After the discovery that cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) is circulating in the maternal plasma of pregnant women, non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for fetal RhD in maternal plasma in RhD negative women at risk for...

    Authors: Thessalia Papasavva, Pete Martin, Tobias J. Legler, Marios Liasides, George Anastasiou, Agathoklis Christofides, Tasos Christodoulou, Sotos Demetriou, Prokopis Kerimis, Charis Kontos, George Leontiades, Demetris Papapetrou, Telis Patroclos, Marios Phylaktou, Nikos Zottis, Eleni Karitzie…
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:198
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  11. An increasing number of reports have documented the emergence of daptomycin-nonsusceptible Enterococcus in patients during daptomycin therapy. Even though several mechanisms for daptomycin-nonsusceptibility have ...

    Authors: Takashi Matono, Kayoko Hayakawa, Risen Hirai, Akira Tanimura, Kei Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Fujiya, Momoko Mawatari, Satoshi Kutsuna, Nozomi Takeshita, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Norio Ohmagari and Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:197
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  12. Advances in long-term parenteral nutrition via indwelling central venous catheter have improved the quality of life and mortality in patients with life-threatening gastrointestinal diseases complicated with se...

    Authors: Mari Okada, Mai Sato, Masao Ogura, Koichi Kamei, Kentaro Matsuoka and Shuichi Ito
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:196
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  14. Every year approximately one out of ten Danish patients contracts a healthcare associated infection (HAI). Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus are prominent in the group of pathogenic bacteria that underlie HA...

    Authors: Heidi Storm Vikke and Matthias Giebner
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:194
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  16. Ethiopia is one of the countries that are highly affected by dual epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). HIV infection is a known risk factor for the development of active TB an...

    Authors: Daniel Tarekegne, Muhabaw Jemal, Tadesse Atanaw, Ashenafi Ebabu, Mengistu Endris, Feleke Moges, Belay Tessema and Tekalign Deressa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:192
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  17. Syzygium jambos has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases in Bangladesh. The study investigates the high performance liquid chromatography (HPL...

    Authors: Hemayet Hossain, Shaikh Emdadur Rahman, Proity Nayeeb Akbar, Tanzir Ahmed Khan, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman and Ismet Ara Jahan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:191
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  18. Brucella ovis infection is one of the leading causes of sub fertility and infertility in ovine, been characterized mainly by epididymitis, orchitis and testicular atrophy in rams. This...

    Authors: Luciana Fachini Costa, Moisés Sena Pessoa, Laís Bitencourt Guimarães, Anne Karoene Silva Faria, Rodrigo Pereira Morão, Juliana Pinto da Silva Mol, Luize Néli Nunes Garcia, Anna Christina Almeida, Aurora Maria Guimarães Gouveia, Marcos Xavier Silva, Tatiane Alves Paixão and Renato Lima Santos
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:190
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  19. Self-injection of elemental mercury is a rare finding especially in healthy people who are mentally sound. Early detection and removal of mercury from the body by chelation and physical removal of a stored inj...

    Authors: Singankutti Mudalige Thanuja Nilushi Priyangika, W. G. S. G. Karunarathna, Isurujith Liyanage, Methsala Gunawardana, Buddini Dissanayake, Sumeda Udumalgala, Chamith Rosa, Thilina Samarasinghe, Pravin Wijesinghe and Aruna Kulatunga
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:189
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  20. Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a tumor formed by angioproliferations driven by Human herpes virus 8 also known as Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV). It is best known as an acquired immune deficiency sy...

    Authors: Bert Heyrman, Ann De Becker and Rik Schots
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:188
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  21. Low-dose spironolactone has been proven to be effective for resistant hypertension in the general population, but this has yet to be confirmed in type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients. We assessed the efficacy of a ...

    Authors: Romance Nguetse Djoumessi, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Francois Folefack Kaze, Mickael Essouma, Alain Patrick Menanga, Andre Pascal Kengne, Jean Claude Mbanya and Eugene Sobngwi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:187
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  22. An absent word with respect to a sequence is a word that does not occur in the sequence as a factor; an absent word is minimal if all its factors on the other hand occur in that sequence. In this paper we expl...

    Authors: Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Ali Alatabbi, Tanver Athar, Maxime Crochemore and M. Sohel Rahman
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:186
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  23. Heterotopic pancreas is a rare congenital condition characterised by pancreatic tissue lacking vascular or anatomic communication with the normal pancreas. Most cases of ectopic pancreas are asymptomatic. The ...

    Authors: Duminda Subasinghe, Sivasuriya Sivaganesh, Niranthi Perera and Dharmabandhu N. Samarasekera
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:185
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  24. Forty three microsatellite markers were developed for further genetic characterisation of a forage and biomass grass crop, for which genomic resources are currently scarce. The microsatellite markers were deve...

    Authors: Susanne Barth, Marta Jolanta Jankowska, Trevor Roland Hodkinson, Tia Vellani and Manfred Klaas
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:184
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  25. The objective of this study was to assess the association of the constructs of theory of planned behaviour (behavioural beliefs, normative beliefs, control beliefs) and demographic variables with the intention...

    Authors: Muhammad Umair Khan, Akram Ahmad, Muhammad Fayyaz, Nida Ashraf and Akshaya Bhagavathula
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:183
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  26. Nodding syndrome (NS) is an epilepsy disorder occurring in children in South Sudan, northern Uganda and Tanzania. The etiology of NS is unknown, but epidemiological studies demonstrate an association between N...

    Authors: Robert Colebunders, Adam Hendy, John L. Mokili, Joseph Francis Wamala, Joice Kaducu, Lucia Kur, Floribert Tepage, Michel Mandro, Gisele Mucinya, Germain Mambandu, Michel Yendema Komba, Jean Louis Lumaliza, Marieke van Oijen and Anne Laudisoit
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:182
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  27. Corynebacterium ulcerans is a pathogen causing diphtheria-like illness to humans. In contrast to diphtheria by Corynebacterium diphtheriae circulating mostly among humans, C. ulcerans ...

    Authors: Chihiro Katsukawa, Kaoru Umeda, Ikuko Inamori, Yuka Kosono, Tomokazu Tanigawa, Takako Komiya, Masaaki Iwaki, Akihiko Yamamoto and Susumu Nakatsu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:181
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  29. Skin and soft tissue infections are common among military conscripts undergoing close-contact training activities. On June 4, 2014, an outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus skin infection was reported among military ...

    Authors: Thirapa Nivesvivat, Dusit Janthayanont, Mathirut Mungthin, Julphat Intarasuphit, Siriwan Paojinda, Kanya Phanitorn, Paijit Permpool, Saowapap Kasinant, Onuma Pengpinij, Parichart Yingprasert, Wanida Thaochelee and Ram Rangsin
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:179
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  30. Violence against women is a global public health problem occurring in multitude of contexts and domestic violence is considered to be the most pervasive one. Poor enforcement of policies, limitation of researc...

    Authors: Diksha Sapkota, Sailesh Bhattarai, Dharanidhar Baral and Paras K. Pokharel
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:178
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  31. Patient safety is being seen as an increasingly important topic in the healthcare fields, and the rise in numbers of patient safety incidents poses a challenge for hospital management. In order to deal with th...

    Authors: Indre Brasaite, Marja Kaunonen, Arvydas Martinkenas and Tarja Suominen
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:177
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  35. Lung cancers with anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements are highly sensitive to anaplastic lymphoma kinase tyrosine kinase inhibition, underscoring the notion that such cancers are addicted to anaplastic l...

    Authors: Hisashi Tanaka, Kageaki Taima, Takeshi Morimoto, Kunihiko Nakamura, Yoshihito Tanaka, Masamichi Itoga, Shingo Takanashi and Ken Okumura
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:173
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  36. Little information is available regarding the association between vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (VIN3) and Behçet’s disease (BD). We report here concomitant VIN3 and genital ulcers in a patient with...

    Authors: Daphné Germann, Rosa Catarino, Essia Saiji, Thomas Daikeler, Patrick Petignat and Pierre Vassilakos
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:172
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  37. Desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) is a rare variant that accounts for approximately 4–13 % of ameloblastoma, displaying significant differences in anatomical site, imaging, and histologic appearance. It has been...

    Authors: Narayan Sharma Lamichhane, Qilin Liu, Hongchen Sun and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:171
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  38. A cohort study was planned to evaluate vaccine immunogenicity and effect of malaria and helminth co-infections on the bivalent Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. The study would involve self collected introi...

    Authors: Miriam Nakalembe, Twaha Mutyaba and Florence Mirembe
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:170
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  41. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) are becoming one of the most frequently used substances in self poisoning. Significant morbidity and mortality associated with TCA overdose are often related to and refractory h...

    Authors: Dayakshi D. K. Abeyaratne, Chathuri Liyanapathirana, Anushka Gamage, Piyumanthi Karunarathne, Medhini Botheju and Jegarajah Indrakumar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:167
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  42. The current generation of older adults reports a higher lifetime prevalence of prescription, over-the-counter, and recreational drug use. The purpose of this analysis is to characterize the drug usage and dete...

    Authors: Toni M. Rudisill, Motao Zhu, Danielle Davidov, D. Leann Long, Usha Sambamoorthi, Marie Abate and Vincent Delagarza
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:166
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  43. To report an uncommon case of hand, foot and mouth disease, (HFMD) in an immunocompetent adult; a highly infectious disease, characterized by the appearance of vesicles on the mouth, hands and feet, associated...

    Authors: Carlos Omaña-Cepeda, Andrea Martínez-Valverde, María del Mar Sabater- Recolons, Enric Jané-Salas, Antonio Marí-Roig and José López-López
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:165
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  47. Advanced biliary tract carcinomas are associated with a poor prognosis, and palliative chemotherapy has only modest benefit. This multi-centre phase II study was conducted to determine the efficacy of capecita...

    Authors: J. S. Graham, K. Boyd, F. Y. Coxon, L. R. Wall, M. M. Eatock, T. S. Maughan, M. Highley, E. Soulis, S. Harden, P. Bützberger-Zimmerli and T. R. J. Evans
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:161
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  48. Brain edema is a significant challenge facing clinicians managing severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the acute period. If edema reaches a critical point, it leads to runaway intracranial hypertension that,...

    Authors: John D. Finan, Frances S. Cho, Steven G. Kernie and Barclay Morrison III
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:160
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic variants associated with complex traits and diseases. However, most of them are located in the non-protein coding regions, and theref...

    Authors: Zheng Xu, Guosheng Zhang, Qing Duan, Shengjie Chai, Baqun Zhang, Cong Wu, Fulai Jin, Feng Yue, Yun Li and Ming Hu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:159
    Content type: Technical Note Published on:

  50. The hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the progressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, have increased risk of...

    Authors: Susan Polanco-Briceno, Daniel Glass, Mark Stuntz and Alexis Caze
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2016 9:157
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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