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Female genital schistosomiasis needs more attention
Eggs of Schistosoma haematobium in the bladder. Photo Credit:Content Providers(s): CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes. There are two forms of the disease, intestinal schistosomiasis and urinary schistosomiasis, Schistosoma haematobium being the species of fluke that is responsible for the latter. Urinary Schistosomiasis Infection occurs when…
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Introducing BMC Bioinformatics’ Collection: Bioinformatics ethics and data privacy
© janews094 / stock.adobe.com The amount of biological data stored on both local storage systems and online platforms and databases is as large as ever. With the constant increase in the use of data for both digital health and research purposes, ethics and data privacy are important consideration in this increasingly digital world. Matters such…
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Introducing BMC Biomedical Engineering’s Collection: Point-of-care diagnostics
© CIPhotos / Getty Images / iStock Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics, defined as diagnostics at or near the site of patient care, has recently gained increased popularity due to its quicker turnaround and comparable accuracy to standard laboratory testing. It enables fast clinical decision-making, leading to improved clinical outcome and patient service. It can also be…
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Introducing BMC Biomedical Engineering’s Collection: Microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications
© [M] luchschenF / Stock.adobe.com Microfluidic devices allow fluids to be manipulated on a scale ranging between one micrometre and one millimetre. The application of microfluidics in the biomedical field covers many different aspects, including sensing, cell manipulation and micropumping. These devices also serve as tissue/organ culture platforms. The concept of organ-on-a-chip allows such complex…
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Introducing BMC Biomedical Engineering’s Collection: Medical wearable technologies
© Carlo / stock.adobe.com Medical wearable technologies are becoming increasingly widespread as the importance of personalized medicine and accurate monitoring is recognized. The last few years have seen unprecedented improvements in the accuracy of wearable devices. This in turn has led to increasing applications in the medical field as more and more equipment is designed…
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Schistosomiasis: A public health problem in need of a One Health reframing
One Health joint plan of action. FAO; UNEP; WHO; WOAH, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, via Wikimedia Commons An ancient, highly adaptable neglected tropical disease Electron micrograph of an adult male Schistosoma parasite worm. The bar (bottom left) represents a length of 500 μm. Credit: David Williams, Illinois State University. Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by…
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World AIDS Day 2023: Highlights from the BMC Series
© Katia / stock.adobe.com BMC Public Health – Feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered HIV self-testing and PrEP for young women in Kampala, Uganda © Tina / stock.adobe.com This pilot study in Uganda aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered HIV self-tests (HIVST) and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to young women with suboptimal PrEP…
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BMC Environmental Science is now open for submissions!
We are pleased to introduce BMC Environmental Science, an important and timely addition to the BMC Series portfolio. The BMC Series is widely recognized for its commitment to reliable open-access publishing, tailored to the specific needs of the research communities we serve. At a time of unprecedented global change and great uncertainties, scientific information is…
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Highlights of the BMC Series – October 2023
BMC Health Services Research – Understanding the difference, makes the difference: perceptions of Black and Minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring © BongkarnThanyakij / Getty Images Although mentoring only became popularized over the last two decades of the twentieth century, the history of mentoring can be traced back to Ancient Greece. The word “mentor” originates…
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AlertaChirimacha: Tracking Kissing Bugs Byte by Byte
Promotional material for the AlertaChirimacha campaign (chirimacha is the local word for triatomines), showing Facebook page (a), Flyer image (b) and post indicating that triatomines have been found locally (c). From Tamayo LD, et al, 2023 Chagas Disease and Triatomines – The Basics Chagas Disease, primarily endemic to Latin America, is caused by the parasite…