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Site-specific gene expression profiling as a novel strategy for unravelling keloid disease pathobiology
No full textOptimized grid representation of plant species richness in India—Utility of an existing national database in integrated ecological analysis
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Highly tumorigenic hepatocellular carcinoma cell line with cancer stem cell-like properties
No full textOptokinetic nystagmus reflects perceptual directions in the onset binocular rivalry in Parkinson’s disease
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At Lunch with a Killer: The Effect of Weaver Ants on Host-Parasitoid Interactions on Mango
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Analysis of spatial mobility in subjects from a Dengue endemic urban locality in Morelos State, Mexico
No full textMathematical models and field data suggest that human mobility is an important driver for Dengue virus transmission. Nonetheless little is known on this matter due the lack of instruments for precise mobility quantification and study design difficulties.We carried out a cohort-nested, case-control study with 126 individuals (42 cases, 42 intradomestic controls and 42 population controls) with the goal of describing human mobility patterns of recently Dengue virus-infected subjects, and comparing them with those of non-infected subjects living in an urban endemic locality. Mobility was quantified using a GPS-data logger registering waypoints at 60-second intervals for a minimum of 15 natural days. = 0.0282). We were able to identify extradomestic places within and out of the locality that were independently visited by apparently non-related infected subjects, consistent with houses, working and leisure places.Results of this study show that human mobility in a small urban setting exceeded that considered by local health authority’s administrative limits, and was different between recently infected and non-infected subjects living in the same household. These observations provide important insights about the role that human mobility may have in Dengue virus transmission and persistence across endemic geographic areas that need to be taken into account when planning preventive and control measures. Finally, these results are a valuable reference when setting the parameters for future mathematical modeling studies
