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Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in elimination settings—can they find the last parasite? by McMorrow, M.L., Aidoo, M., Kachur, S.P.

“…Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria have improved the availability of parasite-based diagnosis throughout the malaria-endemic world. Accurate malaria…”
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Novel millimeter‐wave vertical transition between rectangular waveguide and balanced transmission line using embedded magnetic closed loops by Zhou, Yedi, Song, Kaijun, Wilson, Aidoo M., Fan, Yong

“…A novel transition between rectangular waveguide (RWG) and balanced transmission line with magnetic closed loops has been developed. A conventional RWG…”
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Connecting thiamine availability to the microbial community composition in Chinook salmon spawning habitats of the Sacramento River basin by Suffridge, Christopher P, Shannon, Kelly C, Matthews, H, Johnson, R C, Jeffres, C, Mantua, N, Ward, A E, Holmes, E, Kindopp, J, Aidoo, M, Colwell, F S

“…Thiamine deficiency complex (TDC) is a major emerging threat to global populations of culturally and economically important populations of salmonids. Salmonid…”
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The explanatory models of mental health amongst low-income women and health care practitioners in Lusaka, Zambia by Aidoo, Magna, Harpham, Trudy

“…There is currently much debate about the cultural construction and specificity of mental health. It is thus not surprising that explanatory models, which look…”
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Viral, HLA and T cell elements in cross-reactive immune responses to HIV-1 subtype A, CRF01_AE and CRF02_AG vaccine sequence in Ivorian blood donors by Aidoo, M, Sawadogo, S, Bile, E.C, Yang, C, Nkengasong, J.N, McNicholl, J.M

“…Abstract Comprehensive understanding of the determinants of cross-subtype immune responses in HIV infection is critical to developing efficacious HIV vaccines…”
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Identification of conserved antigenic components for a cytotoxic T lymphocyte-inducing vaccine against malaria by Aidoo, M, Lalvani, A, Allsopp, C E, Plebanski, M, Meisner, S J, Krausa, P, Browning, M, Morris-Jones, S, Gotch, F, Fidock, D A

“…Several cellular and humoral mechanisms probably play a role in natural immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but the development of an effective vaccine…”
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Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in elimination settings—can they find the last parasite? : Control of Malaria by MCMORROW, M. L, AIDOO, M

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Protective effects of the sickle cell gene against malaria morbidity and mortality by Aidoo, Michael, Terlouw, Dianne J, Kolczak, Margarette S, McElroy, Peter D, ter Kuile, Feiko O, Kariuki, Simon, Nahlen, Bernard L, Lal, Altaf A, Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam

“…The high frequency of the sickle-cell haemoglobin (HbS) gene in malaria endemic regions is believed to be due to a heterozygote (HbASp) advantage against fatal…”
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Comparative analysis of HIV-1 and HIV-2 indeterminate western blot patterns by Ayisi, N K, Aidoo, M

“…A comparison of HIV-1 and HIV-2 indeterminate Western blot patterns of Ghanaian sera collected between 1989 and 1990 was made. Antibodies to group specific…”
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Measuring mental health in a cost-effective manner by Harpham, Trudy, Reichenheim, Michael, Oser, Rebecca, Thomas, Elizabeth, Hamid, Narmeen, Jaswal, Surinder, Ludermir, Ana, Aidoo, Magna

“…Mental health has been found to contribute significantly to the global burden of disease. This has raised the profile of mental health in developing countries…”
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Interactions between Plasmodium falciparum and HLA molecules by Hill, A V, Aidoo, M, Allsopp, C E, Davenport, M, Yates, S N

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Some of the types of breast diseases at Korle Bu Hospital during the period 1968--71 with emphasis on breast cancer--a preliminary study by Aidoo, M

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Field Studies of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Malaria Infections: Implications for Malaria Vaccine Development by Aidoo, Michael, Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam

“…The search for a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-inducing malaria vaccine has moved forward from epitope identification to planning stages of safety and…”
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Association of Malaria Parasite Population Structure, HLA, and Immunological Antagonism by Gilbert, Sarah C., Plebanski, Magdalena, Gupota, Sunetra, Morris, Joanne, Cox, Martin, Aidoo, Michael, Kwiatkowski, Dominic, Greenwood, Brian M., Whittle, Hilton C., Adrian V. S. Hill

“…Host-parasite coevolution has been likened to a molecular arms race, with particular parasite genes evolving to evade specific host defenses. Study of the…”
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HIV-1 DNA/MVA vaccination reduces the per exposure probability of infection during repeated mucosal SHIV challenges by Ellenberger, Dennis, Otten, Ronald A., Li, Bin, Aidoo, Michael, Rodriguez, I. Vanessa, Sariol, Carlos A., Martinez, Melween, Monsour, Michael, Wyatt, Linda, Hudgens, Michael G., Kraiselburd, Edmundo, Moss, Bernard, Robinson, Harriet, Folks, Thomas, Butera, Salvatore

“…Historically, HIV vaccines specifically designed to raise cellular immunity resulted in protection from disease progression but not infection when tested in…”
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Differential reactivities of antibodies to HIV and HTLV-I in sera of suspected AIDS and ARC patients by Aidoo, M, Nishiwaki, O, Akari, H, Brandful, J A, Ampofo, W, Hayami, M, Ayisi, N K

“…Sera collection from 255 clinically diagnosed AIDS and ARC patients were analyzed for antibodies to HIV and HTLV-I by Western blot and particle agglutination…”
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Tumor necrosis factor-α promoter variant 2 (TNF2) is associated with pre-term delivery, infant mortality, and malaria morbidity in western Kenya: Asembo Bay Cohort Project IX by Aidoo, Michael, McElroy, Peter D., Kolczak, Margarette S., Terlouw, Dianne J., ter Kuile, Feiko O., Nahlen, Bernard, Lal, Altaf A., Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam

“…A polymorphism in the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) gene, with a guanine to adenine nucleotide change at position –308, TNF2 is…”
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Central African hunters exposed to simian immunodeficiency virus by Kalish, Marcia L, Wolfe, Nathan D, Ndongmo, Clement B, McNicholl, Janet, Robbins, Kenneth E, Aidoo, Michael, Fonjungo, Peter N, Alemnji, George, Zeh, Clement, Djoko, Cyrille F, Mpoudi-Ngole, Eitel, Burke, Donald S, Folks, Thomas M

“…HIV-seronegative Cameroonians with exposure to nonhuman primates were tested for simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. Seroreactivity was correlated…”
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Bacterial etiology of serious infections in young infants in developing countries: results of a multicenter study

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Molecular analysis of the association of HLA-B53 and resistance to severe malaria by Hill, Adrian V. S, Elvin, John, Willis, Anthony C, Aidoo, Michael, Allsopp, Catherine E. M, Gotch, Frances M, Ming Gao, X, Takiguchis, Masafumi, Greenwood, Brian M, Townsend, Alain R. M, McMichael, Andrew J, Whittle, Hilton C

“…The protective association between the human leukocyte antigen HLA-B53 and severe malaria was investigated by sequencing of peptides eluted from this molecule…”
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