Search Results - "John, Chandy C."
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Something Big that Matters: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's Commitment to Combat Climate Change
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-11-2020)“…Climate change has had and will have profound effects on human health, including the health issues most important to the members of the American Society of…”
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Multiplexed and High-Throughput Label-Free Detection of RNA/Spike Protein/IgG/IgM Biomarkers of SARS-CoV‑2 Infection Utilizing Nanoplasmonic Biosensors
Published in Analytical chemistry (Washington) (29-06-2021)“…To tackle the COVID-19 outbreak, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there is an unmet need for highly accurate…”
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Cerebral Malaria: Mechanisms of Brain Injury and Strategies for Improved Neurocognitive Outcome
Published in Pediatric research (01-10-2010)“…Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium falciparum . With >575,000 cases annually, children in sub-Saharan…”
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Acute kidney injury is associated with impaired cognition and chronic kidney disease in a prospective cohort of children with severe malaria
Published in BMC medicine (21-05-2019)“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a recognized complication of pediatric severe malaria, but its long-term consequences are unknown. Ugandan children with cerebral…”
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The impact of delayed treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria on progression to severe malaria: A systematic review and a pooled multicentre individual-patient meta-analysis
Published in PLoS medicine (19-10-2020)“…Delay in receiving treatment for uncomplicated malaria (UM) is often reported to increase the risk of developing severe malaria (SM), but access to treatment…”
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What causes severe malaria and its complications in children? Lessons learned over the past 15 years
Published in BMC medicine (07-03-2019)“…Over the past 15 years, malaria mortality has reduced by approximately 50%. However, malaria still causes more than 400,000 deaths annually, most of which…”
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Plasmodium falciparum EPCR-binding PfEMP1 expression increases with malaria disease severity and is elevated in retinopathy negative cerebral malaria
Published in BMC medicine (13-10-2017)“…Expression of group A and the A-like subset of group B Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) is associated with severe malaria (SM)…”
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Gut Bacteroides act in a microbial consortium to cause susceptibility to severe malaria
Published in Nature communications (13-10-2023)“…Malaria is caused by Plasmodium species and remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Gut bacteria can influence the severity of…”
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Clinical Features of Critical Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children
Published in Pediatric critical care medicine (01-10-2020)“…We sought to describe the presentation, course, and outcomes of hospitalized pediatric coronavirus disease 2019 patients, with detailed description of those…”
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Acute kidney injury in Ugandan children with severe malaria is associated with long-term behavioral problems
Published in PloS one (17-12-2019)“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a risk factor for neurocognitive impairment in severe malaria (SM), but the impact of AKI on long-term behavioral outcomes…”
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Developing mentorship in a resource-limited context: a qualitative research study of the experiences and perceptions of the makerere university student and faculty mentorship programme
Published in BMC medical education (14-07-2017)“…The aim of mentorship is to build the mentees capacity, enhance their skills and improve their ability to produce desired outcomes. However, the mentoring…”
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Xanthine oxidase levels and immune dysregulation are independently associated with anemia in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Published in Scientific reports (07-09-2023)“…Severe anemia is an important contributor to mortality in children with severe malaria. Anemia in malaria is a multi-factorial complication, since…”
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Serum angiopoietin-1 and -2 levels discriminate cerebral malaria from uncomplicated malaria and predict clinical outcome in African children
Published in PloS one (20-03-2009)“…Limited tools exist to identify which individuals infected with Plasmodium falciparum are at risk of developing serious complications such as cerebral malaria…”
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Evaluation of an ultrasensitive HRP2-based rapid diagnostic test for detection of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia among children in western Kenya
Published in Malaria journal (16-11-2022)“…Accurate detection of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in children living in high transmission areas is important for malaria control and reduction programmes…”
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Intestinal Injury Biomarkers Predict Mortality in Pediatric Severe Malaria
Published in mBio (26-10-2022)“…Severe malaria (SM) increases the risk of invasive bacterial infection, and there is evidence to suggest increased gastrointestinal permeability. Studies have…”
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Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers provide evidence for kidney-brain axis involvement in cerebral malaria pathogenesis
Published in Frontiers in human neuroscience (02-05-2023)“…Cerebral malaria is one of the most severe manifestations of malaria and is a leading cause of acquired neurodisability in African children. Recent studies…”
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Blackwater fever and acute kidney injury in children hospitalized with an acute febrile illness: pathophysiology and prognostic significance
Published in BMC medicine (01-07-2022)“…Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) and blackwater fever (BWF) are related but distinct renal complications of acute febrile illness in East Africa…”
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Slow Clearance of Plasmodium falciparum in Severe Pediatric Malaria, Uganda, 2011-2013
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-07-2015)“…Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin derivatives is emerging in Asia. We examined molecular markers of resistance in 78 children in Uganda who had…”
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Towards the use of a smartphone imaging-based tool for point-of-care detection of asymptomatic low-density malaria parasitaemia
Published in Malaria journal (25-09-2021)“…Globally, there are over 200 million cases of malaria annually and over 400,000 deaths. Early and accurate detection of low-density parasitaemia and…”
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Hydroxyurea to lower transcranial Doppler velocities and prevent primary stroke: the Uganda NOHARM sickle cell anemia cohort
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