Search Results - "Si Thu, Aung"
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Community-based MDR-TB care project improves treatment initiation in patients diagnosed with MDR-TB in Myanmar
Published in PloS one (29-03-2018)“…The Union in collaboration with national TB programme (NTP) started the community-based MDR-TB care (CBMDR-TBC) project in 33 townships of upper Myanmar to…”
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Patients with MDR-TB on domiciliary care in programmatic settings in Myanmar: Effect of a support package on preventing early deaths
Published in PloS one (20-12-2017)“…The community-based MDR-TB care (CBMDR-TBC) project was implemented in 2015 by The Union in collaboration with national TB programme (NTP) in 33 townships of…”
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Contact investigation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: A mixed-methods study from myanmar
Published in Tropical medicine and infectious disease (01-03-2020)“…There is no published evidence on contact investigation among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients from Myanmar. We describe the cascade of…”
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Modified-Distribution Entropy as the Features for the Detection of Epileptic Seizures
Published in Frontiers in physiology (25-06-2020)“…Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorders, and therefore, diagnosis and treatment methods are urgently needed for these patients. Many…”
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The Development of a Multicommand Tactile Event-Related Potential-Based Brain-Computer Interface Utilizing a Low-Cost Wearable Vibrotactile Stimulator
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (01-10-2024)“…A tactile event-related potential (ERP)-based brain-computer interface (BCI) system is an alternative for enhancing the control and communication abilities of…”
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Analysis of EEG Signals Contaminated With Motion Artifacts Using Multiscale Modified-Distribution Entropy
Published in IEEE access (2021)“…The detection of motion artifacts in electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis is a high priority, especially for wearable, portable, or wireless EEG monitoring…”
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Prediction of epileptic seizures based on multivariate multiscale modified-distribution entropy
Published in PeerJ. Computer science (15-10-2021)“…Epilepsy is a common neurological disease that affects a wide range of the world population and is not limited by age. Moreover, seizures can occur anytime and…”
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Delay in treatment initiation and treatment outcomes among adult patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at Yangon Regional Tuberculosis Centre, Myanmar: A retrospective study
Published in PloS one (31-12-2018)“…Myanmar faces a health security threat, with an increasing number of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases. Long delays in the initiation of…”
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Genomic Profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains, Myanmar
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-11-2021)“…Multidrug resistance is a major threat to global elimination of tuberculosis (TB). We performed phenotypic drug-susceptibility testing and whole-genome…”
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Application of Augmented Reality Technology for Chest ECG Electrode Placement Practice
Published in Informatics (Basel) (01-01-2024)“…This study presents an augmented reality application for training chest electrocardiography electrode placement. AR applications featuring augmented object…”
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Age and sex distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and rifampicin resistance in Myanmar as detected by Xpert MTB/RIF
Published in BMC infectious diseases (09-08-2021)“…Abstract Background Detection of tuberculosis disease (TB) and timely identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) strains that are resistant to…”
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HIV testing uptake and HIV positivity among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Mandalay, Myanmar, 2014-2017
Published in PloS one (18-06-2020)“…Introduction The World Health Organization's framework for TB/HIV collaborative activities recommends provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) of…”
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Sensitivity and specificity of tuberculosis signs and symptoms screening and adjunct role of social pathology characteristics in predicting bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis in Myanmar
Published in Tropical medicine and health (07-01-2021)“…Globally, using tuberculosis signs and symptoms (TB-SS) as a screening tool has become less important due to its low sensitivity and specificity. We analyzed…”
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Acquired Resistance to Antituberculosis Drugs
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Delay in diagnosis and treatment among adult multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in Yangon Regional Tuberculosis Center, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study
Published in BMC health services research (20-11-2018)“…Delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation may allow the emergence of new cases by transmission to the community, and is one of the challenges facing…”
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The Effects of Hybrid Tele Airway Clearance in Bronchiectasis Patients: A Case Series
Published in Reports (MDPI) (01-09-2024)“…This study aims to evaluate the preliminary effects of a hybrid tele-supervised airway clearance protocol on secretion clearance, health-related quality of…”
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A Forecasting Prognosis of the Monkeypox Outbreak Based on a Comprehensive Statistical and Regression Analysis
Published in Computation (01-10-2022)“…The uncommon illness known as monkeypox is brought on by the monkeypox virus. The Orthopoxvirus genus belongs to the family Poxviridae, which also contains the…”
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Measuring Catastrophic Costs Due to Tuberculosis in Myanmar
Published in Tropical medicine and infectious disease (14-07-2021)“…Background: This is the first survey to use the World Health Organization (WHO) methodology to document the magnitude and main drivers of tuberculosis (TB)…”
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National scale-up of tuberculosis–human immunodeficiency virus collaborative activities in Myanmar from 2005 to 2016 and tuberculosis treatment outcomes for patients with human immunodeficiency virus-positive tuberculosis in the Mandalay Region in 2015
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (01-09-2017)“…Abstract Background HIV-associated TB is a serious public health problem in Myanmar. Study objectives were to describe national scale-up of collaborative…”
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The fourth national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Myanmar
Published in PLOS global public health (2022)“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Myanmar. The fourth National TB Prevalence Survey was conducted in 2017-2018 to…”
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