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UnknownEpidemiological characterization of rare diseases in Brazil: A retrospective study of the Brazilian Rare Diseases Network.

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The Brazilian Policy for Comprehensive Care for People with Rare Diseases was implemented in 2014; however, national epidemiological data on rare diseases (RDs) are scarce and mainly focused on specific disorders. To address this gap, University Hospitals, Reference Services for N...
S-EPMC11523578 | biostudies-literature
UnknownAntimicrobial Resistance and Genetic Lineages of Staphylococcus aureus from Wild Rodents: First Report of mecC-Positive Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in Portugal.
The frequent carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), by wild animals along with its zoonotic potential poses a public health problem. Furthermore, the repeated detection of the mecA gene homologue, mecC, in wildlife raises the ...
S-EPMC8229929 | biostudies-literature
UnknownPrEP public policies for HIV prevention in South America: an intersectional analysis.

Background

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective biomedical prevention strategy, recommended by the World Health Organization since 2015. However, in South America, its adoption has been uneven, reflecting structural, political, and socio-cultural inequalities. This study...
S-EPMC12837304 | biostudies-literature
UnknownCasirivimab and imdevimab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial.

Background

Casirivimab and imdevimab are non-competing monoclonal antibodies that bind to two different sites on the receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, blocking viral entry into host cells. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of casirivimab and imdevimab a...
S-EPMC8830904 | biostudies-literature
UnknownVariation in wood density across South American tropical forests.
Wood density is a critical control on tree biomass, so poor understanding of its spatial variation can lead to large and systematic errors in forest biomass estimates and carbon maps. The need to understand how and why wood density varies is especially critical in tropical America where forests have...
S-EPMC11893774 | biostudies-literature
UnknownThe biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora.
We describe the geographical variation in tree species composition across Amazonian forests and show how environmental conditions are associated with species turnover. Our analyses are based on 2023 forest inventory plots (1 ha) that provide abundance data for a total of 5188 tree species. Within-pl...
S-EPMC11446918 | biostudies-literature
UnknownSpecies Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data.
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology and conservation. Presence-only SDMs such as MaxEnt frequently use natural history collections (NHCs) as occurrence data, given their huge numbers and accessibility. NHCs are often spatially biased which may generate inaccuracies in SDMs....
S-EPMC5772443 | biostudies-literature
UnknownFungal Planet description sheets: 469-557.
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S-EPMC5315290 | biostudies-literature
UnknownFunctional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests.
Plants cope with the environment by displaying large phenotypic variation. Two spectra of global plant form and function have been identified: a size spectrum from small to tall species with increasing stem tissue density, leaf size, and seed mass; a leaf economics spectrum reflecting slow to fast r...
S-EPMC11876319 | biostudies-literature
UnknownUnraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology.
In a time of rapid global change, the question of what determines patterns in species abundance distribution remains a priority for understanding the complex dynamics of ecosystems. The constrained maximization of information entropy provides a framework for the understanding of such complex systems...
S-EPMC9938116 | biostudies-literature
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