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Despite high self-reported confidence, an exploratory study of 21 healthcare workers in seven Zambian hospitals reveals critical gaps in snakebite management preparedness, characterized by a lack of formal training, poor awareness of national guidelines, and low utilization of treatment protocols.
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View all from today →Transmission dynamics of Nipah virus in Bangladesh and India, 2001-2026: systematic review and inference on reproduction number, offspring dispersion, and serial interval
This systematic review and Bayesian analysis of 67 Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh and India from 2001 to 2026 reveals that transmission is self-limiting with a median reproduction number below 1 but highly overdispersed, indicating that a small fraction of cases drive most onward spread and supporting targeted containment strategies like contact tracing and quarantine.
Assessing electronic health record potential for adaptive learning in multimorbidity care in Sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed-methods study of Zimbabwe's Impilo system
This mixed-methods study of Zimbabwe's Impilo EHR system reveals that while frontline health workers generate adaptive learning for multimorbidity care through a hybrid of digital and paper-based tools, the lack of socio-technical arrangements to stabilize and institutionalize this learning prevents the system from evolving into a true Learning Health System capable of driving broader care adaptation.
Neurodevelopment of Corticostriatal Circuits and Risk for Alcohol Use During the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood
This longitudinal neuroimaging study reveals that the maturation of corticostriatal circuits follows distinct trajectories where peak adolescent connectivity in the ventral striatum predicts alcohol initiation, while a failure of the dorsal striatum to show normative connectivity decreases is associated with escalated alcohol use in adulthood.
Identifying and Characterising Common Genetic Differences in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
By applying Case-Case GWAS to over 100,000 cases, this study identified 19 genome-wide significant loci with divergent genetic effects that differentiate schizophrenia from bipolar disorder, revealing distinct neurodevelopmental pathways and biological mechanisms despite their substantial shared genetic liability.
Deep axonal proteomics of human iPSC-derived neurons by microfluidic separation and DIA-MS
This study establishes the deepest human axonal proteome to date by combining microfluidic separation with DIA-MS on an Orbitrap Astral mass spectrometer to profile compartment-resolved proteomes in iPSC-derived neurons, revealing distinct axonal signatures and providing a quantitative reference for understanding neurodegenerative disease mechanisms.
Citrulline and Faecal Elastase 1 as a Combined Diagnostic Biomarker for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
This study demonstrates that combining plasma citrulline levels with faecal elastase-1 testing significantly improves the diagnostic accuracy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in symptomatic patients, achieving a combined AUC of 0.96 compared to 0.67 for faecal elastase-1 alone.
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