Implementation of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Caribbean: Lessons learned for sustainability in resource-limited settings. by Nikita S D Sahadeo, Soren Nicholls, Filipe R R Moreira, Áine O'Toole, Vernie Ramkissoon, Charles Whittaker, Verity Hill, John T McCrone, Nicholas Mohammed, Anushka Ramjag, Arianne Brown Jordan, Sarah C Hill, Risha Singh, Sue-Min Nathaniel-Girdharrie, Avery Hinds, Nuala Ramkissoon, Kris V Parag, Naresh Nandram, Roshan Parasram, Zobida Khan-Mohammed, Lisa Edghill, Lisa Indar, Aisha Andrewin, Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, Pearl McMillan, Ayoola Oyinloye, Kenneth George, Irad Potter, John Lee, David Johnson, Shawn Charles, Narine Singh, Jacquiline Bisesor-McKenzie, Hazel Laws, Sharon Belmar-George, Simone Keizer-Beache, Sharra Greenaway-Duberry, Nadia Ashwood, Jerome E Foster, Karla Georges, Rahul Naidu, Marsha Ivey, Stanley Giddings, Rajini Haraksingh, Adesh Ramsubhag, Jayaraj Jayaraman, Chinnaraja Chinnadurai, Christopher Oura, Oliver G Pybus, Joy St John, Gabriel Gonzalez-Escobar, Nuno R Faria, Christine V F Carrington

“…To overcome this constraint, the COVID-19: Infectious disease Molecular epidemiology for PAthogen Control & Tracking (COVID-19 IMPACT) project was implemented to establish rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole genome nanopore sequencing at The University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) and provide needed SARS-CoV-2 sequencing services for T&T and other Caribbean Public Health Agency Member States (CMS). …”
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Chikungunya: a decade of burden in the Americas by William M. de Souza, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Shirlene T.S. de Lima, Ronaldo de Jesus, Filipe R.R. Moreira, Charles Whittaker, Maria Anice M. Sallum, Christine V.F. Carrington, Ester C. Sabino, Uriel Kitron, Nuno R. Faria, Scott C. Weaver

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Indoor Microclimate and Microbiological Risks in Heritage Buildings: A Case Study of the Neologic Sinagogue, Oradea, Romania by Dorina Camelia Ilieș, Lucian Blaga, Thowayeb H. Hassan, Alexandru Ilieș, Tudor Caciora, Vasile Grama, Grigore Vasile Herman, Paula Dejeu, Mihaela Zdringa, Tracy Marshall, Ana Cornelia Pereș, Janzakov Bekzot

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Identification of an Antimicrobial Peptide from the Venom of the Trinidad Thick-Tailed Scorpion <i>Tityus trinitatis</i> with Potent Activity against ESKAPE Pathogens and <i>Clostr... by Milena Mechkarska, Taylor S. Cunning, Megan G. Taggart, Nigel G. Ternan, Jérôme Leprince, Laurent Coquet, Thierry Jouenne, Jordi Tena-Garcés, Juan J. Calvete, J. Michael Conlon

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Implementation of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Caribbean: Lessons learned for sustainability in resource-limited settings by Nikita S. D. Sahadeo, Soren Nicholls, Filipe R. R. Moreira, Áine O’Toole, Vernie Ramkissoon, Charles Whittaker, Verity Hill, John T. McCrone, Nicholas Mohammed, Anushka Ramjag, Arianne Brown Jordan, Sarah C. Hill, Risha Singh, Sue-Min Nathaniel-Girdharrie, Avery Hinds, Nuala Ramkissoon, Kris V. Parag, Naresh Nandram, Roshan Parasram, Zobida Khan-Mohammed, Lisa Edghill, Lisa Indar, Aisha Andrewin, Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, Pearl McMillan, Ayoola Oyinloye, Kenneth George, Irad Potter, John Lee, David Johnson, Shawn Charles, Narine Singh, Jacquiline Bisesor-McKenzie, Hazel Laws, Sharon Belmar-George, Simone Keizer-Beache, Sharra Greenaway-Duberry, Nadia Ashwood, Jerome E. Foster, Karla Georges, Rahul Naidu, Marsha Ivey, Stanley Giddings, Rajini Haraksingh, Adesh Ramsubhag, Jayaraj Jayaraman, Chinnaraja Chinnadurai, Christopher Oura, Oliver G. Pybus, Joy St. John, Gabriel Gonzalez-Escobar, Nuno R. Faria, Christine V. F. Carrington

“…To overcome this constraint, the COVID-19: Infectious disease Molecular epidemiology for PAthogen Control & Tracking (COVID-19 IMPACT) project was implemented to establish rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole genome nanopore sequencing at The University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) and provide needed SARS-CoV-2 sequencing services for T&T and other Caribbean Public Health Agency Member States (CMS). …”
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How far is the Global Education Reform Model globally effective ? A comparison of the relationships between student attainment and school accountability, autonomy and institutiona... by Gill, C

“…The present study aimed to address some of the limitations of previous research by making transnational comparisons of the effectiveness of GERM using a balanced sample of non-OECD countries from the 2015 PISA cycle, which were drawn equally from four global regions and from different levels of development, and all of which had implemented GERM related reforms; within this sample the effectiveness of GERM was also investigated at an individual country level in Trinidad & Tobago, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Indonesia. …”

Mortalidade e anos de vida ajustados por incapacidade de motociclistas na América Latina e Caribe na primeira década de segurança viária by Marizângela Lissandra de Oliveira Santiago, Renata Adele de Lima Nunes, Fernando Virgílio Albuquerque de Oliveira, Mabell Kallyne Melo Beserra, Francisco Thiago Carneiro Sena, Loyane Ellen Silva Gomes, Douglas de Araújo Costa, Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena

“…Durante a década analisada, a sub-região da América Latina Tropical (Brasil e Paraguai) apresentou as maiores taxas de mortalidade e DALY na população em estudo, porém foi a única com redução significativa das mesmas; a sub-região do Caribe (Bermudas, Dominica, Suriname, Guiana, Belize, Bahamas, Porto Rico, Santa Lúcia, República Dominicana, Haiti, São Cristóvão e Névis, Ilhas Virgens/EUA, Granada, Trinidad e Tobago, Barbados, São Vicente e Granadinas, Antígua e Barbuda, Cuba e Jamaica) apresentou aumento significativo de ambas as taxas, enquanto América Latina Andina (Equador, Bolívia e Peru) e América Latina Central (Colômbia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Nicarágua, Panamá, Honduras e Venezuela) permaneceram estáveis. …”
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Successful Outcome after Treatment with Cidofovir, Vaccinia, and Extended Course of Tecovirimat in a Newly-Diagnosed HIV Patient with Severe Mpox: A Case Report by Andres E. Martinez, Paola Frattaroli, Christine A. Vu, Lizy Paniagua, Joel Mintz, Andres Bravo-Gonzalez, Paola Zamudio, Astrid Barco, Aruna Rampersad, Paola Lichtenberger, Jose A. Gonzales-Zamora

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Cognitive Dysfunction among U.S. High School Students and Its Association with Time Spent on Digital Devices: A Population-Based Study by Saral Desai, Travis Satnarine, Puneet Singla, Ayushi Mistry, Salika Gadiwala, Sejal Patel, Bibhuti Das, Prerna Sharma, Muna Telsem, Robert Stuart, Meher Chahal, Abdul Akim Bakarr, Ya-Ching Hsieh, Rana Prathap Mercy Pathrose, Urvish Patel, Tapan Parikh, Saurabhkumar Patel

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A Clinical Update on the Prognostic Effect of microRNA Biomarkers for Survival Outcome in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Peter Shaw, Raghul Senthilnathan, Sunil Krishnan, Deepa Suresh, Sameep Shetty, Gothandam Kodiveri Muthukaliannan, Ravishankar Ram Mani, Palanisamy Sivanandy, Harish Chinna Konda Chandramoorthy, Madan Mohan Gupta, Siddhartha Baxi, Rama Jayaraj

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University consortium to address public health priorities and research capacity building in the Caribbean by Allison Li, John F. Lindo, Hilary Beckles, James L. Mohler, Marvin Reid, Michael Boyne, Jack DeHovitz, Patricia I. Diaz, Paul Brown, Joshua Anzinger, Christine Carrington, Kathryn B. Anderson, Alan Landay, Michael Cummings, Elizabeth Chernyak, Gina Prescott, Raymond Cha, Saravanan Thangamani, Ernest Barthelemy, Steven Dubovsky, Ative Ennis, Tracy Evans-Gilbert, Gene D. Morse

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Temporal trends in the prevalence and death of ischemic heart disease in women of childbearing age from 1990 to 2019: a multilevel analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease St... by Ben Hu, Ben Hu, Yan Wang, Dong Chen, Jun Feng, Yinguang Fan, Linlin Hou, Linlin Hou

“…At the national level, Trinidad and Tobago exhibited the highest ASPR (730.15 per 100,000 individuals; 95% UI, 633.96–840.13), and the Solomon Islands had the highest ASDR (77.77 per 100,000 individuals; 95% UI, 47.80–121.19). …”
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Jingmen Tick Virus in Ticks from Kenya by Edwin O. Ogola, Anne Kopp, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Inga Slothouwer, Marco Marklewitz, Dorcus Omoga, Gilbert Rotich, Caroline Getugi, Rosemary Sang, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, David P. Tchouassi

“…Since then, the geographic range has expanded to include Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, and Uganda. However, the ecology of JMTV remains poorly described in Africa. …”
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Mapping Research on miRNAs in Cancer: A Global Data Analysis and Bibliometric Profiling Analysis by Peter Shaw, Kartik Lokhotiya, Chellan Kumarasamy, Krishnan Sunil, Deepa Suresh, Sameep Shetty, Gothandam Kodiveri Muthukaliannan, Siddhartha Baxi, Ravishankar Ram Mani, Palanisamy Sivanandy, Harish C. Chandramoorthy, Madan Mohan Gupta, Suja Samiappan, Rama Jayaraj

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Factors Affecting School Performance in the Adolescents of USA- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System by M. Chahal, M. Telsem, B. Das, S. Patel, S. Gadiwala, R. Stuart, A. Mistry, T. Satnarine, P. Singla, A. Bakarr, P. Sharma, Y.-C. Hsieh, K. Aedma, S. Patel, R. Pathrose

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Trends in food supply, diet, and the risk of non-communicable diseases in three Small Island Developing States: implications for policy and research by Cassandra Halliday, Karyn Morrissey, Arlette Saint Ville, Cornelia Guell, Eden Augustus, Leonor Guariguata, Viliamu Iese, Viliamu Iese, Gordon Hickey, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, Emily Haynes, Roberts Pierre Tescar, Predner Duvivier, Nigel Unwin, Nigel Unwin

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The Effect of Statins on Clinical Outcome Among Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Multi-Centric Cohort Study by Srikanth Umakanthan, Sanjum Senthil, Sanjum Senthil, Stanley John, Stanley John, Mahesh K. Madhavan, Mahesh K. Madhavan, Jessica Das, Sonal Patil, Raghunath Rameshwaram, Raghunath Rameshwaram, Ananya Cintham, Ananya Cintham, Venkatesh Subramaniam, Venkatesh Subramaniam, Madhusudan Yogi, Madhusudan Yogi, Abhishek Bansal, Abhishek Bansal, Sumesh Achutham, Sumesh Achutham, Chandini Shekar, Chandini Shekar, Vijay Murthy, Vijay Murthy, Robbin Selvaraj, Robbin Selvaraj

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A Quick Look at the 3 GHz Radio Sky. II. Hunting for DRAGNs in the VLA Sky Survey by Yjan A. Gordon, Lawrence Rudnick, Heinz Andernach, Leah K. Morabito, Christopher P. O’Dea, Kaylan-Marie Achong, Stefi A. Baum, Caryelis Bayona-Figueroa, Eric J. Hooper, Beatriz Mingo, Melissa E. Morris, Adrian N. Vantyghem

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Exposing inequities in deep-sea exploration and research: results of the 2022 Global Deep-Sea Capacity Assessment by Katherine Lynn Croff Bell, Katherine Lynn Croff Bell, Maud Caroline Quinzin, Maud Caroline Quinzin, Diva Amon, Diva Amon, Susan Poulton, Alexis Hope, Alexis Hope, Otmane Sarti, Otmane Sarti, Titus Espedido Cañete, Titus Espedido Cañete, Alanna Matamaru Smith, Alanna Matamaru Smith, Harriet Isobel Baldwin, Drew Marie Lira, Drew Marie Lira, Sergio Cambronero-Solano, Sergio Cambronero-Solano, Sergio Cambronero-Solano, Tyler-Rae Aiysha Chung, Tyler-Rae Aiysha Chung, Bahia Brady

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CircRNAs: Pivotal modulators of TGF-β signalling in cancer pathogenesis by Asif Ahmad Bhat, Gaurav Gupta, Rajiv Dahiya, Riya Thapa, Archana Gahtori, Moyad Shahwan, Vikas Jakhmola, Abhishek Tiwari, Mahish Kumar, Harish Dureja, Sachin Kumar Singh, Kamal Dua, Vinoth Kumarasamy, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan

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