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Correlates of Virologic Failure Among Breastfeeding Postpartum Kenyan Women on Option B+
Background: Option B+ is an HIV/AIDS intervention strategy that streamlines antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery to pregnant and breastfeeding women in order to improve treatment outcomes, but treatment outcomes have yet ... -
The Correlation Between Patient-Reported Outcome Measures and Mean Nightly Apnea Hypopnea Index After Six Months of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment
Objectives: The changes in patient-reported measures of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) burden are largely discordant with the change in apnea hypopnea index (AHI) before and after treatment. For patients treated with ... -
Correlation of Clinical Outcomes and Molecular Epidemiology of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis
Purpose: Adenoviral acute or epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (KC) is a common cause of ocular morbidity worldwide. The purpose of the study is to define the various species and types that exist in KC in correlation with the ... -
COVID-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in King County, Washington
Background: Lack of continuous access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services endangers individual- and population-level health. Understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted SRH services will ... -
COVID-19 Outbreaks in Washington State K-12 Schools: Time to first COVID-19 school outbreak characterized by learning modality and community transmission
BACKGROUND: There is limited research available on COVID-19 outbreaks in K-12 schools, and many schools will be looking for guidance on safely keeping schools open for the 2021-2022 school year. The primary purpose of this ... -
COVID-19 Vaccination Among Hospitalized Patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital
COVID-19 vaccines are recommended for children and adolescents 5-17 years old; however, little available data have described children and adolescents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, particularly those who are ... -
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in a US Public University Cohort
COVID-19 is a threat to university reopening. Universities are sites of dense human contact, congregate living, and heterogenous mixing patterns that may increase risk of viral transmission within and between social groups. ... -
Cumulative Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Colorectal Cancer Mortality in Screen-Eligible Older Adults with History of Adequate Screening
The decision of whether or not to continue colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at older ages is complex. Although most guidelines recommend routine screening of adults older than age 45 years for CRC, there is ambiguity on ... -
CYP2D6 inherited variation and inhibiting medication use in relation to adverse breast cancer outcomes after tamoxifen therapy
Tamoxifen (TAM) is widely used to reduce the risk of breast cancer (BC) recurrence and prolong disease-free survival among women with estrogen-sensitive breast cancers. TAM efficacy is thought to be attributable largely ... -
Cytomegalovirus Reactivation in an Adult Outpatient Cohort
Despite a well-established association with CMV infection and higher mortality in the general population, there are few descriptions of CMV reactivation. We used data from University of Washington Virology Research Clinic's ... -
Dairy Consumption and Incident Type 2 Diabetes Among American Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study
Background: Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) disproportionately impacts American Indians (AIs); the prevalence of T2D is two to three times higher among AIs than the general US population. Obesity and poor diets are common in AI ... -
Decreased incidence of syphilis in both men and women associated with male circumcision: a prospective study among HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual African couples
Abstract Background: Male circumcision is a primary HIV-1 prevention intervention for men. It is uncertain whether male circumcision reduces the risk of syphilis among men and their female partners. Methods: Using data ... -
Defining Optimal T Cell Characteristics for Pediatric Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cell Trials
Background: Engineered chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have emerged as a powerful, highly personalized immunotherapy in pediatric cancer. Early phase clinical trials using CAR T cells targeting CD19 have resulted ... -
Delayed mortality among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID-19
Introduction: Most studies of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients with COVID-19 focus on outcomes within one month of illness onset. Delayed mortality in SOT recipients hospitalized for COVID-19 has not been fully ... -
Demographic Characteristics and Diagnostic Performance of Pathologists Who Enjoy Interpreting Melanocytic Skin Lesions
Background: Diagnostic errors among pathologists when interpreting melanocytic skin lesions (MSL) is an ongoing concern for patient safety and quality of care. The number of skin biopsies has increased annually over the ... -
Depression and HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use among sub-Saharan African Women
Daily, oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) is a highly efficacious HIV prevention strategy for key populations at high risk of HIV, including women, in sub-Saharan ... -
Depression in pediatric chronic kidney disease
(2012-09-13)Objective: To determine the prevalence of depression in pediatric patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) and to identify associated patient characteristics. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional ... -
Depression, suicidal ideation, and risky sexual behavior among U.S. adolescents
<bold>Background<bold> Depressive disorders affect 11% of the U.S. adolescent population, and suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents. The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) among ... -
Depressive Symptoms Over the Course of Adolescence among Latinx Youth from Small Towns in the United States: Comparing Children of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants
Purpose: To compare depressive symptoms over the course of adolescence among Latinx Children of Immigrants (COI), Latinx Children of Non-Immigrants (CONI), and non-Latinx White CONI from small towns in the United States ... -
Detection of protein targets associated with survival in malignant pediatric brain tumors
University of Washington Abstract Detection of protein targets associated with survival in malignant pediatric brain tumors Sarah Leary Chair of Supervisory Committee: Beth Mueller Department of Epidemiology Background: ...