HIV prevalence among the female sex workers in major cities in Myanmar and the risk behaviors associated with it

Lin Aung Swe,1 Abdul Rashid2 1Beneficial Partner Group, Bahan Township, Myanmar; 2Department of Public Health Medicine, Penang Medical College, Georgetown, Malaysia Background: Myanmar is one of the countries hardest hit by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Asia.Aim: The objective of the study was to determine HIV prevalence among

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Multiphasic Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis with a Temporal Gap of 26 Years: A Case Report with Novel Presentation

Introduction: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an acute autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that typically follows an acute viral infection or post-vaccination.It is more common in children than in adults and is characterized by widespread demyelination of the white matter of the brain and spinal cord.ADEM t

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Q&A: Expansion microscopy

Abstract Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a recently invented technology that uses swellable Bassinets charged polymers, synthesized densely and with appropriate topology throughout a preserved biological specimen, to physically magnify the specimen 100-fold in volume, or more, in an isotropic fashion.ExM enables nanoscale resolution imaging of preser

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