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January 2017

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Comparative analysis of the Rotarix™ vaccine strain and G1P[8] rotaviruses

Rotavirus strains & the Rotarix™ vaccine

January 3, 2017

Comparative analysis of the Rotarix™ vaccine strain and G1P[8] rotaviruses

G1P[8] rotaviruses are responsible for the majority of human rotavirus infections worldwide. However, the effect of universal mass vaccination with rotavirus vaccines on circulating G1P[8] rotaviruses is still poorly understood. New genomic research shows the possible impact of vaccination at the strain level for the first time.

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January 19, 2017

Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations

Lara R. Dugas, Stephanie Kliethermes, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Liping Tong, Pascal Bovet, Terrence E. Forrester, Estelle V. Lambert, Dale A. Schoeller, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, David A. Shoham, Guichan Cao, Soren Brage, Ulf Ekelund, Richard S. Cooper, Amy Luke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2902 PubMed 28133575

January 25, 2017

Antibiotic resistance potential of the healthy preterm infant gut microbiome

Graham Rose, Alexander G. Shaw, Kathleen Sim, David J. Wooldridge, Ming-Shi Li, Saheer Gharbia, Raju Misra, John Simon Kroll

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2928 PubMed 28149696

January 12, 2017

Italian and Swedish adolescents: differences and associations in subjective well-being and psychological well-being

Danilo Garcia, Elisabetta Sagone, Maria Elvira De Caroli, Ali Al Nima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2868 PubMed 28097069

January 17, 2017

Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress among diabetes mellitus adults in the Jilin province in China: a cross-sectional study

Shuang Qiu, Hongxuan Sun, Yawen Liu, Joseph Sam Kanu, Ri Li, Yaqin Yu, Xufeng Huang, Bo Li, Xiangyang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2869 PubMed 28123907

January 3, 2017

Metabolic phenotype of clinical and environmental Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolates

Andrea Sanchini, Flavia Dematheis, Torsten Semmler, Astrid Lewin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2833 PubMed 28070460

January 25, 2017

Retrospective study of prognostic factors in pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease

Nan-Chang Chiu, Hsin Chi, Chun-Chih Peng, Hung-Yang Chang, Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, Lung Chang, Wei-Te Lei, Chien-Yu Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2941 PubMed 28149700

January 24, 2017

Epidemiological research on parent–child conflict in the United States: subgroup variations by place of birth and ethnicity, 2002–2013

Jose Ruben Parra-Cardona, Hsueh-Han Yeh, James C. Anthony

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2905 PubMed 28149684

January 11, 2017

Hepatic fibrosis and factors associated with liver stiffness in HIV mono-infected individuals

Mihály Sulyok, Tamás Ferenci, Mihály Makara, Gábor Horváth, János Szlávik, Zsófia Rupnik, Luca Kormos, Zsuzsanna Gerlei, Zita Sulyok, István Vályi-Nagy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2867 PubMed 28097068

January 10, 2017

Population dynamics of epidemic and endemic states of drug-resistance emergence in infectious diseases

Diána Knipl, Gergely Röst, Seyed M. Moghadas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2817 PubMed 28097052

January 19, 2017

The impact of parental investment on lifetime reproductive success in Iceland

Robert F. Lynch, Emily C. Lynch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2904 PubMed 28133576