LINKING NATIONWIDE HEALTH AND SOCIAL REGISTRY DATA TO INFORM THE POLICY FOR TUBERCULOSIS CONTACT TRACING IN BRAZIL.

Linking nationwide health and social registry data to inform the policy for Tuberculosis contact tracing in Brazil.

Objectives Mitigating the socioeconomic determinants of Tuberculosis (TB) and systematic screening of contacts and high-risk groups are targets of The World Health Organization (WHO) End TB Strategy by 2035.Our aim was to link socioeconomic information to TB datasets to inform policy makers in Brazil and contribute to addressing current challenges.

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Flotillins interact with PSGL-1 in neutrophils and, upon stimulation, rapidly organize into membrane domains subsequently accumulating in the uropod.

BackgroundNeutrophils polarize and migrate in response to Bag Cutters chemokines.Different types of membrane microdomains (rafts) have been postulated to be present in rear and front of polarized leukocytes and disruption of rafts by cholesterol sequestration prevents leukocyte polarization.Reggie/flotillin-1 and -2 are two highly homologous protei

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