The RV144 vaccine trial in Thailand demonstrated that an HIV vaccine could prevent
infection in humans and highlights the importance of understanding protective immunity …

Purpose Data on the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors in HIV-infected
patients from sub-Saharan Africa is sparse. We performed a cross-sectional analysis in a …

Longitudinal allele frequency data are becoming increasingly prevalent. Such samples
permit statistical inference of the population genetics parameters that influence the fate of …

Small pelagic fish play a significant role in regulating the foraging activities and population
trends of marine top predators in upwelling ecosystems, yet there is little information on …

Background. Cisplatin is administered as the first-line treatment of soft-tissue cancers. It has
a reported cure rate of up to 85%, but is associated with a high incidence of ototoxicity …

Tractography based on non-invasive diffusion imaging is central to the study of human brain
connectivity. To date, the approach has not been systematically validated in ground truth …

The extremely high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and limitations of current
antiretroviral medicines demand new tools to optimize therapy such as pharmacogenomics …

Background Concussion occurs when biomechanical forces transmitted to the head result in
neurological deficits. Personality may affect the balance between safe and dangerous play …

This paper discusses the theoretical background to handling missing data in a multivariate
context. Earlier methods for dealing with item non-response are reviewed, followed by an …

The viral genotype has been shown to play an important role in HIV pathogenesis following
transmission. However, the viral phenotypic properties that contribute to disease …