Parasite infections are ubiquitous and their effects on hosts could play a role in ecosystem
processes. Ecological stoichiometry provides a framework to study linkages between …

Parasite infections are ubiquitous and their effects on hosts may play a role in ecosystem
processes. Ecological stoichiometry provides a framework to study linkages between …

Ecological stoichiometry is a rapidly growing field of study that assesses the elemental
composition of organisms in ecosystems and the impact that changes in these elemental …

Detection of anaemia is critical for clinical medicine and public health. Current WHO values
that define anaemia are statistical thresholds (5th centile) set over 50 years ago, and are …

Background HIV can infect multiple cells in the liver including hepatocytes, Kupffer cells and
infiltrating T cells, but whether HIV can persist in the liver in people with HIV (PWH) on …

Our aim was to determine the frequency and characteristics of post-surgery prescription of
opioid medication and to describe patients’ handling of discharge opioid medications. We …

Opioids are often used to provide postsurgical analgesia but may cause harm if used
inappropriately. We introduced an opioid stewardship program in three Melbourne hospitals to …

In HIV-hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection, adverse liver outcomes including liver fibrosis
occur at higher frequency than in HBV-mono-infection, even following antiretroviral therapy (…

… We thank Katherine Lewkowicz and Megan Braat for assistance with the dissections. A.
Hund, Milan Vrtilek, and Foen Peng provided valuable feedback on the manuscript. …

Background In people living with HIV-HBV, liver fibrosis progression can occur even with
suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART). We investigated the relationship between liver fibrosis …