Travel medicine: What's involved? When to refer?

B Aw, S Boraston, D Botten, D Cherniwchan… - Canadian Family …, 2014 - cfp.ca
Objective To define the practice of travel medicine, provide the basics of a comprehensive
pretravel consultation for international travelers, and assist in identifying patients who might …

Academic branding: erythema ab igne and use of laptop computers

D Botten, RGB Langley, A Webb - CMAJ, 2010 - Can Med Assoc
A 20-year-old female university student presented with a two-month history of asymptomatic
pigmentation in a net-like distribution, isolated to the front thighs (Figure 1). She was …

Médecine des voyages: Que comporte-t-elle? Quand faut-il consulter?

B Aw, S Boraston, D Botten, D Cherniwchan… - Canadian Family …, 2014 - cfp.ca
Objectif Définir la pratique de la médecine des voyages, présenter les éléments fondamentaux
d’une consultation complète préalable aux voyages à des voyageurs internationaux et …

Aphrodite's iridescence

AR Parker, RC McPhedran, DR McKenzie, LC Botten… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
The most intense colours displayed in nature result from either multilayer reflectors or linear
diffraction gratings 1 , 2 , 3 . Here we investigate the spectacular iridescence of a spine (…

Unambiguous determination of optical constants of absorbing films by reflectance and transmittance measurements

RC McPhedran, LC Botten, DR McKenzie… - Applied …, 1984 - opg.optica.org
We describe a three-stage process for the determination of the optical constants n and k of
thin absorbing films on the basis of reflectance, transmittance, and thickness measurements. …

Detection of viral gene expression in risk‐stratified biopsies reveals no active HPV in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

…, M Karimzada, BC Knowles, GA Botten… - Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is known to promote the development of
mucosal squamous cell carcinoma (mSCC), including pathologically high‐grade lesions, …

[PDF][PDF] A systems immunology study comparing innate and adaptive immune responses in adults to COVID-19 mRNA and adenovirus vectored vaccines

…, RA Bull, B Grubor-Bauk, MA Lynn, R Botten… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Identifying the molecular mechanisms that promote optimal immune responses to coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination is critical for future rational vaccine design. Here, …

[HTML][HTML] The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus matrix protein PPXY late domain drives the production of defective interfering particles

…, DN Krementsov, DJ Shirley, BA Ballif, J Botten - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Arenaviruses cause severe diseases in humans but establish asymptomatic, lifelong
infections in rodent reservoirs. Persistently-infected rodents harbor high levels of defective …

[HTML][HTML] Direct RT-qPCR detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from patient nasopharyngeal swabs without an RNA extraction step

…, JA Dragon, JW Crothers, KR Jerome, JW Botten - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented need for rapid diagnostic
testing. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a standard assay that includes …

Predicting infectivity: comparing four PCR‐based assays to detect culturable SARS‐CoV‐2 in clinical samples

…, KR Jerome, AL Greninger, JW Botten - EMBO Molecular …, 2022 - embopress.org
With the COVID‐19 pandemic caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 now in its second year, there remains
an urgent need for diagnostic testing that can identify infected individuals, particularly …