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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a family cluster of psittacosis: A case report

IDCases, 2023
Psittacosis accounts for 1–2 % of community-acquired pneumonia. In recent years, reports of psittacosis are increasing. Most reported cases of psittacosis are sporadic.
Jing Cao, Xiaoyan Xie, Yan Lei, Shuangshuang Li, Xuan Song, Yingfeng Lei, Qunxing An, Binghua Zhang   +7 more
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Assessment of Bacterial Contamination of Air at the Museum of King John III’s Palace at Wilanow (Warsaw, Poland): Selection of an Optimal Growth Medium for Analyzing Airborne Bacteria Diversity

Applied Sciences, 2020
There is no standardized protocol for the assessment of microbial air contamination in museums and other cultural heritage sites. Therefore, most museums conduct such assessments based on their own guidelines or good practices.
Mikolaj Dziurzynski, Karol Ciuchcinski, Magdalena Dyda, Anna Szych, Paulina Drabik, Agnieszka Laudy, Lukasz Dziewit   +6 more
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Microbiological Surveillance of Hospital Environment in Chevella, India

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021
Microbiological air contamination in operation theatres (OTs) and labor rooms (LRs) is a major risk factor for surgical site infection. Routine monitoring in vulnerable areas such as OTs and LRs should always be performed as part of infection control to ...
Rajamanickam Venkata Laxmi, A. Ramya, S. Vanaja, Payala Vijayalakshmi   +3 more
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Indoor and Outdoor Air Microbial Contamination During Different Reconstruction Methods of Historic Buildings

Pathogens
The quality of indoor air is dependent on a number of factors, including the presence of microorganisms that colonize the building materials. The potential for health risks associated with microbial contamination is a significant concern during the ...
Anett Lippai, Ádám Leelőssy, Donát Magyar   +2 more
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Food and Water Safety Surveillance at Galala Port in Ambon, Indonesia: An Investigation Study [PDF]

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology
The port is a place for ships as sea transportation to dock. The port, as a place of entry and exit for goods or passengers from various regions, places, and environments, encourages the potential for disease transmission to a new environment.
E. Fikri, Y. W. Firmansyah, S. Suhardono, W. Mikana and L. Y. J. Noya
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Environmental and Phylogenetic Investigations of Aspergillus flavus Outbreak Linked to Contaminated Building Materials, Denmark, 2025

Emerging Infectious Diseases
An Aspergillus flavus outbreak occurred in a tertiary hospital in Denmark. We compared environmental sampling methods, investigated the outbreak through short tandem-repeat genotyping, STRAfla, and analyzed isolate phylogeny using whole-genome ...
Alexander Gewecke, Raphael Niklaus Sieber, Søren Hallstrøm, Marc Stegger, Barbara Kolarik, Jenny D. Knudsen, Birgitte Andersen, Astrid Hall, Nadja Hawwa Vissing, Maiken Cavling Arendrup   +9 more
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Microbial Air Quality and Bacterial Surface Contamination in Ambulances During Patient Services

Oman Medical Journal, 2015
Objectives: We sought to assess microbial air quality and bacterial surface contamination on medical instruments and the surrounding areas among 30 ambulance runs during service.
Pipat Luksamijarulkul, Sirikun Pipitsangjan   +1 more
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Environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 in long term care facilities: lessons from a pilot study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the risk of infection in long-term care facilities (LTCF) and the vulnerability of residents to severe outcomes.
Matthew Hickman, Nicola Yaxley, Allan Bennett, Ginny Moore, Nicola Love, Matthew Donati, Derren R Ready, Roberto Vivancos, Rachel Kwiatkowska   +8 more
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Simplicillium sinense sp. nov., a novel potential pathogen of tinea faciei

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Simplicillium species are widely distributed with a broad spectrum of hosts and substrates. Generally, these species are entomopathogenic or mycoparasitic.
Qiu-Hong Yan, Qing-Rong Ni, Wei-Jie Gu, Hong-Wei Liu, Hong-Wei Liu, Xiao-Ying Yuan, Jing-Zu Sun   +6 more
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Hemozoin induces neuronal injury primarily characterized by axon rupture and mitochondrial damage in experimental cerebral malaria

Parasites & Vectors
Background Cerebral malaria (CM) is the most serious and fatal neurological complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection, which can cause death or long-term neurological sequelae.
Tong Li, Dongmei Dang, Yan Shen, Jun Wang, Yuxiao Huang, Qinghao Zhu, Yi Wang, Chao Yang, Ganze Li, Jiayi Sun, Aining Zhang, Pengtao Li, Jiao Liang, Ya Zhao   +13 more
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