Recommendations for dealing with waste contaminated with Ebola virus: a Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points approach [PDF]
, 2016 Objective To assess, within communities experiencing Ebola virus outbreaks, the risks associated with the disposal of human waste and to generate recommendations for mitigating such risks.
Ahmed A Mohamedani +25 more
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Seroprevalence and risk factors on Syphilis among blood donors in Chengdu, China,from 2005 to 2017
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background High-risk population of blood donation increases the prevalence of transmit blood-borne diseases and harm the blood safety. Syphilis accounts for approximately 10% of commonly sexually transmitted diseases.
Shuangli Liu +9 more
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Impact of Pre-Blood Collection Factors on Plasma Metabolomic Profiles
Metabolites, 2020 Demographic, lifestyle and biospecimen-related factors at the time of blood collection can influence metabolite levels in epidemiological studies. Identifying the major influences on metabolite concentrations is critical to designing appropriate sample ...
Sheetal Hardikar +18 more
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Technical pre-analytical effects on the clinical biochemistry of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) [PDF]
, 2016 Clinical biochemistry has long been utilized in human and veterinary medicine as a vital diagnostic tool, but despite occasional studies showing its usefulness in monitoring health status in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), it has not yet been widely ...
Ashby, A. +6 more
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Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aim Venipuncture for blood collection elicits fear and pain in children. We investigated factors that affect satisfaction with health checkups that included blood collection in healthy 7–8‐year‐old children who underwent blood collection ...
Hideki Yui +11 more
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Evaluation of pre-analytical factors affecting plasma DNA analysis. [PDF]
, 2018 Pre-analytical factors can significantly affect circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis. However, there are few robust methods to rapidly assess sample quality and the impact of pre-analytical processing. To address this gap and to evaluate effects of
Berens, Michael E +15 more
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Xenosurveillance reflects traditional sampling techniques for the identification of human pathogens: A comparative study in West Africa [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Novel surveillance strategies are needed to detect the rapid and continuous emergence of infectious disease agents. Ideally, new sampling strategies should be simple to implement, technologically uncomplicated, and applicable to areas where ...
Bolay, Fatorma K +9 more
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Opinions about Blood Donation amongst Medical Personnel’s [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Objective: There is limited literature in the Indian subcontinent on the attitude of the medical personnel regarding blood donation. The purpose of the present study was to identify and assess the barriers that prevent people from becoming blood ...
Joshua Daniel M. +6 more
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Temperature and time-dependent effects of delayed blood processing on oxylipin concentrations in human plasma. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Oxidized derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids, collectively known as oxylipins, are labile bioactive mediators with diverse roles in human physiology and pathology.
Gibson, Robert A +8 more
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Rapid bedside inactivation of Ebola virus for safe nucleic acid tests [PDF]
, 2016 Rapid bedside inactivation of Ebola virus would be a solution for the safety of medical and technical staff, risk containment, sample transport and high-throughput or rapid diagnostic testing during an outbreak.
Bragstad, Karoline +9 more
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