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COVID-19 Risk Perception and Prevention Practices among High- and Low-Density Populations in Bangladesh: A Mixed-Methods Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
We aimed to explore coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk perception and prevention practices among people living in high- and low-population density areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Syed Moinuddin Satter, Kamal Ibne Amin Chowdhury, Refah Tamanna, Zarin Abdullah, S. M. Zafor Shafique, Md Saiful Islam, Nadia Ali Rimi, Muhammad Rashedul Alam, Arifa Nazneen, Mustafizur Rahman, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Farzana Islam Khan, Mahbubur Rahman, A. S. M. Alamgir, Tahmina Shirin, Mahmudur Rahman, Firdausi Qadri, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Sayera Banu   +18 more
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Comparative Analysis of Ecological and Faunistic Features of Fleas in the Absheron and Kobystan Meso-Foci of Plague

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций
The aim of this study was to determine the comparative aspect of the diversity of flea species, their distribution and abundance based on the results of epizootiological survey conducted in the Absheron and Kobystan meso-foci of plague.
R. I. Ismailova, Z. I. Rasulzade, M. K. Mamedov   +2 more
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Infection prevention and control in tertiary care hospitals of Bangladesh: results from WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework (IPCAF)

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Introduction Infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare settings is imperative for the safety of patients as well as healthcare providers.
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Md Mahabub Ul Anwar, Shariful Amin Sumon, Md Zakiul Hassan, Tahmidul Haque, Syeda Mah-E-Muneer, Aninda Rahman, Syed Abul Hassan Md Abdullah, Md Saiful Islam, Ashley R. Styczynski, S. Cornelia Kaydos-Daniels   +10 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulent Factor ESAT-6 Drives Macrophage Differentiation Toward the Pro-inflammatory M1 Phenotype and Subsequently Switches It to the Anti-inflammatory M2 Phenotype

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Tuberculosis, a human infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The success of M.tb as a pathogen relies mainly on its ability to divert the host innate immune responses ...
Amira Refai, Sami Gritli, Sami Gritli, Mohamed-Ridha Barbouche, Makram Essafi   +4 more
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Chicken consumption and use of acid-suppressing medications as risk factors for Campylobacter enteritis, England. [PDF]

, 2009
In a case-control study of Campylobacter spp. risk factors in England during 2005-2006, we identified recent consumption of commercially prepared chicken as an important risk factor.
Higgins, Craig D, Rodrigues, L.C, Neal, Keith R, Tam, Clarence C., Neal, K.R, Laura C. Rodrigues, Sally E. Millership, Craig D. Higgins, O'Brien, Sarah J, O'Brien, Sarah J., Higgins, C.D, O'Brien, S.J, Neal, Keith R., Tam, Clarence C, Millership, S.E, Clarence C. Tam, Keith R. Neal, Higgins, Craig D., Sarah J. O’Brien, Campylobacter Case-Control Study Group, Rodrigues, Laura C., Millership, Sally E., Rodrigues, Laura C, Millership, Sally E, Tam, C.C   +24 more
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WGS based analysis of acquired antimicrobial resistance in human and non-human Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a German perspective

BMC Microbiology, 2021
Background Acinetobacter baumannii ability to develop and acquire resistance makes it one of the most critical nosocomial pathogens globally. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was applied to identify the acquired or mutational variants of antimicrobial ...
Gamal Wareth, Christian Brandt, Lisa D. Sprague, Heinrich Neubauer, Mathias W. Pletz   +4 more
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Implementation of Infection Control Practices to Manage Hospital Acquired Infections

, 2019
Hospital-acquired infections affect millions of patients worldwide each year and result in massive preventable healthcare costs. Many of the organisms that cause these infections survive on routine healthcare equipment and are easily transmitted from ...
T. Jayasree, Mustafa Afzal
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Mongolian Part of the Transboundary Sailugem Natural Plague Focus in 2017. Communication 1. Epizootic condition

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2018
Objective – estimation of current epizootic condition of Mongolian part of transboundary Sailugem natural plague focus. Materials and methods. Epizootiological survey was performed for the area of 2335 km2, 277 mammals and 516 ectoparasites were ...
V. M. Korzun, S. V. Balakhonov, A. V. Denisov, M. B. Yarygina, E. N. Rozhdestvensky, D. E. Abibulaev, V. V. Shefer, S. A. Kosilko, D. Otgonbayar, M. Baigalmaa, L. Orgilbayar, Ch. Urzhikh, N. Togoldor, A. Makhbal, H. Daurenbek, N. Tsogbadrakh, D. Tserennorov, Kh. Ganbold   +17 more
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First report of naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta with Leishmania major in Tunisia

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Many sand fly species are implicated in the transmission cycle of Leishmania parasites around the world. Incriminating new sand flies species, as vectors of Leishmania is crucial to understanding the parasite–vector transmission cycle in ...
Kaouther Jaouadi, Wissem Ghawar, Sadok Salem, Mohamed Gharbi, Jihene Bettaieb, Rihab Yazidi, Mariem Harrabi, Omar Hamarsheh, Afif Ben Salah   +8 more
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Immunity Against Leishmania major Infection: Parasite-Specific Granzyme B Induction as a Correlate of Protection

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) caused by Leishmania (L.) major infection is characterized by different clinical presentations which depend in part on the host factors.
Thouraya Boussoffara, Thouraya Boussoffara, Sadok Chelif, Sadok Chelif, Melika Ben Ahmed, Melika Ben Ahmed, Mourad Mokni, Afif Ben Salah, Afif Ben Salah, Koussay Dellagi, Koussay Dellagi, Hechmi Louzir, Hechmi Louzir   +12 more
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