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Beneficial autoimmunity at body surfaces – immune surveillance and rapid type 2 immunity regulate tissue homeostasis and cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Epithelial cells line body surface tissues and provide a physicochemical barrier to the external environment. Frequent microbial and non-microbial challenges such as those imposed by mechanical disruption, injury or exposure to noxious environmental ...
Agrawal   +190 more
core   +2 more sources

Design of an embedded microcomputer based mini quadrotor UAV [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper describes the design and realization of a mini quadrotor UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that has been initiated in the Systems and Control Laboratory at the Computer and Automation Research institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science in ...
Bauer, Péter   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Contamination of Hotel Water Distribution Systems by Legionella Species: Environmental Surveillance in Campania Region, South Italy

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic period was marked by the absence or reduced circulation of some infectious diseases. Legionellosis may have been affected by the prevention measures adopted to counter COVID-19. Legionellosis is a form of pneumonia interstitial that
Valeria Di Onofrio   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis and environmental surveillance for serotype 1 poliovirus in Pakistan: an observational study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BACKGROUND: To support poliomyelitis eradication in Pakistan, environmental surveillance (ES) of wastewater has been expanded alongside surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP).
Asghar, Humayun   +10 more
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Distribution of Virulence Genes and Sequence-Based Types Among Legionella pneumophila Isolated From the Water Systems of a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a potentially fatal pneumonia predominantly caused by infection due to Legionella pneumophila although more than 50 other Legionella species are described. Water systems contaminated with Legionella spp.
K. Sreenath   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

One-year surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater from vulnerable urban communities in metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Water and Health, 2022
The current COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the vulnerability of communities living in the urban outskirts and informal settlements. The lack of reliable COVID-19 case data highlights the importance and application of wastewater-based epidemiology. This
Mikaela Renata Funada Barbosa   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

EigenEvent: An Algorithm for Event Detection from Complex Data Streams in Syndromic Surveillance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Syndromic surveillance systems continuously monitor multiple pre-diagnostic daily streams of indicators from different regions with the aim of early detection of disease outbreaks.
Fanaee-T, Hadi, Gama, João
core   +3 more sources

Assessing the effectiveness of environmental sampling for surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease virus in a cattle herd

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
The survival of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in the environment provides an opportunity for indirect transmission, both within and between farms.
John Ellis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater Was Highly Correlated With the Number of COVID-19 Cases During the Fourth and Fifth Pandemic Wave in Kobe City, Japan

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated respiratory infections, has been detected in the feces of patients.
Yoshihiko Tanimoto   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the evidence base for national and regional policy interventions to combat resistance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The effectiveness of existing policies to control antimicrobial resistance is not yet fully understood. A strengthened evidence base is needed to inform effective policy interventions across countries with different income levels and the human health and
Aarestrup   +93 more
core   +2 more sources

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