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Feasibility study for epidemic prevention and control in a regional hospital

Molecular Medicine Reports, 2011
Epidemic prevention policies in hospitals address issues such as, indoor air quality control, cleanliness of medical staff clothing and employee hand-washing procedures. Our hospital employed Bio-Kil to treat air-conditioning filters and nursing staff uniforms. We also assessed the efficacy of different detergents.
Yung-Liang, Chen, Ming-Yang, Yeh, Shau-Yen, Huang, Chi-Ming, Liu, Chi-Chen, Sun, Hsu-Feng, Lu, Tsan-Hung, Chiu, Te-Chun, Hsia, Jing-Gung, Chung   +8 more
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Meta-analysis of hybrid immunity to mitigate the risk of Omicron variant reinfection

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHybrid immunity (a combination of natural and vaccine-induced immunity) provides additional immune protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reinfection.
Huiling Zheng, Huiling Zheng, Shenggen Wu, Wu Chen, Shaojian Cai, Meirong Zhan, Cailin Chen, Jiawei Lin, Zhonghang Xie, Jianming Ou, Wenjing Ye   +10 more
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Inactivated vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 in Fujian, China during the Omicron BA.2 outbreak

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectiveMore than 90% of the Chinese population have completed 2 doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in Mainland China. However, after China government abandoned strict control measures, many breakthrough infections appeared, and vaccine ...
Wenjing Ye, Kangguo Li, Zeyu Zhao, Shenggen Wu, Huimin Qu, Yichao Guo, Buasiyamu Abudunaibi, Wu Chen, Shaojian Cai, Cailin Chen, Jiawei Lin, Zhonghang Xie, Meirong Zhan, Jianming Ou, Yanqin Deng, Tianmu Chen, Kuicheng Zheng   +16 more
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Isolation and Characterization of Two Bacteriophages Infecting Bacillus anthracis: Biological Properties and Genomic Analysis

Microorganisms
Anthrax is a zoonotic infectious disease characterized by high lethality and transmissibility. Its spores are highly stable and can persist in the environment for long periods.
Xinyu Qin, Zongti Shao, Binbin Yu, Rongji Cao, Haipeng Zhang, Liyuan Shi, Pan Liu, Shaogui Zi, Jiao Yang, Ying Long, Cong Liu, Siyu Yan, Xiaoxia Yang, Zhengling Zhu, Youhong Zhong, Peng Wang   +15 more
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NAFLD‐related hepatocellular carcinoma: The growing challenge

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Risk and protective factors for NAFLD‐related hepatocellular carcinoma Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cause of cancer‐related mortality and morbidity worldwide. With the obesity pandemic, NAFLD‐related HCC is contributing to the burden of disease exponentially.
Pir Ahmad Shah, Rashmee Patil, Stephen A. Harrison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiologic characteristics of recurrent hand, foot, and mouth disease in Yunnan province, 2008 - 2022: a registry data analysis

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng
ObjectiveTo describe the epidemiological characteristics of recurrent cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in Yunnan province from 2008 to 2022 to inform the development of prevention and control strategies.
Tian HUANG, Yuchen JIA, Erda ZHENG, Zeying LI, Jibo HE, Xiulian SHEN   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Period Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and the Need for a Centralized Patient Registry in American Samoa, 2016 to 2018

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a severe, chronic complication of acute rheumatic fever, triggered by group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
Rebecca C. Woodruff, Ipuniuesea Eliapo‐Unutoa, Howard Chiou, Maria Gayapa, Sara Noonan, Pradeep S. B. Podila, Victoria Rayle, Guillermo Sanchez, Ray Tulafono, Chris A. Van Beneden, Matthew Ritchey   +10 more
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Identification of novel neutralizing determinants for protection against HCV

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Identification of novel neutralizing determinants for protection against hepatitis C virus. Abstract Background and Aims HCV evasion of neutralizing antibodies (nAb) results in viral persistence and poses challenges to the development of an urgently needed vaccine.
Garazi P. Alzua, Anne F. Pihl, Anna Offersgaard, Rodrigo Velázquez‐Moctezuma, Carlos R. Duarte Hernandez, Elias H. Augestad, Ulrik Fahnøe, Christian K. Mathiesen, Henrik Krarup, Mansun Law, Jannick Prentoe, Jens Bukh, Judith M. Gottwein   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions among older adults in IQVIA Xponent and publicly available Medicare Part D data, 2018

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
The distributions of antibiotic prescriptions by geography, antibiotic class, and prescriber specialty are similar in the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Part D Prescriber Public Use Files and IQVIA Xponent dataset.
Elizabeth M. Beshearse, Katryna A. Gouin, Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra, Sharon Tsay, Lauri A. Hicks, Sarah Kabbani   +5 more
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