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Assessing hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Guatemalan primary school students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Hand hygiene (HH) is an important practice that prevents transmission of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. However, in resource-limited areas, where water and soap are not always available, it can be difficult to practice HH correctly and
Michelle M Pieters   +9 more
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Blastomycosis-Associated Hospitalizations, United States, 2010–2020

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2023
Background: Blastomycosis is an environmentally acquired fungal disease that can cause severe illness, with approximately 65% of reported cases requiring hospitalization.
Kaitlin Benedict   +5 more
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Foodborne Diseases [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Foodborne diseases are frequent, even though food safety has never been so high in industrialized countries. The epidemics of previous centuries, such the cholera, disappeared from our everyday public health concerns. The persistence of foodborne diseases depends largely upon poor compliance with the rules of proper food hygiene, especially with ...
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Analysis of nontyphoidal Salmonella clinical isolates antibiotic resistance based on whole genome sequencing in Jiangxi Province in 2018

open access: yesZhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2020
Objective Understanding of bacterial antibiotic resistance is the basis for guiding clinical anti-infective therapy and monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends.
Xingyong YOU   +7 more
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Disparities in severe shigellosis among adults — Foodborne diseases active surveillance network, 2002–2014

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background Shigella causes approximately 500,000 illnesses, 6000 hospitalizations, and 40 deaths in the United States annually, but incidence and populations at risk for severe shigellosis among adults are unclear. This study describes severe shigellosis
Lindsey S. McCrickard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Naegleria fowleri Clinical and Environmental Isolates

open access: yesmSphere, 2021
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Sandeep J. Joseph   +5 more
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Survey of incidence, lifetime prevalence, and treatment of self-reported vulvovaginal candidiasis, United States, 2020

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2022
Background Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common gynecologic problem in the United States but estimates of its true incidence and prevalence are lacking.
Kaitlin Benedict   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outpatient antifungal prescribing patterns in the United States, 2018

open access: yesAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2021
Background: Widespread inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is a major driver of resistance. Little is known about antifungal prescribing practices in the United States, which is concerning given emerging resistance in fungi, particularly to azole ...
Kaitlin Benedict   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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