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Blastomycosis-Associated Hospitalizations, United States, 2010–2020

Journal 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, Ian Hennessee, Jeremy A. W. Gold, Dallas J. Smith, Samantha Williams, Mitsuru Toda   +5 more
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Emerging Foodborne Diseases [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
The epidemiology of foodborne diseases is rapidly changing. Recently described pathogens, such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 and the epidemic strain of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium Definitive Type 104 (which is resistant to at least five antimicrobial drugs), have become important public health problems.
S.F. Altekruse, M.L. Cohen, D.L. Swerdlow   +2 more
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Healthcare providers’ knowledge and clinical practice surrounding shigellosis — DocStyles Survey, 2020

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Background Shigellosis is an acute diarrheal disease transmitted through contaminated food, water, objects, poor hand hygiene, or sexual activity. Healthcare providers (HCP) may not be aware of the multiple routes of Shigella transmission, populations at
Julia C. Haston, Laura Ford, Kayla L. Vanden Esschert, Ian D. Plumb, Naeemah Logan, Louise K. Francois Watkins, Amanda G. Garcia-Williams   +6 more
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PulseNet and the Changing Paradigm of Laboratory-Based Surveillance for Foodborne Diseases. [PDF]

Public Health Rep, 2019
Kubota KA, Wolfgang WJ, Baker DJ, Boxrud D, Turner L, Trees E, Carleton HA, Gerner-Smidt P.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Application of the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation and Behavior (COM-B) model to identify predictors of two self-reported hand hygiene behaviors (handwashing and hand sanitizer use) to prevent COVID-19 infection among U.S. adults, Fall 2020

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Handwashing with soap and water is an important way to prevent transmission of viruses and bacteria and worldwide it is estimated handwashing can prevent 1 in 5 viral respiratory infections.
Laura G. Brown, E. Rickamer Hoover, Bethlehem N. Besrat, Claire Burns-Lynch, Rebekah Frankson, Shantrice L. Jones, Amanda G. Garcia-Williams   +6 more
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Survey of incidence, lifetime prevalence, and treatment of self-reported vulvovaginal candidiasis, United States, 2020

BMC 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, Alyson L. Singleton, Brendan R. Jackson, Noelle Angelique M. Molinari   +3 more
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Molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer 2 of Dicrocoelium dendriticum isolated from cattle, sheep, and goat in Iran

BMC Veterinary Research, 2022
Background Dicrocoelium dendriticum is a broadly distributed zoonotic helminth, which is mainly reported from domesticated and wild ruminants. There is little data covering the molecular features of this trematode; therefore, current study aimed to ...
Ehsan Javanmard, Hanieh Mohammad Rahimi, Sara Nemati, Sara Soleimani Jevinani, Hamed Mirjalali   +4 more
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Informing Stewardship Measures in Canadian Food Animal Species through Integrated Reporting of Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Data—Part II, Application

Pathogens, 2021
Using the methodology developed for integrated analysis and reporting of antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data, farm-level surveillance data were synthesized and integrated to assess trends and explore potential AMU and AMR ...
Agnes Agunos, Sheryl P. Gow, Anne E. Deckert, David F. Léger   +3 more
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Disparities in severe shigellosis among adults — Foodborne diseases active surveillance network, 2002–2014

BMC 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, Stacy M. Crim, Sunkyung Kim, Anna Bowen   +3 more
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Curcumin and capsaicin regulate apoptosis and alleviate intestinal inflammation induced by Clostridioides difficile in vitro

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2022
Background The dramatic upsurge of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) by hypervirulent isolates along with the paucity of effective conventional treatment call for the development of new alternative medicines against CDI.
Masoumeh Azimirad, Maryam Noori, Fahimeh Azimirad, Fatemeh Gholami, Kaveh Naseri, Abbas Yadegar, Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei, Mohammad Reza Zali   +7 more
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