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Genetic diversity of Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system cagI and cagN genes and their association with clinical diseases

Scientific Reports, 2023
A number of cagPAI genes in the Helicobacter pylori genome are considered the most evolved genes under a diversifying selection and evolutionary pressure.
Yasaman Azizimoghaddam, Sadaf Kermanpour, Nasrin Mirzaei, Hamidreza Houri, Ali Nabavi-Rad, Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei, Abbas Yadegar, Mohammad Reza Zali   +7 more
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Global and regional source attribution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections using analysis of outbreak surveillance data [PDF]

, 2019
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections pose a substantial health and economic burden worldwide. To target interventions to prevent foodborne infections, it is important to determine the types of foods leading to illness.
Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Gill, Alexander, Majowicz, Shannon, Pires, Sara M   +3 more
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Healthcare Provider Testing Practices for Tinea and Familiarity with Antifungal-Drug-Resistant Tinea—United States, 2022

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Tinea, a dermatophyte fungal infection, is a common outpatient complaint that is easily misdiagnosed by visual inspection. Antifungal-drug-resistant tinea is an emerging global public health problem, with several cases reported in the United States.
Kaitlin Benedict, Karen Wu, Jeremy A. W. Gold   +2 more
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Associating sporadic, foodborne illness caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli with specific foods : a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies [PDF]

, 2019
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections are a significant public health issue, with foodborne transmission causing >1 million illnesses worldwide each year.
A. Gill, B. Devleesschauwer, I. Young, S.E. Majowicz, S.Monteiro Pires, the study team   +5 more
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On the Origins of a Species: What Might Explain the Rise of Candida auris?

Journal of Fungi, 2019
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast first described in 2009 that has since caused healthcare-associated outbreaks of severe human infections around the world. In some hospitals, it has become a leading cause of invasive candidiasis. C.
Brendan R. Jackson, Nancy Chow, Kaitlin Forsberg, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Shawn R. Lockhart, Rory Welsh, Snigdha Vallabhaneni, Tom Chiller   +7 more
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Helicobacter pylori infection contributes to the expression of Alzheimer's disease-associated risk factors and neuroinflammation

Heliyon, 2023
Over time, mounting evidence has demonstrated extra-gastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection. As such, a number of studies demonstrated the potential contribution of H.
Maryam Noori, Ramina Mahboobi, Ali Nabavi-Rad, Shaghayegh Jamshidizadeh, Farzaneh Fakharian, Abbas Yadegar, Mohammad Reza Zali   +6 more
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Food safety risks [PDF]

, 2019
Foodborne diseases are responsible for 420,000 deaths each year, one-third of them in Africa. Food safety issues are usually attributed to traditional food systems, but the development of modern food systems in low-income (LI) and lower middle-income ...
Figuié, Muriel
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Informing Stewardship Measures in Canadian Food Animal Species through Integrated Reporting of Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Data—Part I, Methodology Development

Pathogens, 2021
This study explores methodologies for the data integration of antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) results within and across three food animal species, surveyed at the farm-level by the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial ...
Agnes Agunos, Sheryl P. Gow, Anne E. Deckert, Grace Kuiper, David F. Léger   +4 more
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella Species Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Tehran, Iran

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2009
A study was performed to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella species and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolates cultured from patients with acute diarrhea in Tehran, Iran.
Fereshteh Jafari, Mohammad Hamidian, Maryam Rezadehbashi, Michael Doyle, Siavosh Salmanzadeh-ahrabi, Faramarz Derakhshan, Mohammad Reza Zali   +6 more
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Assessing hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Guatemalan primary school students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC 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, Natalie Fahsen, Ramiro Quezada, Caroline Pratt, Christina Craig, Kelsey McDavid, Denisse Vega Ocasio, Christiana Hug, Celia Cordón-Rosales, Matthew J. Lozier   +9 more
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