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Transparent UV‐Curable Self‐Sanitizing Coatings Applicable to Diverse Surfaces and High‐Touch Screens to Mitigate Deadly Pathogen Transmission

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Development of a transparent, self‐sanitizing antimicrobial coating technology applicable to a wide range of materials and surfaces‐including touchscreens, transparent substrates, and metal, plastic, and glass‐regardless of pathogen type. The spray‐coated, UV‐cross‐linked imidazole‐based quaternary ammonium chloride materials provide broad‐spectrum ...
Surjith Kumaran   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food and Drinking Water as Sources of Pathogenic Protozoans: An Update

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This narrative review was aimed at collecting updated knowledge on the risk factors, illnesses caused, and measures for the prevention of protozoan infections transmitted by food and drinking water.
Franca Rossi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communicable disease outbreaks: Ethics in an outbreak

open access: yesAustralian Journal of General Practice, 2020
This fifth article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks explores ethical aspects of public health action, information disclosure and research in an epidemic.
openaire   +3 more sources

Nano‐ and Micro‐Sized Solid Materials Used as Antiviral Agents

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Due to the rise of viral infections in humans and possible viral outbreaks, the use of nano‐ or micro‐sized materials as antiviral agents is rapidly increasing. This review explores their antiviral properties against RNA and DNA viruses, either as a prevention or a treatment tool, by delving into their mechanisms of action and how to properly assess ...
Orfeas‐Evangelos Plastiras   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Outbreaks on Malaysian Listed Property Companies in Mixed-Asset Portfolios

open access: yesReal Estate Management and Valuation, 2021
This paper assesses the impact of outbreaks from the perspective of volatility of Malaysian Listed Property Companies in mixed-asset portfolios, concentrating on periods of time between outbreaks.
Razali Muhammad Najib   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of infection control measures towards preventing SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in a German choir boarding school from March 2020 to April 2022

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundSinging in a choir was associated with larger outbreaks in the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.Materials and methodsWe report on the effect and acceptance of various infection control measures on the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in ...
Benedikt M. J. Lampl   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of regional differences and demography in modelling foot-and-mouth disease in cattle at the national scale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a fast-spreading viral infection that can produce large and costly outbreaks in livestock populations. Transmission occurs at multiple spatial scales, as can the actions used to control outbreaks. The US cattle industry is
Beck-Johnson, Lindsay M.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Highly Resolved Community Sewage Metagenomics Unveiling Landscape and Transmission Patterns of Antibiotic Resistome in Hong Kong Populations

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A large‐scale, high‐resolution antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in Hong Kong community sewage combining short‐ and long‐read sequencing. The resistome profile is comprehensively characterized, and this upstream sampling strategy demonstrated superiority in reflecting the human gut resistome.
Jiahui Ding   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging Enterovirus A71 Subgenogroup B5 Causing Severe Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Vietnam, 2023

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases
We report on a 2023 outbreak of severe hand, foot, and mouth disease in southern Vietnam caused by an emerging lineage of enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5. Affected children were significantly older than those reported during previous outbreaks.
Nguyen Van Vinh Chau   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

Salmonella enterica Prophage Sequence Profiles Reflect Genome Diversity and Can Be Used for High Discrimination Subtyping

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Non-typhoidal Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide. Prompt and accurate identification of the sources of Salmonella responsible for disease outbreaks is crucial to minimize infections and eliminate ongoing sources of contamination.
Walid Mottawea   +25 more
doaj   +1 more source

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