Seroprevalence of viral infectious diseases and associated factors in Korean patients with inflammatory bowel diseases [PDF]
Background/Aims Data on the immunoprotective status against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella zoster virus (VZV), hepatitis A virus (HAV), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are still lacking ...
Hee Seung Hong+9 more
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Toxoplasma gondii Infections and Associated Factors in Female Children and Adolescents, Germany [PDF]
In a representative sample of female children and adolescents in Germany, Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was 6.3% (95% CI 4.7%–8.0%). With each year of life, the chance of being seropositive increased by 1.2, indicating a strong force of infection ...
Laura Giese+6 more
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Infection and thyroid autoimmunity: A seroepidemiologic study of TPOaAb
Infectious agents have been implicated as triggers of autoimmunity. Prospective epidemiologic studies of infection with specific pathogens and the subsequent elevation of specific autoantibodies are difficult and costly to conduct. As a result, a solid body of evidence regarding this theoretically intriguing connection remains to be accrued. We studied
Robert H. Yolken+10 more
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Seroepidemiologic Studies of Serotype VIII Group BStreptococcusin Japan [PDF]
Kousaku Matsubara+5 more
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Hepatitis A Outbreak in a Facility for the Disabled, Gyeonggi Province, Korea: An Epidemiological Investigation [PDF]
Objectives: The number of cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections has sharply increased in Korea, especially among young adults. In this study, an HAV outbreak in a facility for disabled people was investigated, and we found epidemiological ...
Yeonhwa Chang+4 more
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Human Papillomavirus Infection and Esophageal Cancer: a Nationwide Seroepidemiologic Case-Control Study in Sweden [PDF]
Jesper Lagergren+4 more
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Severe chickenpox disease and seroprevalence in Sweden – implications for general vaccination
Objectives: To describe the current panorama of severe chickenpox disease and seroprevalence in Sweden, as a basis for the approaching decision on universal vaccination.Methods: Patients discharged with an International Classificationof Diseases 10th ...
K Widgren+6 more
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Measles susceptibility of marriage migrant women in Korea [PDF]
International migrants could be considered a risk group susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases. We conducted a measles seroprevalence study among 419 marriage migrant women living in Sinan-gun and Wando-gun, South Jeolla Province, located in the ...
Sooyeon Kim+10 more
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The prevalence of equine piroplasmosis caused by Babesia equi and Babesia caballi in northeast China has remained unknown, although the People's Republic of China is recognized as an endemic country for the diseases. In the present study, we investigated
Ying-Tian Xu+9 more
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Hepatitis C Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Adult Population of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of Iran in 2013 [PDF]
Introduction: Hepatitis C is the second leading viral infectious disease worldwide. In Iran, hepatitis C is the most important and prevalent reason for chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis in the multi transfused population.
Masoumeh Moezzi+3 more
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