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Handwashing and Ebola virus disease outbreaks: A randomized comparison of soap, hand sanitizer, and 0.05% chlorine solutions on the inactivation and removal of model organisms Phi6 and E. coli from hands and persistence in rinse water. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
To prevent Ebola transmission, frequent handwashing is recommended in Ebola Treatment Units and communities. However, little is known about which handwashing protocol is most efficacious.
Marlene K Wolfe, Karin Gallandat, Kyle Daniels, Anne Marie Desmarais, Pamela Scheinman, Daniele Lantagne   +5 more
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Community health workers and stand-alone or integrated case management of malaria: a systematic literature review. [PDF]

, 2014
A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of strategies to improve community case management (CCM) of malaria. Forty-three studies were included; most (38) reported indicators of community health worker (CHW) performance ...
Buj, Valentina, Kedenge, Sarah, Kim, Julia, Ngongo, Ngashi, Schellenberg, David, Sharkey, Alyssa, Smith Paintain, Lucy, Webster, Jayne, Willey, Barbara   +8 more
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Integrating One Health to Mitigate the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock and Aquaculture

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an escalating global threat driven by antimicrobial use in aquaculture and livestock. Resistant pathogens and genes can spread across humans, animals, and the environment through interconnected ecosystems. Using a One Health approach, this review emphasizes antimicrobial stewardship, regulatory strengthening, enhanced ...
Mir Mohammad Ali, Delower Hossain, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Anum Hanif, Shamsaldeen Ibrahim Saeed, Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Anoar Jamai Masroure, Kazi Estieque Alam, Md Kamal Hossain, Sabiha Zarin Tasnim Bristi, Md Jisan Ahmed   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outbreak Of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae In A Neonatal Unit In Colombia [PDF]

, 2013
Six multiresistant, NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains were recovered from an outbreak that affected six neonatal patients in a Colombian hospital. Molecular analysis showed that all of the isolates harbored the blaNDM-1, qnrA, and intI1 genes
Aguilar, M, Barreto, E, Castro-Cardozo, B, de la Barrera, L, Escobar, N, Guayazan, M, Marquez, I, Marquez-Ortiz, R, Perez, J, Vanegas-Gomez, N   +9 more
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Effects of chemical and biological warfare agent decontaminants on trace survival: Impact on fingermarks deposited on paper

Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 71, Issue 3, Page 1405-1419, May 2026.
Abstract Chemical and biological events present a challenging environment for forensic scientists to perform their work. This research is the follow‐up of the previous article that investigated the impact of decontaminants on fingermarks deposited on glass.
Isabelle Radgen‐Morvant, Natalie Kummer, Christophe Curty, Olivier Delémont   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling impacts of atmospheric deposition and temperature on long-term DOC trends [PDF]

, 2016
It is increasingly recognised that widespread and substantial increases in Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in remote surface, and soil, waters in recent decades are linked to declining acid deposition.
A.J. Wade, Aber, Adamson, Aerts, Armstrong, Bastviken, Billett, Borken, Bragazza, Brooks, C.D. Evans, Chambers, Clark, Clark, Clark, Clark, Couture, D.T. Monteith, Davidson, De Vries, De Vries, De Vries, De Wit, Deluca, Dick, Dore, Driscoll, E.C. Rowe, E.I.Vanguelova, , Eimers, Ekström, Emmett, Erlandsson, Erlandsson, Evans, Evans, Evans, Evans, Evans, Evans, Evans, Evans, Evans, Findlay, Fleischer, Flückiger, Fowler, Fowler, Freeman, Freeman, Futter, Futter, Futter, Futter, Hall, Holland, Hongve, Hruska, Hruška, ICP, J.M.Clark, , Janssens, Jutras, K. Sawicka, Keller, Kennedy, Kätterer, Lebauer, Lofgren, Löfgren, Michalzik, Miller, Monteith, Monteith, Monteith, Morecroft, Morice, Morice, Naden, Nelder, Oulehle, Oulehle, Pastor, Posch, Pregitzer, Pumpanen, Quinn, Raymond, Ritson, Ritson, Roulet, Rowe, Sanclements, Sarkkola, Sawicka, Sier, Skjelkvale, Sykes, Tipping, Tipping, Tipping, UBA, Valinia, Vanguelova, Vanguelova, Vitousek, Vuorenmaa, Winterdahl, Wrb, Xu, Xu, Yallop, Zhang, Zhang   +113 more
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Assessing the Health Impact of Water Quality Interventions in Low-Income Settings: Concerns Associated with Blinded Trials and the Need for Objective Outcomes. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: A dramatic disparity between the results of blinded versus open trial designs has raised questions about the effectiveness of water quality interventions and other environmental interventions to prevent diarrhea, a leading killer of young ...
Crump JA, Mahfouz AA, Nato F, Sophie Boisson, Thomas Clasen   +4 more
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Virucidal efficacy of seven active substances in commercial disinfectants used against H9N2 low pathogenic avian influenza virus

Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2021
SUMMARY: Currently, the mass culling of infected poultry as well as those that may have had contact with them is an essential part of prevention and disease control strategy, amidst the growing concerns over the avian influenza virus (AIV) spreading ...
C.H. Rhee, Y.E. Kang, B. Han, Y.-W. Kim, M. Her, W. Jeong, S. Kim   +6 more
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Effects on Dental Impression Materials and Biofilm Removal by Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate

Biocontrol Science, 2021
Dental materials are inevitably contaminated with oral microorganisms. To prevent transmission of infectious diseases, impressions need to be disinfected. In the present study, we examined the disinfection effects on impression materials and biofilm removal by sodium dichloroisocyanurate (SDIC).
Hiroko, Hiramine, Kiyoko, Watanabe, Keitaro, Inaba, Haruka, Sasaki, Nobushiro, Hamada   +4 more
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Monitoring of nitrogen leaching on a dairy farm during four drainage seasons [PDF]

, 2006
peer-reviewedThe authors acknowledge funding from the Environmental Protection Agency and Teagasc under the 2000–2006 RTDI programme.The effect of four commonly used dairy farm management systems (treatments), on nitrogen leaching to 1 m was studied over
Brophy, C., Carton, Owen T., Connolly, John, McNamara, Kevin, Ryan, Michael   +4 more
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