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Environmental Surveillance of Polio and Non-Polio Enterovi¬ruses in Sistan and Balouchestan Province [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2008
Background: Enteroviruses can easily circulate in the population through sewage and they are suitable indicators for environ­mental surveillance. On the other hand, in some countries there are evidences of silent circulation of viruses in sew­age ...
S Hamed Khodaei, M Kargar , H Tabatabaei , M Sarijlou , R Nategh   +4 more
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Comprehensive Characterization of 98 Chinese Cases of Genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease With T188K Mutation

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize the demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of the Chinese patients of genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease with T188K variant (T188K‐gCJD), the most common subtype of genetic prion diseases (gPrDs) in China. Methods In this nationwide retrospective study, data from 98 genetically confirmed T188K‐gCJD patients ...
Chun‐Jie Li, Dong‐Lin Liang, Li‐Ping Gao, Wei‐Wei Zhang, Wei Zhou, A. Ruhan, Bing Xu, Run‐Dong Cao, Kang Xiao, Cao Chen, Qi Shi, Xiao‐Ping Dong   +11 more
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Advanced Materials for Biologics Delivery to Brain Tumors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Material innovation is central to unlocking the therapeutic potential of biologics against many central nervous system diseases, including brain cancer. By engineering carriers with controlled transport, targeting, and release properties, advanced materials can overcome the blood–brain barrier and tumor microenvironment, improving the delivery of ...
Yuran Feng, Yuxue Cao, Maria Kavallaris, Taskeen Janjua, Amirali Popat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the specimen referral system in Ghana: findings from a landscape assessment

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionGhana's specimen referral system (SRS) is driven by vertical surveillance programs and outbreak response events; the lack of integration limits public health disease surveillance capacity.
Christopher Nkrumah, Paa Kobina Forson, Bernard Nkrumah, Richard Owusu, Mohammed Aminu Andrew Musah, Doreenda Enyonam Ahiataku, Gifty Boateng, Pearl Nanka-Bruce, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Horlali Yao Gudjinu, William Addo Mills-Pappoe, John T. Ayivase, Ignatius Nchor Awinibuno, Danielle T. Barradas   +13 more
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Incidence and etiology of infectious diarrhea from a facility-based surveillance system in Guatemala, 2008–2012

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, yet incidence and etiology data are limited. We conducted laboratory-based diarrhea surveillance in Guatemala.
Wences Arvelo, Aron J. Hall, Olga Henao, Beatriz Lopez, Chris Bernart, Juan C. Moir, Lissette Reyes, Susan P. Montgomery, Oliver Morgan, Alejandra Estevez, Michele B. Parsons, Maria R. Lopez, Gerry Gomez, Jan Vinje, Nicole Gregoricus, Umesh Parashar, Eric D. Mintz, John McCracken, Joe P. Bryan, Kim A. Lindblade   +19 more
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HIV drug resistance surveillance using pooled pyrosequencing. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: Surveillance for HIV transmitted drug resistance (TDR) is performed using HIV genotype results from individual specimens. Pyrosequencing, through its massive parallel sequencing ability, can analyze large numbers of specimens simultaneously ...
Hezhao Ji, Nathalie Massé, Shaun Tyler, Ben Liang, Yang Li, Harriet Merks, Morag Graham, Paul Sandstrom, James Brooks   +8 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard): An Aerial Robotic Swarm for Autonomous Detection and Entrapment of Rogue Multirotors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard) is introduced as a four‐drone swarm that autonomously detects, tracks, and safely captures rogue drones using a coordinated net system. Computer vision and leader–follower control architecture enable synchronized enclosure, while integrated failsafes enhance system reliability. Validated through closed‐environment
Joshua Hastings, Levanya Dewanarayana, Iline Shaju, Haider Al‐Wizni, Sampson Marquis, Weicheng Huang, Pooya Sareh   +6 more
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Pathological issues in biopsy specimens of men with prostate cancer eligible for active surveillance

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia, 2014
Active surveillance (AS) is an important management option for men with lowrisk, clinically localized prostate cancer. The clinical parameters for patient selection and definition of progression for AS protocols are evolving as data from several large cohorts become mature.
Roberta, Mazzucchelli, Andrea Benedetto, Galosi, Antonio, Lopez-Beltran, Marina, Scarpelli, Liang, Cheng, Rodolfo, Montironi   +5 more
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Excluding polio in areas of inadequate surveillance in the final stages of eradication in China

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
In 1996, China adopted a virological classification of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases for its surveillance system. Only AFP cases with wild poliovirus in stool specimens are confirmed as polio.
E.J. Hoekstra, Chai Feng, Wang Xiao-jun, Zhang Xing-lu, Yu Jing-jin, J. Bilous   +5 more
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