Assessment of occupational exposure of soldiers to Lyme disease and Borrelia miyamotoi disease in selected military training areas from northern Poland.

Ixodes ricinus tick is a vector of bacteria of Borreliella genus and Borrelia miyamotoi. Exposure to ticks constitutes occupational risk to soldiers, but the current knowledge on this subject is still limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate tick abundance and prevalence of infection with Borreliella spp.

Awareness of Pregnant Patients about Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection-A Semi-Systematic Review.

: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection represents a major issue worldwide, since it constitutes the most common viral congenital infection, with a prevalence of 0.58% and 1-5% in developed and developing countries, respectively. According to recent studies, prenatal treatment significantly decreases the risk of vertical CMV transmission, and early intervention may even prevent the termination of pregnancy.

An Initial Validation of Community-Based Air-Conduction Audiometry in Adults With Simulated Hearing Impairment Using a New Web App, DigiBel: Validation Study.

Background: Approximately 80% of primary school children in the United States and Europe experience glue ear, which may impair hearing at a critical time for speech acquisition and social development. A web-based app, DigiBel, has been developed primarily to identify individuals with conductive hearing impairment who may benefit from the temporary use of bone-conduction assistive technology in the community.

Objective: This preliminary study aims to determine the screening accuracy and usability of DigiBel self-assessed air-conduction (AC) pure tone audiometry in adult volunteers with simulated hearing impairment prior to formal clinical validation.

Oocyte cryopreservation in mosaic Turner syndrome with polycystic ovaries.

Objective: To report a case of a patient with Turner syndrome (TS) mosaicism and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), who underwent successful ovarian stimulation, oocyte retrieval, and cryopreservation.

Design: Case report.

Subjects: A female patient with mosaic TS (45,X [24%]/46,XX [76%]) and a paternally inherited balanced reciprocal translocation t(2:6) diagnosed with PCOS.

Mammography Breast Cancer Screening Triage Using Deep Learning: A UK Retrospective Study.

Background Breast screening enables early detection of cancers; however, most women have normal mammograms, resulting in repetitive and resource-intensive reading tasks. Purpose To investigate if deep learning (DL) algorithms can be used to triage mammograms by identifying normal results to reduce workload or flag cancers that may be overlooked. Materials and Methods In this retrospective study, three commercial DL algorithms were investigated using consecutive mammograms from two UK Breast Screening Program sites from January 2015 to December 2017 and January 2017 to December 2018 on devices from two mammography vendors.