Publications by authors named "Dong-ling Long"

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  • The study aimed to explore how hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) affects nails in children, particularly focusing on the occurrence and characteristics of nail changes after diagnosis.
  • A survey of 273 parents revealed that 20.5% of children experienced nail changes, which were more common in boys and typically occurred 1 to 2 months post-HFMD diagnosis, often lasting around 4 weeks.
  • Nail changes mainly appeared as onychomadesis and did not require any treatment, with no reported relapses or new nail issues after recovery.
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Objective: To study the antigenic and genetic characteristics of influenza A (H3N2) virus in the 2009 influenza epidemics in Chengdu.

Methods: The influenza virus strains were isolated with MDCK cells from 4869 samples taken from the sentinel surveillance in 2009 in Chengdu. Hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and RT-PCR reaction tests were performed to guide the extraction of viral RNA from the culture fluid of the influenza A (H3N2) virus.

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Objective: To predict the possibility of epidemic outbreak of meningitis by testing Neissria Meningitides in a healthy population in the Mianzhu post-earthquake residential area.

Methods: A simple random sampling strategy was adopted to collect 887 throat swabs from a healthy population in the Mainzhu post-earthquake residential area. The TaqMan assay were performed to detect Neissria Meningitides.

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