Enhancement of plasma-catalytic oxidation of ethylene oxide (EO) over FeMn catalysts in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor.

In this work, an integrated system combining non-thermal plasma (NTP) and FeMn catalysts was developed for ethylene oxide (EO) oxidation. The effect of Fe/Mn molar ratio on the oxidation rate of EO and energy yield of the plasma-catalytic process has been investigated as a function of specific energy density (SED). Compared with the case of using plasma alone, the combination of plasma and FeMn catalysts greatly enhanced the reaction performance by the factor of 25.

Prevalence, Serotypes, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles Among Isolated from Food Catering Workers in Nantong, China.

is a worldwide foodborne pathogen causing human disease. Food handlers, who are potential carriers of , may transmit the pathogen to consumers through food. To determine the prevalence of serovars among food handlers working in the catering industry in Nantong, China, a total of 214,542 food handlers' fecal samples were tested for in the Nantong CDC (Centers for Disease Control) from 2012 to 2017.

Pathogenic strains of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) belonging to farmers are of the same subtype as pathogenic Y. enterocolitica strains isolated from humans and may be a source of human infection in Jiangsu Province, China.

We isolated 326 Yersinia enterocolitica strains from 5,919 specimens from patients with diarrhea at outpatient clinics, livestock, poultry, wild animals, insect vectors, food, and the environment in the cities of Nantong and Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province, China, from 2004 to 2008. The results showed that the 12 pathogenic strains were of the O:3 serotype. Six strains were isolated from domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) belonging to farmers and were found to be the primary carriers of pathogenic Y.

Seoul virus and hantavirus disease, Shenyang, People's Republic of China.

An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) occurred among students in Shenyang Pharmaceutical University in 2006. We conducted a study to characterize etiologic agents of the outbreaks and clarify the origin of hantaviruses causing infections in humans and laboratory animals. Immunoglobulin (Ig) M or IgG antibodies against Seoul virus (SEOV) were detected in the serum samples of all 8 patients.