Evaluation of the Epidemic Situation of Anthrax in Armenia Over the Last Decade.

Introduction: Anthrax is a World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)-listed disease that must be reported upon confirmation based on the Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Anthrax poses a serious health issue for unvaccinated livestock, is a threat to humans through interaction with contaminated livestock and animal products and is endemic in many areas throughout the world, including the Transcaucasian Region. Despite several control and eradication efforts that have been implemented by the government of the Republic of Armenia (RA), sporadic cases of anthrax are still reported.

Duration of Immunity in Cattle to Lumpy Skin Disease Utilizing a Sheep Pox Vaccine.

The transmission of lumpy skin disease (LSD) occurs through ticks, mosquitoes, and flies. The most effective way to combat LSD is to conduct large-scale vaccination, covering the entire cattle population with safe and effective vaccines, while introducing restrictions on the movement of livestock. The first and only LSD cases that occurred in Armenia happened in 2015,and they were controlled with the use of a once yearly heterologous sheep pox vaccine for cattle in high-risk areas.

Migraine headache and other risk factors associated with glaucoma among the adult population living in Armenia: a case-control study.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the association between migraine headache and glaucoma among the adult population living in Armenia.

Methods: This case-control study recruited 145 cases with glaucoma and 250 controls without glaucoma and other ocular disorders except refractive error from Optomed Canada Diagnostic Eye Center in Armenia. A structured questionnaire contained questions on socio-demographics, family history of glaucoma and stroke, ocular health, smoking, migraine, and obstructive sleep apnea.

Hyperspectral optical orbital angular momentum modulation from tunable structured waveplates.

Shaping the orbital angular momentum of optical pulses in the spectral domain is a means of managing light in space and time that offers many possible applications. However, these are limited by the small number of techniques available, whose flexibility does not yet rival that of the continuous regime. We propose here to implement a tunable hyperspectral management of the orbital angular momentum of a polychromatic light field.

The Serological Response in Cattle following Administration of a Heterologous Sheep Pox Virus Strain Vaccine for Protection from Lumpy Skin Disease; Current Situation in Armenia.

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a highly infectious viral disease of cattle caused by LSD virus (LSDV), which was first reported in Armenia in late 2015. It was identified in pasture-raised cattle near the border with Iran. Currently, vaccination plays a key role in preventing further incursion of disease in high-risk areas.

The epidemiological status of African swine fever in domestic swine herds in the Tavush Province region, Armenia.

KEEN The factors associated with the spread and persistence of African swine fever (ASF) in the Caucasus region remain to be fully identified. It is assumed that large naive populations of domestic free-ranging and wild pigs are critical to disease transmission and maintenance. Nonetheless, 11 years since its epidemic introduction into the region in 2007, ASF virus (ASFV) is still circulating, suggesting that an endemic cycle has been established based on contact between free-ranging domestic pigs and wild pigs, and that native Ornithodoros ticks probably serve as reservoirs for the virus.

Laparoscopic and open repair for perforated duodenal ulcer: single-center experience.

Introduction: Perforation is a dangerous complication of peptic ulcer disease and requires emergency surgical treatment. In recent decades laparoscopic repair of duodenal perforation has been widely used in emergency abdominal surgery.

Aim: To analyze laparoscopic and open surgical treatment of 120 consecutive patients with perforated duodenal ulcer.

The peripheral GABAergic system as a target in endocrine disorders.

In addition to its well-recognized function as a cerebral inhibitory transmitter, less well established is the role of GABA in peripheral nervous and endocrine systems. We summarize current evidence that GABA serves as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator in the autonomic nervous system and as a hormone or trophic factor in non-neuronal peripheral tissue as well. GABA is widely distributed in endocrine tissues including the pituitary, pancreas, adrenal glands, uterus, ovaries, placenta and testis.