Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antibodies in English adult blood donors: A nationwide cross-sectional study, 2021-2022.

Background: Estimates of Lyme disease incidence in England are based on reporting of cases with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis only, underestimating total cases. In 2017 - 2018, two independent reviews commissioned by the UK Government highlighted the lack of official data on Lyme disease prevalence and incidence as a critical knowledge gap.

Aim: To estimate the prevalence of IgG antibodies in the English adult population specific for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl), the causative agent of Lyme disease.

Lyme disease in UK primary care: a knowledge, attitude and practice survey.

Background: Lyme disease (LD) cases in the UK most commonly present within the primary care setting. Despite an upward trend of incidence, little is known regarding general practitioner (GP) experience with diagnosis and treatment.

Aim: This study aims to describe baseline primary care clinician Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) in Scotland and England.

Exploring health inequities through the actor-network theory lens.

Social theory plays an important role in the nursing discipline and nursing inquiry as it helps conceptually embed nursing in the larger picture of the social world. For example, a broad category of critical theory provides a unique lens for uncovering social conditions of inequity and oppression. Among the sociological theories, actor-network theory (ANT) is an approach to research and analysis that has recently gained interest among nurse philosophers and researchers.

Synaptic gene expression changes in frontotemporal dementia due to the MAPT 10 + 16 mutation.

Aims: Mutations in the MAPT gene encoding tau protein can cause autosomal dominant neurodegenerative tauopathies including frontotemporal dementia (often with Parkinsonism). In Alzheimer's disease, the most common tauopathy, synapse loss is the strongest pathological correlate of cognitive decline. Recently, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging with synaptic tracers revealed clinically relevant loss of synapses in primary tauopathies; however, the molecular mechanisms leading to synapse degeneration in primary tauopathies remain largely unknown.

Pain, inconvenience and blame: defining work-related injuries in the veterinary workplace.

Background: The veterinary workplace carries a high risk of staff accidents and injuries, yet there is scant research exploring it in comparison with other comparable fields, such as human medicine.

Aims: To understand how veterinary professionals define injuries and to understand what injuries they do, or do not, deem reportable.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey comprising demographic questions and open-text questions was shared with veterinary practice staff across the UK.