Impact of gender, race, and age of onset on the phenotype and comorbidities of pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis.

Objectives: To investigate differences in symptoms, allergy comorbidities, and eosinophilic inflammation at the time of diagnosis for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) based on gender, race, and age of onset.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at a multidisciplinary EoE clinic; the correlation between histological findings, previously identified symptoms, associated comorbidities, and demographics including gender, race, as well as age of onset was examined. Chi-squared and Student's -tests were utilized for statistical analysis.

Influenza vaccine availability at urgent care centers in the state of Arizona.

We surveyed urgent care centers (UCCs) in the state of Arizona to determine whether they offered the influenza vaccine during the 2016-2017 influenza season. Overall vaccine availability was 80.3% at these facilities.

Effect of a Digital Social Media Campaign on Young Adult Smoking Cessation.

Introduction: Social media (SM) may extend the reach and impact for smoking cessation among young adult smokers. To-date, little research targeting young adults has been done on the use of SM to promote quitting smoking. We assessed the effect of an innovative multicomponent web-based and SM approach known as Break-it-Off (BIO) on young adult smoking cessation.

Public health in the field and the emergency operations center: methods for implementing real-time onsite syndromic surveillance at large public events.

Objective: To develop an onsite syndromic surveillance system for the early detection of public health emergencies and outbreaks at large public events.

Methods: As the third largest public health jurisdiction in the United States, Maricopa County Department of Public Health has worked with academic and first-response partners to create an event-targeted syndromic surveillance (EVENTSS) system. This system complements long-standing traditional emergency department-based surveillance and provides public health agencies with rapid reporting of possible clusters of illness.

In vitro and in vivo transfection of primary phagocytes via microbubble-mediated intraphagosomal sonoporation.

The professional phagocytes, such as macrophages and dendritic cells, are the subject of numerous research efforts in immunology and cell biology. The use of primary phagocytes in these investigations however, are limited by their inherent resistance to transfection with DNA constructs. As a result, the use of phagocyte-like immortalized cell lines is widespread.