Correlation Between the Oral Microbiota and Sports Practice: A Systematic Review.

The impact of sports on oral health has been the subject of extensive investigation, with the majority of studies indicating a deterioration in oral health. However, the composition of the oral microbiota in athletes and its impact remains unclear. The objective of this review is to investigate the potential correlation between athletic activity and alterations in the oral microbiota.

Centrifugal Microfluidic Cell Culture Platform for Physiologically Relevant Virus Infection Studies: A Case Study with HSV-1 Infection of Periodontal Cells.

Static well plates remain the gold standard to study viral infections in vitro, but they cannot accurately mimic dynamic viral infections as they occur in the human body. Therefore, we established a dynamic cell culture platform, based on centrifugal microfluidics, to study viral infections in perfusion. To do so, we used human primary periodontal dental ligament (PDL) cells and herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) as a case study.

Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection of Human Periodontal Ligament.

The periodontal ligament (PDL) is a complex connective tissue that connects the tooth root to the dental alveolar bone and plays crucial mechanical roles. PDL also exhibits regenerative roles and regulatory functions to maintain periodontium integrity and homeostasis. While PDL exposure to oral microbial pathogens is common, virtually nothing is known regarding viral infections of PDL.

[Risk of nasopharyngeal cancer, Leukemia and other tumors in a cohort of employees and students potentially exposed to (FA) formaldehyde in University laboratories].

FA was recently classified as carcinogen of second class (category 1B). A retrospective cohort study was conducted for the evaluation of the association between exposure to FA and cancer in professionally potentially exposed in a University setting. The cohort was composed of 140 exposed to FA and 364 not exposed in the period 1999-2015.

[Changes in tobacco addiction and spirometric variations in workers exposed to chemical risk in biochemical research laboratories of a large Italian University--a retrospective cohort study].

Objective: To describe smoking cessation in a group of workers exposed to chemical risk and factors associated; to assess the changes of respiratory function over the years also in relation to risks to which they were exposed.

Materials And Methods: We studied employees/students occupationally exposed to chemical risk from whom we also had information about smoking status and who had done a spirometry in all periodic visits and who had at least two periodic medical examinations during the follow-up.

Results: Variables significantly associated to the smoking cessation are gender and exposure to biological risk.

Levels of anti-HBs antibody in HBV-vaccinated students enrolled in the faculty of medicine, dentistry and health professions of a large Italian University.

Background: Prophylaxis against hepatitis B virus (HBV) addressed to students of the faculties of health professions has received great attention. Objectives. The present study aims to assess vaccination coverage against hepatitis B in healthcare professionals in training.

[Latent tuberculosis infection: prevalence amongst healthcare students at the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)].

Healthcare workers, including medical, dentistry and nursing students, have an increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In this study the prevalence of tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity (defined as induration ≥ 5 mm) among healthcare students enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) in the years 2011-2012 was evaluated. Overall, 2,519 students with a mean age of 20.

[Control and prevention of tuberculosis in healthcare facilities].

Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death by a single infectious agent. Healthcare workers who for professional reasons are exposed to infectious patients and to potentially contaminated materials are at high risk of infection. This article provides a review of existing regulations and summarizes national and international guidelines and operational protocols for tuberculosis surveillance in clinical settings.

Practical method of control of TBC in a population of students belonging to the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Aim: To describe the surveillance and control protocol for tuberculosis in healthcare students in use at the CMO of University "Sapienza" and founded on a dedicated database.

Methods: Analysis of health certificates through a dedicated data storage software based on Microsoft Access 2007.

Results: Students resulting positive to Mantoux test who did not undergo second-level examination (chest X-ray, TB Gold, prophylaxis) are invited to refer themselves within ten days to the infectious disease specialist.

Skin test screening for tuberculosis among healthcare students: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Aim of the study was to document the baseline prevalence of healthcare students positive to tuberculosis skin tests screening.

Methods: Between 2008-2010, students admitted to healthcare courses (medicine, nursing, physiotherapy..

[Revision of the behavior of Italian universities towards the HBV vaccination and tuberculosis prophylaxis].

Diagnostic screening for hepatitis B and tuberculosis infection bears a very important role for health care professionals even considering the decreasing epidemiological trends. According to the WHO predictions in 2030 these diseases will remain at third and fourth places among the causes of death for infectious diseases in industrial countries. The aim of this study is to verify the presence of hepatitis B and tuberculosis prophylaxis among the entry requirements for Medical Schools (MED) and Healthcare Professions Degree (PS) courses in 2011/2012 enrollment announcements.

Endoparasites of chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in two rivers of the Abruzzo region of Italy.

The relationship between communities of chub endoparasites (Leuciscus cephalus) fished in the Orta and Pescara Rivers in the Abruzzo region of Italy, and the quality of the water in which they are caught, were studied in surveys designed to evaluate the feed quality of fish in the inland waters of the Abruzzo. Samples were taken monthly from October 2000 to September 2001 in the Orta River (Buscesi District) and the Pescara River (near the Villareia bridge); a total of 86 chub were caught. During periods of low and moderate flow in both rivers, benthonic macroinvertebrates were sampled at the fish sampling sites to classify the water quality using the extended biotic index (EBI) method.

Morphometric variability between and within species of Ligophorus Euzet & Suriano, 1977 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Monogeneans belonging to the genus Ligophorus Euzet & Suriano, 1977 are parasitic on the gills of several fish species of the family Mugilidae (mullets). At present, 12 species belonging to this genus have been described in the Mediterranean Sea and each host species is infected by a number of Ligophorus species that are not found on other mullets. A multivariate study using principal component and canonical variate analyses was carried out, with the aim of investigating the extent of morphometric variability within and between the 12 Mediterranean species of Ligophorus.

Populations of acanthocephalus anguillaePomphorhynchus laevis in rivers with different pollution levels.

The distribution of two acanthocephalan species (Pomphorhynchus laevisAcanthocephalus anguillae) in the chub (Leuciscus cephalus) was studied in four river reaches characterized by different levels of pollution: the River Ticino near Abbiategrasso (unpolluted), the Naviglio Grande Canal, in Milano (slightly polluted), the River Lambro near Merone village (polluted) and the River Lambro near Monza (severely polluted).Pomphorhynchus laevis was restricted to the unpolluted and the slightly polluted sites, while the intensity of A. anguillae increased proportionally to water pollution.

[Preliminary study on the occurrence of sylvan trichinelliasis in 589 foxes in the Province of Rome].

A survey on 589 foxes for the control of trichinelliasis in the Province of Rome was carried out in collaboration with the gamekeepers of the Province of Rome. The presence of Trichinella larvae in masseters muscles was studied using trichinoscope and digestion methods. Five foxes out 589 were found infected; four infected animals were killed in the Prenestini and Simbruini mountains, one infected animal was killed in the plain north west of Rome.