Publications by authors named "R B Bradbury"
In recent years, soil-transmitted helminthiases, including strongyloidiasis have become a prominent public health concern in the southeastern United States of America (USA). While there is ongoing human soil-transmitted helminths (STH) surveillance in Mississippi and Alabama, very little attention has been paid to potentially zoonotic STH from dogs in this region. We microscopically examined faecal samples collected from 252 shelter dogs in Mississippi using the formalin-ethyl acetate sedimentation method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Though preventive measures are available to alleviate the burden of dental caries, there remain racial disparities in the utilization of preventative dental care. Our objectives were to determine whether racial disparities persisted in receiving preventive oral procedures between (1) black children and white children; and (2) Hispanic children and white children.
Methods: We used pooled Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data in the United States from 2018 to 2021.
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- - Human strongyloidiasis is often misdiagnosed due to a lack of awareness about the crucial developmental stages of the parasite, particularly the fourth-stage larvae (L4a).
- - This study reports the successful identification of these L4a larvae in two clinical cases in Australia using direct wet-mount microscopy methods on sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage samples.
- - It highlights important morphological characteristics of L4a, such as its conical tail and mature genital features, to improve diagnostic accuracy for parasitological laboratories.
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- Strongyloidiasis is a widespread parasitic infection affecting 300-600 million people, particularly in tropical regions, and poses serious health risks, especially during immunosuppression, with high fatality rates.
- There have been no significant global health initiatives targeting this disease until recently, when the WHO included it in their roadmap for controlling neglected tropical diseases, highlighting its importance.
- The new WHO guidelines recommend mass drug administration of ivermectin in areas with a prevalence of over 5%, aiming for effective public health strategies to combat strongyloidiasis.
The effectiveness of strategic psychology-based marketing techniques for increasing public support for conservation is poorly understood. We assessed how such techniques affect support for tropical rainforest restoration with a controlled online experiment with 1166 nationally representative residents of the United Kingdom. We tested whether support increased when adding ecosystem service (ES) framings to typical nongovernmental organizations' (NGOs) biodiversity-focused messages that emphasize benefits to UK residents or people living near the tropical restoration site and a dynamic social norm nudge that emphasized increasing popularity of environmental restoration.
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