Social media in pathology and laboratory medicine: A systematic review.

The use of social media platforms in pathology and medical laboratory science has increased in recent years, revolutionizing the way professionals in these fields interact, disseminate information, and collaborate. To gain an understanding of the current landscape regarding social media use in pathology and medical laboratory science, a novel systematic review was conducted. A search of PubMed, Medline, Embase, and Scopus was performed to identify articles evaluating social media use within pathology and medical laboratory science.

College students' willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines.

To assess college students' willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines and the factors that influence their decisions. Traditional (aged 18-23) undergraduate students at a university in central Texas. An online survey was administered in fall 2020 to 614 students stratified by sex and race/ethnicity.

Update on lyssaviruses and rabies: will past progress play as prologue in the near term towards future elimination?

Rabies is an ancient, much-feared, and neglected infectious disease. Caused by pathogens in the family Rhabdoviridae, genus , and distributed globally, this viral zoonosis results in tens of thousands of human fatalities and millions of exposures annually. All mammals are believed susceptible, but only certain taxa act as reservoirs.

A prospective study of patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis: factors - environmental exposure, health assessment, and genetic outlooks.

This original research is a directional study that determined the habits of individuals using four analyses to find statistical significance in the data collected from the surveys of 801 qualified of 1,340 individuals who agreed to participate. Results from the self-reported diagnosis of individuals affected by sarcoidosis produced seven statistically significant indicators of future research needed. The demographics revealed a significantly greater number of women and African-Americans participants than other minorities in the United States and suggested a sense of urgency to find a cure.

Global Diversity and Distribution of Hantaviruses and Their Hosts.

Rodents represent 42% of the world's mammalian biodiversity encompassing 2,277 species populating every continent (except Antarctica) and are reservoir hosts for a wide diversity of disease agents. Thus, knowing the identity, diversity, host-pathogen relationships, and geographic distribution of rodent-borne zoonotic pathogens, is essential for predicting and mitigating zoonotic disease outbreaks. Hantaviruses are hosted by numerous rodent reservoirs.

Stress-induced change in serum BDNF is related to quantitative family history of alcohol use disorder and age at first alcohol use.

Previous research in animal models suggests that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in stress-modulated alcohol consumption. However, relatively few studies have investigated this issue in humans, and results of existing studies have been heterogeneous. The primary aim of the current study was to examine the within-subjects effect of acute stress (timed math plus cold pressor) on serum BDNF levels (ΔBDNF: post- minus pre-stress) in healthy social drinkers (N=68, 20 male).

Prevalence of Staphylococcus, including Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, in a Physical Therapy Education Facility.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of Staphylococcus species, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), in a physical therapy (PT) education facility. The PT laboratory classrooms were routinely used by graduate PT students and faculty, undergraduate anatomy students, and licensed practitioners for continuing education purposes.

Methods: A total of 88 swab samples were collected from plinths and other equipment and plated onto mannitol salt agar (MSA).

Effect of bacteriophage infection in combination with tobramycin on the emergence of resistance in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

Bacteriophage infection and antibiotics used individually to reduce biofilm mass often result in the emergence of significant levels of phage and antibiotic resistant cells. In contrast, combination therapy in Escherichia coli biofilms employing T4 phage and tobramycin resulted in greater than 99% and 39% reduction in antibiotic and phage resistant cells, respectively. In P.

Epidemiology of rabies in bats in Texas (2001-2010).

Objective: To obtain epidemiological information on rabies in bats in Texas.

Design: Epidemiological study.

Sample: Laboratory reports of bats that had been submitted for rabies testing in Texas from 2001 through 2010.

Snapshot prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus species, including MRSA, in a student athletic facility: an undergraduate research project.

Objective: To evaluate and characterize the prevalence of MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus, and other Staphylococcus species found on exercise equipment on one day point of collection.

Design: A cross sectional, point prevalence design (pilot study) with a single time of measurement. Data collected in summer of 2011 (Undergraduate Research Project for CLS Program, CLS 4361 Clinical Research).

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): an interim report of carriage and conversion rates in nursing students.

Objective: To evaluate and characterize MRSA and staphylococci carriage and conversion rates in nursing students across clinical semester rotations and to describe risk factors.

Design: A prospective, longitudinal cohort design (interim report) with three times of measurement. Data collected between August 2010 and May 2011 (ongoing longitudinal study to May 2012).

MRSA model of learning and adaptation: a qualitative study among the general public.

Background: More people in the US now die from Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections than from HIV/AIDS. Often acquired in healthcare facilities or during healthcare procedures, the extremely high incidence of MRSA infections and the dangerously low levels of literacy regarding antibiotic resistance in the general public are on a collision course. Traditional medical approaches to infection control and the conventional attitude healthcare practitioners adopt toward public education are no longer adequate to avoid this collision.

Growing our own: teaching and doing research in CLS.

The shortage of clinical laboratory scientists (CLS) has been well-documented in the healthcare environment. This growing concern only becomes more critical as we enter the retiring baby boomer era in our society. Concomitantly, the problem of addressing how university CLS programs recruit and retain faculty to teach and satisfy research agendas is not being studied.

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: carriage rates and characterization of students in a Texas university.

Objective: To evaluate the carriage rates of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a university student population and describe risk factors associated with the carriage of each.

Design: Cross-sectional study (N = 203). Institutional Review Board approval was obtained from Texas State University-San Marcos.

Molecular diagnostics clinical laboratory science course design: making it real.

The ability of a clinical laboratory scientist (CLS) to perform molecular diagnostic testing has become critical to the profession. Knowledge of methodology associated with detection of pathogens and inherited genetic disorders is imperative for the current and future CLS. CLS programs in the US teach human genetics and molecular diagnostics in various components and formats.

Epidemiology of rabies in skunks in Texas.

Objective: To obtain epidemiologic information on rabies in skunks in Texas.

Design: Epidemiologic study.

Sample Population: Reports of skunks that had been submitted for rabies testing in Texas from 1953 through 2007.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Texas: 1993-2006.

Background: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare cardiopulmonary disease that was first described after a 1993 epidemic in the southwestern United States. This study reviewed all cases reported in Texas to date.

Methods: We reviewed case report forms submitted to the Texas Department of State Health Services and medical records (when available) to determine demographic and clinical features of Texas HPS cases.

Bat-associated rabies virus in Skunks.

Rabies was undetected in terrestrial wildlife of northern Arizona until 2001, when rabies was diagnosed in 19 rabid skunks in Flagstaff. Laboratory analyses showed causative rabies viruses associated with bats, which indicated cross-species transmission of unprecedented magnitude. Public health infrastructure must be maintained to address emerging zoonotic diseases.

Evaluation of oral rabies vaccination programs for control of rabies epizootics in coyotes and gray foxes: 1995-2003.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of intervention efforts to halt 2 wildlife rabies epizootics from 1995 through 2003, including 9 oral rabies vaccination campaigns for coyotes and 8 oral rabies vaccination campaigns for gray foxes.

Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: 98 coyotes during prevaccination surveillance and 963 coyotes and 104 nontarget animals during postvaccination surveillance in south Texas, and 699 gray foxes and 561 nontarget animals during postvaccination surveillance in west-central Texas.