Objective The study seeks to assess the perceptions of people on evaluating the sources of noise, noise-induced health issues, and noise regulation awareness among the exposed population present in the study site of urban Puducherry, South India. Methods A cross-sectional survey using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was conducted between July and August 2021 in 32 study sites in urban Puducherry to evaluate how adults and youth perceive noise pollution. The questionnaire gathered details on their sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of the problems associated with noise pollution, source of noise pollution, effects of noise on health, and awareness of regulations related to noise pollution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Female genital tuberculosis often faces diagnostic challenges due to the asymptomatic nature of the disease. Our study aims at comparing the microbiological and histopathological results with PCR in diagnosing genital tuberculosis in endometrial curettage specimens.
Methods: Around 139 patients with diverse gynaecological complaints were recruited for the study, and endometrial curettage specimens were collected.
Papillon Lefevre syndrome (PLS) manifests with palmoplantar keratoderma, combined with a rapidly progressive periodontitis associated with mutations in Cathepsin C (CTSC) gene. This article reports a 15-year old male proband with typical PLS traits having a novel compound heterozygote with p.Q49X mutation in exon 1 and p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndometrium is one of the most commonly affected sites in genital tuberculosis. The understanding of its interaction with the tubercle bacilli is of paramount importance for studying the pathogenesis of this disease. The main objective of this work was to study the interplay between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host endometrial epithelial cell lines (Ishikawa cell lines), and to identify the differentially expressed genes upon tuberculosis infection.
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