Leishmaniasis in the United States military veterinary patient population.

Objective: To describe the presence of Leishmania infection within the animal population receiving care from US Army Veterinary Services.

Animals: 629 canine, feline, and equine patients of US Army Veterinary Services from 2014 to 2017.

Procedures: Personnel at the US Army Public Health Center ran a query within the Remote Online Veterinary Record system using previously validated search terms (eg, liesh, leish, and lesh) and returned data on any patient for which the master problem list included those terms.

An Integrated Approach for Efficient Multi-Omics Joint Analysis.

The challenges associated with multi-omics analysis, e.g. DNA-seq, RNA-seq, metabolomics, methylomics and microbiomics domains, include: (1) increased high-dimensionality, as all -omics domains include ten thousands to hundreds of thousands of variables each; (2) increased complexity in analyzing domain-domain interactions, quadratic for pairwise correlation, and exponential for higher-order interactions; (3) variable heterogeneity, with highly skewed distributions in different units and scales for methylation and microbiome.

Dietary raisin intake has limited effect on gut microbiota composition in adult volunteers.

Background: Dried fruits, such as raisins, contain phytochemicals and dietary fibers that contribute to maintaining health, potentially at least partially through modification in gut microbiota composition and activities. However, the effects of raisin consumption on gut microbiota have not previously been thoroughly investigated in humans. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine how adding three servings of sun dried raisin/day to the diet of healthy volunteers affects gut microbiota composition.

Systematically collected information at encounters with HIV-positive students: A review of 10 years of electronic medical records.

The objective of this study was to examine clinical and epidemiological information collected by Student Health Center (SHC) providers on HIV-positive students, and benchmark this information against Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines. Students who utilized the SHC and had an ICD-9 code indicating positive HIV status between 2005 and 2015 ( = 7). In June 2016, we accessed the free-form provider notes of the SHC's electronic medical records to identify specific, recorded epidemiological and clinical information.

Probiotics ( KS-13, G9-1, and MM-2) improve rhinoconjunctivitis-specific quality of life in individuals with seasonal allergies: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial.

Rhinoconjunctivitis-specific quality of life is often reduced during seasonal allergies. The Mini Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (MRQLQ) is a validated tool used to measure quality of life in people experiencing allergies (0 = not troubled to 6 = extremely troubled). Probiotics may improve quality of life during allergy season by increasing the percentage of regulatory T cells (Tregs) and inducing tolerance.

Novel encapsulation improves recovery of probiotic strains in fecal samples of human volunteers.

Probiotic supplements can contribute to maintaining health and ameliorating various disease symptoms. Probiotics can be delivered in many forms with crucial differences in their survival during gastrointestinal (GI) passage. Previously, a novel encapsulation, Probiotic Pearls™ Acidophilus, Integrative Therapeutics, LLC, USA (Pearls), was shown to increase survival in vitro after exposure to gastric conditions.

Phenylketonuria and Gut Microbiota: A Controlled Study Based on Next-Generation Sequencing.

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of metabolism associated with high blood levels of phenylalanine (Phe). A Phe-restricted diet supplemented with L-amino acids is the main treatment strategy for this disease; if started early, most neurological abnormalities can be prevented. The healthy human gut contains trillions of commensal bacteria, often referred to as the gut microbiota.

Apropos: Plasmodium knowlesi malaria an emerging public health problem in Hulu Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia (2009-2013): epidemiologic and entomologic analysis.

The use of detailed methodologies and legitimate settings justifications in spatial analysis is imperative to locating areas of significance. Studies missing this action may enact interventions in improper areas.