Understanding the levels of health literacy among different groups is essential for better public health interventions targeting specific subgroups of the population. Additionally, this article explores the prevalence and influencing factors of the health literacy levels of different age groups during the COVID-19 epidemic. Multistage stratified cluster random sampling and the Probability Proportion to Size (PPS) method were used to select permanent residents aged 15-69 in Chongqing (54,706) for the questionnaire survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo novel phosphoethanolamine transferase genes, eptAv7 and eptAv3, were identified in the chromosome of an Aeromonas jandaei isolate from retail fish. The variants showed 79.9% and 80.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since its discovery in 2015, the mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-1 has been reported in bacteria from >50 countries. Although aquaculture-associated bacteria may act as a significant reservoir for colistin resistance, systematic investigations of mcr-1 in the aquaculture supply chain are scarce.
Objectives: We investigated the presence of colistin resistance determinants in the aquaculture supply chain in south China and determined their characteristics and relationships.
MCR-1-positve Escherichia coli (MCRPEC) have been reported in humans worldwide; however, thus far, their prevalence is low and potential sources for human mcr-1 carriage have not yet been identified. Here, we analyse a nationwide epidemiological dataset on MCRPEC in humans throughout China and assess the factors associated with MCRPEC carriage using natural and national anthropogenic data. We identified 774 non-duplicate MCRPEC isolates from 774 stool samples collected from 5,159 healthy individuals in 30 provinces and municipalities in 2016, with a prevalence of MCRPEC ranging from 3.
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September 2018
The mobile colistin resistance gene is globally disseminated in both and species, with the latter potentially serving as a reservoir for this gene. Here, we investigated the prevalence of in rectal swabs from humans, in food-producing animals and their products, and in the aquatic environment, and we investigated the genetic relationships between the -positive isolates. An enriched broth screening method was used to detect in samples, and species identification of isolates from positive samples was carried out by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and shotgun sequencing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo investigate the prevalence of the recently emerging colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae among companion animals, we examined 566 isolates collected from cats and dogs in Beijing, China, during 2012-2016. Of these isolates, 49 (8.7%) were mcr-1-positive.
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