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January 2025
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Cockroaches are widely recognized as vectors for transmitting pathogenic microorganisms in hospital and community environments due to their movement between contaminated and human-occupied spaces. (. ), particularly methicillin-resistant (MRSA), is a primary global health concern because of its capacity to cause a wide range of infections and its resistance to many antibiotics.
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January 2025
Department of Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposomics and Entire Lifecycle Health, Guilin Medical University, China. Electronic address:
The existing studies on the association between multi-metal mixture exposure and cognitive function in the older adults are limited and controversial, with no studies considering the mediating effect of thyroid hormones on the connection between them. This study of 441 urban older adults assessed 21 urinary metal levels and cognitive function using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Urinary metal levels were measured via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and thyroid hormones levels were obtained from medical records.
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January 2025
Department of Medical Clinical, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania.
This research investigates the impact of exogenous and endogenous factors on fetal health in pregnant women under the age of 18, with a special focus on the influence of educational level, adherence to vices (smoking and alcohol), comorbidities (diabetes and hypertension), and poor sanitary conditions. The study uses retrospective data collected from a medical institution in the Southeast region of Romania, including a sample of 3639 births during the post-pandemic period (2022-2023). This period was considered to be a reference period for the study because, as a result of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 disease in the pandemic, there was an increase in the birth rate among patients under 18 years of age.
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January 2025
LLC «Next Event Group», Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
Background: Following its independence, Kazakhstan implemented several reforms, including the adoption of the Entrepreneurial Code in 2008. This study aims to evaluate the impact of these reforms on the number and per capita rates of epidemiologists, nurse epidemiologists, epidemiological surveillance centers, and infectious morbidity from 1998 to 2022. Such an evaluation is critical for informing policy decisions regarding the future of epidemiological services in Kazakhstan.
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January 2025
Laboratory for Plague Microbiology, Especially Dangerous Infections Department, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279 Obolensk, Russia.
Bacterial ghosts (BGs), non-living empty envelopes of bacteria, are produced either through genetic engineering or chemical treatment of bacteria, retaining the shape of their parent cells. BGs are considered vaccine candidates, promising delivery systems, and vaccine adjuvants. The practical use of BGs in vaccine development for humans is limited because of concerns about the preservation of viable bacteria in BGs.
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