Using histories of household members of Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors in Sierra Leone, we calculated risk of EVD by age and exposure level, adjusting for confounding and clustering, and estimated relative risks. Of 937 household members in 94 households, 448 (48%) had had EVD. Highly correlated with exposure, EVD risk ranged from 83% for touching a corpse to 8% for minimal contact and varied by age group: 43% for children <2 years of age; 30% for those 5-14 years of age; and >60% for adults >30 years of age. Compared with risk for persons 20-29 years of age, exposure-adjusted relative risks were lower for those 5-9 (0.70), 10-14 (0.64), and 15-19 (0.71) years of age but not for children <2 (0.92) or 2-4 (0.97) years of age. Lower risk for 5-19-year-olds, after adjustment for exposure, suggests decreased susceptibility in this group.
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Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao
October 2024
College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University/Key Laboratory of Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystem, Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China.
We analyzed the differences in knot property of linear and curved knots of dominant, medium, and inferior wood with thirty-three trees from Mengjiagang Forest Farm and Linkou Forestry Bureau in Heilongjiang Province. We divided the 33 trees into two groups according to the height of the site index. We constructed a trunk diameter growth models to explore the connection, between the knot growth inflection points and the successive growth of diameter, and to screen for the types that had a weaker impact on wood quality.
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December 2024
School of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue affecting many women worldwide. While extensive research exists on IPV during pregnancy and postpartum, there is limited information on IPV against mothers during the critical child-rearing stage, specifically the first three years following childbirth. This study examines the prevalence and patterns of IPV among mothers in China during this stage, identifying associated factors across four family subsystems: individual, husband-and-wife, mother-child, and family context, to guide the development of tailored prevention strategies.
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December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark (H.S., S.L.K., R.S., L.K., E.L.F., N.E.V.).
Background: Sparse information regarding the long-term risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI) following a transient ischemic attack (TIA) emphasizes further research to guide preventive strategies and risk stratification in patients with a TIA.
Methods: We conducted a nationwide cohort study to investigate the 5-year risk of MI and all-cause mortality in patients with a first-time TIA. Patients with a first-time TIA were identified in the Danish Stroke Registry (2013-2020), matched on age, sex, and calendar year (1:4) with the general population and (1:1) with patients with first-time ischemic stroke.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)
December 2024
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Objective: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in children can cause hypocalcaemia and rickets, but the prevalence of these complications and the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentrations below which they arise is uncertain. We investigated this in children (< 18 years) with 25OHD measurements.
Design, Measurement And Patients: We obtained 25OHD results from the regional laboratory database, alongside albumin-adjusted serum calcium (aCa), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) within 6 months of the index 25OHD.
Medeni Med J
December 2024
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Departmet of Medical Pathology, İzmir, Türkiye.
Objective: Angiotropism/perivascular invasion (PVI) is an emerging topic in various types of cancer, with studies primarily focusing on melanoma. However, limited data are available on the significance of PVI in breast cancer. This study aimed to assess the prognostic significance of PVI in breast cancer and its correlation with traditional clinicopathological prognostic parameters.
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