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Viruses
December 2024
Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS), Interdisciplinary Center for Research in Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal.
Rotavirus group A (RVA) is a major cause of pediatric acute gastroenteritis (AGE). Vaccination is an effective public health strategy and Angola implemented it in 2014. This hospital-based study aimed to estimate the prevalence of RVA infection and the severity of AGE in children under five years of age treated at six hospitals in Luanda Province.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Soil Science, School of Agricultural Science, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras 37200-900, MG, Brazil.
Selenium (Se) is an essential element for humans. However, much of the world's human population is deficient in this element, which has become a public health problem. This study aimed to evaluate whether applying severe water stress to wheat plants ( L.
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December 2024
Department of Built Environment, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA.
This study investigates the combined effects of environmental pollutants (lead, cadmium, total mercury) and behavioral factors (alcohol consumption, smoking) on depressive symptoms in women. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2018 cycle, specifically exposure levels of heavy metals in blood samples, were used in this study. The analysis of these data included the application of descriptive statistics, linear regression, and Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression (BKMR) to explore associations between environmental exposures, behavioral factors, and depression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNutrients
December 2024
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy.
Background: Nutritional interventions play a critical role in bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients. This review evaluates the effectiveness of nutritional strategies in mitigating post-transplant malnutrition and improving clinical outcomes.
Methods: A systematic review was conducted using PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and Embase.
Nutrients
December 2024
Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400337 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) are commonly reported after bariatric and metabolic surgery, including laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Nevertheless, the micronutrient status changes over time and the influence of sex or initial body mass index (BMI) on these changes are less explored. This study aims to investigate the changes in micronutrient levels at 6 and 12 months after LSG and the potential influence of sex or baseline BMI (≥40 kg/m) on these changes in patients submitted to LSG.
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