Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|
Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
February 2025
Pandemic Sciences Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
The 2024 Nipah outbreak in Kerala, India-its fifth in six years-and the recurring annual outbreaks in Bangladesh underscore the persistent threat posed by the Nipah virus (NiV) in the region. With a high mortality rate, human-to-human transmission potential, and the widespread presence of bats, the natural reservoir, NiV remains a significant epidemic threat. Despite being a WHO priority pathogen, there has been no systematic effort to improve patient care for NiVD, leading to consistently poor outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExpert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol
January 2025
Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder of gut-brain interaction affecting 5% of the population. The cardinal symptoms are abdominal pain and altered stool form or frequency.
Areas Covered: Diagnosis and management of IBS.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with in-hospital deaths of newborns admitted to a special care newborn unit (SCANU) in southern Bangladesh.
Design: Retrospective cohort.
Setting: SCANU of Patuakhali Medical College Hospital, Patuakhali, Bangladesh.
Dig Dis Sci
January 2025
School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Background: Whether pathophysiological factors differ between males and females with irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea (IBS-D) remains to be tested. To better understand potential sex differences, males with IBS-D were compared to naturally cycling females and to females with IBS-D taking hormonal contraception on plasma levels of cytokines and gut microbiome characteristics.
Methods: Males and females with Rome III IBS-D completed questionnaires and kept a daily symptom diary for 28 days.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2024
Bacteriology Laboratory, Medical Analysis Research Unit, Interdisciplinary Center for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.
Background: Gastric diseases caused, in particular, by , non-typhoidal , and resulting from food and/or water problems, are a disproportionately distributed burden in developing countries in Central Africa. The aim of this work was to compile a list of studies establishing the prevalence of the involvement of these bacterial genera in diarrheal syndromes in Central Africa from 1998 to 2022.
Methods: The Preferred Reporting Articles for Systemic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, six (6) database (Pubmed, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Freefullpdf, and Scinapse) were perused for research on the role of , and diarrheal infections in humans and animals, in 9 country of Central Africa over from 1998 to 2022.
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!