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Epidemiological Features, Clinical Symptoms, and Environmental Risk Factors for Notifiable Japanese Encephalitis in Taiwan From 2008 to 2020: Retrospective Study.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
January 2025
School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Background: Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), and may cause fever, nausea, headache, or meningitis. It is currently unclear whether the epidemiological characteristics of the JEV have been affected by the extreme climatic conditions that have been observed in recent years.
Objective: This study aimed to examine the epidemiological characteristics, trends, and potential risk factors of JE in Taiwan from 2008 to 2020.
The question of strains in AA amyloidosis.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Rudbeck Laboratory, C11, 75185, Uppsala, Sweden.
The existence of transmissible amyloid fibril strains has long intrigued the scientific community. The strain theory originates from prion disorders, but here, we provide evidence of strains in systemic amyloidosis. Human AA amyloidosis manifests as two distinct clinical phenotypes called common AA and vascular AA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSalivary steroids in acute central serous chorioretinopathy.
Int Ophthalmol
January 2025
University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Eye Center, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Purpose: To analyze levels of salivary steroids, including 17-OH-progesterone (17-OHP), androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone, cortisol, cortisone, progesterone, testosterone, and estradiol, in patients with acute central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) patients.
Methods: Acute CSCR patients and healthy individuals were included in this observational case-control study. Levels of salivary steroids were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection.
Orbital inflammatory disease: a joint clinical experience in rheumatology and ophthalmology.
Int Ophthalmol
January 2025
Department of Ophtalmology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Purpose: This retrospective study aimed to characterize the clinical features, histopathological findings, and treatment outcomes of patients diagnosed with orbital inflammatory disease (OID) co-managed by the rheumatology and ophthalmology departments in a tertiary hospital.
Methods: Medical records of 14 patients with OID were analyzed. Data on demographics, clinical presentation, laboratory investigations, radiological imaging, histopathological results, treatment regimens, and disease outcomes were collected and reviewed.
SMILE for correction of myopia in patients during the incipient phase of presbyopia.
Int Ophthalmol
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, No 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Purpose: To evaluate clinical outcomes and visual quality 12 months after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for correction of myopia with or without astigmatism in patients during the incipient phase of presbyopia.
Setting: Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Design: Retrospective observation study.
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