Four-week-old specific-pathogen-free Muscovy ducks were inoculated with reovirus. One week later, they were inoculated intratracheally with a O78:K80 strain of Escherichia coli. The next day, they were given enrofloxacin at different doses in the drinking water. Comparison of mortality rates, weight gain, macroscopic lesions, and E. coli re-isolations among treated and untreated birds showed that a 5-day treatment course with 12.5 or 25 ppm enrofloxacin in water for 4 hours in the morning provided good therapeutic efficacy against respiratory colibacillosis.
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December 2024
Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Objective: Hand washing is considered an important public health intervention to reduce the burden of communicable diseases such as gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections. Washbasins in public restrooms are often only equipped with cold water and it can be observed that people only rinse their hands briefly after using the toilet instead of washing them properly with soap. As there are no recommendations on the optimal water temperature for efficacy, we measured the efficacy of simple hand rinsing with cold (4°C) and warm (40°C) water for 10 and 20 seconds compared to the European Norm EN 1499 reference hand wash.
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School of Basic Medicine Science, Fujian Province, Putian University, Key Laboratory of Translational Tumor Medicine in , Putian City, 351100, Fujian Province, China.
Background: A fundamental tenet of the hygiene theory is the inverse association between helminth infections and the emergence of immune-mediated diseases. Research has been done to clarify the processes by which helminth-derived molecules can inhibit immunological disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the ability of Trichinella spiralis chitinase (Ts-chit) to ameliorate the symptoms of allergic airway inflammation.
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Laboratory of Plant Improvement and Valorization of Agro-resources, National School of Engineers of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax LR.16ES20, Tunisia.
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Department of Microbiology, Basic Science Center, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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Microbiology Laboratory, Bicêtre University Hospital, AP-HP Paris Saclay University, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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