The Relationship Between Gender and Women’s Tobacco Use: An Ecological Analysis with Country-level Data by Hanife Ece Erik, Tülin Çoban, Lütfiye Hilal Özcebe

“…CONCLUSION: The increased prevalence of tobacco use among women in countries with high education and socioeconomic status suggests the early stages of the tobacco epidemic. Smoking cessation remains a persistent challenge, especially for women. …”
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Food-derived protein hydrolysates and peptides: anxiolytic and antidepressant activities, characteristics, and mechanisms by Wenhui Li, Yu Xi, Junru Wang, Yinxiao Zhang, He Li, Xinqi Liu

“…Globally, the prevalence of anxiety and depression has reached epidemic proportions. Food-derived protein hydrolysates and peptides delivered through dietary supplementation can avoid the negative risks associated with traditional pharmaceuticals while delivering superior anxiolytic and antidepressant effects. …”
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The Burden of HIV Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Jimma University Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Observational Study by Taye Kebede, Michael Dayu, Abiot Girma

“…The HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) epidemic enters its fifth decade amid a global pandemic. …”
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An ensemble prediction approach to weekly Dengue cases forecasting based on climatic and terrain conditions by Sougata Deb, Cleta Milagros Libre Acebedo, Gomathypriya Dhanapal, Chua Matthew Chin Heng

“…In recent years, frequent dengue epidemics have started occurring in Latin America as well. …”
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A TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Sporisorium scitamineum in Sugarcane by Yachun Su, Shanshan Wang, Jinlong Guo, Bantong Xue, Liping Xu, Youxiong Que

“…Sporisorium scitamineum is a fungal smut pathogen epidemic in sugarcane producing areas. Early detection and proper identification of the smut are an essential requirement in its management practice. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes among Children Aged 11-14 Years Old in Vietnam by Duong H. Phan, Vuong V. Do, Long Q. Khuong, Hung T. Nguyen, Hoang V. Minh

“…However, there is a high prevalence in impaired fasting glucose, requiring attention from policymakers to take action to prevent the occurrence of the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in children in the future.…”
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Evaluation of veterinary laboratory proficiency based on results of interlaboratory comparisons organized by FGBI “ARRIAH” in 2018–2019 by A. Yu. Sukharkov, Z. B. Nikonova, O. P. Byadovskaya, A. S. Pershin, M. I. Shulpin, I. A. Chvala

“…Laboratory diagnosis is a crucial component in implementation of the set of anti-epidemic measures aimed at contagious animal disease control. …”
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Clinical, Epidemiological and Therapeutic Characteristics of Patients Admitted for a Bronchial Asthma Attack by Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Juan Camilo Díaz Ceballos, Mercedes Fonseca Hernández, Ileana García Rodríguez, Caridad Llul Tombo, Daimy Tio González

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the most affected age group was under 3 years old (35.8 %), with a slight predominance of males (55 %) and white skin color (57 %), the highest number of admission corresponded to the months of epidemic rise, the minor persistent form (53.6 %) and the moderate seizures (94.6 %) predominated, the 64.4 % had no control treatment. …”
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Impact of non-pharmacological interventions on the first wave of COVID-19 in Portugal 2020 by Dinis B. Loyens, Constantino Caetano, Carlos Matias-Dias

“…Conclusion: Our findings suggest NPIs curbed epidemic transmission, reducing Rt below 1 and easing hospital loads and deaths. …”
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Case Report of HIV and Neurosyphilis Coinfection in a Recent Migrant: Old Diseases in New Faces by Alexa Van Besien, Ian Paolo Mauricio, Ronald Belfort, Joseph Lykins

“…Haiti is well-known for being disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic, with rates of infection ~6 times higher than in the United States (US). …”
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Epidemiological monitoring of avian influenza in the Republic of Crimea in 2019–2020 by D. V. Gadzevich, S. I. Danylchenko, N. V. Vorotilova, M. A. Pasunkina, V. A. Uppe, V. N. Irza, M. S. Volkov, N. G. Zinyakov

“…The comparative genetic analysis of 258 bp nucleic acid sequences of the AIV H gene fragment showed that the identified isolate belongs to the Asian genetic lineage of highly pathogenic AIV subtype H5 (clade 2.3.4.4) associated with the epidemic spread in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2016–2020.…”
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Analysis of the integrated role of the Yangtze River Delta based on the industrial economic resilience of cities during COVID-19 by Cai Jia, Zini Cao, Jinkang Hu, Xudong Wang, Long Zhao, Junjun Zhi, Wangbing Liu, Gaohua Zhang, Shilong Ding, Yan Li, Luzhou Lin

“…This study employs the theory of economic and land resource use to examine the resilience of the industrial economy during an epidemic by using industrial land as a representation of industrial economic development. …”
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Changes in the neurologists’ professional identity by M. Šeduikienė, V. Matonis

“…The third paragraph The influence of medical innovations on NPI changes explains the necessity to obtain some new competences arising from epidemic growth of chronic diseases which, in turn, increase the number of subspecialties. …”
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On occurrence of some avian bacterial diseases and biosafety provision by T. V. Kurmakaeva, S. S. Kozak, E. S. Baranovich

“…Most of them are registered in the country’s large-scale poultry holdings, poultry farms and backyards and pose a serious risk in terms of epidemic and veterinary-sanitary aspects. This paper presents the results of analysis of avian colibacillosis and salmonellosis occurrence in 2018–2022, taking into account the number of outbreaks and diseased poultry for each disease. …”
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GPS Trajectory-Based Spatio-Temporal Variations of Traffic Accessibility under Public Health Emergency Consideration by Luqi Dong, Ying Lv, Huijun Sun, Danyue Zhi, Tingting Chen

“…From the perspective of epidemic prevention, we evaluate the medical capacity of the designated hospitals. …”
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Early Detection of Seasonal Outbreaks from Twitter Data Using Machine Learning Approaches by Samina Amin, Muhammad Irfan Uddin, Duaa H. alSaeed, Atif Khan, Muhammad Adnan

“…This research work presents that Social Media Analysis (SMA) can be used as a detector of the epidemic outbreak and to understand the sentiment of social media users regarding various diseases. …”
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Codon optimized influenza H1 HA sequence but not CTLA-4 targeting of HA antigen to enhance the efficacy of DNA vaccines in an animal model by Dito Anurogo, Chia-Yuan Chen, Chu-Chi Lin, Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan, Daniel W. Qiu, J. Timothy Qiu

“…Infections caused by the influenza virus lead to both epidemic and pandemic outbreaks in humans and animals. …”
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Wound-Healing Potential of Cucurbita moschata Duchesne Fruit Peel Extract in a Rat Model of Excision Wound Repair by Saba Shaygan, Sajad Fakhri, Gholamreza Bahrami, Khodabakhsh Rashidi, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei

“…According to histopathological analysis, treatment with 20% PPE improved parameters associated with efficient wound repair, including better regeneration of epidemic layer, higher density of dermis collagen fibers, and lower presence of inflammatory cells. …”
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Are women leaders significantly better at controlling the contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic? by Maxwell SALVATORE, Bhramar MUKHERJEE

“…The aim of this paper is to examine an ensemble of public he- alth metrics to assess the control of COVID-19 epidemic in women- versus men-led countries worldwide based on data available up to June 3. …”
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Poor Reporting of Outcomes Beyond Accuracy in Point-of-Care Tests for Syphilis: A Call for a Framework by Yalda Jafari, Mira Johri, Lawrence Joseph, Caroline Vadnais, Nitika Pant Pai

“…Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics for syphilis can contribute to epidemic control by offering a timely knowledge of serostatus. …”
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