Seroprevalence Estimates of Q Fever and the Predictors for the Infection in Cattle, Sheep, and Goats in Nandi County, Kenya by J. Kiptanui, P. B. Gathura, P. M. Kitala, B. Bett

“…Therefore, to address this “silent” disease, there is an urgent call for both veterinarians and medical personnel to jointly address prevention and control strategy through enhanced surveillance, public sensitization, and awareness creation under the one health concept. …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study exploring haemodialysis dependent patients’ arteriovenous fistula experience, values and concerns in Sydney, Australia by Vasi Naganathan, Sarah Joy Aitken, Bethany Miriam Stavert, Susan Monaro, Lisa Tienstra

“…This study seeks to describe a broad range of patient experiences related to the creation, care and surveillance of AVFs, including interactions with healthcare teams.Methods and analysis This qualitative study will use semistructured interviews with individual patients purposefully selected to provide a diverse patient population. …”
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Mechanisms and environmental factors shaping the ecosystem of brain macrophages by Silvia Penati, Simone Brioschi, Zhangying Cai, Claudia Z. Han, Claudia Z. Han, Marco Colonna, Marco Colonna

“…These cells play crucial roles in maintaining brain homeostasis and immune surveillance. Microglia and BAMs are phenotypically and epigenetically distinct and exhibit highly specialized functions tailored to their environmental niches. …”
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Mpox and the men who have sex with men (MSM) community in Nigeria: Exploratory insights from MSM and persons providing healthcare services to them by Michael Kunnuji, Megan Schmidt-Sane, Olufunke Adegoke, Syed Abbas, Elizabeth Shoyemi, Akanni O. Lawanson, Ayodele Jegede, Hayley MacGregor

“…The study concludes that further surveillance is needed to deepen understanding around mpox care seeking among MSM in Nigeria.…”
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Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Enterococci with Special Reference to Glycopeptide Susceptibility at a Tertiary Care Center of Eastern Nepal by Aasish Karna, Ratna Baral, Basudha Khanal

“…The alarming rise in prevalence of vancomycin and multidrug resistance strains warrants immediate, adequate, and efficient surveillance program to prevent and control its spread.…”
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Determinants of Maternal Death in a Pastoralist Area of Borena Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study by Jarso Sara, Yusuf Haji, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik

“…Data were collected using a structured questionnaire adapted from Maternal Death Surveillance and Response Technical Guideline, entered into the EpiData, exported into SPSS for analyses. …”
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Using a Herd Profile to Determine Age-Specific Prevalence of Bovine Leukemia Virus in Michigan Dairy Herds by Ronald J. Erskine, Paul C. Bartlett, Todd M. Byrem, Chelsea L. Render, Catherine Febvay, Jessica T. Houseman

“…In order to facilitate surveillance of this disease in dairy herds, we developed a method to combine ELISA of milk collected during routine production testing with a prescribed sampling of cows that is independent of the proportion of cows within each lactation. …”
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Modeling Tick Populations: An Ecological Test Case for Gradient Boosted Trees by Manley, William, Tran, Tam, Prusinski, Melissa, Brisson, Dustin

“…The flexible gradient boosting framework also permitted additional model types that provide practical advantages for tick surveillance and public health. The results highlight the potential of gradient boosted models to discover novel ecological phenomena affecting pathogen demography and as a powerful public health tool to mitigate disease risks. …”
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Observational pilot using a Data to Care intervention strategy to promote HCV re-engagement and cure for persons with HIV/HCV co-infection who are out of care by Maximilian Wegener, Deborah Gosselin, Ralph Brooks, Suzanne Speers, Merceditas Villanueva

“…Methods In partnership with Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), persons OOC for HIV (defined as no HIV surveillance laboratory tests from 10/1/2018–10/1/2019) were matched to a list of persons co-infected with HIV/HCV (through 12/31/2019). …”
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Integrated people-centered eye care: A scoping review on engaging communities in eye care in low- and middle-income settings. by Ling Lee, Elise Moo, Tiffany Angelopoulos, Aryati Yashadhana

“…A variety of community actors were engaged in implementation, in four main domains of eye care: health promotion and education; drug and supplement distribution and immunization campaigns; surveillance, screening and detection activities; and referral and pathway navigation. …”
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CUSE-TD Algorithm for Precision Detection of Coherent and Uncorrelated Signals by Rohini Dakulagi, Ravi Raushan, Soham Dutta, Mohammed Theeb Alosaimi, Miguel Villagomez-Galindo

“…The usefulness of the CUSE-TD algorithm lies in its applicability CUSE -TD to real-world MIMO systems, particularly in complex environments such as radar, wireless communications, and surveillance systems, where accurate source detection is critical for operational effectiveness. …”
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Fungi and Aflatoxin Levels in Traditionally Processed Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Products in Homa Bay County, Kenya by Boniface Oure Obong’o, George Ayodo, Fanuel Kawaka, Morelly Kathy Adalla

“…The study, therefore, recommends appropriate surveillance to ensure safety standards.…”
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Unlocking the secrets of the immunopeptidome: MHC molecules, ncRNA peptides, and vesicles in immune response by Arpita Balakrishnan, Arpita Balakrishnan, Gabriela Winiarek, Olga Hołówka, Jakub Godlewski, Agnieszka Bronisz

“…Additionally, the interactions between ncRNA-derived peptides and EVs provide a mechanism for the enhanced surface presentation of these peptides and highlight a novel pathway for their systemic distribution, potentially altering immune surveillance and therapeutic landscapes.…”
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Examining general, physical, and mental health disparities between transgender and cisgender adults in the U.S. by Sunday Azagba, Galappaththige S. R. de Silva, Todd Ebling

“…Methods Data from the 2020–2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed to examine associations between gender identity and health outcomes. …”
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Virtual Screening for Potential Inhibitors of NS3 Protein of Zika Virus by Maheswata Sahoo, Lingaraja Jena, Sangeeta Daf, Satish Kumar

“…The recent outbreak of ZIKV in February 2016 in Brazil realized it as a major health risk, demands an enhanced surveillance and a need to develop novel drugs against ZIKV. …”
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Is It Scaly Anteater or Bat A Real Origin of The 2019-Novel CoV: A Probable Hypothesis? by Salar Ali, Taib Hama-Soor, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Salvatore Dimonte, Francesco Greco

“…Thus, necessitates a very rapid active surveillance using accurate method to find the original host where the 2019nCoV emerged. …”
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Oral health-related conditions in Ecuador: A temporal trend analysis of hospital discharges from 2000-2023. by Verónica Baldeón, Adriana Hernández, Sthephany Tapia, Alejandro Rodriguez

“…<h4>Background</h4>Monitoring hospitalization rates associated with oral health conditions is an important part of epidemiological surveillance, especially when these conditions have increased significantly in low-and middle-income countries. …”
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Monitoring for respiratory viruses among wild canids, Texas by Lyudmyla V. Marushchak, Laura A. Pulscher, Judith U. Oguzie, Diego B. Silva, Kenneth A. Waldrup, Douglas M. Watts, Gregory C. Gray

“…The cross-species transmission of respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and avian influenza underscores the need for novel respiratory virus surveillance at the human-animal interface. In this 2023 pilot study we examined oral and rectal swab samples from 15 deceased wild animals for novel respiratory viruses. …”
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Person Detection for an Orthogonally Placed Monocular Camera by Pavel Skrabanek, Petr Dolezel, Zdenek Nemec, Dominik Stursa

“…Exact numbers of passengers are important in areas such as public transport surveillance, passenger flow prediction, transport planning, and transport vehicle load monitoring. …”
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Effects of Artificial Flooding for Hydroelectric Development on the Population of Mansonia humeralis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Paraná River, São Paulo, Brazil by Marcia Bicudo de Paula, Almério de Castro Gomes, Delsio Natal, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Luís Filipe Mucci

“…Local authorities should continue to monitor culicid activity through sustainable entomological surveillance.…”
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