A temporary cholesterol-rich diet and bacterial extracellular matrix factors favor Salmonella spp. biofilm formation in the cecum by Alonso Cruz-Cruz, Megan E. Schreeg, John S. Gunn

“…Gallbladder Salmonella counts were low at 36 DPI while cecal Salmonella were high, suggesting that gallbladder colonization was likely not responsible for the high cecal burden. …”
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Descriptive analysis of interpreter service mode costs & usage in Northwestern Wisconsin pre and peri COVID-19 by Elena N. Casey, Erin Fitzgerald, Hannah S. Rackers, Derek Bates, Kelson Fox, Mary Bygd

“…Conclusions Our results show similar counts in the number of overall visits and increase in interpreter service costs in all modes, positively reflecting upon the availability of multimodal language resources.…”
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Prognostic factors and survival outcomes in patients with salivary duct carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study by Fei Chen, Liangbo Li, Jingqiao Tao, Nenghao Jin, Liwei Wang, Liang Zhu, Bo Qiao, Lejun Xing, Bo Wei, Jingqiu Bu, Haizhong Zhang

“…Multivariate analysis identified platelet count (HR 0.99, 95%CI 0.98–1.00, P = 0.011) and distant metastasis (HR 2.79, 95%CI 1.38–5.64, P = 0.004) as independent prognostic factors for OS. …”
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A novel stable biomimetic adhesive coating for functionalization of orthodontic brackets against bacterial colonization and white spot lesions by Lamia Singer, Sabina Karačić, Gabriele Bierbaum, Brianne Palmer, Christian Kirschneck, Christoph Bourauel

“…This reduction was confirmed through optical density measurements and colony-forming unit (CFU) counts (1.63E + 06, 4.53E + 07, and 7.56E + 07 respectively, p-value < 0.05). …”
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Potato Peels Waste Extract as Natural Antioxidant and Antimicrobial in Lemon Carbonated Soft Drink by Mohamed Mahmoud Helal, Tarek Ahmed El-Adawy, Alaa Ahmed El-Beltagy, Aboelfateh Abdelkader El-Bedawey, Saad Michael Youssef

“…Results confirmed that the antimicrobial action of potato peel methanol extract (PPME) at 200 ppm concentration, was higher and achievable than using weak-acid preservatives (citric acid), where total bacterial count, aciduric bacteria, yeast and mold viable counts of standard lemon product (without PPME) showed tolerance to low pH and was associate to spoilage the final product even using citric acid. …”
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Virological and Immunological Aspects of AIDS Pathogenesis by Brian Conway, Francisco J Diaz-Mitoma

“…In an initial study of 70 patients. proviral load/ 106 CD4 cells was clearly associated with the severity of immune disease. with up to 9.6% of cells being infected in subjects with CD4 cell counts below 200/µL. However. large variability in proviral load among individuals with comparable or dissimilar CD4 cell counts precludes the use of this measurement as an individual marker of the severity of immune disease. …”
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Prevalence and Intensity of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Donkeys in Selected Abattoirs in Kenya by Nancy Mulwa, Samuel Githigia, Davis Karanja, Cecilia Mbae, Eberhard Zeyhle, Erastus Mulinge, Japhet Magambo, Kennedy Ogolla

“…Faecal samples were collected per rectum from all the study donkeys for faecal egg counts (EPG) and morphological identification of the eggs. …”
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Efficacy of hyperimmunized egg yolk antibodies (IgY) against Campylobacter jejuni: In Vitro and In Vivo evaluations by Nazanin Soltani, Shaban Rahimi, Pejvak Khaki, Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi, Bahareh Eskandari, Jesse Grimes

“…Additionally, analyses of cecal and liver bacterial counts in response to the 0.5 % SIgY treatment revealed a significant reduction in C. jejuni counts compared to other challenged groups throughout the 28 d experiment (P < 0.01). …”
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Incidence and predictors of mortality among HIV positive children on anti-retroviral therapy in the selected health facilities of West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia: Retrospective... by Gelane Gurmu, Emiru Merdassa, Gemechu Tiruneh, Keneni Efrem, Firezer Belay, Lalisa Mekonnen, Jira Wakoya Feyisa, Matiyos Lema, Adisu Tafari Shama, Markos Desalegn

“…Anemia, WHO clinical stage, CD4 cell count, and delayed developmental milestones were independent predictors of mortality. …”
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Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Initiation among Hospitalized Adults in a Resource-Limited Settings: A Challenge to the Global Target of ART for 90% of HIV-Infected Individual... by Prossie Merab Ingabire, Fred Semitala, Moses R. Kamya, Damalie Nakanjako

“…Sociodemographic characteristics, WHO clinical stage, CD4 count, cART initiation status, and reasons for delayed cART initiation were extracted and analyzed. …”
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Correlation of diabetes and adverse outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in China during a small-scale COVID-19 outbreak by Yu Li, Guanni Li, Jiahong Li, Zirui Luo, Yaxuan Lin, Ning Lan, Xiaodan Zhang

“…Body mass index (BMI), C-reactive protein (CRP), pH, D-dimer, blood osmotic pressure, serum creatinine, white blood cell count, creatine kinase and hospitalization expenses were significantly different between diabetic group and non-diabetic group (p < 0.05). …”
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Evaluation of placental growth factor, Vitamin D, and systemic inflammatory index as predictive biomarkers for preeclampsia severity: a retrospective cohort study by Xiaoyan Han, Hua Yang

“…Data on demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics, including PlGF, Vitamin D, neutrophil, lymphocyte, and monocyte counts, were collected between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation. …”
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The association of systemic immune-inflammation index with incident breast cancer and all-cause mortality: evidence from a large population-based study by Yu Li, Yu Li, Meng Yu, Ming Yang, Jingqi Yang

“…The Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII), a novel marker derived from routine blood counts, has been suggested as a predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. …”
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A Microflow Chip Technique for Monitoring Platelets in Late Pregnancy: A Possible Risk Factor for Thrombosis by He C, Ma H, Zhang T, Liu Y, Zhang C, Deng S

“…Flow cytometry was used to analyse the effect of shear rate induction on the expression of platelet membrane surface fibrin receptor (PAC-1) and P-selectin (CD62P) in pregnant women.Results: Compared to the non-pregnant healthy control group, the white blood cell count increased and platelet count decreased significantly in late pregnant women (P < 0.05), and platelet reactivity to agonists increased under non-flow conditions (adhesion and aggregation rates, P < 0.05). …”
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cfDNA as a surrogate marker for COVID-19 severity in patients with influenza-like symptoms with and without SARS-CoV-2 infections in general practice: a study protocol for a prospe... by Dorothea Dehnen, Elmo Neuberger, Jürgen in der Schmitten, Ekaterini Giagkou, Perikles Simon, Suzan Botzenhardt

“…Laboratory values of SARS-CoV-2 patients such as lymphocyte counts or C-reactive protein (CRP) do not allow a prediction of the actual course of the disease. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic indicator in COVID-19: Evidence from a northern tanzanian cohort. by Norman Jonas Kyala, Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

“…NLR was calculated as the absolute neutrophil count in μL divided by the absolute lymphocyte count in μL. …”
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Genetic Determinants of Immune Cells and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: A Bioinformatics and Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Tong WU, Fei GAO, Fei TENG, Qiaoli ZHANG

“…The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with a decrease in the level of HLA DR++monocyte absolute count.…”
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COVID-19 workplace countermeasures that occupational physicians could not change in Japan: a qualitative study by Yu Igarashi, Seiichiro Tateishi, Juri Matsuoka, Tomoko Sawajima, Mika Kawasumi, Arisa Harada, Koji Mori

“…Results Of the 168 invitees (24.5%) who responded to the survey, 125 reported countermeasures that needed to be changed (total count: 254). The responses were categorized into basic systems, occupational health services, workplace countermeasures, vaccines, and incidents, with a code count of 7, 8,147, 10, and 82, respectively. …”
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Screening for monoclonal B-lymphocyte expansion in a hospital-based Chinese population with lymphocytosis: an observational cohort study by Yue Wang, Jing Li, Peng Liu, Jiadai Xu, Zheng Wei

“…This study was designed to find the most cost-effective way to screen for asymptomatic B-LPD.Design Observational study.Setting A lymphocytosis screening project was conducted at a large-scale hospital among the Chinese population.Participants For 10 consecutive working days in 2018, 22 809 adult patients who received a complete blood count (CBC) were reviewed. These patients were selected from the outpatient, inpatient and health examination departments of a National Medical Centre in China.Results A total of 254 patients (1.1%, 254/22 809) were found to have lymphocytosis (absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) &gt;3.5×109/L). …”
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Wastewater-based estimation of temporal variation in shedding amount of influenza A virus and clinically identified cases using the PRESENS model by Hiroki Ando, Michio Murakami, Masaaki Kitajima, Kelly A. Reynolds

“…We successfully estimated FluA case counts from wastewater concentrations within a factor of two for 80 % of data from a state where 34 % of the state population was monitored by wastewater surveillance. …”
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