Research Note: Novel reassortant avian influenza A(H9N2) Viruses in Wild Birds in Shanghai, China, 2020–2023 by Jie Hu, Yuting Xu, Min Ma, Chenyao Zhao, Yue Yuan, Guimei He

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Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas by Moraima Martell Martínez, Norki Betancourt Sánchez, Rosabel Lozada Bazain, Edwin Echemendía Reyes, Leydis Suárez Ramos, Bismar Reyes Hernández

“…It is considered a universal epidemic and is a heavy burden for the individual, the family and society.…”
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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of confirmed dengue patients. Cumanayagua, Cuba. 2019 by Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Midalys del Carmen Llanes Cartaya, Liosbel González León, Leticia Castro Morejón

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the dengue epidemic in the Cumanayagua municipality in 2019 was clinically-epidemiologically characterized in a similar way to those that occurred in other territories, where the dengue 3 and 4 viruses circulation prevailed.…”
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An mpox quadrivalent mRNA vaccine elicits sustained and protective immunity in mice against lethal vaccinia virus challenge by Entao Li, Qiyuan Yang, Wenyu Xie, Qizan Gong, Xiaoping Guo, Jinge Zhou, Jiachen Zhang, Xia Chuai, Yucai Wang, Sandra Chiu

“…Assessing the long-term efficacy of MPXV vaccine candidates is crucial for the global response to the ongoing mpox epidemic. Built upon our previous study of the mpox quadrivalent mRNA vaccine, herein we reported that MPXV-1103 could elicit sustained humoral and cellular immunity in mice, including the induction of MPXV A35/B6/A29/M1-specific IgG antibodies, VACV neutralizing antibodies and activated cytotoxic CD8+T cells, which provides 100% protection against lethal VACV challenge even at 280 days after the first vaccination. …”
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Effects of Certain Personal Attributes on Food Waste by Ákos Bartha, Bálint Horváth

“…While exploring the causes of high amounts of consumer waste, a research group has also correlated (with mathematical models) the gradual growth rate of food waste, the US obesity epidemic and the growing supply of cheaper food products (Hall et al. 2009). …”
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Contaminated Pond Water Favors Cholera Outbreak at Haibatpur Village, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India by Dilip Kumar Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Dipankar Maji, Palash Das

“…Cases were listed; spot map and epidemic curve were drawn. Attack rate was calculated by age and sex and risk factors were found out by calculating odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). …”
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Optimal Control of a Spatio-Temporal Model for Malaria: Synergy Treatment and Prevention by Malicki Zorom, Pascal Zongo, Bruno Barbier, Blaise Somé

“…From previous studies with the same data, two patches were identified as reservoirs of malaria infection, namely, the patches that sustain malaria epidemic in the other patches. We argue that to reduce the number of infections and semi-immunes (i.e., asymptomatic carriers of parasites) in overall population, two considerations are needed, (a) For the reservoir patches, we need to apply both treatment and prevention to reduce the number of infections and to reduce the number of semi-immunes; neither the treatment nor prevention were specified at the beginning of the control application, except prevention that seems to be effective at the end. …”
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Latent Tuberculosis Infections in Different Intensity of Exposure within Moroccan Population: Influence of Age and Bacille Calmette–Guérin Vaccination by Chaimae Kadi, Nouhaila Najimi, Sara El Fakihi, Aicha El Allam, Elmahfoud Akil, Noureddine El Mtili, Rajae El Aouad, Jamaleddine Bourkadi, Fouad Seghrouchni

“…Conclusion: Our results showed that in the Moroccan TB epidemic context, the prevalence of LTBI still lower among healthy adults general population than within EHCW. …”
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Severe Metabolic Acidosis: A Case of Triple Hit with Ketogenic Diet, Vinegar, and Metformin in an Obese Patient by Abdul Mughees Rana, Kannan Mansoor, Salman Assad, Mahmoud Abouzid, Iheanyichukwu Ogu, Ghassan Salim Issa Bandak

“…Obesity is an epidemic with high burden of disease. It is directly proportional to increased risk of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Development of Carnivac-Cov vaccine against coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in carnivores by T. S. Galkina, A. A. Nesterov, A. V. Borisov, I. A. Chvala, A. V. Kononov

“…Development of specific protection in susceptible carnivores against COVID-19 caused by zoonotic agent is of great importance for maintaining epidemic and veterinary favourable situation in the Russian Federation and prevention of new coronavirus infection spread in humans. …”
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Sculpting multi-epitope vaccine against Monkeypox viral strains using immunoinformatics by Zaira Rehman, Ammad Fahim, Maryam Irtash

“…The epidemic of Monkeypox virus (MPXV), an emerging zoonotic Orthopoxvirus, in beginning OF May 2022, has drawn global attention owing to its increasingly reported cases by the World Health Organization (WHO) in multiple countries. …”
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Clinical Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Emergency Department and Community: A Retrospective Study by Pei-Chin Lin, Hung-Pin Chiu, Fang-Yi Cheng, Chih-Chun Chang, Fang-Yeh Chu

“…This test can be useful for the rapid identification of infected subjects in an epidemic situation.…”
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High-Titre Neutralizing Antibodies to H1N1 Influenza Virus after Mouse Immunization with Yeast Expressed H1 Antigen: A Promising Influenza Vaccine Candidate by Edyta Kopera, Konrad Zdanowski, Karolina Uranowska, Piotr Kosson, Violetta Sączyńska, Katarzyna Florys, Bogusław Szewczyk

“…The most effective method of protection against influenza virus and the way to reduce the risk of epidemic or pandemic spread is vaccination. Influenza vaccine manufactured in a traditional way, though well developed, has some drawbacks and limitations which have stimulated interest in developing alternative approaches. …”
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF TURKEYS WITH A/DUCK/ALTAI/469/14 H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS by V. Yu. Sosipatorova, D. A. Altunin, I. A. Chvala, N. S. Mudrak, D. B. Andreychuk

“…The data on experimental infection of 6-week-old Big-6 cross turkeys with an epidemic A/duck/Altai/469/14 H5N1 clade 2.3.2.1c strain of avian influenza virus are presented. …”
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White adipose tissues and skeletal muscles as a target of chrysin during the treatment of obesity in rats by Omar S. Hassan, Magda A. Megahed, Nesma A. Ghazal

“…Abstract Obesity is a rapidly growing epidemic that continues to be a major severe health problem due to its association with various adverse health consequences. …”
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A lyophilised formulation of chimpanzee adenovirus vector for long-term stability outside the deep-freeze cold chain by Frédéric Mathot, Edwige Lefebvre, Bernard G. Francq, Delphine Guillaume, Erwan Bourlès

“…Its formulation process is amenable to manufacturing scale-up and should help in providing adenovirus-based vaccines where the cold chain is problematic, such as in low-income countries, and in pre-epidemic stockpiling.…”
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Behavior of the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS in the Cienfuegos province (2014-2019) by Leticia Castro Morejón, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Diana Rosa Rodríguez Delgado, Delfin Rodríguez Buergo, Roxana Gutiérrez Morán, Lisset María Martínez González

“…<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: The study carried out evidenced the characteristics of the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS epidemic in the Cienfuegos province during the study period, which showed a tendency to reduce its incidence rates, as well as guaranteed access to antiretroviral treatment, which, together with care protocols, has made it possible to eliminate mother-to-child transmission.…”
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Pageblug Jawa Kuna: Menggagas Folklor di Jawa Tengah sebagai Upaya Mitigasi Bencana Wabah Melalui Kartun Bergambar by Fitri Nur Lita Indriana, Yogi Aji Pangestu, Bintang Amanda, Anita Damar Ranti, Rabith Jihan Amaruli

“…However, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, which the Javanese perceive as a pageblug (epidemic), the importance of disaster mitigation from a cultural perspective has been somewhat overlooked. …”
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Re-Structuring Evaluation Findings into Useful Knowledge by Danielle Houston, Bernadette Wright, Steven E. Wallis

“…Findings: Integrating literature and interview results helped to identify several actions where providers of HIV-related services could increase their impact on combating the HIV epidemic among the communities they serve. The authors also identified a reinforcing loop; this shows opportunity to improve two desired outcomes by increasing one. …”
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Examining the Relationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Weight Status: Empirical Evidence from a Population-Based Survey of Adults in Taiwan by Tai-Hsiung Hung, Pei-An Liao, Hung-Hao Chang, Jiun-Hao Wang, Min-Chen Wu

“…Meanwhile, obesity has been recognized as a global epidemic. This study aims to examine the extent to which cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with body mass among adult males and females in Taiwan. …”
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