Detection of antibodies against H5 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in multiple raccoons in Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan, from 2022 to 2023 by Minami Komami, James G. Komu, Yuki Ishiguro, Motoki Sasaki, Sachiko Matsuda, Dulamjav Jamsransuren, Vuong Nghia Bui, Yohei Watanabe, Kunitoshi Imai, Haruko Ogawa, Yohei Takeda

“…To obtain recent epidemiological information regarding influenza A virus (IAV) infection in raccoons (Procyon lotor), the prevalence of anti-IAV antibodies in sera was analyzed among raccoons captured in Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan, from 2019 to 2023. …”
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Organization of live animal transportation process in the Russian Federation by M. A. Shibayev, I. M. Klinovitskaya, A. V. Belchikhina, A. K. Karaulov

“…The paper covers the issues of organization of live animal transportation process in the Russian Federation as one of the factors of epidemiological risk associated with the spread of infectious animal disease pathogens. …”
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Developing Country: Is It Different from Developed Countries? by Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini, Toufic Semaan, Imad El Hag

“…The aim of our study was to determine the epidemiological, clinical, and endoscopic features of EoE and response to therapy in children and adults from a developing country, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Child Nutritional Status: A Representative Survey in a Metropolitan School by Paolo Rosati, Stefania Triunfo, Giovanni Scambia

“…The identification of specific age groups with abnormal nutritional status could be the first step to address future epidemiological investigations in order to plan strategic approach in selected age periods.…”
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The rapid rise of SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron subvariants with immune evasion properties: XBB.1.5 and BQ.1.1 subvariants by Danyi Ao, Xuemei He, Weiqi Hong, Xiawei Wei

“…This review provides a comprehensive overview of the epidemiological features, spike mutations, and immune evasion of BQ.1 and XBB lineages. …”
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Knowledge and risk behaviors related with HIV infect in Communitarian General Medicine students. by Luis Manuel Padrón Velázquez, Clara Hilda Vega Blanco

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional, descriptive, epidemiological, observational study was developed from July to December 2006 including 44 Venezuelan Medicine students, from Giradot municipality, Aragua state, who referred having had sexual intercourse in the last semester of 2006. …”
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Incidence and Survival Analysis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in Shanghai: A Population-Based Study from 2001 to 2010 by Minzhi Lv, Chunxiao Wu, Ying Zheng, Naiqing Zhao

“…A population-based study was undertaken to investigate the epidemiological features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in Shanghai, especially the incidence and the preliminary exploration of survival. …”
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Discovering Associations: Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19 by Nicholas Peterson, Kaustubh Sagdeo, Donna Tyungu, Cristin Harper, Kyle Mihaylo, Elza Pollak-Christian

“…This case highlights the value of testing pediatric patients for COVID-19 who present with fever in the absence of other symptoms to improve epidemiologic measures during the ongoing pandemic, and it also adds to a foundation of cases for future research on the presence of a link between Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19.…”
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Post-mortem and histological lesions in the European minks (Mustela lutreola) induced by spontaneous infection with coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by I. A. Subbotina, I. N. Gromov

“…Profound and detailed studies of the virus circulation in the European mink population and the clinical manifestations of the disease, comprehensive approaches to the disease diagnosis, including epidemiological studies, clinical and post-mortem examinations, molecular genetic laboratory diagnostics (polymerase chain reaction and full-genome sequencing) contributed to better understanding of the disease features. …”
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Science-based assurance of the disease freedom in reindeer herds of the Russian Arctic zone by K. A. Laishev, A. A. Yuzhakov

“…Undoubtedly, the eradication and prevention of the above-mentioned infectious diseases requires constant epidemiological surveillance, including its element – monitoring, with all necessary special management, animal health measures. …”
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Prevalence of Malaria and TB Coinfection at a National Tuberculosis Treatment Centre in Uganda by Joseph Baruch Baluku, Sylvia Nassozi, Brian Gyagenda, Margret Namanda, Irene Andia-Biraro, William Worodria, Pauline Byakika-Kibwika

“…The prevalence of malaria among TB patients is low, and further evaluation of the epidemiological, clinical, and immunological interaction of the two diseases is warranted.…”
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Inequality degree within the country in the context of realising the Sustainable Development Goals by L. A. Davletshina, M. S. Telyuk, N. A. Sadovnikova

“…The authors believe that there remains relevant to study the transformations that the two divergent flows will take place in the coming years: 1) existing national projects and state programmes to solve the tasks and achieve the planned values formulated in the National Set of Sustainable Development Goals Indicators in the part of Goal 3; 2) the current epidemiological situation, which in the period 2020–2021 has already made tangible changes in the size and composition of the population.…”
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A 4-year follow-up of the need for orthodontic treatment using the Dental Aesthetic Index-DAI: an exploratory analysis by Silvia Amelia Scudeler VEDOVELLO, Ana Letícia Mello de CARVALHO, Diego Patrik Alves CARNEIRO, Marcelo de Castro MENEGHIM

“…This finding has valuable implications for epidemiological data in orthodontics.…”
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The impact of metabolic syndrome on hepatocellular carcinoma: a mendelian randomization study by Chendong Yuan, Xufeng Shu, Xiaoqiang Wang, Wenzheng Chen, Xin Li, Wenguang Pei, Xujie Su, Zhenzhen Hu, Zhigang Jie

“…Abstract Traditional epidemiological studies are susceptible to confounding factors. …”
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Global stability for epidemicmodel with constant latency and infectious periods by Gang Huang, Edoardo Beretta, Yasuhiro Takeuchi

“…In recent years many delay epidemiological models have been proposedto study at which stage of the epidemics the delays can destabilizethe disease free equilibrium, or the endemic equilibrium, givingrise to stability switches. …”
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HIV/AIDS infection in people aged 50 and older. Cienfuegos 1986-2021 by Leticia Castro Morejón, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Dianelys María López Castro, Joliette Rodríguez Peña, Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez, Miladys Llanes Cartaya

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the increase in patients aged 50 and older diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus indicates that it is necessary to address the problem with a different clinical-epidemiological approach. These characteristics increase the risk of HIV infection, they must be monitored with the application of the MINSAP 50 and + Work Line. …”
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Papillary lesions of the canine mammary gland: description and casuistry by M.C. Flecher, F. R. Souza, N.M. Avelar, T.C.M. Lopes, K.Y. R. Nakagaki, G.D. Cassali

“…ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to identify the casuistry of papillary mammary neoplasms in female dogs, describe their epidemiological (age, breed) and morphological characteristics, and determine the survival of patients. …”
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The Association between Hypertension and Insomnia: A Bidirectional Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies by Dingwei Liu, Chao Yu, Ke Huang, Shawn Thomas, Wei Yang, Song Liu, Jie Kuang

“…The purpose of this meta-analysis was to systematically review and summarize the current evidence from epidemiological studies that evaluated this relationship. …”
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Factors Contributing to Late Breast Cancer Diagnosis at the Brazzaville University Hospital in 2020, Congo: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study by Michel Ilboudo MD, MPH, Sylvain Honoré Woromogo MD, PhD, Dagnagnéwendé Dieudonné Kaboré MD, MPH, Nina Assanatou Jumelle Zerbo MD, MPH, Jean Bernard Nkoua Mbon MD, PhD

“…The purpose of this work is to study the epidemiological aspects of patients with late diagnosis of breast cancer at the Brazzaville University Hospital, Congo. …”
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A Binational Sample-Initiated Retrospective Outbreak Investigation of Listeria monocytogenes Infections in the United States and Canada Linked to Enoki Mushrooms Imported from Chin... by Margaret Kirchner, Alexandra Palacios, Natalie Cataldo, Kate L. Allen, Allison Wellman, Asma Madad, Temesgen Jemaneh, Timothy Jackson, David T. Ingram, Victoria Wagoner, Robert Hatch, Joseph Baugher, Laurel Burall, Kenneth Nieves, Mabel Low, Grace Pederson, Lauren DiPrete, Victoria Sepcic, Deepam Thomas, Kristen Lozinak, Sinisa Urban, Kyle Shannon, Erin Kafka, Ainsley Lackey, Lauren Edwards, Hilary E. Rosen, Christian Bond, Michael Needham, Annie Locas, Austin Markell, Kelvin Chau, Adrienne Kong, Meghan Hamel, Ashley Kearney, Monique Salter, Laura Gieraltowski, Michael C. Bazaco, Stelios Viazis, Amanda Conrad

“…The 2022 outbreak included six ill people, all of whom were hospitalized. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback evidence led to multiple public health actions, including voluntary recalls by firms, public communications about the outbreak, and FDA’s country-wide Import Alert for enoki mushrooms from China. …”
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