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REVIEW
Nuray Yasemin Ozturk, Syeda Zakia Hossain, Martin Mackey, Shukri Adam, Patrick Brennan
This narrative review explores the barriers and facilitators that migrant women face globally. The review explored a range of studies conducted in various countries, including the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It also specialises in the experiences of migrant women living in Sydney, Australia, and women living in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), UAE. Cervical cancer ranks as the fourth most prevalent form of cancer among women worldwide...
March 23, 2024: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Susan Ahern, John Browne, Aileen Murphy, Conor Teljeur, Máirín Ryan
BACKGROUND: The cost effectiveness of childhood varicella vaccination is uncertain, as evidenced by variation in national health policies. Within the European Economic Area (EEA), only 10 of 30 countries offer universally funded childhood varicella vaccination. This study estimates the cost effectiveness of universal childhood varicella vaccination for one EEA country (Ireland), highlighting the difference in cost effectiveness between alternative vaccination strategies. METHODS: An age-structured dynamic transmission model, simulating varicella zoster virus transmission, was developed to analyse the impact of three vaccination strategies; one-dose at 12 months old, two-dose at 12 and 15 months old (short-interval), and two-dose at 12 months and five years old (long-interval)...
April 11, 2024: Vaccine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mohammad Ranjbar, Seyed Masood Mousavi, Farzan Madadizadeh, Nahid Hosseini Dargani, Samaneh Iraji, Blake Angell, Yibeltal Assefa
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 disrupted the provision of essential health services in numerous countries, potentially leading to outbreaks of deadly diseases. This study aims to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of essential health services in Iran. METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted using interrupted time series (ITS) analysis. Data about five indicators, including 'childhood vaccination, infant care, hypertension screening, diabetes screening, and breast cancer screening,' were obtained from the electronic health record System in two-time intervals: 15 months before (November 2018 to January 2020) and 15 months after (January 2020 to May 2021) the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic...
April 11, 2024: BMC Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
E D Carter, D E Stewart, E E Rees, J E Bezuidenhoudt, V Ng, S Lynes, J C Desenclos, T Pyone, A C K Lee
OBJECTIVES: Currently, there is no comprehensive picture of the global surveillance landscape. This survey examines the current state of surveillance systems, levels of integration, barriers and opportunities for the integration of surveillance systems at the country level, and the role of national public health institutes (NPHIs). STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional survey of NPHIs. METHODS: A web-based survey questionnaire was disseminated to 110 NPHIs in 95 countries between July and August 2022...
April 10, 2024: Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chanida Chumchanchira, Suwipa Ramphan, Atchara Paemanee, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Pathrapol Lithanatudom, Duncan R Smith
The mosquito transmitted dengue virus (DENV) is a major public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries around the world. Both vaccine development and drug development are complex as the species Dengue virus consist of four distinct viruses (DENV 1 to DENV 4) each of which is composed of multiple lineages and strains. To understand the interaction of DENV with the host cell machinery, several studies have undertaken in vitro proteomic analysis of different cell lines infected with DENV. Invariably, these studies have utilized DENV 2...
April 9, 2024: Scientific Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kerstin Unfried, Jan Priebe
The widespread dissemination of misinformation on social media is a serious threat to global health. To a large extent, it is still unclear who actually shares health-related misinformation deliberately and accidentally. We conducted a large-scale online survey among 5,307 Facebook users in six sub-Saharan African countries, in which we collected information on sharing of fake news and truth discernment. We estimate the magnitude and determinants of deliberate and accidental sharing of misinformation related to three vaccines (HPV, polio, and COVID-19)...
2024: PloS One
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REVIEW
Miriam Dellino, Grazia Pinto, Antonio D'Amato, Francesco Barbara, Francesco Di Gennaro, Annalisa Saracino, Antonio Simone Laganà, Antonella Vimercati, Antonio Malvasi, Vito Maurizio Malvasi, Ettore Cicinelli, Amerigo Vitagliano, Eliano Cascardi, Vincenzo Pinto
Human genital papilloma virus infection is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection in the world. It is estimated that more than 75% of sexually active women contract this infection in their lifetime. In 80% of young women, there is the clearance of the virus within 18-24 months. In developed countries, oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is now the most frequent human papilloma virus (HPV)-related cancer, having surpassed cervical cancer, and it is predicted that by 2030 most squamous cell carcinomas will be the HPV-related rather than non-HPV-related form...
March 1, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine
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REVIEW
Mina Thabet Kelleni
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality rate in 55 African countries is almost 4.5 times lower than in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) despite Africa having over 4.2 times more people. This mortality paradox is also evident when comparing Nigeria, a heavily populated, poorly vaccinated and weakly mandated country to Israel, a small, highly vaccinated and strictly mandated country. Nigeria has almost 4 times lower COVID mortality than Israel. In this Field of Vision perspective, I explain how this paradox has evolved drawing upon my academic, clinical and social experience...
March 20, 2024: World Journal of Experimental Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emma Clarke-Deelder, Christian Suharlim, Susmita Chatterjee, Allison Portnoy, Logan Brenzel, Arindam Ray, Jessica Cohen, Nicolas A Menzies, Stephen C Resch
Many children do not receive a full schedule of childhood vaccines, yet there is limited evidence on the cost-effectiveness of strategies for improving vaccination coverage. Evidence is even scarcer on the cost-effectiveness of strategies for reaching "zero-dose children," who have not received any routine vaccines. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of periodic intensification of routine immunization (PIRI), a widely applied strategy for increasing vaccination coverage. We focused on Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI), a large-scale PIRI intervention implemented in India in 2017-2018...
April 3, 2024: Health Policy and Planning
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mudassar Mohiuddin, Shengchao Deng, Lisai Zhu, Guiping Wang, Aiqing Jia
During the last decade, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has detrimental consequences on swine industry, due to severe outbreaks especially in the suckling piglets. In March 2013, an outbreak was reported on a commercial swine farm in Guangdong Province, Southern China. A wild-type PEDV strain named as CHYJ130330 was identified, complete genome was sequenced and deposited in GenBank (accession no. KJ020932). The molecular epidemiological including evolutionary characteristics and pathogenicity assessment were explored during this study with particular interest and focus to develop this candidate strain for new vaccine...
April 8, 2024: Gut Pathogens
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Suhail Saleem, Muhammad Rafiq, Nauman Ahmed, Muhammad Shoaib Arif, Ali Raza, Zafar Iqbal, Shafiullah Niazai, Ilyas Khan
Most of the countries in the world are affected by the coronavirus epidemic that put people in danger, with many infected cases and deaths. The crowding factor plays a significant role in the transmission of coronavirus disease. On the other hand, the vaccines of the covid-19 played a decisive role in the control of coronavirus infection. In this paper, a fractional order epidemic model (SIVR) of coronavirus disease is proposed by considering the effects of crowding and vaccination because the transmission of this infection is highly influenced by these two factors...
April 8, 2024: Scientific Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yutaka Ueda
Cancer will continue to be a major source of morbidity and mortality globally during the foreseeable future. Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancer is now a serious problem in both women and men. The most common HPV-related cancer is cervical cancer in females and oropharyngeal cancer in males. Eastern Africa has a high age-standardized incidence of HPV-related cancers, followed in order by Southern Africa, Central Africa, and then the rest of Africa. Among Asian and Oceania countries, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Maldives, and Myanmar have extremely high age-standardized incidences and mortality...
April 8, 2024: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
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REVIEW
Shaojun Jiang, Sumei Jia, Hongjun Guo
Vaccines are a unique category of drugs sensitive to temperature and humidity and whose effectiveness directly impacts public health. There has been an increase in vaccine-related adverse events worldwide, particularly in developing countries, attributed to suboptimal temperatures during transport and storage. At the same time, the Internet of Things (IoT) has ushered in a paradigm shift in vaccine information and storage monitoring, enabling continuous 24/7 tracking. This further reduces the dependence on limited human resources and significantly reduces the associated errors and losses...
April 15, 2024: Heliyon
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REVIEW
Selvi M, Sasi Vaithilingan
Childhood pneumonia is a major contributor to illness and death in children under the age of five globally. Despite advancements in medical science, the burden of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains high, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This systematic review aims to synthesize existing literature on the prevalence, risk factors, and healthcare-seeking behaviors associated with pediatric CAP to inform the development of targeted community-based interventions. An extensive search of various databases such as Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane, PubMed, PubMed Central, Helinet, SpringerLink, Google Scholar, and Biomed Central was performed, resulting in 65 potentially relevant studies...
April 2024: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
S H Ooi, K P Ng, Pavai Sthaneshwar, S K Lim, P Y Khor, J Y Lim, W S Siow, K W Lim, Muhummad Azlan
BACKGROUND: The commonest indication for hospitalization in COVID-19 patients is hypoxemia or severe respiratory symptoms. However, COVID-19 disease may result in extrapulmonary complications including kidney-related pathology. The reported incidence of renal involvement related to COVID infection varies based on geographical location. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the incidence rate of AKI in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and identify risk factors and prognostic predictors...
April 5, 2024: BMC Nephrology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Desheng Zhang, Sen Jiang, Nengwen Xia, Jiajia Zhang, Anjing Liu, Dafu Deng, Chenyang Zhang, Yuxin Sun, Nanhua Chen, Xilong Kang, Zhiming Pan, Wanglong Zheng, Jianzhong Zhu
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large double stranded DNA arbovirus that is highly contagious and seriously endangers domestic and wild pigs. In the past decade, African swine fever (ASF) has spread in many countries in the Caucasus, Russian Federation, Eastern Europe and Asia, causing significant losses to the pig industry. At present, there is a lack of effective vaccine and treatment for ASF. Therefore, the rapid and accurate detection is crucial for ASF prevention and control. In this study, we have developed a portable lateral flow strip (LFS) detection mediated by recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and CRISPR/LwCas13a, which is performed at 37 ℃ and visualized by eyes without the need for complex instruments...
April 3, 2024: Veterinary Microbiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
John McDonnell, Kimberley Cousins, M Elizabeth M Younger, Adam Lane, Hassan Abolhassani, Roshini S Abraham, Salem Al-Tamemi, Juan Carlos Aldave-Becerra, Eman Hesham Al-Faris, Alberto Alfaro-Murillo, Suzan A AlKhater, Nouf Alsaati, Alexa Michelle Altman Doss, Melissa Anderson, Ernestina Angarola, Barbara Ariue, Danielle E Arnold, Amal H Assa'ad, Caner Aytekin, Meaghan Bank, Jenna R E Bergerson, Jack Bleesing, John Boesing, Carolina Bouso, Nicholas Brodszki, Diana Cabanillas, Carol Cady, Meghan A Callahan, Roberta Caorsi, Javier Carbone, Maria Carrabba, Riccardo Castagnoli, Jason R Catanzaro, Samantha Chan, Sharat Chandra, Hugo Chapdelaine, Zahra Chavoshzadeh, Hey Jin Chong, Lori Connors, Filippo Consonni, Oscar Correa-Jimenez, Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, Katherine D'Astous-Gauthier, Ottavia Maria Delmonte, Yesim Yilmaz Demirdag, Deepti R Deshpande, Natalie M Diaz-Cabrera, Victoria R Dimitriades, Rasha El-Owaidy, Gehad ElGhazali, Suleiman Al-Hammadi, Giovanna Fabio, Astrid Schellnast Faure, Jin Feng, James M Fernandez, Lauren Fill, Guacira R Franco, Robert W Frenck, Ramsay L Fuleihan, Giuliana Giardino, Jessica Galant-Swafford, Eleonora Gambineri, Elizabeth K Garabedian, Ashley V Geerlinks, Ekaterini Goudouris, Octavio Grecco, Qiang Pan-Hammarström, Hedieh Haji Khodaverdi Khani, Lennart Hammarström, Nicholas L Hartog, Jennifer Heimall, Gabriela Hernandez-Molina, Caroline C Horner, Robert W Hostoffer, Nataliya Hristova, Kuang-Chih Hsiao, Gabriela Ivankovich-Escoto, Faris Jaber, Maaz Jalil, Mahnaz Jamee, Tiffany Jean, Stephanie Jeong, Devi Jhaveri, Michael B Jordan, Avni Y Joshi, Amanpreet Kalkat, Henry J Kanarek, Erinn S Kellner, Amer Khojah, Ruby Khoury, Cristina M Kokron, Ashish Kumar, Kelsey Lecerf, Heather K Lehman, Jennifer W Leiding, Harry Lesmana, Xin Rong Lim, Joao Pedro Lopes, Ana Laura López, Lucia Tarquini, Ingrid S Lundgren, Julieann Magnusson, Ana Karolina B B Marinho, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Giulia M Martone, Annamaria G Mechtler, Leonardo Mendonca, Joshua D Milner, Peter J Mustillo, Asal Gharib Naderi, Samuele Naviglio, Jeremy Nell, Hana B Niebur, Luigi Notarangelo, Matias Oleastro, María Claudia Ortega-López, Neil R Patel, Gordana Petrovic, Claudio Pignata, Oscar Porras, Benjamin T Prince, Jennifer M Puck, Nashmia Qamar, Marco Rabusin, Nikita Raje, Lorena Regairaz, Kimberly A Risma, Elizabeth H Ristagno, John Routes, Persio Roxo-Junior, Negin Salemi, Christopher Scalchunes, Susan J Schuval, Suranjith L Seneviratne, Ashwin Shankar, Roya Sherkat, Junghee Jenny Shin, Abeer Siddiqi, Sara Signa, Ali Sobh, Fabiana Mascarenhas Souza Lima, Kristen K Stenehjem, Jonathan S Tam, Monica Tang, Myrthes Toledo Barros, James Verbsky, Eleni Vergadi, Dayne H Voelker, Stefano Volpi, Luke A Wall, Christine Wang, Kelli W Williams, Eveline Y Wu, Shan Shan Wu, Jessie J Zhou, Alexandria Cook, Kathleen E Sullivan, Rebecca Marsh
BACKGROUND: The CDC and ACIP recommend COVID-19 vaccination for patients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI). Not much is known about vaccine safety in IEI, and whether vaccination attenuates infection severity in IEI. OBJECTIVE: To estimate COVID-19 vaccination safety and examine effect on outcomes in patients with IEI. METHODS: We built a secure registry database in conjunction with the US Immunodeficiency Network to examine vaccination frequency and indicators of safety and effectiveness in IEI patients...
April 5, 2024: Journal of Clinical Immunology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Qiong Lu, Hao Wu, Jing Meng, Jiangyuan Wang, Jiajing Wu, Shuo Liu, Jincheng Tong, Jianhui Nie, Weijin Huang
INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis E virus (HEV), with heightened virulence in immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women, is a pervasive threat in developing countries. A globaly available vaccine against HEV is currently lacking. METHODS: We designed a multi-epitope vaccine based on protein ORF2 and ORF3 of HEV using immunoinformatics. RESULTS: The vaccine comprised 23 nontoxic, nonallergenic, soluble peptides. The stability of the docked peptide vaccine-TLR3 complex was validated by molecular dynamic simulations...
2024: Frontiers in Microbiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anannya Bhattacharya, Lonzaric Jan, Olga Burlak, Jilong Li, Ghanshyam Upadhyay, Katherine Williams, Jinhui Dong, Harrison Rohrer, Michelle Pynn, Andrew Simon, Nathan Kuhlmann, Sergei Pustylnikov, Mariane B Melo, Antu K Dey
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a highly contagious human herpes virus responsible for causing chickenpox (varicella) and shingles (herpes zoster). Despite the approval of a highly effective vaccine, Shingrix® , the global incidence of herpes zoster is increasing and the economic burden to the health care system and society are substantial due to significant loss of productivity and health complications, particularly among elderly and immunocompromised individuals. This is primarily because access to the vaccines remains mostly limited to countries within developed economies, such as USA and Canada...
April 4, 2024: NPJ Vaccines
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Binghan Xiao, Linhuan Wu, Qinlan Sun, Chang Shu, Songnian Hu
Since late 2019, COVID-19 has significantly impacted the world. Understanding the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for protecting against future infectious pathogens. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive chronological analysis of SARS-CoV-2 evolution by examining mutation prevalence from the source countries of VOCs: United Kingdom, India, Brazil, South Africa, plus two countries: United States, Russia, utilizing genomic sequences from GISAID. Our methodological approach involved large-scale genomic sequence alignment using MAFFT, Python-based data processing on a high-performance computing platform, and advanced statistical methods the Maximal Information Coefficient (MIC), and also Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) models for correlation analysis...
April 2, 2024: Gene
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