Coxiella burnetii shedding and serological status in pregnant and postpartum ewes
This study aimed to evaluate the occurence C. burnetii-DNA shedding by pregnant (vaginal mucus and feces) and postpartum (vaginal mucus, feces and milk) meat breed ewes from Saint Kitts. Additionally, antibodies anti-C. burnetii were detected in serum, and milk. Barbados Blackbelly ewes (n=187) were sampled using stratified convenience cross-sectional sampling. There were two animal groups: pregnant (n=96) and postpartum (n=91). Vaginal mucus (n=187), feces (n=177) and milk (n=83) samples were subjected to a TaqMan real time qPCR assay for C. burnetii based on the IS1111 multi copy element. IgG antibodies against C. burnet...
Source: Acta Tropica - June 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mayra Trujillo Anne Conan Ana Cl áudia Calchi Katja Mertens-Scholtz Anne Amj Becker Christa Gallagher Alex Mau Silvia Marchi Marcus Machado Marcos Rog ério André Aspinas Chapwanya Ananda M üller Source Type: research
Mortality and disability-adjusted life years in motorcyclists in Latin America and the Caribbean during the first decade of action for road safetyMortalidad y a ños de vida ajustados por discapacidad de los motociclistas en América Latina y el Caribe en la primera década de seguridad vial
CONCLUSIONS: The data underscore the importance of developing surveillance actions aimed at preventing motorcycle accidents, since the observed declining rates are still insufficient to address the morbidity and mortality associated with road accidents as a public health problem.PMID:37066130 | PMC:PMC10100995 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2023.68 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariz ângela Lissandra de Oliveira Santiago Renata Adele de Lima Nunes Fernando Virg ílio Albuquerque de Oliveira Mabell Kallyne Melo Beserra Francisco Thiago Carneiro Sena Loyane Ellen Silva Gomes Douglas de Ara újo Costa Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Mace Source Type: research
Addressing the move toward universal health in the Caribbean through strengthening the health workforce
This article describes the human resources for health (HRH) policy and action plan development in Barbados, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the supporting role of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Planning and Research, Dalhousie University, and sub-regional action for supporting continuing country-level HRH strengthening. A policy development process, comprising document/literature review and stakeholder consultations, was used to conduct a situational analysis, which informed the HRH policy and action plan. The policies and action plans centered on HRH priority areas of leadership and gov...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gail Tomblin Murphy E Benjamin Puertas Janet Rigby Karen Gladbach Source Type: research
Persistent organic pollutants in air from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific
Chemosphere. 2023 Mar 4:138271. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138271. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) global monitoring plan under the Stockholm Convention concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were determined during two years in air from 42 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific by using polyurethane foams installed in passive samplers. The compounds included were polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs), one polybrominated biphenyl and hexabromocyclododecane (H...
Source: Chemosphere - March 6, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jacob de Boer Rianne van Dijk Manoli Abalos Esteban Abad Source Type: research
Persistent organic pollutants in air from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific
Chemosphere. 2023 Mar 4:138271. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138271. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) global monitoring plan under the Stockholm Convention concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were determined during two years in air from 42 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific by using polyurethane foams installed in passive samplers. The compounds included were polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs), one polybrominated biphenyl and hexabromocyclododecane (H...
Source: Chemosphere - March 6, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jacob de Boer Rianne van Dijk Manoli Abalos Esteban Abad Source Type: research
Persistent organic pollutants in air from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific
Chemosphere. 2023 Mar 4:138271. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138271. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) global monitoring plan under the Stockholm Convention concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were determined during two years in air from 42 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific by using polyurethane foams installed in passive samplers. The compounds included were polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs), one polybrominated biphenyl and hexabromocyclododecane (H...
Source: Chemosphere - March 6, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jacob de Boer Rianne van Dijk Manoli Abalos Esteban Abad Source Type: research
