Clinical and laboratory characterization of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Chinese migrant workers returned from Iraq
ConclusionsThe clinical and parasitological features of these Chinese CL cases imported from Iraq provide useful information for the diagnosis and treatment of CL that is not commonly seen in Chinese local population. (Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - March 4, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Kuo Bi Source Type: research
Use of air things radon detector in liquid samples (serum and urine)
This study involved the assessment of 222Rn concentrations in liquid samples (namely serum and urine) obtained from individuals who were smokers and non-smokers across five distinct age groups in the Najaf Governorate of Iraq. The measurements were conducted using a portable digital Air Things device commonly employed for detecting radon gas in residential environments. This device was placed in a container that is placed in liquid samples, which makes it work to capture the existing radon. The mean value of radon concentrations in serum and urine samples for smokers was 5.64 ± 2.80 Bq/m3 and 3.56 ± 2.31 Bq/m3, respectiv...
Source: Applied Radiation and Isotopes - March 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Abdulhussein A Alkufi Ali Abid Abojassim Mohanad H Oleiwi Source Type: research
Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 1079: A New Glucosyl Flavone with Inhibitory Activity of Cancer Cell Viability and Other Bioactive Constituents from the Traditional Kurdish Plant Plantago loeflingii L.
Giovanni Vidari
A new glucosyl flavone, 5,7,2′,5′-tetrahydroxyflavone 7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, named loeflingiin, together with apigenin 6-C-glucoside (isovitexin), coumarins citropten and isompinellin, triterpenoids betulin and betulinic acid, and a mixture of phytosterols β-sitosterol, stigmasterol and campesterol were isolated for the first time from the leaves of wild Plantago loeflingii L. (Plantaginaceae) collected in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The plant is used by local people to treat wounds and as a vulnerary remedy. The structures of isolated compounds we...
Source: Molecules - February 29, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hawraz Ibrahim M. Amin Kamaran Younis M. Amin Chabaco Armijos Faiq H. S. Hussain Zanko Hassan Jawhar Diego Caprioglio Mariella Mella Giovanni Vidari Tags: Article Source Type: research
Intensification of integrated immunization services to recover routine vaccination coverage and bring COVID-19 vaccine to the population of Iraq in 2022
CONCLUSION: In the context of global encouragement to integrate vaccination services, Iraq's 3IS approach enabled dramatic improvements in RI coverage, virtual elimination of zero-dose status among children born during the pandemic, and small improvements in COVID-19 and adult vaccination. Our findings provide lessons for future integrated primary care towards universal health coverage in Iraq, and for other countries yet to undertake integration.PMID:38418341 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.038 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - February 28, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Firas Jabbar Kamal A Kadhim Riyadh A Alhilfi Abdulaal Chitheer Alaa Rahi David B Hipgrave Source Type: research
Intensification of integrated immunization services to recover routine vaccination coverage and bring COVID-19 vaccine to the population of Iraq in 2022
CONCLUSION: In the context of global encouragement to integrate vaccination services, Iraq's 3IS approach enabled dramatic improvements in RI coverage, virtual elimination of zero-dose status among children born during the pandemic, and small improvements in COVID-19 and adult vaccination. Our findings provide lessons for future integrated primary care towards universal health coverage in Iraq, and for other countries yet to undertake integration.PMID:38418341 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.038 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - February 28, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Firas Jabbar Kamal A Kadhim Riyadh A Alhilfi Abdulaal Chitheer Alaa Rahi David B Hipgrave Source Type: research
Serious Brain Injuries Tied to Higher Brain Cancer Risk in US Veterans
Moderate or severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), along with penetrating TBIs, were linked with a higher risk of brain cancer among US veterans who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, a cohort study of 1.9 million veterans found. The data came from medical records from 2004 to 2019. (Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association)
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - February 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Repetitive Sulfur Dioxide Exposure in Mice Models Post-Deployment Respiratory Syndrome
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2024 Feb 27. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00239.2023. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms than non-deployed military personnel and some have been shown to have a constellation of findings on lung biopsy termed post-deployment respiratory syndrome (PDRS). Since many of the subjects in this cohort reported exposure to sulfur dioxide (SO2), we developed a model of repetitive exposure to SO2 in mice that phenocopies many aspects of PDRS, including adaptive immune activation, airway wall remodeling, and pulmonary vas...
Source: American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology - February 27, 2024 Category: Cytology Authors: Sergey S Gutor Rodrigo I Salinas David S Nichols Julia M R Bazzano Wei Han Jason J Gokey Georgii Vasiukov James D West Dawn C Newcomb Anna E Dikalova Bradley W Richmond Sergey I Dikalov Timothy S Blackwell Vasiliy V Polosukhin Source Type: research
Repetitive Sulfur Dioxide Exposure in Mice Models Post-Deployment Respiratory Syndrome
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2024 Feb 27. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00239.2023. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms than non-deployed military personnel and some have been shown to have a constellation of findings on lung biopsy termed post-deployment respiratory syndrome (PDRS). Since many of the subjects in this cohort reported exposure to sulfur dioxide (SO2), we developed a model of repetitive exposure to SO2 in mice that phenocopies many aspects of PDRS, including adaptive immune activation, airway wall remodeling, and pulmonary vas...
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - February 27, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sergey S Gutor Rodrigo I Salinas David S Nichols Julia M R Bazzano Wei Han Jason J Gokey Georgii Vasiukov James D West Dawn C Newcomb Anna E Dikalova Bradley W Richmond Sergey I Dikalov Timothy S Blackwell Vasiliy V Polosukhin Source Type: research
