The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Bell's Palsy and Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
CONCLUSION: This study highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation and management of facial palsy, and suggests potential associations with COVID-19. Notably, the observed increase in Bell's palsy cases among elderly individuals with diabetes emphasizes the impact of the pandemic. Identifying the epidemiological changes in facial palsy during the COVID-19 pandemic has important implications for assessing its etiology and pathological mechanisms of facial palsy disease.PMID:38685888 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e140 (Source: Herpes)
Source: Herpes - April 30, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Min Young Kwak Ho Yun Lee Se A Lee Junhui Jeong Jae Ho Chung Jin Kim Beom Cho Jun Seung-Geun Yeo Sang Hoon Kim Jong Dae Lee Source Type: research
Ayurvedic and Chinese Herbs against Coronaviruses
Curr Pharm Des. 2024 Apr 29. doi: 10.2174/0113816128269864231112094917. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCOVID-19 is a viral disease that infects the lower airways, causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and fatal pneumonia. The ripple effect of the COVID-19 outbreak has created serious problems in the healthcare systems of many countries and had far-reaching consequences for the global economy. Thus, effective control measures should be implemented for this coronavirus infection in the future. The ongoing episode of the SARS-CoV-2 sickness, COVID-19, in China, and the subsequent irregular spread of contamination to...
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - April 30, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Amin Gasmi Sonia Kanwal Petro Oliinyk Roman Lysiuk Mariia Shanaida Asma Gasmi Benahmed Walallawita Kankanamge Tharindu Dushmantha Maria Arshad Ivanna Kernychna Larysa Lenchyk Taras Upyr Volodymyr Shanaida Geir Bj ørklund Source Type: research
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Bell's Palsy and Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
CONCLUSION: This study highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation and management of facial palsy, and suggests potential associations with COVID-19. Notably, the observed increase in Bell's palsy cases among elderly individuals with diabetes emphasizes the impact of the pandemic. Identifying the epidemiological changes in facial palsy during the COVID-19 pandemic has important implications for assessing its etiology and pathological mechanisms of facial palsy disease.PMID:38685888 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e140 (Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science)
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - April 30, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Min Young Kwak Ho Yun Lee Se A Lee Junhui Jeong Jae Ho Chung Jin Kim Beom Cho Jun Seung-Geun Yeo Sang Hoon Kim Jong Dae Lee Source Type: research
An Outbreak of Home Distillation Methanol Poisoning in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Experience
CONCLUSION: In methanol poisoning due to home brewing, low blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and impaired consciousness at the time of admission were clinical findings associated with mortality. In terms of laboratory findings, especially severe metabolic acidosis and lactate elevation were observed in the group that was mortal despite treatment.PMID:38685840 | DOI:10.34172/aim.2024.23 (Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine)
Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - April 30, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Serta ç Güler Dilber Üçöz Kocaşaban Source Type: research
The Power of History in Diagnosing Acute Giardiasis
We report an unusual occurrence of Giardia as a cause of diarrhea in an elderly resident of a senior living retirement community. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Bonnie C. Sohn, Anupam Chandra, Melissa H. Bogin, Ashley Stantz Source Type: research
Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Confirmatory Methods on RT-qPCR Results for the Detection of Foodborne Viruses in Frozen Berries
In this study, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was combined with either of two non-targeted pre-amplification methods (SPIA and SISPA) to investigate their utility as a confirmatory method for RT-qPCR positive results of foods contaminated with enteric viruses. Frozen berries (raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries) were chosen as the food matrix of interest due to their association with numerous outbreaks of foodborne illness. The hepatitis A virus (HAV) and human norovirus (HuNoV) were used as the contaminating agents. The non-targeted WGS strategy employed in this study could detect and confirm HuNoV and HAV at genom...
Source: Food and Environmental Virology - April 30, 2024 Category: Virology Source Type: research
Cholera and diarrheal diseases in Cuamba District, Niassa Province, Mozambique: Systematic healthcare facility-based surveillance strengthening, characteristics of suspected cholera and diarrheal patients, and incidence of diarrheal diseases
Conclusion/SignificanceEfforts were made to strengthen the systematic surveillance of suspected cholera with standardised patient screening, enrolment, and diagnostics. The first basic microbiology laboratory in Niassa Province established in Cuamba District under the MOCA project needs to be integrated into the national network of laboratories for sustainability. No reports of laboratory confirmed cholera cases from the surveillance catchment area may be highly related to the pre-emptive oral cholera vaccine (OCV) mass vaccination campaign conducted in 2018 and the use of drugs by local populations prior to visiting the s...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - April 30, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Cynthia Sem á Baltazar Source Type: research
Strengthening event-based surveillance (EBS): a case study from Afghanistan
The sustained instability in Afghanistan, along with ongoing disease outbreaks and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has significantly affected the country. (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - April 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohamed Mostafa Tahoun, Mohammad Nadir Sahak, Muzhgan Habibi, Mohamad Jamaluddin Ahadi, Bahara Rasoly, Sabrina Shivji, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Pierre Nabeth, Mahmoud Sadek and Alaa Abouzeid Tags: Case Study Source Type: research
Delineating the evolutionary pathway to multidrug-resistant outbreaks of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis L4.1.2.1/Haarlem sublineage
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is caused by TB bacteria that are resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most potent TB drugs. This form of TB infection remains a major public health concern globally, which has been exacerbated by the HIV epidemic. The recent advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has further severely complicated the situation, by disrupting healthcare systems. Indeed, the burden of MDR-TB increased by 3% between 2020 and 2021, with 450 000 new cases of rifampicin-resistant TB in 2021, thus hampering the global TB control efforts [1]. (Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - April 30, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Naira Dekhil, Helmi Mardassi Source Type: research
A comparative genomic approach to decipher the mutations associated with Nipah viral human isolates from southeast Asia
CONCLUSION: Deciphering the mutation pattern using a comparative genomics approach for human isolates provided valuable insight into the stability of NiV proteins which can be further used for understanding variations in host-pathogen interaction and developing effective therapeutic measures.PMID:38682059 | PMC:PMC11055433 | DOI:10.18502/ijm.v16i1.14879 (Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology)
Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology - April 29, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Norine Norbert Dsouza Selvaa Kumar Chellasamy Source Type: research
The emergence of carbapenem-resistance and New Delhi metallo- β-lactamase-1 ( < em > bla < /em > < sub > NDM-1 < /sub > ) among < em > Salmonella < /em > spp. in Kerman, Iran
CONCLUSION: Our study showed the emergence of carbapenem-resistant and blaNDM-1 among Salmonella spp. for the first time in Kerman, Iran. Since Salmonella spp. plays an important role in the transmission of resistance genes in livestock and humans in the food chains, so more stringent control policies are recommended to prevent the circulation of drug-resistant and potentially pathogenic strains from animals to humans.PMID:38682060 | PMC:PMC11055441 | DOI:10.18502/ijm.v16i1.14868 (Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology)
Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology - April 29, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Sanaz Dehdashti Parvin Mohseni Reza Ghanbarpour Sajad Aslani Maryam-Sadat Moradiyan Davood Kalantar-Neyestanaki Source Type: research
A comparative genomic approach to decipher the mutations associated with Nipah viral human isolates from southeast Asia
CONCLUSION: Deciphering the mutation pattern using a comparative genomics approach for human isolates provided valuable insight into the stability of NiV proteins which can be further used for understanding variations in host-pathogen interaction and developing effective therapeutic measures.PMID:38682059 | PMC:PMC11055433 | DOI:10.18502/ijm.v16i1.14879 (Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology)
Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology - April 29, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Norine Norbert Dsouza Selvaa Kumar Chellasamy Source Type: research
The emergence of carbapenem-resistance and New Delhi metallo- β-lactamase-1 ( < em > bla < /em > < sub > NDM-1 < /sub > ) among < em > Salmonella < /em > spp. in Kerman, Iran
CONCLUSION: Our study showed the emergence of carbapenem-resistant and blaNDM-1 among Salmonella spp. for the first time in Kerman, Iran. Since Salmonella spp. plays an important role in the transmission of resistance genes in livestock and humans in the food chains, so more stringent control policies are recommended to prevent the circulation of drug-resistant and potentially pathogenic strains from animals to humans.PMID:38682060 | PMC:PMC11055441 | DOI:10.18502/ijm.v16i1.14868 (Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology)
Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology - April 29, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Sanaz Dehdashti Parvin Mohseni Reza Ghanbarpour Sajad Aslani Maryam-Sadat Moradiyan Davood Kalantar-Neyestanaki Source Type: research
Responding to and managing multijurisdictional outbreaks of COVID-19 in Canadian industrial worksite/work camp settings
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 29. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00887-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSETTING: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and provincial/territorial (P/T) public health identified the need for a coordinated response to complex multijurisdictional COVID-19 outbreaks. The first large multijurisdictional industrial worksite COVID-19 outbreak highlighted the risk of transmission within these congregate work settings, the risk of transmission to the broader community(ies), and the need to develop setting-specific outbreak response frameworks.INTERVENTION: PHAC assembled...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Erin McGill Anna Bellos Andrea Nwosu Adrian Zetner Andrea Tyler Natalie Knox Kristyn Franklin Kaitlin Patterson Source Type: research
Sustainable shrimp farming in Sri Lanka; Utilization of BMPs and antibiotics use
CONCLUSION: Although the use of antibiotics is prohibited in BMPs, the analysis results suggest inappropriate use of antibiotics. The findings indicate that enhanced BMP understanding can reduce disease incidence and shrimp discards, emphasizing the need for incentives to promote BMP adoption and reduce the necessity for antibiotics.PMID:38680793 | PMC:PMC11055589 | DOI:10.5455/javar.2024.k744 (Source: Adv Data)
Source: Adv Data - April 29, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hiroichi Kono Takahiro Sajiki M N D F Abeykoon Keisuke Kato Tiana N Randrianantoandro Source Type: research
