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HBV Infection Is an Intermediate-Risk Disease, Whereas Anaemia Is a Mild-to-Moderate Public Health Problem in Young Ghanaian Adults: A Four-Year Retrospective Analysis of Students' Medical Records
CONCLUSION: Intentional preventative public health campaigns regarding anaemia, HBV, and HCV infection should, respectively, target females and young adult males to increase chances of making real change in behavioural attitudes in these at-risk groups.PMID:37475793 | PMC:PMC10356218 | DOI:10.1155/2023/9318984
Source: Biomed Res - July 21, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Samuel Amoah Andrew Nicholas Yartey Praise Fosu Adjei Margaret Owusu-Akyaw Joseph Boachie David Larbi Simpong Patrick Adu Source Type: research

Factors associated with incomplete vaccination and negative antibody test results for measles, mumps, and hepatitis A among children followed in the MINA-BRAZIL cohort
In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of vaccine adherence, factors associated with incomplete vaccination for measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and hepatitis A, and factors associated with the seronegative test results for measles, mumps and hepatitis A at 2 years of age. This was a population-based cohort that addressed health conditions and mother/infant nutrition in Cruzeiro do Sul city, Brazil. Vaccination data were obtained from official certificates of immunization. The children underwent blood collection at the two-year-old follow-up visit; the samples were analyzed using commercially available kits to m...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - March 15, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Midi ã Silva Ferreira Marly Augusto Cardoso Lalucha Mazzucchetti Ester Cerdeira Sabino Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva Source Type: research

Folic acid supplementation in pregnant women with hepatitis B surface antigen improves infant hepatitis B surface antibody mediated by infant interleukin-4
Br J Nutr. 2022 Jul 25:1-22. doi: 10.1017/S000711452200229X. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTImmunoprophylaxis has not completely eliminated hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection due to hyporesponsiveness to hepatitis B vaccine (HepB). We explored the impact of folic acid supplementation (FAS) in pregnant women with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) on their infant hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) and the mediation effect of infant interleukin-4 (IL-4). We recruited HBsAg-positive mothers and their neonates at baseline. Maternal FAS was obtained via a questionnaire, and neonatal anti-HBs and IL-4 were detected....
Source: The British Journal of Nutrition - July 25, 2022 Category: Nutrition Authors: Yandi Li Jia Lian Linzhu Yi Tian Yao Shuying Feng Bo Wang Junli Li Yongliang Feng Suping Wang Source Type: research

Drought in the Semiarid Region of Brazil: Exposure, Vulnerabilities and Health Impacts from the Perspectives of Local Actors
Conclusion The results obtained from this research shows, in general, the fragility in the social and political infrastructure necessary to improve the living conditions of populations, particularly those that depend on family agriculture in drought prone areas. The conditions of social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities presented in the region can be amplified by the drought process, and can aggravate the impacts resulting drought events, thus disadvantaging the population of this region, as shown in the Fig. 1. The general perception of the interviewees of the health sector shows an agreement with what is found...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aderita Sena Source Type: research