supported by U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Crisis Response Funding titled CDC-RFA-TP22-2201:Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement.
Background:In the 2022-2023 global outbreak,the United States and state of Texas recorded a total of 31,277 and 3,085 confirmed monkeypox(Mpox)cases respectively as of November 2023.This study aims to investigate the ...
Objective: To investigate the distribution of pathogens and risk factors of nosocomial infection in hospitalized patients in cardiovascular department. Methods: a total of 360 patients with cardiovascular diseases wer...
Supported by the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs,Basque Government,No.2011111153;Saiotek,Basque Government,No.S-PE12UN058;Pre-doctoral grant from the Basque Government,NO.PRE_2015_2_0084;and United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service,No.58-1950-4-003.
BACKGROUND The results obtained to date concerning food groups,diet quality and colorectal cancer(CRC)risk vary according to criteria used and the study populations.AIM To study the relationships between food groups,d...
Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second common malignant liver tumor in children after hepato-blastoma. It differs from the adult HCC in the etiological predisposition, biological behavior and lower fre...
The worldwide prevalence of hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection in children is 0.05%-0.4% in developed countries and 2%-5% in resource-limited settings, where inadequately tested blood products or un-sterile medical injec...
Supported by National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award,No.P30GM110703;the Department of Defense,No.PR100451;the German Research Foundation,No.DFG,F.B.BE 5619/1-1
AIM: To investigate whether regional geography influences ethnic and gender trends for the development of gastric cancer(GC).METHODS: This retrospective analysis of the INVISION patient database at Louisiana State Uni...
This review surveys the literature published on the characteristics and implications of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) for the Arab andBedouin populations of Israel. T2 DM is a global health problem. ...
Apart from alcohol,there are other factors that may induce complications,which resemble alcohol-related liver disorders.In particular,obesity has been brought into focus as a risk factor for fatty liver disease.The te...
Gastric stump carcinoma (GSC) following remote gastric surgery is widely recognized as a separate entity within the group of various types of gastric cancer. Gastrecto- my is a well established risk factor for the d...
This study was supported by a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10872078 and 10832012) and Development and Reform Commission of Jilin Province
Objective: To evaluate the role of high risk factors in octogenarians and nonagenarians with hip trauma, which may lead to excessive mortality and morbidity postoperatively. Methods: Fifty-four octogenarians and non...