First Molecular Detection of <i>Babesia gibsoni</i> in Stray Dogs from Thailand by Thom Do, Ruttayaporn Ngasaman, Vannarat Saechan, Opal Pitaksakulrat, Mingming Liu, Xuenan Xuan, Tawin Inpankaew

“…Blood samples were collected from 174 stray dogs in two provinces (Songkhla and Narathiwat) in southern Thailand. …”
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Evaluation of an Innovative Point-of-Care Rapid Diagnostic Test for the Identification of Imported Malaria Parasites in China by Kangming Lin, Shuqi Wang, Yuan Sui, Tao Zhang, Fei Luo, Feng Shi, Yingjun Qian, Jun Li, Shenning Lu, Chris Cotter, Duoquan Wang, Shizhu Li

“…Methods: Suspected imported malaria cases reported from Guangxi and Anhui Provinces of China during 2018–2019 were enrolled to evaluate the novel RDTs. …”
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Implementation Status, Problem Analysis, and Policy Recommendations of Hypertension Management in Primary Care in China from the Perspective of Health System Based on Semi-structur... by WANG Yao, QIN Tingting, GU Mingyu, BAI Xinyuan, QIAO Kun, YANG Yutong, LI Xingming

“…Methods From November to December 2021, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 hypertension management stakeholders in five provinces in China. Guided by the World Health Organization&apos;s health system, the interviews were analyzed from six dimensions of leadership and governance, service delivery, health workforce, health financing, access to medicines and equipment, and health information system. …”
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Zinc Nutritional Status and Risk Factors of Elderly in the China Adult Chronic Disease and Nutrition Surveillance 2015 by Jiaxi Lu, Yichun Hu, Min Li, Xiaobing Liu, Rui Wang, Deqian Mao, Xiaoguang Yang, Lichen Yang

“…Methods: 3727 elderly people over 60 years old were randomly selected from 302 monitoring points in 31 provinces of China Adult Chronic Disease and Nutrition Surveillance (CACDNS) 2015. …”
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Genetic structure of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in China and relationship with the knockdown resistance mutations by Wenqi Shan, Hao Yuan, Hanming Chen, Haowei Dong, Qiuming Zhou, Feng Tao, Jie Bai, Huiying Chen, Yajun Ma, Heng Peng

“…Methods We collected Ae. albopictus from 17 sites in 11 provinces (municipalities) across China from 2016 to 2021 and extracted the genomic DNA from individual adult mosquitoes. …”
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The BC SUPPORT Unit Data Platform: Offering Data-Related Services To Researchers In British Columbia by Sarah Kesselring, Bryony Mander, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Kenneth Moselle, Elodie Portales-Casamar, Victoria Schuckel, Joel Singer, Boris Sobolev, Shirley Wong, Penny Brasher, Erin Cherban, Ella Young, Kelly Sanderson, Maureen Neuman, Kelly Moran, Dan Enjo, Kim McGrail

“…Introduction The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and provinces co-fund local Units to increase the quality and quantity of patient-oriented research. …”
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Validation of a primary care electronic medical records case definition for eczema: retrospective cross-sectional study by Hannah Stirton, Leanne Kosowan, Elissa M Abrams, Jennifer LP Protudjer, John Queenan, Alexander Singer

“…Methods This study used EMR data from 1,574 primary care providers in seven Canadian provinces, representing 689,301 patients. Using a subset of patient records seven medical students or family medicine residents created a reference set of 1,772 patients. …”
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Risk perceptions of avian influenza among poultry farmers on smallholder farms along border areas of Thailand by Soawapak Hinjoy, Pornchai Thumrin, Jitphanu Sridet, Chat Chaiyaso, Punnarai Smithsuwan, Janjao Rodchangphuen, Yupawat Thukngamdee, Weerachai Suddee

“…The aim of this study was to assess risk perceptions of poultry farmers and traders in three border provinces of Thailand adjacent to Laos.Materials and methodsPoultry farmers and traders were interviewed in-person during October–December 2021 by health and livestock officials using a standardized questionnaire to collect demographics, job histories, knowledge, and practices related to avian influenza. …”
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Potential distribution of Crassostrea sikamea (Amemiya, 1928) along coastal China under global climate change by Bingxian Liu, Zhenqiang Liu, Ya Chen, Ruijing Lu, Cui Li, Peizhen Ma, Haolin Yu, Zhen Zhang, Haiyan Wang

“…We utilized first-hand data collected by our research team over the past 14 years, which consisted of 3030 C. sikamea samples from seven provinces in China. The contribution rate of the environmental variables and the jackknife test revealed that salinity (13–21PSS) and temperature (24.6–25.5 °C) are the primary factors influencing the distribution of C. sikamea. …”
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Application of Statistical Methods for the Comparative Study of the Degree of Pollution of Wastewater Collected from Three Olive Mills in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region (Norther... by Hind Es Saouini, Saida Bouzid, Abdellah Trankil, Mina Amharref, Abdes Samed Bernoussi

“…These effluents were collected from three olive mills located in two different provinces in Northern Morocco during the 2021-2022 olive growing season. …”
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Dental health care providers’ concerns, perceived impact, and preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia by Muhammad Qasim Javed, Farooq Ahmad Chaudhary, Syed Fareed Mohsin, Mustafa Hussein AlAttas, Hadeel Yaseen Edrees, Syed Rashid Habib, Arham Riaz

“…Methods This cross-sectional study on DHCPs was carried out at five dental teaching hospitals/colleges in four provinces of Saudi Arabia from October to December 2020. …”
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Depression, anxiety and quality of life of Afghan women living in urban areas under the Taliban government: a cross-sectional study by Mark D Griffiths, Ahmad Neyazi, Bijaya K Padhi, Ab Qadim Mohammadi, Mahsa Ahmadi, Adiba Erfan, Bahara Bashiri, Mehrab Neyazi, Marjina Ishaqzada, Morteza Noormohammadi

“…The present study examined the association of two mental health variables (ie, depression, anxiety) with quality of life (QoL) and the sociodemographic characteristics of Afghan women living in urban areas under the rule of Taliban government in Afghanistan.Design Cross-sectional study administered between 10 November 2021 to 25 December 2021 among women.Setting Across major provinces of Afghanistan (Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul and Samangan).Measurements Data were collected using a pretested structured questionnaire. …”
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Subtypes of nursing students' volunteer motivation in COVID-19: a latent profile analysis by Fupei He, Beilei Lin, Xueting Liu, Yongxia Mei, Wenna Wang, Zhenxiang Zhang, Mingxu Wang

“…Methods From January to February 2022, a cross-sectional online study was conducted, and 2569 nursing students from 10 provinces in China were recruited. Participants completed the General Information Questionnaire, Volunteer Functional Inventory (VFI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS). …”
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Effect of mutations on acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) function in Cyperus difformis L. by Xiaotong Guo, Xiangju Li, Zheng Li, Licun Peng, Jingchao Chen, Haiyan Yu, Hailan Cui

“…To confirm the effect of mutations on AHAS function, six biotypes were collected, including Pro197Arg, Pro197Ser, Pro197Leu, Asp376Glu, Trp574Leu and wild type, from Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Jiangsu provinces, China and the function of AHAS was characterized. …”
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Using measures of quality of care to assess equity in health care funding for primary care: analysis of Indonesian household data by Manon Haemmerli, Augustine Asante, Dwidjo Susilo, Aryana Satrya, Rifqi Abdul Fattah, Qinglu Cheng, Soewarta Kosen, Danty Novitasari, Gemala Chairunnisa Puteri, Eviati Adawiyah, Andrew Hayen, Lucy Gilson, Anne Mills, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Stephen Jan, Hasbullah Thabrany, Virginia Wiseman

“…Methods We used a dataset consisting of a sample of households surveyed in 10 provinces of Indonesia in early-2018. In parallel, a survey of public health facilities was conducted in the same geographical areas, and information about health facility infrastructure and basic equipment was collected. …”
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Methods used by Canadian dairy farmers for on-farm euthanasia and the emotions associated with the decision and the practice of euthanasia by J. Denis-Robichaud, M. Rousseau, M. Denicourt, M. Villettaz-Robichaud, A.-M. Lamothe, L. DesCôteaux

“…A total of 479 dairy farmers from 5 provinces answered the survey. The most commonly used primary method of on-farm euthanasia was a firearm (>70%). …”
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Epidemiological Characterisation of <i>bla</i>_NDM-Positive <i>Enterobacterales</i> from Food-Producing Animal Farms in Southwest China by Renqiao Wen, Hongcheng Wei, Tiejun Zhang, Peng Ma, Qin Wang, Chao Li, Zhonghan Li, Changwei Lei, Hongning Wang

“…To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of <i>bla</i>_NDM in swine and chicken farms in southwestern China, we isolated 102 <i>bla</i>_NDM-positive <i>Enterobacterales</i> strains from 18 farms in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in 2021, with <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella</i> spp. being the main reservoirs of <i>bla</i>_NDM, variant <i>bla</i>_NDM-5 being the most prevalent, and all strains being multi-drug resistant. …”
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Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction development for rapid detection of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus and comparison with other techniques by Stefano Panno, Susana Ruiz-Ruiz, Andrea Giovanni Caruso, Ana Alfaro-Fernandez, Maria Isabel Font San Ambrosio, Salvatore Davino

“…In Italy, the first ToBRFV outbreak occurred in 2018 in several provinces of the Sicily region. ToBRFV outbreak represents a serious threat for tomato crops in Italy and the Mediterranean Basin. …”
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Association of follicle-stimulating hormone with lipid profiles in older women: a cross-sectional SPECT-China study by Qin Li, Wen Zhang, Bing Han, Yi Chen, Xian Zhang, Ningjian Wang, Yingchao Chen, Yingli Lu, Fangzhen Xia, Hualing Zhai

“…We aimed to investigate whether FSH was associated with the lipid profile in women older than 55 years.Design The data were obtained from a cross-sectional study.Participants Our data were from the Survey on Prevalence in East China for Metabolic Diseases and Risk Factors (China, including Shanghai and Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces). A total of 1795 women older than 55 years were selected.Methods Morning serum sex hormones and lipid profiles were measured. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of transarterial chemoembolization combined with lenvatinib as the first-line treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by Ying He, Wangchun Lin, Zhongjie Cai, Yufan Huang, Maojin You, Meisheng Lei, Ruijia Chen

“…However, when the WTP threshold was below $30,300/QALY, TACE-LEN is no longer cost-effective.Conclusion: Our study found TACE-LEN to be a cost-effective treatment option for patients with advanced HCC compared to lenvatinib from a Chinese healthcare system perspective, but not so in low-income provinces in China.…”
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