“There’s nothing like a good crisis for innovation”: a qualitative study of family physicians’ experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic by Lindsay Hedden, Sarah Spencer, Maria Mathews, Emily Gard Marshall, Julia Lukewich, Shabnam Asghari, Judith Belle Brown, Paul S. Gill, Thomas R. Freeman, Rita K. McCracken, Bridget L. Ryan, Crystal Vaughan, Eric Wong, Richard Buote, Leslie Meredith, Lauren Moritz, Dana Ryan, Madeleine McKay, Gordon Schacter

“…While some family physicians had prior experience conducting remote assessments, most had to implement and adapt to virtual care abruptly as provinces limited in-person visits to essential and urgent care. …”
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Bayesian Estimation of the Prevalence and Test Characteristics (Sensitivity and Specificity) of Two Serological Tests (RB and SAT-EDTA) for the Diagnosis of Bovine Brucellosis in S... by Valeria Paucar, Jorge Ron-Román, Washington Benítez-Ortiz, Maritza Celi, Dirk Berkvens, Claude Saegerman, Lenin Ron-Garrido

“…Between 2011 and 2016, 2733 cattle herds were visited, and 22,592 animal blood samples were taken in nineteen provinces on mainland Ecuador. Bayes-<i>p</i> and deviance information criterion (DIC) statistics were used to select models. …”
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Expanding access to HIV testing through Canadian community pharmacies: findings from the APPROACH study by Deborah V. Kelly, Jason Kielly, Christine Hughes, Jacqueline Gahagan, Shabnam Asghari, Stephanie Hancock, Kimberley Burt, Petra Smyczek, Carmen Charlton, Hai Nguyen

“…Methods A pharmacist-provided HIV POCT program was offered in 4 pharmacies in two Canadian provinces. A mixed methods design incorporated self-report questionnaire data, participant telephone interviews, pharmacist focus groups, workload analysis, and situational analysis to assess the uptake, acceptability and feasibility of the HIV POCT program. …”
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Mpox Vaccination Hesitancy and Its Associated Factors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A National Observational Study by Min Zheng, Min Du, Guanghong Yang, Yongming Yao, Xiaohan Qian, Yuan Zhi, Lin Ma, Rui Tao, Zhilin Zhu, Feng Zhou, Siqi Dai, Jie Yang, Min Liu, Jue Liu

“…This nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted among 7538 Chinese MSM in 27 MSM social organizations from 21 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions of China from 31 July to 4 August 2023. …”
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Indirect versus direct detection methods of Trichinella spp. infection in wild boar (Sus scrofa) by Maria Angeles Gómez-Morales, Alessandra Ludovisi, Marco Amati, Ennio Bandino, Gioia Capelli, Franco Corrias, Luca Gelmini, Alberigo Nardi, Cristina Sacchi, Simona Cherchi, Marco Lalle, Edoardo Pozio

“…The circulation of anti-Trichinella IgG was determined in hunted wild boar muscle juice samples in 9 provinces of 5 Italian regions. Results From 1,462 muscle fluid samples, 315 (21.5%, 95% C.I. 19.51-23.73) were tested positive by ELISA. …”
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Bionomics of malaria vectors in Lao PDR, 2018–2020: entomological surveillance as a key tool for malaria elimination by Sébastien Marcombe, Santi Maithaviphet, Rita Reyburn, Khamfong Kunlaya, Khambang Silavong, Bouasy Hongvanthong, Viengxay Vanisaveth, Viengphone Sengsavath, Vilasack Banouvong, Keobouphaphone Chindavongsa, Boualam Khamlome, Matthew Shortus

“…Methods The Center for Malariology Parasitology and Epidemiology (CMPE) entomology team conducted entomological surveillance activities at 13 sentinel sites in 8 provinces and at active transmission foci sites from 2018 to 2020. …”
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Characteristics, Treatment, and Mortality of Patients Hospitalized for First ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction without Standard Modifiable Risk Factors in China by Weihong Guo, Yunfeng Wang, Aoxi Tian, Jiayi Yi, Jiamin Liu, Haibo Zhang, Jing Li, Shengshou Hu, Xi Li, Xin Zheng

“…Methods: This study was based on a nationally representative sample of patients presenting with STEMI and admitted to 162 hospitals in 31 provinces across mainland China between 2001 and 2015. …”
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Rift Valley Fever Virus Exposure amongst Farmers, Farm Workers, and Veterinary Professionals in Central South Africa by Veerle Msimang, Peter N. Thompson, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Stefano Tempia, Claudia Cordel, Joe Kgaladi, Jimmy Khosa, Felicity J. Burt, Janice Liang, Melinda K. Rostal, William B. Karesh, Janusz T. Paweska

“…A total of 823 people in close occupational contact with livestock were interviewed and sampled over a six-month period in 2015&#8315;2016 within a 40,000 km² study area encompassing parts of the Free State and Northern Cape provinces that were affected during the 2010&#8315;2011 outbreak. …”
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Insights into aerosol chemistry during the 2015 China Victory Day parade: results from simultaneous measurements at ground level and 260 m in Beijing by J. Zhao, W. Du, Y. Zhang, Q. Wang, C. Chen, W. Xu, T. Han, Y. Wang, P. Fu, Z. Wang, Z. Li, Y. Sun

“…Strict emission controls were implemented in Beijing and adjacent provinces to ensure good air quality during the 2015 China Victory Day parade. …”
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Genome and evolution of Tibet orbivirus, TIBOV (genus Orbivirus, family Reoviridae) by Tingting Gao, Minghua Li, Hong Liu, Shihong Fu, Huanyu Wang, Guodong Liang

“…In recent years, more TIBOV strains have been isolated in several provinces across China, Japan, East Asia, and Nepal, South Asia. …”
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Self-reported sleep status and influencing factors: a web-based national cross-sectional survey in China by Wanxin Zhang, Min Yu, Ying Xu, Xiaoqing Li, Heming Zuo, Zhili Huang, Xuemei Gao

“…AbstractObjectives To investigate self-reported sleep duration, sleep timing, sleep status and influencing factors in the Chinese population.Methods This web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2022, covering 31 provinces (91%) in China. 11,000 questionnaires were collected, of which 8970 were valid for analysis. …”
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Development and validation of a simple tool composed of items on dyspnea, respiration rates, and C-reactive protein for pneumonia prediction among acute febrile respiratory illness... by Fengming Ding, Lei Han, Dongning Yin, Yan Zhou, Yong Ji, Pengyu Zhang, Wensheng Wu, Jijing Chen, Zufang Wang, Xinxin Fan, Guoqing Zhang, Min Zhang

“…Its value for pneumonia prediction was prospectively assessed in an external multi-center population, which included 1299 AFRI patients in primary settings from 5 different provinces throughout China. Results In the model development population, pneumonia patients (n = 227) had a longer duration of fever; higher frequencies of purulent sputum, dyspnea, and thoracic pain; and higher levels of respiration rates and C-reactive protein (CRP) than non-pneumonia patients (n = 500). …”
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Promoting deceased organ and tissue donation registration in family physician waiting rooms (RegisterNow-1 trial): study protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomized... by Alvin H. Li, Amit X. Garg, Versha Prakash, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Monica Taljaard, Joanna Mitchell, Danny Matti, Stefanie Linklater, Kyla L. Naylor, Stephanie Dixon, Cathy Faulds, Rachel Bevan, Leah Getchell, Greg Knoll, S. Joseph Kim, Jessica Sontrop, Lise M. Bjerre, Allison Tong, Justin Presseau

“…In Canada, most Canadians support organ donation but less than 25% in most provinces have registered their desire to donate their organs when they die. …”
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Statistical data driven approach of COVID-19 in Ecuador: R0 and Rt estimation via new method by Raúl Patricio Fernández-Naranjo, MSc, Eduardo Vásconez-González, MD, Katherine Simbaña-Rivera, MD, MSc, Lenin Gómez-Barreno, MD, Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy, MD, Doménica Cevallos-Robalino, MD, MPH (c), Esteban Ortiz-Prado, MD, MSc, MPH

“…The results show that Guayas, Pichincha and Manabí were the provinces with the highest number of cases due to COVID-19. …”
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Association of physical activity with socio-economic status and chronic disease in older adults in China: cross-sectional findings from the survey of CLASS 2020 after the outbreak... by Yi Li, Mingyuan Cui, Yiqun Pang, Bing Zhan, Xiaotian Li, Qiurui Wang, Fang Chen, Zhixiong Zhou, Qingzhu Yang

“…The study employed a stratified, multistage, probabilistic sampling approach and included 11,396 adults over the age of 59 from 28 provinces in China. Data on demographics, the duration and intensity of PA, history of diseases and personalized factors influencing PA were collected via structured interviews by researchers. …”
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Natural Occurrence of Regulated and Emerging Mycotoxins in Wheat Grains and Assessment of the Risks from Dietary Mycotoxins Exposure in China by Xiaofeng Ji, Canghong Jin, Yingping Xiao, Meihua Deng, Wen Wang, Wentao Lyu, Jiapeng Chen, Rui Li, Yan Li, Hua Yang

“…This study surveyed the natural presence of regulated mycotoxins, such as deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN), and emerging mycotoxins such as beauvericin (BEA), enniatins (ENNs such as ENA, ENA1, ENB, ENB1) and Alternaria mycotoxins (i.e., alternariol monomethyl ether (AME), alternariol (AOH), tenuazonic acid (TeA), tentoxin (TEN), and altenuene (ALT)) in wheat grains randomly collected from eight provinces across China in 2021. The results revealed that each wheat grain sample was detected with at least one type of mycotoxin. …”
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Values and Preferences Related to Cancer Risk among Red and Processed Meat Eaters: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study with Semi-Structured Interviews by Victoria Howatt, Anna Prokop-Dorner, Claudia Valli, Joanna Zajac, Malgorzata M. Bala, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Gordon H. Guyatt, Bradley C. Johnston

“…We recruited a convenience sample of participants from two Canadian provinces: Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. This project was approved by the Research Ethics Board for Health Sciences research at Dalhousie University, Canada. …”
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Leptospirosis in horses: Sentinels for a neglected zoonosis? A systematic review by Eduardo A. Díaz, Gabriela Arroyo, Carolina Sáenz, Luis Mena, Verónica Barragán

“…Most of the studies reported data obtained from one of the four regions (Coast), and specifically from only one of the 24 Provinces of Ecuador (Manabí), which evidence a large information bias at the geographical level. …”
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Construction and application on the training course of information literacy for clinical nurses by Chao Wu, Yinjuan Zhang, Jing Wu, Linyuan Zhang, Juan Du, Lu Li, Nana Chen, Liping Zhu, Sheng Zhao, Hongjuan Lang

“…Methods Two rounds of Delphi study were conducted for the study among 26 clinical medical and nursing experts as well as educational experts from 5 different provinces and cities in China. From July 2022 to October 2022, a total of 84 clinical nurses from two hospitals were selected by the convenience sampling method, of which the nurses in one hospital were the control group and the nurses in the other hospital were the observation group. 42 nurses in the observation group were trained by the constructed information literacy training course. …”
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Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infection across a national primary care network in 2019 by Sabrina Wong, Shan Rajapakshe, David Barber, Andrea Patey, Wendy Levinson, Rachael Morkem, Gillian Hurwitz, Kimberly Wintermute, Jerome A Leis

“…Background: Respiratory tract infection (RTI) is the leading reason for avoidable antimicrobial use in primary care, yet provider-level feedback on its use is only available in some provinces. The aim of this study was to validate case definitions for RTI across the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) and determine baseline provider-level variability in antimicrobial prescribing in 2019. …”
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