BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate health literacy levels of patients in Almaty City, Kazakhstan and to identify socio-demographics and socio-economic factors related to their health literacy. METHODS An international survey instrument HLS-EU-Q developed by the European Health Literacy Consortium was used in a cross-sectional study with 1000 citizens in the Almaty City at the age of 18 a...

Background — The presence of chronic hard-to-heal wounds significantly affects patients’ quality of life causing pain, discomfort, decrease of mobility and consequently leads to social isolation and depression. This type of wound is more prevalent among older population. It has been estimated that up to 1-2% of the world population have this condition. The treatment of hard-to-heal wounds is ex...

the aim was to study the peculiarities of differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment of different forms of rhinitis in kazakhstan children and adolescents.124 children and adolescents aged 1-17 years were randomly enrolled in our hospital based study in 2010 and 2011. skin prick tests and total serum ige level were assessed in all allergic patients. subcutaneous specific immunotherapy was...

background: in this study, we examined the epidemiological aspects of neonatal mortality due to intrauterine infections with regard to regional characteristics. methods: consolidated report of the ministry of health and social development of the republic of kazakhstan on children deceased during their first 28 days of life due to intrauterine infections (p23 – congenital pneumonia, p35-39 – inf...

A new species of the genus Perigrapha, P. yasawii sp. n. is described from Syrdarya river valley, South Kazakhstan. The adults and male genitalia of the new and related species are illustrated.

To map the distribution of anthrax outbreaks and strain subtypes in Kazakhstan during 1937-2005, we combined geographic information system technology and genetic analysis by using archived cultures and data. Biochemical and genetic tests confirmed the identity of 93 archived cultures in the Kazakhstan National Culture Collection as Bacillus anthracis. Multilocus variable number tandem repeat an...

AIM The article presents the current data on the sensitivity of the main 37 strains of eXtremaly Drugs Resistance (XDR) category to anti-pseudomonas drugs. MATERIAL AND METHODS The strains were collected during the prospective multicenter study in large multidisciplinary hospitals of Central Kazakhstan. Susceptibility to antimicrobial drugs was carried out by disk method and the serial diluti...

We analysed livestock anthrax in Kazakhstan from 1960-2006, using a prospective CUSUM to examine the affects of expectation on the detection of spatio-temporal clusters. Three methods for deriving baselines were used for CUSUM; a standard z-score, AVG, a spatially-weighted z-score derived from Local Moran's I, LISA, and a moving-window average, MWA. LISA and AVG elicited alarm signals in the se...

Title of thesis: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUSES ISOLATED FROM HUMANS IN ALMA-ATA, KAZAKHSTAN. Rangarajan Padmanabhan, Master of Science, 2009. Thesis directed by: Associate Professor Dr.Daniel Perez, Department of Veterinary Medicine, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Maryland, College Park. Continuous surveillance of influenza becomes important ...

Over 220 crude extracts from repositories generated from plants native to Greece and Kazakhstan were evaluated for termiticidal activity against the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Emerging from this screening effort were bioactive extracts from two Greek species (Echinops ritro L. and Echinops spinosissimus Turra subsp. spinosissimus) ...