Dipstick and lateral-flow formats have dominated rapid diagnostics over the last three decades. These formats gained popularity in the consumer markets due to their compactness, portability and facile interpretation without external instrumentation. However, lack of quantitation in measurements has challenged the demand of existing assay formats in consumer markets. Recently, paper-based microf...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is an obligate intercellular protozoon that affects animals and human. It has zoonosis and/or anthroponosis transmission. Human and veterinary medicine, environmental science and wildlife conservation specialists have many commonalities in case of visceral leishmaniasis. Still the above disciplines respond against leishmaniasis in a separate way. The aim of this review ...

One Health is defined as the intersection and integration of knowledge regarding humans, animals, and the environment, yet as the One Health scientific literature expands, there is considerable heterogeneity of approach and quality of reporting in One Health studies. In addition, many researchers who publish such studies do not include or integrate data from all three domains of human, animal, ...

The purpose of the precautionary principle is that legal requirements are to be made to safeguard against the possible health risks that have not yet been scientifically established. That a risk is not established cannot, therefore, be used as an excuse for not applying the principle. Yet, that rationale is exactly what is happening in the case of the possible health risks from exposure to elec...

Exploring possible epigenetic mediation of early-life environmental exposures on adiposity and obesity development Rebecca C Richmond, Nicholas J Timpson and Thorkild IA Sørensen* MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark...

1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, 2 School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 3 Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, 4 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiolog...

1Department of Horticultural Technologies, Faculty of Horticulture, “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3 Mihail Sadoveanu Alley, 700490 Ias,i, Romania 2Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Ias,i, 73 Prof. Dr. Docent D. Mang...

The knowledge about the influence of environmental hazards on children's health is increasing enormously. European Ministers of Health and Environment, like many other stakeholders, identified the environmental hazards in Europe for the health of children as so serious, that they called for a "Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE)" approved in June 2004. The knowledg...

ALTHOUGH Boston is well known for its place in the history of anesthesiology, many people do not know that a monument in the city exists to commemorate the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia (fig. 1). In fact, in decades past, every Bostonian knew of the monument erected in 1868 to honor the great discovery. But today, the structure is often overlooked. There are even some in the fi...

Inspired by the success of evidence-based medicine, environmental scholars and practitioners have grown enthusiastic about applying a similar evidencebased approach to solve some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. An important component of the evidence-based movement is the empirical evaluation of program and policy impacts. Impact evaluations draw heavily from recent advances...