Having dwelled on the etiopathogenetic, pathologic, and clinical features of human infections caused by B. anthracis, the authors review and analyze epidemiological data of the cases of anthrax registered in Italy during the last ten years. Actual possibilities for prevention are evaluated in view of the fact that enzootic foci still exist in our country which are clearly responsible for the ty...

This paper attempts to examine the impact of major variables affecting export performance of leather goods from Pakistan using primary data source. The exporters from Punjab province were taken as the sampling frame as they share almost 90 percent of total leather exports from Pakistan. In Punjab, leather production and export facilities are primarily located in district Sialkot and Kasur. A re...

Hygiene properties of leather shoes, which has great influence on health and comfort, mainly contains air permeability, water vapor permeability, hygroscopicity, heat preservation and antimicrobial ability. The developing situation of test technology on hygiene properties of leather shoes is summarized. Natural leather has excellent hygiene properties for its collagen fibers, each hygiene prope...

In 2013, we raised suspicion that cobalt in leather could be responsible for hitherto unrecognized cases of allergic contact dermatitis. We saw a patient sensitized only to cobalt with clear long-term exposure to cobalt from a leather sofa, and observed resolution of dermatitis following avoidance (1). In 2014,we performed a questionnaire study, which showed a positive and significant associati...