BACKGROUND Non-typhoidal Salmonella is a common cause of infectious diarrhea in humans. Antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella has become a global concern. METHODS Using laboratory-based surveillance system for Salmonella from September 2009 to December 2012 in Guangdong Province of China. The clinical information and samples of diarrhea patients were collected, according to the surveillance case...

abstract this study aimed at identifying and prioritizing the barriers to participation of staff of public offices in kerman province in physical activities. the statistical population consisted of all staff of public offices of kerman province (n=23360 according to the annual statistics of offices in kerman province in 2012). the sample size was 378 subjects using krejcie and morgan (1970) tab...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2002 and 2003 occurred as a result of zoonotic transmission. Coronavirus (CoV) found in naturally infected palm civet (civet-CoV) represents the closest genetic relative to SARS-CoV, but the degree and the determinants of cross-neutralization among these viruses remain to be investigated. Studies indicate that the receptor binding domain ...

In the context of China’s trial fallow policy; the heavy metal pollution of farmland is addressed via field surveys in Hunan Province, where the fallow policy has been implemented, and in Jiangxi Province, where it has not been implemented. We measured and analyzed willingness to accept (WTA) using the contingent valuation method (CVM). The conclusions of this study are as follows: (1) Farmer a...

A species of the genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 collected from Guizhou Province, China is diagnosed and described as new to science: Cyclocosmia liui Xu, Xu & Li, sp. n. (♀). New records of Cyclocosmia latusicosta Zhu, Zhang & Zhang, 2006 (♀) from China (Yunnan Province) and Vietnam (Vinh Phuc Province, Ninh Binh Province), and Cyclocosmia ricketti (Pocock, 1901) collected from Jiangxi Provin...

Foundation item: Supported by Zhejiang Innovation Program for Graduates, China(No.YK2010015) 1Eye Center, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital; Eye Institute of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310014, Zhejiang Province, China Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China Correspondence to: Miao-Qin Wu. Eye Center, Zhejian...

S. J. Fan, M. M. Cheung, A. Y. Ding, F. Y. Lee, Z. W. Qiao, J. Yang, and E. X. Wu Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, People's Republic of, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, People's Republic of, Medical Imaging Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sch...

How to cite this article: Groenewald AJ, Walsh CM, Van Wyk HJ, Van Zyl S, Van der Merwe LJ. Staging and haematological abnormalities of HIV-infected persons in Mangaung in the Free State Province, South Africa. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #462, 5 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ phcfm.v4i1.462 Background: The prevalence of HIV in specific areas of South Africa and its impact...

In this research, 10 species of Agaricales including, Agrocybe dura, A. ochracea, A. vervacti, Conocybe dunensis, C. lacteal, Entoloma griseorubellum, Pholiota highlandensis, Psilocybe atrobrunnea, Stropharia coronilla and S. magnivelaris belonging to Bolbitiaceae, Entolomataceae and Strophariaceae families are identified from Kermanshah and Harsin region in Kermanshah province (W Iran). From i...

1 Department of Orthopedics, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 2 Basic Department, Air Force Aviation University of Chinese PLA, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 3 Department of Engineering Mechanics, Nanling Campus, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 4 Department of Pain, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ...