scholarly journals An outbreak of oropharyngeal tularaemia linked to natural spring water

2009 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Willke ◽  
M. Meric ◽  
R. Grunow ◽  
M. Sayan ◽  
E. J. Finke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Control Study ◽  
Spring Water ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Specific Pcr ◽  
Microagglutination Test ◽  
Natural Spring Water ◽  
Natural Spring ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Water Springs ◽  
Control Study

A tularaemia outbreak was investigated involving 188 suspected cases in the Kocaeli region of Turkey between December 2004 and April 2005. A case–control study comprising 135 laboratory-confirmed cases and 55 controls was undertaken to identify risk factors for the development of the outbreak and to evaluate laboratory diagnostic methods. Tularaemia was confirmed by a microagglutination test (MAT) titre of ≥1 : 160 in 90 of the patients. In MAT-negative sera, 23/44 (52 %) were positive by ELISA with Francisella tularensis LPS and 1/9 (11 %) by Western blotting with this antigen. A species-specific PCR was positive in 16/25 (64 %) throat swabs and 8/13 (62 %) lymph node aspirates. Multivariate analysis showed that drinking natural spring water was the leading risk factor for the development of tularaemia (P=0.0001, odds ratio 0.165, 95 % CI 0.790–0.346). The outbreak ceased after abandonment of the suspected natural water springs.

scholarly journals The dominance of pandemic serovars of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in expatriates and sporadic cases of diarrhoea in Thailand, and a new emergent serovar (O3 : K46) with pandemic traits

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 608-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oralak Serichantalergs ◽  
Nurul Amin Bhuiyan ◽  
Gopinath Balakrish Nair ◽  
Orapan Chivaratanond ◽  
Apichai Srijan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vibrio Parahaemolyticus ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Pfge Analysis ◽  
Specific Pcr ◽  
Sporadic Cases ◽  
Traveller’S Diarrhoea ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Control Study

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. A total of 95 V. parahaemolyticus isolates belonging to 23 different serovars were identified in a case–control study of expatriates and Thai adults from 2001 to 2002 in Thailand. Fifty-two per cent of isolates (49/95) were resistant to ampicillin and sulfisoxazole, but all isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole, two antibiotics commonly used to treat traveller’s diarrhoea. All isolates were positive for the species-specific toxR gene, and 91 and 5 were positive for the thermostable direct haemolysin (tdh) gene and the tdh-related (trh) gene, respectively. Sixty-five isolates were assigned to the pandemic group of V. parahaemolyticus by a group-specific PCR and the presence of the orf8 gene. The pandemic isolates belonged to three recognized serovars (O3 : K6, O1 : K25, O1 : KUT) and a new serovar, O3 : K46. This new serovar harboured pandemic traits. PFGE analysis revealed that all pandemic isolates including serovar O3 : K46 were closely related and clearly distinct from the non-pandemic isolates. In summary, three well-known serovars of pandemic V. parahaemolyticus isolates were identified as a major cause of diarrhoea in Thailand and a new V. parahaemolyticus isolate, serovar O3 : K46, with pandemic traits was detected.

Oxygen, Hydrogen, Boron and Lithium Isotope Data of a Natural Spring Water with an Extreme Composition: A Fluid from the Dehydrating Slab?

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 299-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiziano Boschetti ◽  
Lorenzo Toscani ◽  
Paola Iacumin ◽  
Enricomaria Selmo
Keyword(s):  
Spring Water ◽  
Lithium Isotope ◽  
Isotope Data ◽  
Natural Spring Water ◽  
Natural Spring

scholarly journals Survey of Citizens Public Opinion for Natural Spring Water in Seoul

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwang-Rae Kim ◽  
Hae-Kyung Gil ◽  
Man-Ho Lee ◽  
Seok-Won Eom ◽  
Jai-Young Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Spring Water ◽  
Natural Spring Water ◽  
Natural Spring

scholarly journals Mineralization of Natural Spring Water in the City of Daloa (West-Central Côte d’Ivoire)

2020 ◽  
Vol 08 (12) ◽  
pp. 200-210
Author(s):  
Eblin Sampah Georges ◽  
Konan Kouakou Séraphin ◽  
Ohou-Yao Marie-Jeanne Adélaïde ◽  
Mangoua Oi Mangoua Jules ◽  
Dibi Brou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spring Water ◽  
West Central ◽  
Natural Spring Water ◽  
Natural Spring ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Underexpression of hsa-miR-449 family and their promoter hypermethylation in infertile men: A case-control study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Najafipour ◽  
Abdolmabood Momeni ◽  
Farideh Yousefipour ◽  
Shaghayegh Mousavi ◽  
Sahar Moghbelinejad
Keyword(s):  
Case Control Study ◽  
Promoter Hypermethylation ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Methylation Pattern ◽  
Specific Pcr ◽  
Infertile Men ◽  
Pcr Method ◽  
Defective Spermatogenesis ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Control Samples

Background: Post-transcriptional microRNAs (miRNAs) have an important pattern in the spermatogenesis process. Objective: Study of the expression and methylation of hsa-miR-449 family in sperm samples of infertile men. Materials and Methods: In this case-control study, we recruited 74 infertile men (with asthenozoospermia, teratozoospermia, asthenoteratozoospermia, and oligoasthenoteratozoospermia) and 30 control samples. Methylation-specific PCR (MSP) method was used for methylation evaluation of hsa-miR-449 a, b, c promoter. By Real time PCR (qRT-PCR) method,we showed downregulation of hsa-miR-449 a, b, c in the sperm samples of infertile men and compared it to their fertile counterparts. Results: There was significant underexperssion, in hsa-miR-449-b in oligoasthenoteratospermic samples (p = 0.0001, F = 2.9). About the methylation pattern, infertile men showed high frequency of methylation in the promoter of hsa-miR-449 a, b, c in comparison to controls (60.8% vs 23.3%), the highest amount of methylation was observed in oligoasthenoteratospermia samples (81.2%). Conclusion: In this study, low expression and high methylation of hsa-miR-449-b were observed in infertile men in compared to control samples, which can be one of the causes of defective spermatogenesis. Key words: Spermatogenesis, miR-449, Expression, Epigenetic.

Transport of Escherichia coli strains isolated from natural spring water

2012 ◽  
Vol 140-141 ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Lutterodt ◽  
J.W.A. Foppen ◽  
S. Uhlenbrook
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Spring Water ◽  
Natural Spring Water ◽  
Natural Spring
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document