Peculiarities of the course of toxoplasmosis and toxocarosis in modern conditions of the сovid-19pandemic and their prevention

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
O. V. Bobrova ◽  
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N.G. Mikhanovska ◽  
K. A. Krivonos ◽  
S. M. Vorobyov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Congenital Toxoplasmosis ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Acute Stage ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
National Program ◽  
Disease Treatment ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
Near Future

The article is devoted (dedicated) to topical problems of socially significant parasitosis, peculiarities of toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, measures of prevention of these parasitic invasions. Ways of infection, clinical features of chronic toxoplasmosis in the acute stage, and toxocariasis are described. An overview of modern methods of diagnosis of toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis is presented, the necessity of line-blot analysis in our country is described, first of all, to clarify the stage of the disease in congenital toxoplasmosis, as well as for differential diagnosis of stages of this disease. treatment of patients with toxoplasmosis invasion. Indications for examination of patients with toxoplasmosis are presented. The main measures for the prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis, which is dangerous for newborns, are outlined. Preventive measures to prevent toxocariasis infection are described, which is a necessary basis for improving the system of epidemiological surveillance for the spread of toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis in all regions of our country. Emphasis was placed on the need to strengthen control by government agencies to prevent parasitological pollution, the urgency of establishing a National Program for surveillance of parasitic infestations in the near future to control their spread and prevent serious consequences for the health of infected, the need and feasibility of specialized treatment centers. and rehabilitation of patients with parasitic infestations, primarily toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis. The necessity of dispensary observation for persons from risk groups for severe toxoplasmosis – pregnant women, immunocompromised persons, persons with immunodeficiency of different genesis, the main solutions for the prevention of these parasites.

scholarly journals Epidemiological Characteristics of Carrying Viral Hepatitis B Antigen in the Population of the Nišava District

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
Marina Kostić ◽  
Biljana Kocić ◽  
Nataša Rančić
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics

Summary The aim of this paper was to determine the trend of diseases and epidemiological characteristics of viral antigen carrying of hepatitis B for better implementation of prevention and control of the disease activity. The annual reports, reports of diseases - deaths from infectious diseases, epidemiological survey of the Public Health Institute (IPH) Niš were used as the material. The period from 2002 to 2011 in the Nišava District was considered. A descriptive method was used. HBsAg carrying shows an upward trend (y=15+3.27 x). Most carriers are males (57.27%), live in urban areas (98.16/ 100.000 population), average age 41.92 years old ±SD 18.59, pensioners (22.42%). 54.05% are nephrology patients (almost all retirees under the age of 60 years old). Only 15.76% were hospitalized. The data on the vaccination status are insufficient. In 5.45%, co-infection with hepatitis C virus was found. 63.33% belong to the group of patients for whom there were no data on the mode of transmission. Hemodialysis patients make 16.67%, blood donors 9.39%, 6.36% pregnant women and injecting drug users 1.21%. The upward trend of carrying, the presence of all known risk groups in the population of carrying in the Nišava District points to the need for improved epidemiological surveillance, strict application of protective measures, conducting of statutory vaccination of all categories of people exposed to particular risk of infection as well as continuing education on preventive measures of both population and health care providers.

scholarly journals Resource allocation in the Covid-19 health crisis: are Covid-19 preventive measures consistent with the Rule of Rescue?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian W. März ◽  
Søren Holm ◽  
Michael Schlander
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Healthcare Resources ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Rule Of Rescue ◽  
Post War ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns ◽  
N95 Respirators

AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic has led to a health crisis of a scale unprecedented in post-war Europe. In response, a large amount of healthcare resources have been redirected to Covid-19 preventive measures, for instance population-wide vaccination campaigns, large-scale SARS-CoV-2 testing, and the large-scale distribution of protective equipment (e.g., N95 respirators) to high-risk groups and hospitals and nursing homes. Despite the importance of these measures in epidemiological and economic terms, health economists and medical ethicists have been relatively silent about the ethical rationales underlying the large-scale allocation of healthcare resources to these measures. The present paper seeks to encourage this debate by demonstrating how the resource allocation to Covid-19 preventive measures can be understood through the paradigm of the Rule of Rescue, without claiming that the Rule of Rescue is the sole rationale of resource allocation in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Modern aspects of epidemiology and prevention of typhoid infection (review)

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Alla Nikolaevna Kaira ◽  
Vyacheslav Fedorovich Lavrov ◽  
Oksana Anatolievna Svitich
Keyword(s):  
Typhoid Fever ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
The World ◽  
Resistant Strains

Typhoid fever is still an urgent infection, especially in countries where the majority of the population lives below the poverty line, with limited resources, and without the ability to comply with basic hygiene rules. About 11 million cases of typhoid fever are registered worldwide every year, and about 400 people die from this infection every day. The global development of international relations activates migration processes, tourism, and provides rapid movement of significant masses of people around the world, which makes the risk of widespread typhoid infection quite real. In recent years, due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of S. typhi, treatment of typhoid fever has become less effective. Natural disasters in the form of earthquakes and floods, man-made disasters, as well as military conflicts that occur in different parts of the world, are fertile «soil» for the emergence and spread of typhoid infection, which actualizes the implementation of appropriate prevention measures, including immunoprophylaxis of the disease. Despite the obvious success in the fight against typhoid fever, which consists in a significant reduction in cases of typhoid infection in the world, this dangerous infectious disease still remains an urgent problem, both for health authorities and the population of many countries. Children and young people are still ill, and there is a real risk of infection spreading to any country. Natural disasters pose a real threat of typhoid outbreaks and epidemics. Mass appearance of antibiotic-resistant strains of S. typhi significantly complicates the treatment of patients, dictates the need for constant monitoring of the pathogen’s resistance to antibiotics and the introduction of typhoid immunoprophylaxis for epidemic indications among professional risk groups, labor migrants, and tourists traveling to countries with typhoid-affected countries. There is also a need for reliable epidemiological surveillance of this infection, carried out on an ongoing basis.

scholarly journals RISK ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH DISORDERS IN EMPLOYEES AT THE MACHINERY ENTERPRISE

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-79
Author(s):  
Lyubov A. Balabanova ◽  
S. K. Kamaev ◽  
A. A. Imamov ◽  
O. R. Radchenko
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Building Enterprise ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Occupational Contact ◽  
Male Workers

Introduction. Adverse effects of environmental factors can cause dysfunction of organs and systems, hormonal dysfunction, genetic disorders, which can adversely affect the health of future generations. The aim is to study occupational risk factors and assess their impact on the health of male workers of machine-building enterprises, to develop preventive measures. Material and methods. The working conditions of 318 male workers of the main professions of the machine-building enterprise (miller, locksmith, electric and gas welder, turner, caster, etc.), having occupational contact with harmful occupational factors, were studied in comparison with 148 employees of the control group. Epidemiological, socio-hygienic, statistical and risk calculation methods were used. Results. 68.2% of respondents were found to have occupational contact with cutting fluid, 24.3% contact with chemicals, 14.4% - with heavy metals, 66.2% of respondents work in conditions of noise exposure, 40.1% - local vibration, 22.3% - in conditions of hypothermia, 14.4% - in conditions of overheating. Excess of maximum permissible concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene, aerosols of mineral oils, epichlorohydrin was detected in the air of the working zone. At workplaces, there were excess levels of noise, general vibration, thermal radiation. The impact of harmful occupational factors in the workplace was established to create a high risk to the health of workers. Conclusion. Working conditions of workers of the machine-building enterprise are mainly estimated as harmful. Critical organs and systems for the development of occupational pathology were identified, the high carcinogenic risk from exposure to benzo(a)pyrene was revealed. Employees of the machine-building enterprise were shown to have a high risk of oncology, respiratory diseases, central nervous system diseases, pathology in offspring. As a result, risk groups were formed and targeted preventive measures were proposed, including monitoring of the health status of high-risk groups, occupational selection, and medical examinations.

scholarly journals Arthropod-borne viruses transmitted by Phlebotomine sandflies in Europe: a review

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Depaquit ◽  
M Grandadam ◽  
F Fouque ◽  
PE Andry ◽  
C Peyrefitte
Keyword(s):  
Field Work ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Toscana Virus ◽  
Viral Isolation ◽  
Phlebotomine Sandflies ◽  
Mediterranean Europe ◽  
Medical Importance ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Vectorial Competence

Phlebotomine sandflies are known to transmit leishmaniases, bacteria and viruses that affect humans and animals in many countries worldwide. These sandfly-borne viruses are mainly the Phlebovirus, the Vesiculovirus and the Orbivirus. Some of these viruses are associated with outbreaks or human cases in the Mediterranean Europe. In this paper, the viruses transmitted by Phlebotomine sandflies in Europe (Toscana virus, Sicilian virus, sandfly fever Naples virus) are reviewed and their medical importance, geographical distribution, epidemiology and potential spreading discussed. Data on vertebrate reservoirs is sparse for sandfly fever viruses. The factor currently known to limit the spread of diseases is mainly the distribution areas of potential vectors. The distribution areas of the disease may not be restricted to the areas where they have been recorded but could be as wide as those of their vectors, that is to say Larroussius and P. papatasi mainly but not exclusively. Consequently, field work in form of viral isolation from sandflies and possible reservoirs as well as laboratory work to establish vectorial competence of colonised sandflies need to be encouraged in a near future, and epidemiological surveillance should be undertaken throughout the European Union.

What’s Past is Prologue

2014 ◽  
pp. 244-265
Author(s):  
Shu-Jiun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Digital Archives ◽  
National Program ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Digital Infrastructure ◽  
Digital Contents ◽  
Digital Objects

This chapter gives a comprehensive review of Taiwan’s Digital Archives Program, built on a national scale over the past 15 years. Currently more than 100 libraries, archives, museums, academic institutions, and government agencies are involved, and the program has created more than 5 million digital objects as well as more than 700 databases and Websites. This chapter investigates the goals and strategies of the program, probing into research and development, important achievements, values, lessons, and challenges in 6 aspects, including digital contents, digital technology, metadata interoperability, applications, industrialization development, and international cooperation. Although this national program was officially terminated at the end of 2012, the accumulation of digital contents, core technologies, and digital infrastructure over its lifespan makes it certain that one can look forward to its continuing impact upon open data, digital humanities, and sustainable digital archives.

scholarly journals Treatment of Hepatitis C Infections with Interferon: A Historical Perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Friedman ◽  
Sara Contente
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Polyethylene Glycol ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Interferon Alpha ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Disease Treatment ◽  
Future Treatment ◽  
Near Future

Interferons were first described in 1957, but it was not until 34 years after their discovery that sufficient quantities of it were available for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, Clinicians now have an excellent understanding of the basis for the effectiveness of interferon alpha (IFN-) in the therapy of this disease. Treatment with IFN- is more efficient when it complemented by the antiviral ribavirin and the IFN- is conjugated with polyethylene glycol to form peginterferon. In the near future treatment of HCV with IFN- may involve new anti-HCV agents that are currently under development.

Accident Epidemiology and the Design of the Residential Environment

1972 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 405-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Neutra ◽  
Ross A. Mcfarland
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Residential Environment ◽  
Accidental Poisoning ◽  
Poisonous Plants ◽  
Residential Environments ◽  
Pedestrian Accidents ◽  
Accident Rates ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Harmful Effects

By its design, the housing which should be built in vast quantities in the near future can prevent accidents, minimize injury, and facilitate rehabilitation, both directly and indirectly. Studies are described which have examined relationships between housing and accident rates in general, and in particular, fires, pedestrian accidents, and accidental poisoning. Better design should reduce the harmful effects from these sources and from falls. Preventive measures have been or can be taken also against minor-accident epidemics involving glass doors, oil stoves, poisonous plants, and rat bites. There are many ways to make our residential environments safer.

scholarly journals Estimation of the state of the road industry of Voronezh: ways of modernization and modern methods of its development

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 01123
Author(s):  
Alla Polovinkina ◽  
Tatyana Sviridova ◽  
Irina Kuleshova
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
The State ◽  
The Road ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The City ◽  
Road System

The paper is dedicated to the estimation of the state of the road economy of Voronezh up to date. The state of the Voronezh road system is analysed, statistical data are given, and the problems of the city transport system are studied. On the basis of all the data obtained, ways to solve existing problems are proposed and long-range programs for the construction of new and reconstruction in operation roads are considered. The complex of works of the improvement state of the road system planned for the near future is described in detail.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Portrayals of Skin Cancer among Cultural Subgroups

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Kelly ◽  
Laura E. Miller ◽  
Ho-Young Ahn ◽  
J. Eric Haley
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Sun Exposure ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Public Service Announcements ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
The Public

Health communication scholars have a responsibility to be certain that both healthcare practitioners and government agencies accurately communicate health information to the public. In order to carry out this duty, health communication scholars must assess how messages are being received and if they are being received at all by the public. This paper details a two part study which assesses this phenomenon within the context of skin cancer. Study 1 utilized 29 in depth qualitative interviews to identify subcultures among college students whose communication puts them at risk for skin cancer by encouraging poor sun exposure behaviors. The results indicate that farmers, African Americans, and individuals who regularly participate in outdoor athletics are at risk groups. Study 2 reports a content analysis of the known population of skin cancer Public Service Announcements (PSAs) available via the internet in 2013. The aforementioned groups were not present in any of the PSAs. Detailed results and implications are discussed.

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