Cadmium (Cd) is a known environmental pollutant that is associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, and cell apoptosis. Astragalus polysaccharide (APS) is a major component of Astragalus membranaceus, a vital qi-reinforcing herb medicine with favorable immuneregulat...

<jats:p>Over the past 10 years more than 700 cases of brucellosis have been reported in Kosovo, which is heavily oriented towards agriculture and animal husbandry. Here, brucellosis is still endemic and represents an uncontrolled public health problem. Human brucellosis...

BACKGROUND: With increasing levels of enrolment, primary schools present a pragmatic opportunity to improve the access of school children to timely diagnosis and treatment of malaria, increasingly recognised as a major health problem within this age group. The expanded ...

In this study, plasticized films of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA): chitosan (CS) based electrolyte impregnated with ammonium thiocyanate (NH₄SCN) were successfully prepared using a solution-casting technique. The structural features of the electrolyte films were in...

Wally Neuzil was Egon Schiele’s companion for just four years. She was also the model who posed for many of his drawings and watercolors. Thinking about this woman, there is one thing that is particularly striking: it is her gaze – her strangely reticent, quietly search...

Key points For malaria elimination in Zanzibar, spatial distribution of polymerase chain reaction–detectable malaria infections suggests that presumptive treatment targeting asymptomatic infections is justified within households of rapid diagnostic test–positive individ...

Introduction Pilonidal sinus (PNS) is an inflammatory condition caused by hair penetration into the epidermis. It occurs usually in sacro-coccygeal area. Intermammary pilonidal sinus is a very rare variant with a few case reports in literature. The aim of this study is ...

<jats:p>Although osteoarthritis (OA), a degenerative joint disease characterized by the degradation of joint articular cartilage and subchondral bones, is generally regarded as a degenerative rather than inflammatory disease, recent studies have indicated the involvemen...

Abstract Background. Analysis of clinical samples from patients with new viral infections is critical to confirm the diagnosis, to specify the viral load, and to sequence data necessary for characterizing the viral kinetics, transmission, and evolution. We analyzed samp...