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Monitoring the presence of human papillomavirus in public areas indicates non-sexual transmission of the virus and environmental risk | BMC Public Health

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Sample collection Based on the potential for non-sexual transmission routes of HPV infection, this study selected female restrooms in four types of locations as research subjects: general hospitals, obstetrics and gynecology hospitals, community health centers, and public restrooms. Sampling was conducted on 30 weekdays from May 15 to July 1, 2024. At 15:00 each weekday, … Read more

Clinical symptoms and molecular epidemiologic characteristics of varicella patients among children and adults in Ganzhou, China | Virology Journal

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Characteristics of the study population A total of 39 patients with varicella were admitted to Ganzhou Fifth People’s Hospital from August 2021 to December 2022. The median age was 13.0 (8.0, 27.0) years, with a male-to-female ratio of 22:17. In the present study, patients with varicella were categorized into two groups, children and adults, according … Read more

Second form of bird flu already linked to death of Louisiana senior now detected in dairy cattle

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Nevada dairy cows have been infected with a new form of bird flu, the Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The news signifies that the H5N1 virus has spilled from birds into cows at least twice. “This is the first detection of this virus genotype in dairy cattle (all previous detections in dairy cattle have been … Read more