scholarly journals A short review on COVID-19: A great concern to public health

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Chakraborty ◽  
Anil Diwan ◽  
Vijetha Chinige ◽  
Preetam Holkar ◽  
Vinod Arora
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Short Review

Prevention of dementia presents a potentially critical platform for improvement of long-term public health

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Public Health Threat ◽  
Secondary Outcomes

With the aging of the population, Alzheimer disease (AD) has become an epidemic and a major public health threat. Hundreds of molecules tested in clinical trials in the last decade to treat AD have failed, moving the field to examine the clinical and neurobiological value of prevention of cognitive decline and AD. This short review describes recently finished or currently ongoing clinical trials for prevention of AD, both their main outcomes and secondary outcomes. In addition, the potential modifying effects of age and of genetics as important factors that may affect the design of future clinical trials is discussed. Finally, we discuss the development of new molecular imaging and of digital technologies as a means to disclosure of dementia-related risk and disease progress, and their potential importance as contributors to adherence to healthy lifestyle for the prevention or delay of AD onset.

Bibliometric analysis on OA articles of public health emergencies from multidimensional perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Feng ◽  
Liming Sun ◽  
Yuehao Liu ◽  
Jiapei Li ◽  
Ye Wu
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Institutional Cooperation

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the development trend of OA articles and their advantages and disadvantages in the process of fighting the pandemic, and conduct a multi-level and multi-angle analysis of the relationship between publishing costs and the influence of OA articles.Design/methodology/approachThis study first compares the total number of articles in Web of Science with the number of OA articles, and the total number of COVID-19 related articles with the total number of OA articles. Subsequently, using the methods of institutional cooperation co-occurrence network, keyword co-occurrence and multidimensional scale analysis, and using the literature on the topic of COVID-19 in CNKI (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) as the data set, we generate visualized maps of research results distribution and keyword co-occurrence network with the help of the Statistical Analysis Toolkit for Infometrics (SATI)FindingsThe research results show that the citation frequency and use frequency of OA articles related to COVID-19 are significantly higher than that of non-OA articles. OA articles dominate in the anti-pandemic process, with a series of advantages such as short review cycle, timeliness, high social benefit, high participation and fast dissemination playing an important role. Under the model of author's non-payment for OA article, the degree of institutional cooperation and author cooperation is enhanced, which improves the fluidity of knowledge, strengthens close links between keywords and enhances significant academic influence; OA articles will continue to promote research in the field of COVID-19, but the lack of quality of some OA articles may hinder their development. Then OA articles will further focus on clinical medicine, and related results will continue to promote the development and communication of OA articles in this field.Originality/valueCorresponding measures are also proposed for the existing problems of OA articles, to provide a reference for the publication and dissemination of OA articles in public health emergencies in the future.

scholarly journals CORONAVIRUS INFECTION AND ITS CONTROL THROUGH VARIOUS APPROACHES: A SHORT REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
Shoaib Shareef ◽  
Sawera Khalil ◽  
Muhammad Shahid Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Viral Infection ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
New Research

Coronavirus is a common virus causing very serious issues to public health. This virus, SARS-COV-2, has disseminated worldwide respiratory illness, designated as COVID-19. This viral infection disturbs people in various ways. A lot of people infested due to this virus develop a mild illness and get relief soon without any sort of hospitalization. But mostly, it becomes highly severe later and the patient has to undergo shortening of breath as well as some other chest-related abnormalities like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Acute Respiratory Syndrome. In this manuscript, we have discussed multiple areas like symptomatology, management approaches including Homoeopathic and Allopathic (drugs) treatments, plus vaccination.  Lastly, we have put in the conclusion of overall literature, and most importantly implicated or suggested certain new research areas for the researchers to explore which may assist in preventing further spread of this threatening syndrome now and in the future.

scholarly journals Exotic Parasite Threats to Australia’s Biosecurity—Trade, Health, and Conservation

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hydatid Disease ◽  
Liver Fluke ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Trypanosoma Evansi ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
The Face

Parasites have threatened Australia’s biosecurity since the early days of European settlement. Tick fever in cattle and liver fluke, along with their invertebrate hosts, and hydatid disease head the list of parasites that are still impacting livestock industries. In addition, there are many parasites that have been introduced that are of significance to public health as well as the conservation of native wildlife. As a consequence of these early arrivals, Australia has become much more aware of its vulnerability should parasites such as Trichinella and Trypanosoma evansi become established in Australia. However, recent discoveries concerning Leishmania and other trypanosomes have demonstrated that Australia must not become complacent and reliant on dogma when considering the potential emergence of new threats to its biosecurity. In this short review, the major parasite threats to Australia’s biosecurity are summarised, some misconceptions are emphasised, and attention is given to the importance of challenging dogma in the face of a dearth of information about Australian native fauna.

scholarly journals Report on Overcoming the Poor Quality of ApaI Pulsotypes with a Short Review on PFGE for Listeria monocytogenes

2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
DARJA KUŠAR ◽  
MAJA KAVALIČ ◽  
MATJAŽ OCEPEK ◽  
IRENA ZDOVC
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Listeria Monocytogenes ◽  
New England ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Restriction Digestion ◽  
The Poor ◽  
England Biolabs

Since listeriosis, caused by Listeria monocytogenes, is one of the important concerns of public health in Europe related to foodborne zoonoses, an efficient protocol for isolate typing is necessary when performing epidemiological studies. Three standardized PFGE protocols available for L. monocytogenes were briefly reviewed. Since observing a poor-quality of ApaI pulsotypes in our laboratory, enzymes from three different manufacturers were compared. The obtained pulsotypes showed that restriction digestion with ApaI from New England BioLabs should be complemented with a subsequent overnight incubation of PFGE plugs in TE buffer for better performance.

scholarly journals Prevention of dementia presents a potentially critical platform for improvement of long-term public health

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Public Health Threat ◽  
Secondary Outcomes

With the aging of the population, Alzheimer disease (AD) has become an epidemic and a major public health threat. Hundreds of molecules tested in clinical trials in the last decade to treat AD have failed, moving the field to examine the clinical and neurobiological value of prevention of cognitive decline and AD. This short review describes recently finished or currently ongoing clinical trials for prevention of AD, both their main outcomes and secondary outcomes. In addition, the potential modifying effects of age and of genetics as important factors that may affect the design of future clinical trials is discussed. Finally, we discuss the development of new molecular imaging and of digital technologies as a means to disclosure of dementia-related risk and disease progress, and their potential importance as contributors to adherence to healthy lifestyle for the prevention or delay of AD onset.

scholarly journals Cryptosporidium in the Philippines

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
Ryan Vidal Labana
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Molecular Diversity ◽  
Short Review ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Waterborne Transmission ◽  
The Impact

This short review provides an overview regarding the research findings on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in the Philippines. It seeks to set conjecture about its possible role on the increasing waterborne disease incidences in the country. Intensive search of journal articles was done among major databases, online. The first report of Cryptosporidium infection in the country was in 1985. Past more than 30 years, Cryptosporidium is not yet well-understood in the Philippines, but an increasing research interest has been observed among Filipinos in the past few years.  Recently, waterborne transmission of the infection appeared in the studies to be more potent than zoonotic and person-to-person transmissions. An improvement on the detection methods was also observed, giving an improved knowledge on the molecular diversity of Cryptosporidium in the country. Despite these improvements, the paucity of the data regarding the impact of Cryptosporidium to the public health in the Philippines is still apparent. One Health approach is recommended to fully understand the interconnections between human, animal, and environment as reservoirs of the infective stage of the parasite. Dedication of the researchers in understanding their geographical distribution, molecular diversity, and environmental and climatic behaviour will eventually uncover the public health implications of Cryptosporidium in the country.

Prevention of dementia presents a potentially critical platform for improvement of long-term public health

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Public Health Threat ◽  
Secondary Outcomes

With the aging of the population, Alzheimer disease (AD) has become an epidemic and a major public health threat. Hundreds of molecules tested in clinical trials in the last decade to treat AD have failed, moving the field to examine the clinical and neurobiological value of prevention of cognitive decline and AD. This short review describes recently finished or currently ongoing clinical trials for prevention of AD, both their main outcomes and secondary outcomes. In addition, the potential modifying effects of age and of genetics as important factors that may affect the design of future clinical trials is discussed. Finally, we discuss the development of new molecular imaging and of digital technologies as a means to disclosure of dementia-related risk and disease progress, and their potential importance as contributors to adherence to healthy lifestyle for the prevention or delay of AD onset.

scholarly journals Why do poxviruses still matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhilong Yang ◽  
Mark Gray ◽  
Lake Winter
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Biological Knowledge ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Endemic Diseases ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Invertebrate Animals

AbstractPoxviruses comprise many members that infect both vertebrate and invertebrate animals, including humans. Despite the eradication of the historically notorious smallpox, poxviruses remain significant public health concerns and serious endemic diseases. This short review briefly summarizes the present, historical, and future threats posed by poxviruses to public health, wildlife and domestic animals, the role poxviruses have played in shaping modern medicine and biomedical sciences, the insight poxviruses have provided into complex life processes, and the utility of poxviruses in biotechniques and in fighting other infectious diseases and cancers. It is anticipated that readers will appreciate the great merit and need for continued strong support of poxvirus research; research which benefits not only the expansion of fundamental biological knowledge but also the battle against diverse diseases.

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