Q Fever Endocarditis in Northeast Iran by Ali Akbar Heydari, Ehsan Mostafavi, Masoumeh Heidari, Mina Latifian, Saber Esmaeili

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Logistic Regression and Linear Discriminant Analyses in Evaluating Factors Associated with Asthma Prevalence among 10- to 12-Years-Old Children: Divergence and Similarity of the Tw... by George Antonogeorgos, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Kostas N. Priftis, Anastasia Tzonou

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Microbios y mosquitos en la emergencia de la medicina tropical en Brasil y Argentina by Sandra Caponi

“…Even when Brazilian and Argentine hygiene were inheritors of the Pasteurian principles, Brazil faced its sanitary problems from a new approach that integrated microbiological studies with other knowledge, such as parasitology and entomology. …”
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Evaluation of a peer support group programme for vulnerable host population and refugees living with diabetes and/or hypertension in Lebanon: a before-after study by Leah Anku Sanga, Carla Njeim, Éimhín Ansbro, Rima Kighsro Naimi, Ali Ibrahim, Benjamin Schmid, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Jytte Roswall, Tim Clayton, Lars Bruun Larsen, Pablo Perel

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ERK activation waves coordinate mechanical cell competition leading to collective elimination via extrusion of bacterially infected cells by Lara Hundsdorfer, Marie Muenkel, Raul Aparicio-Yuste, Julio Cesar Sanchez-Rendon, Maria Jose Gomez-Benito, Aylin Balmes, Tilman E. Schäffer, Ana Velic, Yi-Ting Yeh, Iordania Constantinou, Kathryn Wright, Gizem Özbaykal Güler, Dominik Brokatzky, Boris Maček, Serge Mostowy, Effie E. Bastounis

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Topical chlorhexidine 0.2% versus topical natamycin 5% for fungal keratitis in Nepal: rationale and design of a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial by Victor Hu, David Macleod, Helen Anne Weiss, Matthew J Burton, Simon Arunga, Astrid Leck, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Jeremy John Hoffman, Reena Yadav, Sandip Das Sanyam, Pankaj Chaudhary, Abhishek Roshan, Einoti Matayan

“…Secondary outcomes include epithelial healing time, scar/infiltrate size, ulcer depth, hypopyon size, perforation and/or therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (corneal transplant), positive reculture rate (day 7) and quality of life (EuroQol-5 dimensions, WHO/PBD-VF20, WHOQOL-BREF).Ethics and dissemination The Nepal Health Research Council, the Nepal Department of Drug Administration and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ethics committee have approved the trial. …”
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Surgical Periodontal Management of Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma: A Series of Three Cases by Karo Parsegian, Roger M. Arce, Nikola Angelov

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Climate change and the resurgence of waterborne diseases: Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa by Sandy Moore, Rita Colwell

“…Limited access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure constitute significant risk factors for such diseases. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFICIENCY IN SOME COUNTIES FROM ROMANIA AND POLAND by OANA TIRTOACA (IRIMIA), PRZYDATEK GRZEGORZ

“…Differences were also noticeable in the case of hygiene fees with exceed of average value 20 EUR in Nowy Sącz County. …”
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THE ORTHODONTIC REVOLUTION: INVISALIGN, A MODERN SOLUTION by Irina Adriana Beuran, Gabriel-Valeriu Popa, Anamaria Zaharescu, Bogdan Radu Dragomir, Elisabeta Maria Vasca

“…Among the advantages of Invisalign are aesthetics, comfort and flexibility, patients can remove the aligners for meals and oral hygiene, thus facilitating the maintenance of good dental hygiene. …”
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Evaluation of the application of wild yeasts in inhibiting germination of ochratoxin-producing Fungi during coffee fermentation process by Tsung-Yu Liu, Wei-Hsuan Hsu, Bao-Hong Lee

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Common Tropical Illness Due to Uncommon Species by Madhuri Kadam

“…Family members, especially the child caring for animals, received education on hand hygiene and improved animal care practices to prevent future zoonotic exposures. …”
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Toddler feeding, WASH conditions, and clinical complaints during the 2024 flash flood disaster in Jorong Galuang, Sungai Pua District, Agam Regency, West Sumatra by Asbi Shinta, Rachmawati Masnadi Nice, Mayetti

“…Water access remained sufficient through local springs and additional supplies from the PMI ( Palang Merah Indonesia), although hygiene practices, particularly handwashing, were inadequate. …”
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Microbial Quality of Sliced Pawpaw (Carica papaya) and Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Sold on Some Streets of Accra Metropolis, Ghana by Michael Olu-Taiwo, Baakwa Miah De-Graft, Akua Obeng Forson

“…Therefore, street food vendors must be educated on food hygiene protocols and measures to improve microbial quality of street vended fruits.…”
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Improving influenza vaccine uptake in clinical risk groups: patient, provider and commissioner perspectives on the acceptability and feasibility of expanding delivery pathways in E... by Sandra Mounier-Jack, Rajeka Lazarus, Ben Kasstan, Ifra Ali

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Improving Implementation of NCD Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Fixed Dose Combinations for Hypertension in Kenya by Adrianna Murphy, Daniel Mbuthia, Ruth Willis, Benjamin Tsofa, Mary Gichagua, Peter Mugo, Kara Hanson, Michael R. Reich

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‘It was just the given thing to do’: exploring enablers for high childhood vaccination uptake in East London’s Bangladeshi community—a qualitative study by Sadie Bell, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Ifra Ali

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Changes in Polyphenols Contents and Antioxidant Capacities of Organically and Conventionally Cultivated Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Fruits during Ripening by Dea Anton, Ingrid Bender, Tanel Kaart, Mati Roasto, Marina Heinonen, Anne Luik, Tõnu Püssa

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Are deprivation-specific cancer survival patterns similar according to individual-based and area-based measures? A cohort study of patients diagnosed with five malignancies in Engl... by Lucy Elliss-Brookes, Aurélien Belot, Matthew Baker, Fiona C Ingleby, Laura M Woods, Iain M Atherton

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Impact of trachoma elimination efforts in afar regional state, Ethiopia: survey findings from 26 evaluation units by Getachew Gebreselassie, Kasahun Negash, Dawit Woga, Misrak Makonnen, Baye Deneke, Muluken Desalegn, Seada Ali, Colin L. Beckwith, Fentahun Tadesse, Fikre Seife, Genet Kiflu, Fikreab Kebede

“…Addressing these WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) challenges remains critical for sustaining progress in trachoma control and achieving long-term public health improvements in the Afar region. …”
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