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Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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Background The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2025 consensus simplified possible sarcopenia assessment and extended it to adults aged 50–64 years, but its association with activities of daily living (ADL)/instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) impairment in thi...
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An RT‒qPCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Coxsackievirus A4
Coxsackievirus A4 (CV-A4) is a major cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease and herpangina in children, and has been linked to severe complications. However, current detection methods, including commercial RT-qPCR kits, suffer from false-negative and false-positive results. This...
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Invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) are among the leading causes of global child mortality. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines provide direct protection against IPD caused by serotypes included in the vaccine. To investigate the clinical characteristics, serotypes, and antibiotic r...
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Cross-regional transmission of emerging recombinant strains poses a major challenge to HIV-1 prevention and control. HIV-1 CRF67_01B was first identified in China in 2013 and has since been reported in multiple provinces. This study aimed to elucidate the origin and cross-regiona...
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Is Body Roundness Index a Predictor of Cancer Incidence and Mortality? A Prospective Cohort Study
ABSTRACT Body Roundness Index (BRI) is a novel measure of visceral and total body fat. Its association with multiple cancers and predictive value relative to Body Mass Index (BMI) remain unclear. The associations between BRI and the incidence and mortality (specific, overall and...
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Background: Ticks are the main vectors for a variety of tick-borne bacterial pathogens. Systematic studies on the coinfection patterns and differences of pathogens in ticks derived from different hosts are of great significance. Therefore, the present study investigated ticks col...