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HIV disease progression among heterosexually-infected individuals before the introduction of universal ART in China: A linear mixed-effects model. 中国普及抗逆转录病毒疗法前异性感染者的艾滋病进展:线性混合效应模型
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2024.01030
Lin Tang, Fangfang Chen, Qian Ling, Peilong Li, Lin Ge, Chang Cai, Houlin Tang, Fan Lv, Dongmin Li
{"title":"HIV disease progression among heterosexually-infected individuals before the introduction of universal ART in China: A linear mixed-effects model.","authors":"Lin Tang, Fangfang Chen, Qian Ling, Peilong Li, Lin Ge, Chang Cai, Houlin Tang, Fan Lv, Dongmin Li","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01030","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2016, China introduced universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIV-infected individuals regardless of CD4 cell count. However, the natural history and rate of CD4 count decline among heterosexually-infected individuals remain uncharacterized. Analyzing national surveillance data can address this gap and shed light on the pathogenesis of HIV in this population. We used a linear mixed-effects model to assess CD4 trajectory over time before ART initiation and estimated the median time from HIV seroconversion to reaching CD4 thresholds of < 500, < 350, and < 200 cell/mm<sup>3</sup>. From the Chinese HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Response Information Management System, 59,085 eligible individuals were identified, with 113 having data to estimate the date of HIV seroconversion. The linear mixed-effects models estimated an intercept of 23.64 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 22.41 to 24.87) and a slope of -1.32 (95% CI: -1.34 to -1.30) for males, and an intercept of 22.70 (95% CI: 21.00 to 24.40) and a slope of -1.29 (95% CI: -1.31 to -1.27) for females. The estimated median times from HIV seroconversion to reaching CD4 count thresholds of < 500, < 350, < 200 cells/mm<sup>3</sup> were 0.97, 3.74, and 7.20 years for males, and 0.26, 3.09, and 6.48 years for females, respectively. Males consistently took longer to reach these CD4 count thresholds compared to females of the same age group. Older individuals (≥ 40 years) reached CD4 thresholds faster than younger individuals (15-29 years), indicating more rapid disease progression in older people living with HIV.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 5","pages":"333-338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11514634/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142560331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evaluation of X-ray protective goggles in mitigating eye lens radiation exposure during radiopharmaceutical handling and patient care in nuclear medicine. 评估 X 射线防护镜在核医学中处理放射性药物和护理病人时减少眼睛晶状体辐 射量的效果。
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2024.01023
Tomoko Oikawa, Kaori Saito, Keiichi Kurihara, Daisuke Horikawa, Katsuhiko Uruno, Hironori Kajiwara, Shuhei Ohashi, Masatoshi Hotta, Naoyuki Yagi, Hideaki Kitamura, Shinichi Hasegawa, Ryogo Minamimoto
{"title":"Evaluation of X-ray protective goggles in mitigating eye lens radiation exposure during radiopharmaceutical handling and patient care in nuclear medicine.","authors":"Tomoko Oikawa, Kaori Saito, Keiichi Kurihara, Daisuke Horikawa, Katsuhiko Uruno, Hironori Kajiwara, Shuhei Ohashi, Masatoshi Hotta, Naoyuki Yagi, Hideaki Kitamura, Shinichi Hasegawa, Ryogo Minamimoto","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01023","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study is to estimate eye lens exposure dose when handling radiopharmaceuticals and interacting with patients receiving radiopharmaceuticals, and to verify the usefulness of X-ray protective goggles in mitigating such radiation exposure using phantoms. To evaluate radiation exposure during the handling of radiopharmaceuticals, we employed a fluorescent glass dosimeter to measure the radiation doses associated with <sup>99m</sup>Tc, <sup>123</sup>I, <sup>131</sup>I, <sup>111</sup>In, and <sup>18</sup>F at distances of 30 cm and 60 cm, followed by calculation of the 3 mm dose equivalent rate (3DER). We then estimated the dose reduction rates for various scenarios, including the use of syringe shields and X-ray protective goggles with lead equivalences of 0.07, 0.15, 0.75, and 0.88 mmPb, as well as their combined application. X-ray protective goggles with lead equivalence of 0.75 mmPb outperformed those with 0.07 mmPb and 0.15 mmPb, for all radionuclides and at both source distances. X-ray protective goggles with 0.88 mmPb outperformed those with 0.75 mmPb during handling of <sup>131</sup>I and <sup>111</sup>In at a distance of 30 cm. In the remaining scenarios, X-ray protective goggles with 0.88 mmPb resulted in marginal reductions or no discernible additional effects. The overall shielding effect of X-ray protective goggles was less pronounced for 131I and 18F, but the combined use of a syringe shield with X-ray protective goggles with 0.75 or 0.88 mmPb improved the dose reduction rate for all scenarios. In simulating patient care, X-ray protective goggles with 0.88 mmPb demonstrated a dose reduction effect of approximately 50% or more. X-ray protective goggles could reduce the 3DER for the eye lens, and were more effective when combined with a syringe shield. It is valid to use a lead equivalence of 0.88 mmPb to fully harness the protective capabilities of X-ray shielding goggles when dealing with all five types of nuclides in clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"244-250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350357/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Employment status of older nursing staff aged 55 years and older in care facilities: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan. 护理机构中 55 岁及以上老年护理人员的就业状况:日本全国横断面研究。
IF 1.9
Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2024.01026
Ayako Furukawa, Masayo Kashiwagi, Noriko Morioka
{"title":"Employment status of older nursing staff aged 55 years and older in care facilities: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan.","authors":"Ayako Furukawa, Masayo Kashiwagi, Noriko Morioka","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01026","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An aging nursing workforce requires addressing shortages due to retirement. This nationwide descriptive cross-sectional study in Japan clarified the employment status of older nursing staff aged ≥ 55 years by facility type during January-March 2022. Questionnaires were sent to 8,000 nursing directors, with 1,658 valid responses (response rate: 20.7%). Descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis or χ2 tests analyzed inter-facility differences. A violin plot depicted the proportion of older nursing staff across facilities by age group, and generalized estimating equation (GEE) models examined associated factors at the facility level. Older nursing staff's distribution differed significantly across age groups (<i>p</i> < 0.01), from 0% to 100% within the same facility type. Some facilities had high percentages of staff working beyond retirement age. GEE results showed higher percentages of full-time employees and nurses were negatively associated with the percentage of older nursing staff across most facility types (<i>p</i> < 0.05). For those aged ≥ 65 years, the total population was positively associated with employment in bedded clinics (coef. = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.01 to 0.14, <i>p</i> = 0.03), but negatively associated with the total population (coef. = -0.06, 95% CI: -0.10 to -0.01, <i>p</i> = 0.02) and percentage of the population aged ≥ 65 (coef. = -0.76, 95% CI: -1.43 to -0.08, <i>p</i> = 0.03) in long-term care insurance facilities. Working conditions and environments should be improvement to potentially retain older nursing staff. Job seekers should be matched with managers' needs in facilities with a higher proportion of older nursing staff to ensure a sustainable workforce.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"225-235"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350366/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Understanding the daily life needs of older public assistance recipient subgroups in Japan: A qualitative study. 了解日本老年公共援助受助者亚群的日常生活需求:定性研究。
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2024.01029
Keiko Ueno, Daisuke Nishioka, Junko Saito, Shiho Kino, Naoki Kondo
{"title":"Understanding the daily life needs of older public assistance recipient subgroups in Japan: A qualitative study.","authors":"Keiko Ueno, Daisuke Nishioka, Junko Saito, Shiho Kino, Naoki Kondo","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01029","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transition from individual-level treatment to social-level intervention should be made to improve peoples daily living conditions for reducing health inequality, which is a major global public health concern. Older public assistance recipients in Japan are socially vulnerable and require healthcare, long-term care, daily living, and social care support. Understanding the diverse daily living needs among public assistance recipient subgroups would prompt the development of novel support measures in the welfare sector. Therefore, this study aimed to understand the daily life needs of older recipient subgroups (segments) created quantitatively in our previous study. We interviewed four caseworkers at municipal welfare offices in 2021; the interview data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive method to describe the daily life needs of the five older recipient segments for each sex. Five themes of daily life needs were demonstrated: <i>i</i>) housing, <i>ii</i>) financial, <i>iii</i>) welfare service, <i>iv</i>) healthcare, and <i>v</i>) no daily life needs. Consequently, we identified the daily life needs of some older recipient segments, indicating the necessity for support interventions. Future research would help interview other professionals from various backgrounds to further understand the daily life needs of older recipient segments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"259-263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A retrospective single institutional analysis of outpatient chemotherapy in patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 大流行期间癌症患者门诊化疗的单一机构回顾性分析。
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2023.01134
Yumiko Shimanuki, Akihiko Shimomura, Chiaki Ogawa, Masato Komuro, Hiroyuki Terakado, Takahiro Nishimura, Chikako Shimizu
{"title":"A retrospective single institutional analysis of outpatient chemotherapy in patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Yumiko Shimanuki, Akihiko Shimomura, Chiaki Ogawa, Masato Komuro, Hiroyuki Terakado, Takahiro Nishimura, Chikako Shimizu","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2023.01134","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2023.01134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Providing treatment to patients with cancer, even during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, is essential. In collaboration with infectious disease specialists, we established guidelines for the management of patients with cancer receiving ambulatory treatment during the pandemic on April 8, 2020. This study examined the practice and management of ambulatory chemotherapy under emergency conditions. Following the guidelines, our Breast and Medical oncology department developed a chemotherapy strategy for the phases. Additionally, to distinguish fever during chemotherapy, we developed a flow chart for fever. As part of a fact-finding survey, the status of outpatient chemotherapy was investigated: (1) whether there was any change in the number of chemotherapies before and after the declaration of a state of emergency by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and (2) the frequency and severity of febrile neutropenia (FN) cases. Compared to before the first declaration of the state of emergency, the number of chemotherapies decreased except after the declaration, but no decrease was observed during the rest of the period; no difference was observed in the frequency or severity of FN outbreaks or in the use of pegfilgrastim for primary prevention before and after the epidemic. With appropriate treatment guidelines, routine chemotherapy can be performed in an outpatient setting during an outbreak.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"268-272"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142116986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Association between the paracaval branches of the caudate lobe and the three major hepatic veins in liver casts: Locating the cranial boundary of the caudate lobe. 肝铸模中尾状叶腔旁分支与三条主要肝静脉之间的联系:定位尾状叶的颅骨边界。
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2024.01012
Masamitsu Kumon, Tsutomu Namikawa, Nobuyuki Takemura, Masaharu Kogure, Yoshihiro Sakamoto
{"title":"Association between the paracaval branches of the caudate lobe and the three major hepatic veins in liver casts: Locating the cranial boundary of the caudate lobe.","authors":"Masamitsu Kumon, Tsutomu Namikawa, Nobuyuki Takemura, Masaharu Kogure, Yoshihiro Sakamoto","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01012","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>According to Couinaud's definition, the cranial boundary of the caudate lobe is delineated by the three major hepatic veins. However, many branches of the caudate lobe go through the ceiling that is composed of these hepatic veins. The cranial boundary of the caudate lobe should be determined by employing the portal segmentation. We conducted a study based on the dissection of 37 colored resin liver casts to reveal the caudate branches of the liver. The paracaval portal vein branches (PCPvs) were defined as cranial portal branches from the main trunk or first-order branch of the portal vein distributed in front of the inferior vena cava, according to Kumon's classification. The PCVs were traced to reveal the cranial boundary of the caudate lobe. Results showed that in 18 cases (49%), the PCPvs reached the liver surface through the gap between the right and middle hepatic veins (type RM, <i>n</i> = 11), between the tiny branches of the middle hepatic vein (type M, <i>n</i> = 4), and between the middle and left hepatic veins (type ML, <i>n</i> = 3). The PCPvs did not reach the liver surface in 19 cases (type 0). No PCPvs reached the hepatic surface behind the right hepatic vein. Half of the PCPvs in the liver reached the hepatic surface beyond the boundary composed of the three major hepatic veins. Recognition of the PCPvs in the liver is indispensable to perform anatomically precise liver resections involving the major hepatic veins.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"273-276"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350359/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Strengthening health systems during non-pandemic period: Toward universal health coverage in the pandemic agreement. 在非大流行病期间加强卫生系统:在大流行协议中实现全民医保。
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2024.01035
Yuta Yokobori, Ikuma Nozaki, Masahiko Hachiya, Masami Fujita, Yuriko Egami, Shinsuke Miyano, Mari Nagai, Kenichi Komada, Masataro Norizuki, Yasunori Ichimura, Motoyuki Tsuboi, Nobuyuki Kawachi, Shunji Takakura
{"title":"Strengthening health systems during non-pandemic period: Toward universal health coverage in the pandemic agreement.","authors":"Yuta Yokobori, Ikuma Nozaki, Masahiko Hachiya, Masami Fujita, Yuriko Egami, Shinsuke Miyano, Mari Nagai, Kenichi Komada, Masataro Norizuki, Yasunori Ichimura, Motoyuki Tsuboi, Nobuyuki Kawachi, Shunji Takakura","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01035","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2024.01035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reflecting the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global response was reviewed by the Independent Review Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Based on the panel reports, the World Health Organization (WHO) member states decided to establish the intergovernmental negotiating body for drafting a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, aiming for approval at the 77<sup>th</sup> World Health Assembly in 2024 (May 27- June 1). Amidst this process, the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan (NCGM), as a global health organization focusing on health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries, from the perspective of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), provided technical inputs to the representatives of the Japanese government. This paper summarizes crucial aspects of the NCGM inputs, including maintaining essential health services delivery during a pandemic, responding to evolving demand of health workforce, and ensuring the equitable distribution of pandemic products. These aspects can contribute to not only strengthening health crisis response and preparedness, but also achieving UHC. Therefore, the concerted efforts focusing on UHC and health crisis could yield synergistic effects. In addition, another aspect stresses the importance of social protection systems beyond health sector to reach vulnerable populations experiencing hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the whole-of-government approach including social policies is covered in the draft pandemic agreement, it is hoped that the upcoming pandemic agreement will trigger each member state to expand the scope of health crisis management beyond the health sector.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"251-255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The future of inbound medical care as gauged from the foreigners undergoing complete medical examinations in Japan. 从在日本接受全面体检的外国人看入境医疗的未来。
IF 1.9
Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2023.01126
Jun Lu, Sachiko Kubo, Makiko Hashimoto, Yuko Hayashi, Erika Masuda, Hiroshi Kajio, Masayuki Shimoda
{"title":"The future of inbound medical care as gauged from the foreigners undergoing complete medical examinations in Japan.","authors":"Jun Lu, Sachiko Kubo, Makiko Hashimoto, Yuko Hayashi, Erika Masuda, Hiroshi Kajio, Masayuki Shimoda","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2023.01126","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2023.01126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Complete medical examinations are a system of preventive medicine unique to Japan. In recent years, Japanese and foreigners have been aware of complete medical examinations. However, the extent to which this concept of comprehensive medical checkup is recognized in different counties is unknown. The National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) is a facility that has been performing complete medical examinations on inbound visitors since May 2016, and more than 3,500 inbound visitors have been received to date. Based on this track record, the current study analyzed trends in foreigners' demand for medical checkups in Japan. From August 2020 to July 2023, 471 foreign residents in Japan from 22 countries were received. A certain proportion of examinees (approximately 30%) underwent examinations multiple times at a frequency of once a year. In addition, inbound medical visitors resumed starting in January 2023, and 158 inbound examinees were received. Of these, 15.2% of examinees had undergone a complete medical examination at the NCGM before the COVID-19 pandemic. This suggests that inbound medical visitors and foreign residents may regularly undergo complete medical examinations. In order to continue to meet this demand, Japanese medical facilities should enhance their system for receiving such examinees.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"256-258"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350358/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Travel-associated sexually transmitted infections in Japan: An observational study using imported infectious disease registry data. 日本与旅行有关的性传播感染:利用输入性传染病登记数据进行观察研究。
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2023.01129
Keiji Konishi, Satoshi Kutsuna, Kei Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Nomoto, Michinori Shirano, Masaya Yamato, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Naoya Sakamoto, Atsushi Nagasaka, Norio Ohmagari
{"title":"Travel-associated sexually transmitted infections in Japan: An observational study using imported infectious disease registry data.","authors":"Keiji Konishi, Satoshi Kutsuna, Kei Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Nomoto, Michinori Shirano, Masaya Yamato, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Naoya Sakamoto, Atsushi Nagasaka, Norio Ohmagari","doi":"10.35772/ghm.2023.01129","DOIUrl":"10.35772/ghm.2023.01129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>International travel is a risk factor for acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs) owing to factors such as increased sexual opportunities, a sense of freedom, and the allure of the sex industry. We investigated the incidence of travel-associated STIs in Japan using data from the Japan Registry for Infectious Diseases from Abroad (J-RIDA) reported by 17 participating medical institutions between October 2017 and December 2022. Data were collected on the patients' age, sex, nationality, chief complaint, whether they had visited a travel clinic before travel, travel history, and final diagnosis. Of 4545 cases of travel-associated illness reported, 52 (1.1%) were STIs. Most patients with STIs were male (81%) with a median age of 31 years. HIV (17%), genital herpes (13%), syphilis (13%), and gonorrhea (12%) were the most frequently reported STIs. Only one patient had visited a travel clinic before travel. Promoting awareness and vaccination is crucial for preventing travel-associated STIs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12556,"journal":{"name":"Global health & medicine","volume":"6 4","pages":"264-267"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350363/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effects of low-frequency ultrasound combined with microbubbles on breast cancer xenografts in nude mice. 低频超声结合微气泡对裸鼠乳腺癌异种移植物的影响
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Global health & medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2024.01037
Xiaoli Peng, Lisha Li, Yingchun Liu, Yuqing Guo, Yun Pang, Shengnan Ding, Jing Zhou, Ling Wang, Lin Chen
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