BACKGROUND Sheep farmers often complain of acute ill-health, known colloquially as 'dipper's flu', immediately after treating sheep with pesticides. There have been few prospective epidemiological studies to determine it's nature and incidence. Aims To determine the nature and frequency of symptoms occurring in farmers treating sheep for ectoparasites. METHODS In a longitudinal study, farmers...

but nobody took any notice, because this was also the day J.F. Kennedy was shot dead. Similarly, the biggest influenza pandemic of the 20th century killed 20 million people in 1918/19, but did not make the top headlines, because there was a World War going on at the same time. To this day, the disease wrongly labelled the Spanish flu has remained a footnote in the history books. Recently, howev...

Transmission of infectious gastroenteritis was studied in 936 predominately Hispanic households in northern California. Among 3,916 contacts of 1,099 primary case-patients, the secondary attack rate was 8.8% (95% confidence interval 7.9-9.7); children had a 2- to 8-fold greater risk than adults. Bed-sharing among children in crowded homes is a potentially modifiable risk.

Noroviruses are endemic in the human population, and are recognised as a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Although they are a highly diverse group of viruses, genogroup-II genotype-4 (GII-4) noroviruses are the most frequently identified strains worldwide. The predominance of GII-4 norovirus strains is driven by the periodic emergence of antigenic variants capable of evading he...

Abstract Coronavirus-19 infection caused a mysterious pandemic worldwide. Some people experienced flu-like symptoms, while others have died due to pulmonary complications. Besides droplet spread, other routes of started be suspected, such as through eye contact. During the first phase pandemic, symptoms were in focus, later signs and also published. Eyelid, anterior posterior segment neuro-opht...

BACKGROUND Socio-economic inequalities in health may be due to differential uptake of preventive and therapeutic medical services. OBJECTIVES To examine socio-economic position and self-reported use of six preventive services in a cohort of older British women. METHODS Women randomly selected from general practice age/sex registers in 23 towns were examined from 1998 to 2001. Of all, 3652 w...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared as worldwide pandemic. The most common symptoms are fever, fatigue, flu-like syndrome and accompanied by respiratory distress. About 10% of patients with COVID-19 in the acute phase show manifestations eye, especially retina. activity cell surface enzyme protein angiotensin-converting 2 (ACE2) is believed underlying clinical eye. This study ...

INTRODUCTION Many individuals with diabetes do not receive flu or pneumonia vaccinations or dilated eye exams, despite the documented efficacy of these practices. Understanding the individual factors associated with not receiving recommended vaccinations and exams is essential to developing effective targeted promotional programs. METHODS Data from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance...

Introduction: Prominent data indicate that flunarizine (flu), a calcium channel blocker, has neuroprotective effect. However, several authors have reported that the chronic use of flu can produce drug-induced Parkinsonism. Previously, we showed that B vitamins supplement (B com) has antiparkinsonian effect. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of pretreatment with flu ...