Search Results - "Grotto, I."

Urinary concentrations of organophosphate pesticide metabolites in adults in Israel: Demographic and dietary predictors by Berman, T., Goldsmith, R., Göen, T., Spungen, J., Novack, L., Levine, H., Amitai, Y., Shohat, T., Grotto, I.

“…Exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OPs) in agricultural and urban populations has been associated with a range of adverse health effects. The purpose of…”
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Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013 by Anis, E, Kopel, E, Singer, S R, Kaliner, E, Moerman, L, Moran-Gilad, J, Sofer, D, Manor, Y, Shulman, L M, Mendelson, E, Gdalevich, M, Lev, B, Gamzu, R, Grotto, I

“…Israel was certified as polio-free country in June 2002, along with the rest of the World Health Organization European Region. Some 11 years later, wild-type…”
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Urinary concentrations of environmental contaminants and phytoestrogens in adults in Israel by Berman, T., Goldsmith, R., Göen, T., Spungen, J., Novack, L., Levine, H., Amitai, Y., Shohat, T., Grotto, I.

“…The Ministry of Health Biomonitoring Study estimated exposure of individuals in the Israeli population to bisphenol A (BPA), organophosphate (OP) pesticides,…”
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Intensified environmental surveillance supporting the response to wild poliovirus type 1 silent circulation in Israel, 2013 by Manor, Y, Shulman, L M, Kaliner, E, Hindiyeh, M, Ram, D, Sofer, D, Moran-Gilad, J, Lev, B, Grotto, I, Gamzu, R, Mendelson, E

“…An emergency response was triggered by recovery of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) of the South Asia (SOAS) lineage from sewage in southern Israel in April 2013…”
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Design and application of a core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for investigation of Legionnaires' disease incidents by Moran-Gilad, J, Prior, K, Yakunin, E, Harrison, T G, Underwood, A, Lazarovitch, T, Valinsky, L, Luck, C, Krux, F, Agmon, V, Grotto, I, Harmsen, D

“…Sequence-based typing (SBT) for Legionella pneumophila (Lp) has dramatically improved Legionnaires’ disease (LD) cluster investigation. Microbial whole genome…”
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Public health response to the silent reintroduction of wild poliovirus to Israel, 2013–2014 by Moran-Gilad, J., Kaliner, E., Gdalevich, M., Grotto, I.

“…During 2013/14, Israel witnessed the silent reintroduction and sustained transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) detected through routine environmental…”
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Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies as predictors of inflammatory bowel disease by Israeli, E, Grotto, I, Gilburd, B, Balicer, R D, Goldin, E, Wiik, A, Shoenfeld, Y

“…Background and aims: Several antibodies have been reported in the sera of patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The most commonly…”
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Molecular epidemiology of silent introduction and sustained transmission of wild poliovirus type 1, Israel, 2013 by Shulman, L M, Gavrilin, E, Jorba, J, Martin, J, Burns, C C, Manor, Y, Moran-Gilad, J, Sofer, D, Hindiyeh, M Y, Gamzu, R, Mendelson, E, Grotto, I

“…Poliovirus vaccine coverage in Israel is over 90%. The last nine birth cohorts have been vaccinated exclusively with inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). However,…”
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Nitrogen Dioxide pollution and hazardous household environment: What impacts more congenital malformations by Landau, D., Novack, L., Yitshak-Sade, M., Sarov, B., Kloog, I., Hershkovitz, R., Grotto, I., Karakis, I.

“…•We show that only the minor malformations are associated with exposure to NO2.•Major malformations are associated with hazardous exposures in a…”
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Gym exercising patterns, lifestyle and high-risk sexual behaviour in men who have sex with men and in heterosexual men by Mor, Z, Parfionov, K, Davidovitch, N, Grotto, I

“…Objective Lifestyle may be associated with risk behaviours. This study compares gym exercise and sexual risk behaviour between men who have sex with men (MSM)…”
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Postpartum depression and infant development up to 24 months: A nationwide population-based study by Lubotzky-Gete, S., Ornoy, A., Grotto, I, Calderon-Margalit, R.

“…•Only few studies have investigated the associations between postpartum depression (PPD) and child development. Most of these studies were limited in size,…”
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Silent reintroduction of wild-type poliovirus to Israel, 2013 - risk communication challenges in an argumentative atmosphere by Kaliner, E, Moran-Gilad, J, Grotto, I, Somekh, E, Kopel, E, Gdalevich, M, Shimron, E, Amikam, Y, Leventhal, A, Lev, B, Gamzu, R

“…Israel has been certified as polio-free by the World Health Organization and its routine immunisation schedule consists of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)…”
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Socioeconomic status and vaccine coverage during wild-type poliovirus emergence in Israel by BINYAMINY, B., BILENKO, N., HAAS, E. J., GROTTO, I., GDALEVICH, M.

“…In August 2013, a nationwide vaccination campaign with bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) was initiated after isolation of wild-type poliovirus type 1 (WPV-1)…”
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Adult tuberculosis in Israel and migration: trends and challenges between 1999 and 2010 by Mor, Z., Pinsker, G., Cedar, N., Lidji, M., Grotto, I.

“…BACKGROUND: Israel absorbs many migrants from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB).OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of TB among adults…”
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Real-time genomic investigation underlying the public health response to a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 outbreak in a nursery by MORAN-GILAD, J., ROKNEY, A., DANINO, D., FERDOUS, M., ALSANA, F., BAUM, M., DUKHAN, L., AGMON, V., ANUKA, E., VALINSKY, L., YISHAY, R., GROTTO, I., ROSSEN, J. W. A., GDALEVICH, M.

“…Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a significant cause of gastrointestinal infection and the haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). STEC outbreaks are…”
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Mumps outbreak in Israel's highly vaccinated society: are two doses enough? by ANIS, E., GROTTO, I., MOERMAN, L., WARSHAVSKY, B., SLATER, P. E., LEV, B.

“…Mumps outbreaks in recent years have given rise to questions about the effectiveness of the mumps vaccine. This study examined the epidemiological data from a…”
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Epidemiology of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Israel, 1999-2010 by Mor, Z., Pinsker, G., Cedar, N., Lidji, M., Grotto, I.

“…SETTING: The Israeli national tuberculosis (TB) surveillance system.OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in Israel…”
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Demographic and dietary predictors of urinary bisphenol A concentrations in adults in Israel by Berman, T., Goldsmith, R., Göen, T., Spungen, J., Novack, L., Levine, H., Amitai, Y., Shohat, T., Grotto, I.

“…To date, there is scarce data on levels of exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) in the general population in Israel and the region. The goal of the current study was…”
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Molecular epidemiology of Legionnaires‘ disease in Israel by Moran-Gilad, J., Mentasti, M., Lazarovitch, T., Huberman, Z., Stocki, T., Sadik, C., Shahar, T., Anis, E., Valinsky, L., Harrison, T.G., Grotto, I.

“…National surveillance of Legionnaires‘ disease (LD) is important to inform control measures and facilitate international networking for timely reporting. This…”
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Severity of pneumococcal versus non-pneumococcal acute otitis media in children by Ovnat Tamir, S., Roth, Y., Goldfarb, A., Grotto, I., Marom, T.

“…Background Pneumococcal acute otitis media (AOM) has been previously considered as a more severe disease than that caused by other otopathogens, based on…”
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