| [epidemiological perspectives on sars and avian influenza]. | sars is a respiratory infection caused by coronavirus (nidoviruses, rna) from which 3 groups are known. group 1 affects dogs, cats, pigs, and the human agent is 229 e. group 2 affects bovines or rodents, and the human agent is oc43. and group 3 corresponds to the avian pathology.... the epidemics emerged on february 2003 in guangdong, south china, due to consumption of exotic animals (civeta, etc.), and it spread through interperson contagion to other regions in asia, america and europe. incubat ... | 2004 | 15563120 |
| [surveillance on severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus in animals at a live animal market of guangzhou in 2004]. | to study the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (sars-cov) like virus in animals at a live animal market of guanzhou in 2004 before and after culling of wild animal action taken by the local authority, in order to predict the re-emerging of sars from animal originals in this region. | 2005 | 15921605 |
| Prevalence of Clonorchis sinensis infection in dogs and cats in subtropical southern China. | Clonorchiasis, caused by Clonorchis sinensis, is one of the major parasitic zoonoses in China, particularly in China's southern Guangdong province where the prevalence of C. sinensis infection in humans is high. However, little is known of the prevalence of C. sinensis infection in its reservoir hosts dogs and cats. Hence, the prevalence of C. sinensis infection in dogs and cats was investigated in Guangdong province, China between October 2006 and March 2008. | 2011 | 21929783 |
| management and prevention of sars in china. | the case fatality was the lowest (3.8%) among 1512 cases with severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) in guangdong province, china. rational use of corticosteroid, non-invasive ventilation and the integration of traditional chinese medicine and modern medicine may partly have contributed to the lowest fatality figure. there was a close linkage between civet cats and humans in terms of transmission of sars. strict control of the wild-animal market may be significant in preventing a new outbreak ... | 2004 | 15306397 |
| [an epidemiologic investigation on infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in wild animals traders in guangzhou]. | to investigate status of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronovirus (sars-cov) in traders of wild animals wholesale markets in guangzhou. | 2004 | 15061910 |
| prevalence of igg antibody to sars-associated coronavirus in animal traders--guangdong province, china, 2003. | severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) was identified in 2003 as an infectious disease caused by the sars-associated coronavirus (sars-cov), a member of the coronavirus family not observed previously in humans. because its sequence data differ from that of known human coronaviruses, sars-cov is suspected to have crossed the species barrier between an animal host and humans. the sars outbreak began in china's guangdong province, where approximately 1,500 probable cases were identified during no ... | 2003 | 14561956 |
| individual allergens as risk factors for asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in chinese children. | the role of allergen sensitization in the development of asthma in the chinese is not clear. this study aims to determine the relationship of sensitization to individual allergens, and the development of asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (bhr) in schoolchildren from three chinese cities: hong kong, beijing and guangzhou. community-based random samples of 10-yr-old schoolchildren from three chinese cities were recruited for study using the international study of asthma and allergies in chi ... | 2002 | 11871366 |
| [epidemiological survey and analysis on bronchial asthma in guangdong province]. | to survey asthma prevalence and risk factors of asthma in guangdong and then to provide a basic consideration for research and preventive and therapeutic poliaes for control of asthma. | 2000 | 11778478 |
| seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection in stray and household cats in guangzhou, china. | the prevalence of anti-toxoplasma gondii specific igg in stray and household cats in guangzhou, china was determined by elisa on serum samples from 206 cats (117 strays and 89 households) and the overall infection rate was 25.24%. the infection rate in stray cats (30.77%) was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than in household cats (17.98%). the rate of infection between male and female cats of both groups was not significantly different (p > or = 0.05), 28.13% versus 32.61% for male and female in ... | 2009 | 19243564 |
| prevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection in man and animals in guangdong, peoples republic of china. | tissue and serum samples from animals and man in guangdong province of the peoples republic of china were examined for toxoplasma gondii infection. tissues from 519 swine, 576 rodents, 84 people, one cat and two dogs were bioassayed in mice. t. gondii was isolated from 13 pools of swine tissues, but not from any other hosts. serum samples from animals and man were examined at 1:64 dilution in the indirect hemagglutination test. antibodies to t. gondii were found in 10.4% of 816 pigs, 0.9% of 955 ... | 1990 | 2316181 |
| control of aedes aegypti larvae in household water containers by chinese cat fish. | in 1980-81 an outbreak of dengue fever occurred in guangdong province and in guangxi-zhuang autonomous region in the central-southern part of china. subsequently, a nationwide survey indicated that the vector of the disease, aedes aegypti, was confined to the coastal strip of guangdong and guangxi-zhuang. since the first case in the outbreak occurred in guangxi-zhuang, a community-based programme to control a. aegypti was set up in eight fishing villages of this region where the mosquito was bre ... | 1987 | 3500803 |
| the occurrence of toxocara malaysiensis in cats in china, confirmed by sequence-based analyses of ribosomal dna. | non-isotopic polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-based single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence analyses of the second internal transcribed spacer (its-2) of nuclear ribosomal dna (rdna) were utilized to genetically characterise ascaridoids from dogs and cats from china by comparison with those from other countries. the study showed that toxocara canis, toxocara cati, and toxascaris leonina from china were genetically the same as those from other geographical origins. specimens from cats ... | 2006 | 16636846 |
| [detection of sars-coronavirus in both human and animals by rt-pcr]. | to find the most suitable rt-pcr detection method for sars-coronavirus (sars-cov) detection in both human and animals, and to study the source of sars virus by investigating the condition of virus carried by wild, domestic animals and animals sold in market. | 2005 | 16229261 |
| [individual allergens as risk factors for asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in chinese children]. | objective this study aimed to determine the relationship between individual allergens with current wheezing and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (bhr) in schoolchildren from three chinese cities: beijing, guangzhou and hong kong. methods community-based random samples of 10-yr-old schoolchildren from the 3 cities were recruited for study using the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (isaac) phase ii protocol. the subjects were studied by parental questionnaires (n = 10,902), sk ... | 2003 | 14746684 |
| severe acute respiratory syndrome. | the mysterious severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) that has originated from the southern chinese province of guangdong appears to be a major public health threat and medical challenge. laboratory studies of sars patients in a number of countries identified the etiologic agent being a novel member of coronaviridae. high rna concentrations of this virus in sputum make it as a highly infectious agent. low concentrations of viral genome are also detectable in feces. coronaviruses are ubiquitos. ... | 2003 | 12824956 |
| [studies on clonorchiasis sinensis control in sanshui city, guangdong province]. | during 1986 to 1988 and 1990 to 1992, dongyong township and guanyuan township in sanshui city, guangdong province were selected as demonstration areas for clonorchiasis sinensis control by using measures of repeated examination and treatment respectively. after two years' examination and treatment, the population infection rates were from 43.6% to 13.2% in dongyong township and from 78.5% to 36.3% in guanyuan township. the first intermediate host was alocimma longicornis, and the second intermed ... | 1994 | 7720206 |
| molecular genetic profiles among individual clonorchis sinensis adults collected from cats in two geographic regions of china revealed by rapd and mge-pcr methods. | clonorchis sinensis causes the important food-borne zoonosis, clonorchiasis, which is endemic in east asia, especially in china mainly in guangdong, guangxi and heilongjiang provinces and korea. although comparisons on isoenzymes and some molecular profiles of c. sinensis collected from different parts of china and korea have been studied, few works on the genetic variation among the individuals from different regions of china has been reported. in the present study, individual adults of c. sine ... | 2008 | 18555972 |
| [a survey on the relationship between atopy and bronchial asthma among adolescents in the city of guangzhou, china]. | to access the relationship between atopy and bronchial asthma in adolescents. | 2007 | 17961404 |
| [geographic distribution and gene sequencing of paragonimus westermani in some areas of guangdong province]. | to investigate the current distribution of paragonimus westermani in guangdong province. | 2013 | 24024448 |