Detection of Polioviruses in Sewage Using Cell Culture and Molecular Methods

AGNIESZKA FIGAS, MAGDALENA WIECZOREK, BOGUMIŁA LITWIŃSKA and WŁODZIMIERZ GUT National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Virology, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: A. Figas, National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Virology, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: awitek@pzh.gov.pl. Submitted 14 December 2...
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Survival of Bacteria in Respiratory Protective Filters

EWA B. MIAŚKIEWICZ-PĘSKA* and TOMASZ SŁOMCZYŃSKI Department of Biology, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: E. Miaśkiewicz-Pęska, Department of Biology, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail:...
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The Usefulness of Biosynthetic Vascular Graft Omniflow II and Autologous Veins for the Treatment of Massive Infection of Dacron Vascular Graft with Enterococcus faecalis HLAR

WITOLD WOŹNIAK*, ROBERT BAJNO, MICHAŁ ŚWIDER and PIOTR CIOSTEK First Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Second Faculty of Medicine with the English Division and the Physiotherapy Division, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: W. Woźniak, First Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; e-ma...
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Evaluation of the Levels and Quality of Microbial Contamination in Medical Emergency Departments in Comparison to Other Workplaces

AGATA BIELAWSKA-DRÓZD1, BOŻENA WLIZŁO-SKOWRONEK1, PIOTR CIEŚLIK1, IZABELA WINNICKA2, EWA SKOPIŃSKA-RÓŻEWSKA3,2, LESZEK KUBIAK2, DOROTA ŻAKOWSKA1 , ALEKSANDRA BREWCZYŃSKA2 and JANUSZ KOCIK 2 1Biological Threats Identification and Countermeasure Centre, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland 2Laboratory of Epidemiology, Military Institute of Hygiene and E...
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Expiration Date Prediction of Biocontrol Agent Prepared with Bacillus subtilis B579 Using the Accelerated Aging Method

YU ZHENG1*, XIAOYANG JIAO1, FANG CHEN1, 2, XUELIAN WANG1 and MIN WANG1* 1 Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China 2 School of Pharmaceutical, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, China *Corresponding author: Y. Zheng and M. Wang, Key Laboratory o...
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Antistaphylococcal Activity of Selected Thiourea Derivatives

JOANNA STEFAŃSKA1*, KAROLINA STĘPIEŃ1, ANNA BIELENICA2, MAŁGORZATA WRZOSEK3 and MARTA STRUGA3 1Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 2Chair and Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 3Department of Pharmacogenomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland *Correspondi...
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Molecular Characterization of Enteroviruses Isolated from Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cases in Poland, 1999-2014

MAGDALENA WIECZOREK* and ARLETA KRZYSZTOSZEK National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Virology, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: M. Wieczorek, National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Virology, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: mrechnio@pzh.gov.pl. Submitted 18 December 2015, revised 10 May 2016, ...
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Genotyping and Clinicoepidemiological Characterization of Rotavirus Acute Gastroenteritis in Egyptian Children

NIVEEN SAUDY1*, WALAA OTHMAN ELSHABRAWY 1, AHMED MEGAHED 2, MONA F. FOAD1 and ALY F. MOHAMED3 1Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt 2Pediatrics Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt 3VACSERA-Virology Sector, Cairo, Egypt  *Corresponding author: N. Saudy, Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicin...
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Gas Gangrene of Different Origin Associated with Clostridium perfringens Type A in Three Patients Simultaneously Hospitalized in a Single Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology in Poland

MONIKA BRZYCHCZY-WŁOCH1*, DOROTA OCHOŃSKA2, ANNA PIOTROWSKA2 and MAŁGORZATA BULANDA2 1 Department of Bacteriology, Microbial Ecology and Parasitology, Chair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków 2 Department of Infection Epidemiology, Chair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków *Corresponding Author: M. Brzychczy-Włoch, De...
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Viral Infection of the Heart: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis

MATEUSZ KUFFNER1,2, AGNIESZKA PAWLAK1,2 and MACIEJ PRZYBYLSKI3* 1Department of Invasive Cardiology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland 2Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 3Chair and Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: M. Przybylski...
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