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Dashtseren B, Bungert A, Bat-Ulzii P, Enkhbat M, Lkhagva-Ochir O, Jargalsaikhan G, Enkhbat A, Oidovsambuu O, Klemen J, Dashdorj N, Dashdorj N, Genden Z, Yagaanbuyant D. Endemic prevalence of hepatitis B and C in Mongolia: A nationwide survey amongst Mongolian adults. J Viral Hepat 2017; 24:759-767. [PMID: 28211256 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this study, a representative group of Mongolian adults was tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Screening was conducted at 17 different locations on a randomly sampled group, representing the Mongolian adult population. A total of 1158 adults, 500 (43.1%) men and 659 (56.9%) women were included. The prevalence estimates of HBV and HCV amongst the general Mongolian adult population were found to be 11.1%±1% (SE) and 8.5%±0.7% or 207 418 and 160 228 cases, respectively. For HCV, the majority of cases are concentrated in older age groups with a prevalence of 25.8% amongst those aged 50 years and above, whilst the prevalence of HBV does not vary significantly amongst age groups. For both, HBV and HCV, the data indicate a higher risk of infection and a higher mortality because of the hepatitis amongst men than amongst women. This study represents the first nationwide estimate of the prevalence of HBV in Mongolia and also considered the first for HCV since 2005 and confirm the position of Mongolia as one of the hot-spots of chronic hepatitis infection in the world with about 19.4% of the adult population being infected with either HBV or HCV.
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- B Dashtseren
- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Liver Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Graber T, Anderson S, Brewer H, Chen YS, Cho HS, Dashdorj N, Henning RW, Kosheleva I, Macha G, Meron M, Pahl R, Ren Z, Ruan S, Schotte F, Srajer V, Viccaro PJ, Westferro F, Anfinrud P, Moffat K. BioCARS: a synchrotron resource for time-resolved X-ray science. J Synchrotron Radiat 2011; 18:658-70. [PMID: 21685684 PMCID: PMC3121234 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049511009423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BioCARS, a NIH-supported national user facility for macromolecular time-resolved X-ray crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), has recently completed commissioning of an upgraded undulator-based beamline optimized for single-shot laser-pump X-ray-probe measurements with time resolution as short as 100 ps. The source consists of two in-line undulators with periods of 23 and 27 mm that together provide high-flux pink-beam capability at 12 keV as well as first-harmonic coverage from 6.8 to 19 keV. A high-heat-load chopper reduces the average power load on downstream components, thereby preserving the surface figure of a Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror system capable of focusing the X-ray beam to a spot size of 90 µm horizontal by 20 µm vertical. A high-speed chopper isolates single X-ray pulses at 1 kHz in both hybrid and 24-bunch modes of the APS storage ring. In hybrid mode each isolated X-ray pulse delivers up to ~4 × 10(10) photons to the sample, thereby achieving a time-averaged flux approaching that of fourth-generation X-FEL sources. A new high-power picosecond laser system delivers pulses tunable over the wavelength range 450-2000 nm. These pulses are synchronized to the storage-ring RF clock with long-term stability better than 10 ps RMS. Monochromatic experimental capability with Biosafety Level 3 certification has been retained.
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- T Graber
- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Schubert MI, Porkess MV, Dashdorj N, Fone KCF, Auer DP. Effects of social isolation rearing on the limbic brain: a combined behavioral and magnetic resonance imaging volumetry study in rats. Neuroscience 2008; 159:21-30. [PMID: 19141315 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Rearing rats in social isolation from weaning induces robust behavioral and neurobiological alterations resembling some of the core symptoms of schizophrenia, such as reduction in prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle (PPI) and locomotor hyperactivity in a novel arena. The aim of this study was to investigate whether social isolation rearing induces volumetric remodeling of the limbic system, and to probe for anatomical structure-behavioral interrelations. Isolation- (n=8) and group-reared (n=8) rats were examined by magnetic resonance (MR) volumetry using high-resolution T2-weighted imaging at 7 T. Volumes of medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), retrosplenial cortex (RSC) and hippocampal formation were compared between groups and with behavioral measures, i.e. PPI and locomotor activity in a novel arena. Isolation rearing induced locomotor hyperactivity and impaired PPI compared with group-housed rats. The right mPFC was significantly reduced (5.4%) in isolation-reared compared with group-reared rats, with a similar trend on the left side (5.2%). mPFC volumes changes were unrelated to behavioral abnormalities. No significant volume changes were observed in ACC, RSC or hippocampal formation. Hippocampal volumes were associated with the magnitude of PPI response in control but not in isolation-reared rats. Rearing rats in social isolation induced remodeling of the limbic brain with selective prefrontal cortex volume loss. In addition, a dissociation of the interrelation between hippocampal volume and PPI was noted in the isolation-reared rats. Taken together, limbic morphometry is sensitive to the effects of social isolation rearing but did not reveal direct brain-behavior interrelations, calling for more detailed circuitry analysis.
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- M I Schubert
- Division of Academic Radiology, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, West Block, B Floor, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
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