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T Shohat

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PubMed1988

Growth and ethnicity in scoliosis.

We analyzed height, weight, and body-mass index of 54,030 male and 38,102 female army recruits who underwent a complete routine health assessment at the age of 17 years. Totally, 6,711 males and 4,864 females were diagnosed as having idiopathic scoliosis and were categorized according to 3 grades of severity. There was a difference in prevalence in both sexes with parental origin from Iraq and western Europe. Females as compared with the males were at increased risk of developing the more severe grades of scoliosis. Young scoliotic adults were taller, lighter, and thinner than the nonscoliotic controls. These differences in height, weight, and body-mass index correlated with the severity of the scoliosis. We suggest that genetic factors and growth pattern are of major importance for the prevalence of scoliosis.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Childhood asthma and growth outcome.

To study the ultimate growth variables of children with asthma we analysed the military medical records of 54,041 boys and 38,102 girls at the age of 17 years. History of asthma was found in 2252 boys and 1158 girls, who were then categorised according to three grades of severity. Analysis of their growth was made separately for each sex and for each grade of severity of clinical disease. Boys who suffered from mild asthma that subsided before adolescence were significantly taller, heavier, and fatter than their respective controls. There was a slight decrement in all three growth variables in correlation with increased severity. The most severely affected patients had retarded height and weight in comparison with the mildly affected children, but the differences were not significant. The same tendency was found in the girls. Children with asthma will ultimately reach normal height and weight. Those who are mildly affected tend to be even taller and heavier than adolescents without asthma. The severity of the asthma influences final growth.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

The prevalence of antibodies to histones induced by procainamide in old people, in cancer patients, and in rheumatoid-like disease.

Antibodies to histones were found to be most commonly responsible for the positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test in asymptomatic patients treated with procainamide, in old people, in patients with neoplastic diseases, and in young women affected with a rheumatoid-like disease. Only in a very few patients were antibodies to dDNA and nucleoproteins demonstrated. Antibodies to nDNA were not found. The antibodies to histones were demonstrated by two methods: absorption of ANA-positive sera with a histone solution and subsequent performance of an ANA test; and acid elution of histones from thyroid sections followed by histone reconstitution.

Adolescent↗
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Immunity to measles in young adults in Israel.

The likelihood of an epidemic of measles in 1990-92 in Israel prompted us to study the immune status against measles in a random sample of 454 recruits aged 18-19 years in order to obtain data that might be used in determining vaccination policy. This cohort had received one dose of measles vaccine at 12 months of age. The measles immunity status was studied by determination of antibody values that were measured by means of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) IgG antibody test. Of the recruits, 84.6% were found to have positive sera for anti-measles IgG antibodies, while 13.7% had negative sera. Eight (1.7%) subjects had borderline results. The results of this study indicate the need to administer a second dose of measles vaccine at an older age in addition to the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine that is now given in Israel at 12 months of age. This step will help achieve the World Health Organization's target of complete eradication of measles.

Adult↗
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Polymorphic gene markers in Mexican-Americans residing in southern California.

The gene frequencies of nine different genetic polymorphic markers [ABO, MNS and P blood groups; haptoglobin, transferrin, Gc protein, complement (C3), properdin factor B and alpha 1-antitrypsin] were determined in 94 Mexican-Americans residing in the Los Angeles, California area. Comparisons with published data on Mexican-Americans living in other areas of the United States or in Mexico itself revealed no significant differences in the gene frequencies between this and previous studies. However, data from the current study demonstrated significant differences in ABO and haptoglobin allele frequencies compared to published non-Hispanic Caucasian data. These data suggest a large degree of genetic homogeneity in the Mexican-American population residing in the United States. Additional gene marker studies will be important to test this hypothesis and further define the degree of non-Hispanic Caucasian admixture in this population.

ABO Blood-Group System↗
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Pertussis infection in fully vaccinated children in day-care centers, Israel.

We tested 46 fully vaccinated children in two day-care centers in Israel who were exposed to a fatal case of pertussis infection. Only two of five children who tested positive for Bordetella pertussis met the World Health Organization's case definition for pertussis. Vaccinated children may be asymptomatic reservoirs for infection.

Adolescent↗
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West Nile fever outbreak, Israel, 2000: epidemiologic aspects.

From August 1 to October 31, 2000, 417 cases of West Nile (WN) fever were serologically confirmed throughout Israel; 326 (78%) were hospitalized patients. Cases were distributed throughout the country; the highest incidence was in central Israel, the most populated part. Men and women were equally affected, and their mean age was 54+/-23.8 years (range 6 months to 95 years). Incidence per 1,000 population increased from 0.01 in the 1st decade of life to 0.87 in the 9th decade. There were 35 deaths (case-fatality rate 8.4%), all in patients >50 years of age. Age-specific case-fatality rate increased with age. Central nervous system involvement occurred in 170 (73%) of 233 hospitalized patients. The countrywide spread, number of hospitalizations, severity of the disease, and high death rate contrast with previously reported outbreaks in Israel.

Adolescent↗
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Rapid method for mapping morbidity and mortality during epidemics.

A rapid method for mapping health information during epidemics is described. We divided maps of cities into coded squares and assigned a code to each street which corresponded to its location on the map. Thus, health data information could be easily transferred from the field by indicating the number of cases in each square and readily transferring this information onto a map. By applying density data of the civilian population in each neighborhood it was possible to calculate incidence and prevalence rates at any given time.

Communicable Disease Control↗