Objective To explore the distribution and epidemiological characteristics of single virus infection and mixed virus infection in patients with acute respiratory tract infection. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 320 patients with acute respiratory tract infections who visited sentinel hospitals from January 2022 to January 2025. All patients underwent common virus detection and atypical pathogen human rhinovirus (HRV) detection. Results In this study, there were 204 patients (71.83%) with single virus infection, including 87 cases (42.65%) of atypical pathogen human rhinovirus (HRV) infection, 28 cases (13.73%) of influenza A virus infection, 35 cases (17.16%) of influenza B virus infection, 21 cases (10.29%) of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, 17 cases (8.33%) of adenovirus (ADV) infection, and 16 cases (7.84%) of parainfluenza virus (PIV) infection. There were 80 patients (28.17%) with mixed virus infection, including 57 cases (71.25%) of influenza virus+RSV mixed infection and 23 cases (28.75%) of ADV+PIV mixed infection. There were significant differences in the detection rates of HRV, RSV, influenza virus+RSV, and ADV+PIV among different age groups (P<0.05). The detection rates of HRV, RSV single and mixed virus were high in age of 0-5 years old, while the detection rate of ADV was high in age of ≥60 years old. Statistical differences were found in the detection rates of HRV, influenza A virus, influenza B virus, ADV, influenza virus+RSV, and ADV+PIV among different seasons (P<0.05). The detection rates of HRV, influenza A virus, influenza B virus, and RSV were high in spring and winter, the detection rates of ADV and ADV+PIV were high in summer, the detection rate of PIV was high in spring and autumn, and the detection rate of influenza virus+RSV was high in winter. There were no statistical differences in the detection rates of viral pathogens among patients with different genders (P>0.05). Conclusion Acute respiratory tract infection is mainly caused by single virus infection (HRV is the most common). Mixed infection is more common in influenza virus with RSV. Children aged 0-5 years old and elderly people over 60 years old are susceptible populations. Children have a higher risk of mixed infection, and the epidemic peak is concentrated in winter and spring.

Objective:To investigate the application value of centrifugal microfluidic chips based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology for rapid detection of foodborne pathogens.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 128 test samples collected by the Yan'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention from January 2022 to January 2024. All samples underwent bacterial culture and testing using centrifugal microfluidic chips based on LAMP technology. The detection time, spiking concentration, and accuracy of two detection methods were compared. Additionally, the diagnostic efficacy of both methods was analyzed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.Results:Bacterial cultures were mostly detected within 16-48 hours, with a detection limit concentrated at 10 000 CFU/25 g. In contrast, the LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology typically yielded results within 5-16 hours, with a detection limit ranging from 1 000 to 10 000 CFU/25 g. The differences were statistically significant ( t = 14.86, 573.04, both P < 0.001). When compared with subsequent confirmation results, the positive rate for bacterial culture was 75.00% (24/32), with a diagnostic accuracy of 80.47% (103/128), showing a low consistency (Kappa = 0.51, P < 0.001). Meanwhile, the LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology had a positive detection rate of 93.75% (30/32) and a diagnostic accuracy of 96.87% (124/128), also exhibiting low consistency (Kappa = 0.92, P < 0.001). In paired comparisons, the difference between the LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chips and bacterial culture was statistically significant ( χ2 = 53.14, P < 0.001). ROC curve analysis indicated that the area under the curve for bacterial culture in diagnosing foodborne pathogens was 0.77, while the AUC for LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology was 0.95. Conclusions:When detecting foodborne pathogens, the use of LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology allows for the rapid identification of pathogens in a short time period, offering advantages such as high efficiency, speed, and accuracy.

Objective:To investigate the application value of centrifugal microfluidic chips based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology for rapid detection of foodborne pathogens.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 128 test samples collected by the Yan'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention from January 2022 to January 2024. All samples underwent bacterial culture and testing using centrifugal microfluidic chips based on LAMP technology. The detection time, spiking concentration, and accuracy of two detection methods were compared. Additionally, the diagnostic efficacy of both methods was analyzed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.Results:Bacterial cultures were mostly detected within 16-48 hours, with a detection limit concentrated at 10 000 CFU/25 g. In contrast, the LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology typically yielded results within 5-16 hours, with a detection limit ranging from 1 000 to 10 000 CFU/25 g. The differences were statistically significant ( t = 14.86, 573.04, both P < 0.001). When compared with subsequent confirmation results, the positive rate for bacterial culture was 75.00% (24/32), with a diagnostic accuracy of 80.47% (103/128), showing a low consistency (Kappa = 0.51, P < 0.001). Meanwhile, the LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology had a positive detection rate of 93.75% (30/32) and a diagnostic accuracy of 96.87% (124/128), also exhibiting low consistency (Kappa = 0.92, P < 0.001). In paired comparisons, the difference between the LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chips and bacterial culture was statistically significant ( χ2 = 53.14, P < 0.001). ROC curve analysis indicated that the area under the curve for bacterial culture in diagnosing foodborne pathogens was 0.77, while the AUC for LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology was 0.95. Conclusions:When detecting foodborne pathogens, the use of LAMP-based centrifugal microfluidic chip technology allows for the rapid identification of pathogens in a short time period, offering advantages such as high efficiency, speed, and accuracy.

The solubilization and protection of curcumin (Cur) by mixed surfactants were studied through the determination about the critical micellar concentration (CMC) of the mixed surfactants of Tween 80 and dodecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (DTAB), molar solubilization ratio (MSR), degradation rate (k) of Cur in pH 13 solution and mixed surfactant solutions prepared at pH 13. The results showed that when Tween 80 was used alone, it exhibited high solubilization ability but poor stability. DTAB was used alone, it showed strong stability but poor solubilization ability. When DTAB was mixed with Tween 80 at different mole fractions, the stability of Cur was enhanced, and the best stability was observed when the mole fraction of DTAB was 0.4, although the solubilization ability was not the best at this mole fraction, but MSR was increased by 1.7 times compared to DTAB used alone. Mixed surfactant not only increased the solubility but also improved the stability of Cur. In addition, mixed surfactant has the advantages of less dosage and low toxicity, which is worth popularizing in application.

To study the effects of surfactants on wettability of excipients, the contact angles of six types of surfactants on the surface of two common excipients and mixture of three surfactants with excipients were measured using hypsometry method. The results demonstrated that contact angle of water on the surface of excipients was associated with hydrophilcity of excipients. Contact angle was lowered with increase in hydrophilic groups of excipient molecules. The sequence of contact angle from small to large was starch < sodium benzoate < polyvinylpyrrolidone < sodium carboxymethylcellulose < sodium alginate < chitosan < hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Chemistry, Pharmaceutical ; Excipients ; chemistry ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Surface-Active Agents ; chemistry ; Tablets ; Water ; Wettability