Assuming that the introduction of a primary SARS-CoV-2 infection depends on the age-adjusted background incidence and DCC size (number of attending children), the probability of at least 1 DCC child contracting infection in 1 week was estimated using a disease occurrence model22 (...
Women in Cohort 1 had more advanced HIV clinical disease, while the majority in Cohort 2 was asymptomatic (78%). CD4 cell count at enrolment was similar between the two RCT arms, but was higher in Arm A than B at childbirth and more than 150 cells higher at 6 months postpartum. At ...
Since the 2008–2009 season, Spain has been participating in the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control(ECDC)-funded project I-MOVE [“Monitoring the influenza vaccine effectiveness in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA)”] with the cycEVA study within the framework...
In addition, interventions for infectious disease control are often not available (vaccination), socially undesirable (exclusion) or not effective (cohorting) as small children can be infectious before and after becoming symptomatic [6]. Finally, the infectious disease burden not only concerns the ...
Public health practitioners are increasingly recognizing that health, disease and wellbeing in the twenty-first century are influenced by an unprecedented number of global changes and challenges [1]. The ramifications of post-Second World War modernity – of rapid economic growth, resource exploitation...
Colorectal cancers are the third most common type in the world. The causes of the disease are poorly understood, but since the discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a causative agent of gastric cancer, attention has turned to bacteria as a possible trigger
acute illness at enrolment or a significant acute or chronic uncontrolled medical or psychiatric illness; had been diagnosed with cancer within 3 years of the study; a history of demyelinating disease; a history of or suspected allergy to any of the vaccine components, or a history of severe...
The standard treatment for acute CS forms (disease duration of no more than 30 days) includes isolated etiotropic antibacterial therapy for types A1–B2 according to Pola et al. (2017) or surgical sanitation of the infectious process area combined with extrafocal instrument fixation and lengthy ...