Building a COVID-19 Vulnerability Index [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease that has been classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Characterization of this disease is still in its early stages. However, it is known to have high mortality rates, particularly among individuals with preexisting medical conditions.
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Respiratory viruses: their importance and lessons learned from COVID-19 [PDF]
Respiratory virus infection can cause severe illnesses capable of inducing acute respiratory failure that can progress rapidly to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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Epidemiology and potential preventative measures for viral infections in children with malignancy and those undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation. [PDF]
, 2012 In pediatric patients with malignancy and those receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplants, bacterial and fungal infections have been the focus of fever and neutropenia episodes for decades.
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Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: Analysis of subgenomic mRNA transcription, 3CLpro and PL2pro protease cleavage sites and protein synthesis [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Coronaviruses have recently caused world-wide severe outbreaks: SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2002 and MERS (Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome) in 2012. At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus outbreak appeared in Wuhan (China) seafood market as first focus of infection, becoming a pandemics in 2020, spreading mainly into Europe and Asia ...
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New Approaches to Etiotropic Therapy of ARVI Patients with Riamilovir
Антибиотики и ХимиотерапияAim. To study the efficacy and safety of Riamilovir in patients diagnosed with acute respiratory viral infection using several dosage regimens of the drug.Material and Methods.
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Does probiotic consumption reduce antibiotic utilization for common acute infections? A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundOverall reduction of antibiotic use is a widely adopted public health goal. Given evidence that consuming probiotics reduce the incidence, duration and/or severity of certain types of common acute infections, we hypothesized that probiotics are
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Indian Journal of Pathology and MicrobiologyAcute respiratory virus infections (ARIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among children worldwide. Respiratory viral infections in children have been significantly impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Variations in the prevalence of
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Evaluating Risks from Antibacterial Medication Therapy [PDF]
, 2010 EVALUATING RISKS FROM ANTIBACTERIAL MEDICATION THERAPY USING AN OBSERVATIONAL PRIMARY CARE DATABASE Sharon B. Meropol Joshua P. Metlay Virtually everyone in the U.S. is exposed to antibacterial drugs at some point in their lives.
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INTERFERON ALPHA 2 APPLICATION IN TREATMENT FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS AMONG CHILDREN
Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2007 The authors studied the clinical efficiency and safety of interferon alpha-2 (Reaferon-Es-Lipint) in oral dosing within complex therapy for acute respiratory viral infections.
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BACKGROUND:In low and middle-income countries, acute lower respiratory illness is responsible for roughly 1 in every 5 child deaths. Rwanda has made major health system improvements including its community health worker systems, and it is one of the few ...
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