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Influenza Viruses: Innate Immunity and mRNA Vaccines

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
The innate immune system represents the first line of defense against influenza viruses, which cause severe inflammation of the respiratory tract and are responsible for more than 650,000 deaths annually worldwide.
SangJoon Lee, Jin-Hyeob Ryu, Jin-Hyeob Ryu   +2 more
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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. [PDF]

, 2014
During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M.
Alexander Debrah, Asio, Awadzi, Benbow, Bernhard Fleischer, Birte Kretschmer, Denham, Fred S. Sarfo, Gisela Bretzel, Hoerauf, Johnson, Justice Abotsi, Kabiru M. Abass, Lavender, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Marc Jacobsen, Marcus Beissner, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Marsollier, Marsollier, Michael Frimpong, Ohene Adjei, Onapa, Richard O. Phillips, Simonsen, Wansbrough-Jones, William Thompson, Williamson, Yaw Ampem-Amoako   +28 more
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Treatment of biofilms in bacterial vaginosis by an amphoteric tenside pessary-clinical study and microbiota analysis

Microbiome, 2017
Background Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal syndrome among women in their reproductive years. It is associated with an increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections and complications like preterm labor.
Cornelia Gottschick, Zhi-Luo Deng, Marius Vital, Clarissa Masur, Christoph Abels, Dietmar H. Pieper, Manfred Rohde, Werner Mendling, Irene Wagner-Döbler   +8 more
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COVID‐19 co‐infection in a patient with brucellosis

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
An 89‐year‐old male case was hospitalized in the COVID‐19 department. His CT scan showed nodular opacities, also a variable low P O2, elevated transaminases, and a high D‐dimer concentration. The patient diagnosed with active brucellosis.
Shiva Shabani, Saleh Ghadimi
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Engineered Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium overcomes limitations of anti-bacterial immunity in bacteria-mediated tumor therapy

OncoImmunology, 2018
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the industrialized world and represents a tremendous social and economic burden. As conventional therapies fail to provide a sustainable cure for most cancer patients, the emerging unique immune therapeutic
Sebastian Felgner, Dino Kocijancic, Michael Frahm, Ulrike Heise, Manfred Rohde, Kurt Zimmermann, Christine Falk, Marc Erhardt, Siegfried Weiss   +8 more
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Effects of co-infection on the clinical outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a spore-forming, Gram-positive rod that is known to be associated with antibiotic use. It is one of the leading causes of nosocomial diarrhea in the industrialized world and therefore warrants further ...
Alturkmani, Hani, Brewer, Joseph, Lodhi, Hafsa, Mittal, Vishal, Shafiq, Muhammad, Ullah, Waqas, Zafar, Yousaf   +6 more
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Immunogenicity and safety of the new MMR vaccine containing measles AIK-C, rubella Takahashi, and mumps RIT4385 strains in Japanese children: a randomized phase I/II clinical trial

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Domestic measles, mumps, and rubella combined (MMR) vaccines were discontinued in 1993 in Japan because of the unexpected high incidence of aseptic meningitis. The introduction of an effective MMR vaccine with lower reactogenicity has been expected.
Tetsuo Nakayama, Masahiro Eda, Motonori Hirano, Wakako Goto   +3 more
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Malaria and dengue co-infection

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2011
Zaki Syed
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Low prevalence of hepatitis C co-infection in recently HIV-infected minority men who have sex with men in Los Angeles: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundGeographic and sociodemographic characterization of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) has been limited.
Bhattacharya, Debika, Blum, Martha L, Bolan, Robert, Bornfleth, Lorelei D, Chew, Kara W, Clare, Laurel E, Gorbach, Pamina M, Javanbakht, Marjan   +7 more
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Is the HCV-HIV co-infection prevalence amongst injecting drug users a marker for the level of sexual and injection related HIV transmission?

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Amongst injecting drug users (IDUs), HIV is transmitted sexually and parenterally, but HCV is transmitted primarily parenterally. We assess and model the antibody prevalence of HCV amongst HIV-infected IDUs (denoted as HCV-HIV co-infection ...
Beattie, Tara, EMCDDA Collaborative Group, Hickman, Matthew, Jarlais, Don Des, Martin, Natasha K, Roy, Anuradha, Strathdee, Steffanie, Vickerman, Peter, Wiessing, Lucas   +8 more
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