Point-of-care testing for disasters: needs assessment, strategic planning, and future design. [PDF]
Objective evidence-based national surveys serve as a first step in identifying suitable point-of-care device designs, effective test clusters, and environmental operating conditions.
Bangs +44 more
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Mouse Models of Influenza Infection with Circulating Strains to Test Seasonal Vaccine Efficacy
Influenza virus infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The surface antigens of influenza virus change over time blunting both naturally acquired and vaccine induced adaptive immune protection.
Helen T. Groves +11 more
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Genesis and pathogenesis of the 1918 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus [PDF]
The source, timing, and geographical origin of the 1918–1920 pandemic influenza A virus have remained tenaciously obscure for nearly a century, as have the reasons for its unusual severity among young adults.
A. Rambaut +29 more
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A systematic review of reported reassortant viral lineages of influenza A [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Most previous evolutionary studies of influenza A have focussed on genetic drift, or reassortment of specific gene segments, hosts or subtypes.
Ferguson, NM +3 more
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Evolutionary Dynamics of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A Virus Subtype H1N1 in South Africa During 2009–2010 [PDF]
The 2009 pandemic influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (A[H1N1]pdm09) was first detected in June 2009 in South Africa and later resulted in extensive transmission throughout Africa. Established routine surveillance programs and collaboration between private and public sector laboratories allowed for comprehensive molecular epidemiological and antigenic ...
Venter, Marietjie +8 more
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Pregnancy and H1N1 infection in Southeast Turkey
Introduction: H1N1 Influenza made a great impact a worldwide, as well as in Turkey, in 2009. Clinical experiences have shown that it had a more serious prognosis in pregnant women.
Hatice Ender Soydinc +5 more
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OBJECTIVES:. Although there is a substantial published experience of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the H1N1 pandemic, less is known about the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with other subtypes of the influenza A virus.
Erika R. O’Neil, MD +10 more
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Hemagglutinin sequence conservation guided stem immunogen design from influenza A H3 subtype [PDF]
Seasonal epidemics caused by influenza A (H1 and H3 subtypes) and B viruses are a major global health threat. The traditional, trivalent influenza vaccines have limited efficacy because of rapid antigenic evolution of the circulating viruses.
Citron, Michael +6 more
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Background Influenza is a global infectious disease with a large burden of illness and high healthcare costs. Those who experience greater burden of disease include younger and older people, and pregnant women.
Kam Cheong Wong +2 more
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Respiratory syncytial virus: Clinical and epidemiological pattern in pediatric patients admitted to a children’s hospital between 2000 and 2013 [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major causative organism associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in children.The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological pattern of RSV and identify ...
Bakir, Julia +8 more
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