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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 Objectives: This study aimed to identify the risk factors for pneumococcal disease. Methods: The study was performed using insurance claims data from the residents of 12 Japanese municipalities.
Haruhisa Fukuda +3 more
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Phase diagram of epidemic spreading - unimodal vs. bimodal probability distributions [PDF]
, 2009 The disease spreading on complex networks is studied in SIR model. Simulations on empirical complex networks reveal two specific regimes of disease spreading: local containment and epidemic outbreak. The variables measuring the extent of disease spreading are in general characterized by a bimodal probability distribution.
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Understanding the burden of pneumococcal disease in adults [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2012 Streptococcus pneumoniae causes different types of acute, invasive and non-invasive clinical infections, being the most frequently detected pathogen responsible for community-acquired pneumonia. Pneumococcal pneumonia is accompanied by bacteraemia in 10-30% of cases.
F. Blasi +3 more
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Burden of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 TO THE EDITOR—We read with interest the article by Kent et al [1]. The authors note that the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in UK infants aged
Harish Madhava +6 more
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Adults aged 65 years and older in South Africa have a responsibility to vaccinate against influenza
Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we draw on the thinking about incompleteness and conviviality grounded in Afro‐communitarianism ethics from the Global South to argue that adults aged 65 years and above have a prima facie responsibility to vaccinate against influenza.
Ruach Sarangarajan, Cornelius Ewuoso
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Pneumococcal Vaccine and Patients with Pulmonary Diseases [PDF]
The American Journal of Medicine, 2014 Chronic pulmonary diseases are chronic diseases that affect the airways and lung parenchyma. Examples of common chronic pulmonary diseases include asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive lung disease, lung fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary hypertension, and cor pulmonale. Pulmonary infection is considered a significant cause of mortality in patients
Mirsaeidi, M +3 more
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been shown to improve renal and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. Limited evidence exists about the efficacy and safety of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with frailty. Methods This was a post hoc pooled, participant‐level data analysis of the CANVAS Program
Tu N. Nguyen +7 more
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The infection prevention behaviours of kidney transplant recipients have been investigated, but the factors affecting these have not. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the infection prevention behaviours of kidney transplant recipients and the factors related to these.
Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin +1 more
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DomainScope: A disease network based on protein domain connections [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Protein domains are highly conserved functional units of proteins. Because they carry functionally significant information, the majority of the coding disease variants are located on domains. Additionally, domains are specific units of the proteins that can be targeted for drug delivery purposes.
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The Nurse Practitioner's Immuniser Role in Primary Healthcare: A Scoping Review
Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim(s) This scoping review aimed to explore and identify literature about the scope of practice for nurse practitioners working as immunisers in primary healthcare. Design The review was conducted according to the JBI scoping review framework.
Christine Schoenfisch +2 more
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