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Epidemiology of lower respiratory tract infections in adults

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 2019
Introduction: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are the leading infectious disease cause of death in the world and the fifth overall cause of death. From an epidemiological point of view, most consider pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis (including
C. Feldman, Erica J Shaddock
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Respiratory viral infection`s frequency and clinical outcome in symptomatic children with cancer: A single center experience from a middle-income country

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
In developing countries, acute respiratory tract infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children, particularly in pediatric cancer patients. A majority of these illnesses are precipitated by viral infections.
Sema Büyükkapu-Bay, Rejin Kebudi, Ömer Görgün, Sevim Meşe, Bülent Zülfikar, Selim Badur   +5 more
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MV130 in the Prevention of Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infections: A Retrospective Real-World Study in Children and Adults

Vaccines
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are among the most common and important problems in clinical medicine, making antibiotics the gold standard therapeutic option regardless of their frequent viral etiology.
Karla Montalbán-Hernández, Ana Cogollo-García, Patricia Girón de Velasco-Sada, Raquel Caballero, Miguel Casanovas, José Luis Subiza, Laura Conejero   +6 more
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The Effect of Prevention Practices Taken During the Pandemic Process on the Prevalence of Other Respiratory Infections

Ahi Evran Medical Journal, 2023
Purpose: In this study, it is aimed to determine whether there is a change in the frequency of upper respiratory tract and lower respiratory tract infections except for COVID-19 between 2019-2020, and to determine the effect of pandemic measures on this ...
Burcu BEYAZGÜL , Rüstem KUZAN, Hazal KAYA, İbrahim KORUK   +3 more
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Preventing Respiratory Viral Diseases with Antimicrobial Peptide Master Regulators in the Lung Airway Habitat

Clinics and Practice, 2023
The vast surface area of the respiratory system acts as an initial site of contact for microbes and foreign particles. The whole respiratory epithelium is covered with a thin layer of the airway and alveolar secretions.
Piyush Baindara, Sriradha Ganguli, Ranadhir Chakraborty, Santi M. Mandal   +3 more
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Viral Infections of the Respiratory Tract [PDF]

, 1994
Viral infections of the respiratory tract are responsible for large amounts of time lost from the workplace and significant morbidity and mortality in the very young and the very old. The worldwide pandemic of influenza in 1918 was alone responsible for nearly 30 million deaths in excess of those expected for influenza. Viral respiratory infections are
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Recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children: Assessment of predictive value in tuberculosis and HIV coinfection

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Background. In phthisiology, all recurrent respiratory tract infections are considered risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) in children. A differentiated assessment of the predictive value of recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections will ...
S. N. Shugaeva, L. P. Pashkova, E. I. Vasilyeva, S. G. Zvonkova, O. G. Koshkina, O. B. Ogarkov   +5 more
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POTENTIALS OF SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN

Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2013
Acute infection of upper respiratory tract is one of the most topical medical and social problems: it is respiratory diseases that cause the majority of children’s and adults’ non-attendance of school lessons and working days.
L. R. Selimzyanova, E. A. Promyslova, E. А. Vishneva   +2 more
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Breastfeeding and the risk of respiratory tract infections after infancy: The Generation R Study

PLoS ONE, 2017
Background The protection of breastfeeding against respiratory tract infections in the first year of life has often been suggested. Few studies examined the effect of breastfeeding on respiratory tract infections after infancy.
I. Tromp, J. K. Kiefte-de Jong, H. Raat, V. Jaddoe, O. Franco, A. Hofman, J. D. de Jongste, H. Moll   +7 more
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The epithelial barrier theory proposes a comprehensive explanation for the origins of allergic and other chronic noncommunicable diseases

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu, Huseyn Babayev, Ismail Ogulur, Sena Ardicli, Yagiz Pat, Duygu Yazici, Bingjie Zhao, Lihong Chang, Xiaoqing Liu, Paolo D'Avino, Manru Li, Ceren Biçer, Fatma Hacer Kurtoğlu Babayev, Raja Dhir, Kari C. Nadeau, Marie‐Charlotte Brüggen, Mubeccel Akdis, Cezmi A. Akdis   +17 more
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