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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of severe bocavirus‐positive pneumonia in children and a literature review

open access: yesPediatric Discovery, EarlyView.
The study explored the clinical characteristics and risk factors of HBoV‐positive severe pneumonia in children. These findings indicate that HBoV can be identified in respiratory samples from children with severe pneumonia, denoting its role as a viral pathogen in hospitalized children with this condition.
Jing Liao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms and the Evidence Hierarchy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) makes use of explicit procedures for grading evidence for causal claims. Normally, these procedures categorise evidence of correlation produced by statistical trials as better evidence for a causal claim than evidence of ...
Clarke, Brendan   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Forging a New Frontier: Antimicrobial Peptides and Nanotechnology Converging to Conquer Gastrointestinal Pathogens

open access: yesSmall, EarlyView.
This review explores the potential of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and nanotechnology for the treatment of gastrointestinal infections. It analyzes bacterial resistance mechanisms, the antimicrobial actions of AMPs, and advances in nanocarriers, such as lipid‐based, polymeric, metallic, and mesoporous silica systems, that enhance peptide protection ...
Christian Shleider Carnero Canales   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculosis survivors and the risk of cardiovascular disease: analysis using a nationwide survey in Korea

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
BackgroundAlthough the association between tuberculosis (TB) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been reported in several studies and is explained by mechanisms related to chronic inflammation, few studies have comprehensively evaluated the association between TB and CVD in Korea.MethodsUsing the Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey, we ...
Jiyoul Yang   +11 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Slum health: diseases of neglected populations. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
BackgroundUrban slums, like refugee communities, comprise a social cluster that engenders a distinct set of health problems. With 1 billion people currently estimated to live in such communities, this neglected population has become a major reservoir for
Ko, Albert I   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Combating infections under siege: Healthcare challenges amidst the military assault in Gaza

open access: yesWorld Medical &Health Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 188-213, March 2025.
Abstract The ongoing Israeli military assault on Gaza has caused a devastating collapse of healthcare infrastructure, resulting in an unprecedented surge in infectious diseases. The destruction of sanitation systems, restrictions on medical supplies, and displacement of civilians have created an environment conducive to the rapid spread of waterborne ...
Bilal Irfan   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 15‐Year Survival Advantage: Immune Resilience as a Salutogenic Force in Healthy Aging

open access: yesAging Cell, EarlyView.
Human aging shows puzzling diversity: similar aging rates yet vastly different health outcomes. Our study of ~17,500 people revealed a health‐promoting trait (more common in women) linked to strong immune resilience and high expression of TCF7, a key immune gene. This trait enables individuals to fight infections like COVID‐19 more effectively, respond
Muthu Saravanan Manoharan   +176 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cohort monitoring of persons with diabetes mellitus in a primary healthcare clinic for Palestine refugees in Jordan. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objective  To illustrate the method of cohort reporting of persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) in a primary healthcare clinic in Amman, Jordan, serving Palestine refugees with the aim of improving quality of DM care services.
Allain   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Asymptomatic Giant Lipoma of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2017
Cardiac lipomas are extremely rare tumors of the heart. They are usually symptomatic and rarely may be found incidentally in autopsies. Here we describe a 23-year-old healthy man, in whose physical examination for employment a murmur was found ...
Fariba Bayat   +4 more
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Opportunities and Challenges of Population Pharmacogenomics

open access: yesAnnals of Human Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pharmacological responses can vary significantly among patients from different ethnogeographic backgrounds. This variability can, at least in part, be attributed to population‐specific genetic patterns in genes involved in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, as well as in genes associated with drug‐induced toxicity ...
Yitian Zhou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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