Infections with cytomegalovirus and other herpesviruses in 121 liver transplant recipients: Transmission by donated organ and the effect of OKT3 antibodies [PDF]
, 1988 One hundred twenty-one adult liver transplant recipients were studied for the incidence, risk factors, and morbidity associated with herpesviruses infections after transplantation. The overall incidence of infection was 59% for cytomegalovirus (CMV), 35%
Armstrong, JA +7 more
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The Infectious Disease Ontology in the Age of COVID-19 [PDF]
, 2021 The Infectious Disease Ontology (IDO) is a suite of interoperable ontology modules that aims to provide coverage of all aspects of the infectious disease domain, including biomedical research, clinical care, and public health.
Babcock, Shane +3 more
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Taking forward a 'One Health' approach for turning the tide against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and other zoonotic pathogens with epidemic potential [PDF]
, 2016 The appearance of novel pathogens of humans with epidemic potential and high mortality rates have threatened global health security for centuries. Over the past few decades new zoonotic infectious diseases of humans caused by pathogens arising from ...
Abdulaziz N. Alagaili +47 more
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Perinatal Gene Transfer to the Liver [PDF]
, 2011 The liver acts as a host to many functions hence raising the possibility that any one may be compromised by a single gene defect. Inherited or de novo mutations in these genes may result in relatively mild diseases or be so devastating that death within
Buckley, SM +6 more
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Analysis of some Epidemic Models in complex networks and some ideas about isolation strategies [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Many models of virus propagation in Computer Networks inspired by {\bf SIS,SIR,}\\ {\bf SEIR}, etc. epidemic disease propagation mathematical models that can be found in the epidemiology field have been proposed in the last two decades. The purpose of these models has been to determine the conditions under which a virus becomes rapidly extinct in a ...
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2016 ABSTRACT The history of Zika virus disease serves as a paradigm of a typical emerging viral infection. Zika virus disease, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, was first isolated in 1947 in the Zika forest of Uganda. The same virus was also isolated from jungle-dwelling mosquitoes ( Aedes [ Stegomyia
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1973 Summary In the late summer of 1967 an epidemic in thirty-one patients in Germany and Yugoslavia of a disease transmitted from African green monkeys occurred; seven patients died. The incubation period was from 4 to 7 days. The main clinical features were headache, high fever, diarrhoea, a very characteristic rash, severe bleeding ...
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Information on Recent Monkeypox Outbreak: Systematic Search and Content Analysis of YouTube Videos
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health, 2023 Objective: To examine the availability, characteristics, content, reliability, and quality of YouTube videos on the recent monkeypox outbreak. Methods: A systematic search was carried out on YouTube using the keywords “Monkeypox” on May 31, 2022.
Pradip Kumar Jana, BDS, MPH +9 more
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The phenology and population dynamics of Culicoides spp. in different ecosystems in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2008 The Netherlands has enjoyed a relatively free state of vector-borne diseases of economic importance for more than one century. Emerging infectious diseases may change this situation, threatening the health of humans, domestic livestock and wildlife.
Jacobs, F.H.H. +5 more
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