Abstract Background Whether viral coinfections cause more severe disease than Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) alone remains unclear. We compared clinical disease severity and sought clinical and demographic differences between infants with B.…
El nematodo dorado Globodera rostochiensis es uno de los principales problemas en el cultivo de la papa (Solanum tuberosum L.), sus quistes pueden permanecer viables en el suelo hasta por treinta años. Para su control se utilizan nematicidas…
Introducción: La meningoencefalitis eosinofílica producida por Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935), es una zoonosis emergente presente en Cuba. En el país existen escasos estudios de prevalencia de infección en los hospederos definitivos, que…
Las zoonosis son enfermedades que se transmiten de forma natural entre los animales vertebrados y el hombre. Existe un gran número de enfermedades bacterianas, virales y parasitarias, que son transmitidas de los animales a los humanos, mientras que…
Abstract Background Infections following arthroplasty are one of the major risks during this type of surgery. Moreover, the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus Disease…
This study found infrequent transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus to healthcare workers involved in the care of the first five case-patients in Taiwan, despite a substantial number of unprotected exposures. Nonetheless,…
Abstract Background In Emergency and Medical Admission Departments (EDs and MADs), prompt recognition and appropriate infection control management of patients with Highly Infectious Diseases (HIDs, e.g. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and SARS) are…
The biological diversity of SARS-CoV-2 was assessed by investigating the genetic variations of the spike glycoprotein of patients with COVID-19 in Iraq. Sequencing identified fifteen novel nucleic acid variations with a variety of distributions…
The availability of a robust disease model is essential for the development of countermeasures for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). While a rhesus macaque model of MERS-CoV has been established, the lack of uniform, severe…