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Open AccessTargeted Literature Review of the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Infection among High-Risk and Elderly Patients in Asia Pacific Region
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes acute respiratory illness, is well recognized among the pediatric population but also imposes a significant risk to the elderly (age ≥ 60) and thos...
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Open AccessEffectiveness of neutralizing antibody cocktail in hemodialysis patients: a case series of 20 patients treated with or without REGN-COV2
The number of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection continues to increase, and it has become a global pandemic. Although there is an urgent need to establish an effective treatment, the medication available for d...
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Open AccessPilot study for risk assessment of aspiration pneumonia based on oral bacteria levels and serum biomarkers
Aspiration pneumonia is a serious problem among elderly patients; it is caused by many risk factors including dysphagia, poor oral hygiene, malnutrition, and sedative medications. The aim of this study was to ...
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Open AccessSerum sST2 levels predict severe exacerbation of asthma
Neutrophilic inflammation is associated with poorly controlled asthma. Serum levels of sST2, a soluble IL-33 receptor, increase in neutrophilic lung diseases. We hypothesized that high serum sST2 levels in sta...
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Open AccessMolecular evolution of haemagglutinin (H) gene in measles virus
We studied the molecular evolution of the haemagglutinin (H) gene (full length) in all genotypes (24 genotypes, 297 strains) of measles virus (MeV). The gene’s evolutionary timescale was estimated by the Bayesian...