Epidemic season 2013/2014 Influenza virus strains A/H1N1/ A/H3N2/ B A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09 – like virus A/Victoria/361/2011 (H3N2) – like virus B/Massachusetts/2/2012 – like virus 3 Results and Discussion The geometric mean…
Year Number of hospitalized patients Number and proportion (%) of infants Number and proportion (%) of children aged 1–3 years Number and proportion (%) of children aged 4–6 years Number…
No. of RTI per year, excluding pneumonia No. of preschool children No. of primary school children No. of secondary school children All patients HIV (n = 9) Non-HIV (n = 16) HIV (n = 10) Non-HIV…
Fig. 1 Function of NADPH oxidase in oxidative burst of neutrophils Superoxide is not the only reactive oxygen species formed during oxidative burst, as further cascade of chemical reactions leads…
Jartti T, Jartti L, Peltola V, Waris M, Ruuskanen O (2008) Identification of respiratory viruses in asymptomatic subjects: asymptomatic respiratory viral infections. Pediatr Infect Dis J 27(12):1103–1107PubMed Jartti T, Jartti…
Epidemic season 2013/2014 Age group A A/H1N1/pdm09 A/H3N2/ A Total B A + B Total ADV RSV PIV 1 PIV 2 PIV 3 hCoV RhV hMPV ILI Total 0–4 25 5 12…
Fig. 1 Ebola virus disease in West Africa. EDPLN laboratories for Ebola or Marburg virus diagnostic. WHO, 10 April 2014 (GAR 2014; reproduced with permission) 4 Course of Infection The…
Primary care setting in the city of Warsaw Poland Year Number of individuals aged >65 Number of vaccinated individuals aged >65 Influenza vaccine coverage rate in individuals aged >65 Number…
Variable Criteria used Elevated mean right atrial pressure/central venous pressure Inferior vena cava dimension >2.1 cm and inferior vena cava inspiratory collapse < 50 % Prominent diastolic flow in the superior vena…
Fig. 12.1 2D echocardiogram – Short axis view of a patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension showing RV dilatation (red arrow) Volume calculations of the right ventricle are essential for…
