Infectious Diseases
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Study supports meningococcal B vaccine in children with rare diseases
Its strength held up in children with asplenia and splenic dysfunction but flagged in complement deficiency
Conference Coverage
DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib in infancy maintains lasting immune memory against HBV in teens
MALMO, SWEDEN – “We saw a clear fantastic anamnestic response.” – Tino F. Schwarz, MD.
Conference Coverage
People with HIV develop more frailty despite treatment
AMSTERDAM – Middle-aged and elderly people with HIV developed more frailty than did similar uninfected people, and frailty predicted worse...
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Incident heart failure linked to HIV infection
AMSTERDAM – Medical records from a large U.S. health system suggest that incident heart failure independently links to HIV infection.
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World off track for meeting 2020 HIV prevention, mortality goals
Conference Coverage
HIV infection linked with doubled stroke rate
AMSTERDAM – Data from more than 22 million Taiwan residents showed HIV-infected patients had a doubled stroke rate compared with the general...
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Real-time microarrays can simultaneously detect HCV and HIV-1, -2 infections
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Female survivor transmits Ebola virus 1 year after outbreak
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Opinion
Fish pedicures
Fish pedicures have a long-standing history in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures for aiding such skin conditions as psoriasis and helping...
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Bullae associated with pediatric human parvovirus B19 infection
Parvovirus is generally associated with a “slapped-cheek” appearance, with the appearance of bullae rare.