A NOVEL TECHNIQUE TO PREVENT EFFLUENT SPILLAGE DURING PERCUTANEOUS CYSTOLITHOTRIPSY


Assessment of the fatality rate and transmissibility taking account of undetected cases during an unprecedented COVID-19 surge in Taiwan

Abstract Background During the COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan between May 11 and June 20, 2021, the observed fatality rate (FR) was 5.3%, higher than the global average at 2.1%.The high number of reported deaths suggests that many patients were not treated promptly or effectively.However, many unexplained deaths were subsequently identified as cases,

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Recombinant Rift Valley fever viruses encoding bluetongue virus (BTV) antigens: Immunity and efficacy studies upon a BTV-4 challenge.

BackgroundMany ruminant diseases of viral aetiology can be effectively prevented using appropriate vaccination Headwear measures.For diseases such as Rift Valley fever (RVF) the long inter-epizootic periods make routine vaccination programs unfeasible.Coupling RVF prophylaxis with seasonal vaccination programmes by means of multivalent vaccine plat

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