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What’s inside the box? Or shall we think outside the box?With the deadly and highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, there is global concern about the danger of contaminating healthcare workers (HCW), particularly during airway management of infected patients.
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Antimicrobial stewardship in remote primary healthcare across northern AustraliaThe high burden of infectious disease and associated antimicrobial use likely contribute to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. We aimed to develop and apply context-specific tools to audit antimicrobial use in the remote primary healthcare setting.
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Global molecular diversity of RSV – the “INFORM RSV” studyRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a global cause of severe respiratory morbidity and mortality in infants. While preventive and therapeutic interventions are being developed, including antivirals, vaccines and monoclonal antibodies, little is known about the global molecular epidemiology of RSV. INFORM is a prospective, multicenter, global clinical study performed by ReSViNET to investigate the worldwide molecular diversity of RSV isolates collected from children less than 5 years of age.
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An international cohort study of birth outcomes associated with hospitalized acute respiratory infection during pregnancyAcute respiratory or febrile illness hospitalization during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of preterm birth and low birthweight birth
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Asbestos-related diseasesThe main issues that led to the ban on asbestos in industry are those of malignancy: lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma of the pleura and of the peritoneum
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Spatial and temporal patterns of dengue incidence in Bhutan: a Bayesian analysisThis study aimed to quantify the spatial and temporal patterns of dengue and their relationship to environmental factors in dengue-affected areas
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Accumulation of CD103+ CD8+ T cells in a cutaneous melanoma micrometastasisResults support the emerging concept that CD103+ CD8+ tissue‐resident memory T cells are key mediators of cancer surveillance
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Gender gaps in cognitive and social-emotional skills in early primary grades: Evidence from rural IndonesiaThis paper examines the magnitude and source of gender gaps in cognitive and social-emotional skills in early primary grades in rural Indonesia. Relative to boys, girls score more than 0.17 SD higher in tests of language and mathematics (cognitive skills) and between 0.18 and 0.27 SD higher in measures of social competence and emotional maturity (social-emotional skills).
Young people aged 11 years and older provided information on their suicidal ideation, suicide plans and suicide attempts.
The study aims to determine whether an RSV vaccine given to pregnant women during the third trimester can protect newborn babies from RSV infections.