PROTECTION PATTERNS IN DUCK AND CHICKEN AFTER HOMO- OR HETERO-SUBTYPIC REINFECTIONS WITH H5 AND H7 LOW PATHOGENICITY AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY.

Protection patterns in duck and chicken after homo- or hetero-subtypic reinfections with H5 and H7 low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses: a comparative study.

Avian influenza viruses are circulating continuously in ducks, inducing a mostly asymptomatic infection, while chickens are accidental hosts highly susceptible to respiratory disease.This discrepancy might be due to a different host response to the virus between these two bird species and in particular to a different susceptibility to reinfection.I

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An Unusual Cause of Hypoxia: Ventricular Septal Defect, Pulmonary Artery Atresia, and Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals Diagnosed in the Adult Cardiac Catheterization Lab

The association of pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect (VSD) and major aortopulmonary collaterals (MAPCA) is an extreme form of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF).It carries a high mortality risk if not intervened on during infancy with only 20% of unoperated patients surviving into adulthood.We present the Scrapers case of a 40-year-old man who pr

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Prevalence and determinants of termination of pregnancy among reproductive-age women who had a short preceding birth interval in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis

BackgroundTermination of pregnancy is one of the biggest five causes of maternal mortality in countries with low and middle incomes.Although termination of pregnancy is hazardous, its prevalence and determinates are not well studied in developing countries.Therefore, this study aims to assess the prevalence and determinants of termination of pregna

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Empirically-derived dimensions of childhood adversity and cumulative risk: associations with measures of depression, anxiety, and psychosis-spectrum psychopathology

Background: Investigating different approaches to operationalizing childhood adversity and how they relate to transdiagnostic psychopathology is relevant to advance research on mechanistic processes and to inform intervention efforts.To our knowledge, previous studies have not used questionnaire and interview measures of childhood adversity to exam

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