Introduction Despite huge efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health threat
worldwide, it is estimated that a quarter of the global population is infected by …

COVID-19 acquired symptoms have affected the worldwide population and increased the
load of Intensive care unit (ICU) patient admissions. A large number of patients admitted to …

Abstract Background Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) has emerged as a promising tool of
pathogen detection in bloodstream infections (BSIs) in critical care medicine. However …

Background The contribution of the virus to the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19 is still
unclear. We aimed to evaluate associations between viral RNA load in plasma and host …

The worrying emergence of multiple resistance genes to last-resort antibiotics in food
animals and human populations throughout the food chain and relevant environments has …

Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) recently has been shown to be a potential diagnostic tool for
adults with bloodstream infections (BSIs); however, its application in children remains …

Retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) is a cytosolic pattern recognition receptor that contains
two CARD domains, an RNA helicase domain, and a C-terminal domain. RIG-I initiates …

Background Fibroblast growth factor 15 (FGF15) through its FGF-receptor (FGFR)-4 inhibits
hepatic inflammation. The current study aimed at investigating whether FGF15 could inhibit …

Digital PCR (dPCR) is a nucleic acid quantification method that is widely used in genetic
analysis. One of the most significant advantages of dPCR over other methods is the …

Digital PCRs (dPCRs) are widely used methods for the detection and quantification of rare
abundant sequences relevant to fields such as liquid biopsy or oncology. In order to …