Although influenza is primarily considered a respiratory infection and causes significant
respiratory mortality, evidence suggests that influenza has an additional burden due to …

This article reviews the development of the immune response through neonatal, infant and
adult life, including pregnancy, ending with the decline in old age. A picture emerges of a …

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) can underlie critical COVID-19
pneumonia and yellow fever vaccine disease. We report here on 13 patients harboring …

The human respiratory tract hosts a diverse community of cocirculating viruses that are
responsible for acute respiratory infections. This shared niche provides the opportunity for …

Public health preparedness for coronavirus (CoV) disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging
in the absence of setting-specific epidemiological data. Here we describe the epidemiology …

Abstract Mobile health, or 'mHealth', is the application of mobile devices, their components
and related technologies to healthcare. It is already improving patients' access to treatment …

In December 2019, a new pneumonic disease began to appear in Wuhan, Hubei Province,
China. It seemed highly infectious and resistant to therapy, causing considerable concern …

Background and aims The Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe (BCoDE) study
aimed to calculate disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 31 selected diseases in the …

Background Influenza vaccination is recommended especially for persons at risk of
complications. In 2003, the World Health Assembly urged Member States (MS) to increase …

Background The seasonal incidence of influenza is often approximated as 5%–20%.
Methods We used 2 methods to estimate the seasonal incidence of symptomatic influenza in …