Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are not permissive to SARS-CoV-2 infection but, upon viral exposure, differentiate into subsets and rapidly produce type I and III interferons. Mechanistically, pDC activation depends on IRAK4 and UNC93B1 expression.

Disease surveillance forms the basis for response to epidemics. COVID-19 provides a modern example of why the classic mantra of “person, place, and time” remains crucial: epidemic control requires ...

AIM To summarize the reported Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases, the associated clinical presentations and the outcomes. METHODS We searched the Saudi Ministry of Health website, the World Health Organization website, and the Flutracker websi...

This paper deals with the analysis of the effects and perception of infoemia both on social networks and in the sphere of civic journalism during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparative analysis of the perception of the COVID-19 virus pandemic in developed...

Abstract Background Due to an expected surge of COVID‐19 patients in need of mechanical ventilation, the intensive care capacity was doubled at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, in March 2020. This resulted in an urgent need for doctors with competence in working with critica...

We investigate the psychological recovery process of full-time employees during the 2-week period at the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Past research suggests that recovery processes start after stressors abate and can take months or years to unfold. In c...

<jats:p> Clozapine is associated with haematological side effects, including neutropaenia, which can signal impending life-threatening agranulocytosis. Patients with COVID-19 infection frequently experience lymphopaenia, but not neutropaenia. We present 13 patients esta...

Antibodies play an important role in modern science and medicine. They are essential in many biological assays and have emerged as an important class of therapeutics. Unfortunately, current methods for mapping antibody epitopes require costly synthesis or enrichment ste...

Abstract Context During the course of March and April 2020, New York City experienced a surge of a 170,000 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, overwhelming hospital systems and leading to an unprecedented need for palliative care services. Objectives To present a...

<jats:sec id="sec001"> <jats:title>Objective</jats:title> <jats:p>The occurrence of pneumonia separates severe cases of COVID-19 from the majority of cases with mild disease. However, the factors determining whether or not pneumonia develops remain to be fully uncovered...

This study targeted to disclose the impact of COVID-19 on the relationship among world crude oil prices and world rice prices. It depended on data collected from different resources and covered the period extend from Jan. 2016 to May 2020. The data was divided into two ...

Resume La pandemie COVID-19 qui a atteint la France au 1er semestre 2020 a constitue pour le Service d’aide medicale urgente (SAMU) un veritable « stress test » afin de pouvoir faire face, d’une part a la demande de soins de la population, et d’autre part a la doctrine ...

Grant SVK1‐2020‐013 Olympiáda techniky Plzeň 2020, Západočeská univerzita vPlzni Electronic education with the support of teaching management has been used in the teaching of students at the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra for several years. Universit...

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a period of global economic uncertainty. Financial strain, personal debt, recent job loss and housing insecurity are important risk factors for the mental health of working-age adults. Community interventions have the potent...

AbstractMouse hepatitis virus (MHV) causes encephalitis and demyelination in the central nervous system (CNS) of susceptible rodents. Astrocytes are one of the major targets for MHV infection in the CNS, and respond to MHV infection by expressing diverse molecules that ...

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread around the world and become pandemic due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality around the world. Reports have shown good clinical o...

<jats:p>Italy was the first European country to experience sustained local transmission of COVID-19. As of 1st May 2020, the Italian health authorities reported 28,238 deaths nationally. To control the epidemic, the Italian government implemented a suite of non-pharmace...