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...