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Influenza
Influenza: The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The most common symptoms include: a high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, and feeling tired. Usually, the virus is spread through the air from coughs or sneezes. Influenza spreads around the world in a yearly outbreak.
SEP 11, 2019 | 12:00 PM
immunocompromised populations where the virus can cause systemic and even fatal infections. Indeed, we have shown that astrovirus infections are more prevalent than norovirus in our pediatric...
APR 23, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: April 23, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT ABSTRACT: Learning Objectives: List benefits of liquid based collection and transport systems...
APR 02, 2019 | 3:00 PM
DATE: April 2, 2019TIME: 3:00pm CEST Dans ce webinaire, Marie Piketty rappelle que depuis quelques années, plusieurs cas d'interférences provoquées par l...
DEC 13, 2018 | 6:00 AM
DATE: December 13, 2018TIME: 6:00am PT, 3:00pm CET La complejidad de los pacientes hospitalizados con sospecha de infección suscita...
NOV 08, 2018 | 9:00 AM
DATE: November 8, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PDTAnnual epidemics of influenza place a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States. CDC estimates that influenza has...
APR 11, 2018 | 1:30 PM
The availability of CLIA-waived point-of-care tests and the accessibility and training of community pharmacists creates an opportunity for the development of collaborative disease management...
DEC 05, 2017 | 8:00 AM
DATE: December 5, 2017TIME: 08:00am PST, 10:00am CST, 11:00am EST, 5:00pm CET Recently there has been a resurgence of Syphilis infections over the last several years with rates...
NOV 08, 2017 | 7:30 AM
Many Americans have succumbed to the scare tactics of the dermatological community, and avoid sunlight for fear of skin cancer and premature aging. Therefore, most of us suffer from vitamin D...
SEP 14, 2017 | 10:30 AM
Males and females differ in their immunological responses to viral and vaccine antigens, with females typically mounting higher immune responses than males. These sex-based immunological diff...
MAY 09, 2017 | 9:00 PM
In the study of a mucosal vaccine for influenza, we need to evaluate the immune responses against vaccine in the serum and nasal washes. Serum IgG antibodies and mucosal secretory IgA antibod...
SEP 08, 2016 | 7:30 AM
The Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) routinely receives autopsy and biopsy tissues for diagnostic evaluation. These tissues are typ...
SEP 07, 2016 | 10:30 AM
The field of infectious disease diagnostics is ever changing with both newly identified infections such as SARS, Ebola, and Zika virus as well as yearly epidemics and potential for pandemic w...
