Pertussis-not just for kids

Article Abstract:

The number of cases of pertussis reported annually in the United States has increased by a factor of six since 1980, despite rates of immunization for pertussis of more than 80 percent among young children. Residual immunity from prior vaccination might modify the clinical presentation of pertussis in adolescents and adults and make the diagnosis even more difficult.

United Kingdom, Health aspects, Diagnosis, Drug therapy, Immunization, Whooping-cough, Whooping cough

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Human metapneumovirus and lower respiratory tract disease in otherwise healthy infants and children

Article Abstract:

Human metapneumovirus may cause up to 15% of all upper respiratory tract infections and 12% of all lower respiratory tract infections in young children, according to a study of 321 children. It can cause pneumonia, croup, an asthma exacerbation, and a lung inflammation called bronchiolitis. Human metapneumovirus was first identified in 2001.

Children, Causes of, Respiratory tract infections, Virus diseases

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Antiretroviral therapy in a thousand patients with AIDS in Haiti

Article Abstract:

The efficacy of antiretroviral therapy in the first 1004 consecutive patients with AIDS and without previous antiretroviral therapy who were treated beginning in March 2003 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti are studied. This report documents the feasibility of effective antiretroviral therapy in a large number of patients in an impoverished country.

Science & research, Haiti, Research, Antiviral agents, AIDS (Disease), AIDS research, AIDS treatment, Antiretroviral agents

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