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NSP4 is a viral enterotoxin that induces diarrhoea and was the first viral enterotoxin discovered. [56] It is a viroporin that elevates cytosolic Ca 2+ in mammalian cells. [57] NSP5 is encoded by genome segment 11 of rotavirus A. In virus-infected cells NSP5 accumulates in the viroplasm. [58]
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
SFTS is an emerging infectious disease causing fever, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of consciousness and heamorrhage. [1]SFTS has fatality rates ranging from 12% to as high as 30% in some areas due to multiple organ failure, thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), leucopenia (low white blood cell count), and elevated liver enzyme levels.
A 2018 analysis of emergency department data found that women accounted for more than 62% of the 24 million people who visited emergency departments for such falls over a 20-year period.
Knickers, a 7-year-old male Holstein-Friesian cow, went udderly viral in November due to his sheer size.The steer clocks in at a whopping six feet three inches tall — just three inches shy of ...
A watchdog group hopes their patient safety report will help people find the safest place for care.
It is most common in children, especially those younger than age 3, and usually occurs several weeks following a viral infection. Viral infections that may cause it include chickenpox, Coxsackie disease (also called hand-foot-and-mouth disease), Epstein–Barr virus (a common human virus that belongs to the herpes family), influenza, [2] HIV ...
More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of an anesthesiologist who may not ...