At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, pooled surveillance strategies were employed to alleviate the overwhelming demand for clinical testing facilities. A major drawback of most pooled-testing methods is the dilution of positive samples, which leads
CONCLUSION: The SARS epidemic in China showed a trend of spreading from south to north, i.e., Guangdong Province and Beijing City being the central regions, respectively, and from there to the surrounding areas. In contrast, the SARS epidemic in the
CONCLUSIONS.—: Despite the limitations noted, the hybrid training model was effective and successfully prepared fellows for their role as attending physicians. Similar studies can be informative for the implementation of similar programs or for the
CONCLUSION: Triage accuracy is sufficiently robust to diagnose cancer promptly, which should reassure clinicians and decision makers within the cancer networks.
Mild gastrointestinal symptoms and mild abdominal pain often occur in association with COVID-19. However, acute abdomen and severe abdominal pain warranting urgent surgical treatment are rare. Here we present the case of a 40-year-old man who
The COVID-19 pandemic shows a critical need for rapid, inexpensive, and ultrasensitive early detection methods based on biomarker analysis to reduce mortality rates by containing the spread of epidemics. This can be achieved through the electrical
Memory B cells are comprised of unswitched (CD27+IgD+) and switched (CD27+IgD-) subsets. The origin and function of unswitched human memory B cells are debated in the literature, whereas switched memory B cells are primed to respond to recurrent
Comorbidities including leukemia are risk factors in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients for high morbidity and mortality. The severity of the disease is usually correlated with lymphopenia. On the other hand, we came across a case of marked