Search for dissertations about: "lower respiratory tract infections"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words lower respiratory tract infections.

  2. 1. On the epidemiology, clinical presentation and transmission of respiratory viral infections

    Author : Nicklas Sundell; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; respiratory viruses; measles; influenza; epidemiology; meteorological factors; real-time PCR; viral transmission; lower respiratory tract infection;

    Abstract : Respiratory viral infections encompass a large heterogenous group of pathogens that constitute a major burden of disease globally. The various routes of transmission including airborne spread make them difficult to control. READ MORE

  4. 2. Viral respiratory tract infections in children

    Author : Johan Hamrin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The most common infection in humans is viral respiratory tract infections which predominantly present as the ‘common cold’. In some circumstances however, respiratory viruses cause acute lower respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and due to the high absolute number of infection the contribution of these cases to total morbidity and mortality are substantial. READ MORE

  5. 3. On the Diagnosis and Management of Viral Respiratory Infections

    Author : Robin Brittain-Long; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Respiratory virus; Respiratory tract infection; Real-time PCR; Multiplex PCR; Antibiotic use;

    Abstract : Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs), are the most common infections in man, and represent a major global health burden. Viruses, most often causing a mild and self-limiting disease, yet with substantial morbidity and high costs for society, mainly cause upper respiratory tract infections. READ MORE

  6. 4. Acute respiratory infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo - nasopharyngeal pathogens, antibiotic resistance and vaccination

    Author : Archippe M. Birindwa; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Acute respiratory infections; nasopharynx; culture and vaccination;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRI) remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV13 was introduced in the in the South-Kivu region in 2013. READ MORE

  7. 5. Direct Demonstration of Influenza Virus and Mycoplasma Pneumoniae in the Respiratory Tract

    Author : Anna Nilsson; Enheten för infektionssjukdomar; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; polymeras chain reaction; influenza virus; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; diagnosis; respiratory tract infection; sample site; serial samples;

    Abstract : Diagnostic tests based on nucleic acid amplification have become available for Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) and influenza viruses. Here, an MP PCR test detected 100% of infections during the first three symptomatic weeks, whereas classical serology detected 21% week 1, 56% week 2, and 100% week 3. READ MORE