Search for dissertations about: "thesis in rsv"

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  2. 1. Respiratory tract infections in children with congenital heart disease

    Author : Elin Granbom; Estelle Naumburg; Uwe Ewald; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Respiratory tract infection; Respiratory syncytial virus; Congenital heart disease; CHD; RSV; Palivizumab; Prophylax; Pediatrics; pediatrik;

    Abstract : Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection is common among young children. Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is a risk factor of severe illness and hospitalization. READ MORE

  4. 2. Self-rated aggression. Psychobiological aspects and gender issues in medical-psychiatric practice

    Author : Helena Prochazka; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; self-rated aggression; questionnaire; AQ-RSV; physical aggression; verbal aggression; hostility; anger; monoamine metabolites; platelet MAO activity; testosterone; fibromyalgia; depression; gender; sex; female;

    Abstract : Background. The complexities of human aggression are of vital research interest in numerous scientific disciplines. In medical research, aggression is generally studied by means of self- or observer-rated inventories, clinical observations, or neurobiological research. Objectives. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. CC16 in allergy and allergic inflammation

    Author : Sofi Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : CC16; CC10; uteroglobin; Clara cell; allergy; asthma; children; allergen; respiratory syncytial virus; T cell; eosinophil; neutrophil; fMLF; PGD2;

    Abstract : Clara cell 16-kDa (CC16) is an anti-inflammatory protein mainly produced in the lung epithelium by Clara cells. Patients with asthma have lower levels of CC16 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and serum compared with healthy controls. READ MORE

  7. 5. Acute febrile illness in preschool children in Zanzibar - Infectious aetiologies, diagnosis and treatment

    Author : Kristina Elfving; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Children; Infections; Low-income country; Tanzania; malaria; pneumonia; antibiotics; fever; diagnosis; polymerase chain reaction; preschool; influenza virus; Respiratory syncytial virus; diarrhoea; norovirus; dengue virus;

    Abstract : Background: A majority of the three million children in Africa that do not survive their fifth birthday die from infections that often start as a seemingly uncomplicated febrile illness. Primary health care workers frequently encounter febrile children with a negative malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT), in particular in places like Zanzibar with a considerable decline in malaria prevalence. READ MORE