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Another key part of staying safe is staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Booster rates have been alarmingly low for eligible patients, which is, to put it mildly, a real bummer ...
A new COVID-19 subvariant, known as XBB.1.16 but often called "Arcturus," has progressively become more viral here in the United States, accounting for 10% of infections through late April.
"Conjunctivitis basically means inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is the clear part that covers the white part of the eyes," says Dr. Sumitra Khandelwal, an associate professor of ...
An eye with bacterial conjunctivitis. Bacteria are responsible for approximately 70% of conjunctivitis in children and less than 20% of cases in adults. [7] Common bacteria responsible for bacterial conjunctivitis are Staphylococcus including Staph aureus, Streptococcus such as strep pneumoniae, [10] Haemophilus species and Moraxella ...
Adenovirus infection accounts for up to 10% of respiratory infections in children. [11] Most cases are mild and by the age of 10-years, most children have had at least one adenovirus infection. [5] 75% of conjunctivitis cases are due to adenovirus infection. [14]
Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) (also spelled acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis) is a derivative of the highly contagious conjunctivitis virus, [1] otherwise known as pink eye. Symptoms include excessively red, swollen eyes as well as subconjunctival hemorrhaging. Currently, there is no known treatment and patients are required to merely ...
The betacoronaviruses of the greatest clinical importance concerning humans are OC43 and HKU1 (which can cause the common cold) of lineage A, SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 (the causes of SARS and COVID-19 respectively) of lineage B, [2] and MERS-CoV (the cause of MERS) of lineage C. MERS-CoV is the first betacoronavirus belonging to lineage C that ...
Betacoronavirus hongkonense [1] ( commonly called Human coronavirus HKU1 abbreviated as HCoV-HKU1) is a species of coronavirus in humans and animals. It causes an upper respiratory disease with symptoms of the common cold , but can advance to pneumonia and bronchiolitis . [ 2 ]