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The latest data from the UK Health & Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that there has been an uptick in cases of HMPV, rising by 4.15 percentage points between October and December last year.
The rate of positive tests for a virus that swept hospitals in China is on the rise in the England, according to official figures.. Latest UK Health Security Agency data show one in 20 (5 per cent ...
Korea has a high rate of pneumonia, with about 30% of its population being treated every year. [36] In 2018, the third leading cause of death in Korea was pneumonia. [36] Those ages 0–14 have the highest hospitalization rate due to bacterial pneumonia, with the total hospitalization rate being 79.1 per 10,000 persons. [37]
United Kingdom BSE outbreak: 1996–2001 United Kingdom Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease / vCJD: 178 [225] [226] 1996 West Africa meningitis epidemic 1996 West Africa: Meningitis: 10,000 [227] 1998–1999 Malaysia Nipah virus outbreak: 1998–1999 Malaysia: Nipah virus infection: 105 [228] 1998–2000 Democratic Republic of the Congo Marburg ...
HMPV was responsible for 12% of cases of acute respiratory tract illness in otherwise-healthy children in a US outpatient clinic [2] and 15% and 8% of cases (respectively) of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization in children under and over the age of 5 in the United States in 2010–2012. [8]
The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths.
Nosocomial infections can cause severe pneumonia and infections of the urinary tract, bloodstream and other parts of the body. [9] [10] Many types display antimicrobial resistance, which can complicate treatment. [11] In the UK about 300,000 patients were affected in 2017, and this was estimated to cost the NHS about £1 billion a year. [12]
CURB-65, also known as the CURB criteria, is a clinical prediction rule that has been validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia [1] and infection of any site. [2] The CURB-65 is based on the earlier CURB score [3] and is recommended by the British Thoracic Society for the assessment of severity of pneumonia. [4]