Enteropathogen infections in canine puppies: (Co-)occurrence, clinical relevance and risk factors

Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Cancer Patients with Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea Co-infected with a Second Enteropathogen

Respiratory infections in schoolchildren: co-morbidity and risk factors.

AIMS To assess co-morbidity and risk factors for otitis media, tonsillopharyngitis, and lower respiratory infections in school children. METHODS Logistic regression analysis of co-morbidity and risk factors for airway infections in a population based sample of 10 year old children living in Oslo, Norway. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES otitis media, tonsillopharyngitis, and lower respiratory infectio...

Factors determining the occurrence of submicroscopic malaria infections and their relevance for control

Malaria parasite prevalence in endemic populations is an essential indicator for monitoring the progress of malaria control, and has traditionally been assessed by microscopy. However, surveys increasingly use sensitive molecular methods that detect higher numbers of infected individuals, questioning our understanding of the true infection burden and resources required to reduce it. Here we ana...

proficiency level and factors fostering reticence in efl learners

according to cheng (1999), in recent esl/efl literature, asian (especially east asian) learners of english as a foreign/second language have been arguably reported as reticent and passive learners. the most common allegations are that these students are reluctant to participate in classroom discourse; they are unwilling to give responses; they do not ask questions; and they are passive and over...

Prevalence and clinical relevance of helminth co-infections among tuberculosis patients in urban Tanzania

BACKGROUND Helminth infections can negatively affect the immunologic host control, which may increase the risk of progression from latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to tuberculosis (TB) disease and alter the clinical presentation of TB. We assessed the prevalence and determined the clinical relevance of helminth co-infection among TB patients and household contact controls in urban Ta...