How infectious is gonorrhea?

How is the Mother Tongue Acquired

Platelet Refractoriness and how it is formed

Abstract Background and Objectives Transfusion of platelet has become one of the main treatments for thrombocytopenic patients to reduce the severity and frequency of bleeding consequences. Failure to attain the desired level of platelets in a patient following platelet transfusion is defined as platelet refractoriness. The purpose of present paper is to review and study the mechanisms involve...

How reliable is self-testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia among men who have sex with men?

BACKGROUND Recent studies have demonstrated a high prevalence of pharyngeal (P) and rectal (R) Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections among men who have sex with men (MSM). Guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend testing at least annually. But surveys of medical providers suggest that adherence to these guidelines is minimal as a resu...

Infectious serology and atherosclerosis: how burdensome is the risk?

In recent years, atherosclerosis has come to be recognized as active and inflammatory, rather than simply a passive process of lipid infiltration.1 Inflammation occurs in response to vascular oxidative stress and injury through known and unknown stimuli. Inflammatory triggers undoubtedly include oxidized and glycosylated products (eg, modified lipoproteins). Given their association with inflamm...

How Infectious Was #Deflategate?

On Monday January 19, 2015 a story broke that the National Football League (NFL) had started an investigation into whether the New England Patriots deliberately deflated the footballs they used during their championship win over the Indianapolis Colts. Like an infectious disease, discussion regarding Deflategate grew rapidly on social media sites in the hours and days after the release of the s...