BACKGROUND Few European countries conduct reactive surveillance of influenza mortality, whereas most monitor morbidity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We developed a simple model based on Poisson seasonal regression to predict excess cases of pneumonia and influenza mortality during influenza epidemics, based on influenza morbidity data and the dominant types/subtypes of circulating viruses. ...

background: premature chromosome condensation (pcc) is a method for interphase chromosome analysis in biodosimetry. this study was performed to verify the usefulness of pcc induced by calyculin a in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (pbl) for biological dosimetry and possible construction of dose-response curve. materials and methods: peripheral blood was obtained from a healthy donor and expo...

Two recent studies by Parisi et al. and Ranz et al., catalogue sex differences in gene expression across the whole genome of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Both report striking associations of sex-biased gene expression with the X chromosome. Genes with male-biased expression are depauperate on the X chromosome, whereas genes with female-biased expression show weaker evidence of being i...

Prenatal screening is a crucial method employed during the fetal stage to detect and intervene early, thereby ensuring health of newborn babies. This approach serves enhance overall quality population mitigate severe consequences associated with birth defects. encompasses various techniques, including epidemiological investigations, imaging ultrasound, maternal blood screening, amniotic fluid b...