The onset of cancer disease is a traumatic experience for both patients and their families that suddenly change the patient's life and is accompanied by important physical, emotional, and psycho-social problems. The complexity of this scenario has
Seasonal influenza causes a significant burden of disease in the German population and is associated with high societal costs. Persons aged 60 years and older are particularly at risk due to immunosenescence and chronic disease and account for a
The ongoing pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected >600 million people with >6 million deaths. Although Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of COVID-19, is transmitted via
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for the COVID-19 and has afflicted the world since the end of 2019. Different lineages have been discovered and the Gamma lineage, which started the second wave of infections, was first described in Brazil, one of
CONCLUSIONS: No definite correlation could be established between COVID-19 vaccine and tinnitus. Any concurrent sudden hearing loss should be treated as usual with oral or intratympanic steroids. Health care providers should be aware of the tinnitus
PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH: We proposed T-cell lymphocytopenia as a strategic predictor of serious coronavirus and influenza infections. Our preeminent goal was to determine whether a degree of T-cell lymphopenia would identify a distinct threshold cell
In 2022, the antigenically divergent SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants (BA.1, BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) outcompeted previous variants and continued to cause substantial numbers of illnesses and deaths. We evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of the bivalent
Rapid and ultra-sensitive detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is critical for early screening and management of COVID-19. Currently, the real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) is the