BACKGROUND The case-hospitalization ratio (CHR) is a key quantity for the management of emerging pathogens such as pandemic influenza. Yet, few running surveillance systems prospectively monitor the CHR during influenza epidemics. Here, we analyze the proportion of recommended hospitalizations (PRH) among influenza-like illness (ILI) patients attended in general practice in France and compare t...

showing that electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) reduced the frequency of critical illness polyneuropathy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients [1] . Th e authors stated that an intention-to-treat analysis was used. One hundred and forty patients were randomized to electrical stimulation or to usual care. Measurement of the main outcome could only be performed in cooperating patients surviv ing...

On May 9, 2014, a physician at hospital A in American Samoa noticed an abnormally high number of children presenting to the emergency department with bloody diarrhea. Based on preliminary testing of stool specimens, Entamoeba histolytica infection was suspected as a possible cause. Shigella was also suspected in a subset of samples. On May 22, the American Samoa Department of Health requested a...

Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis (BDP) manifests as respiratory muscle weakness, and its association with critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) was rarely reported. Here, we present a patient with BDP related to CIP, who successfully avoided tracheostomy after diagnosis and management. A 71-year-old male presented with acute respiratory failure after sepsis adequately treated. Repeated intubat...

After an apparently new virus in the family Paramyxoviridae was isolated from pigs in August 1997, an investigation was carried out to assess its risk for humans. More than 250 persons with potential exposure to infected pigs were tested serologically. Two piggery workers with intense occupational exposure had high convalescent-phase antibody titers to this new virus. In early June 1997, both w...

Presents results of a one-year follow-up to the 2014 California Statewide Survey, which was developed to track attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors related to mental illness. This article focuses on items measuring stigma.

It is estim ated that, nearly five b illion episodes o f clinical m alaria occur w orldw ide each year. The disease causes about three m illion deaths annually w ith A frica suffering 90% o f this bu rden .'it is also estim ated that 25 m illion w om en fall p regnant in the m alaria-endem ic areas o f A frica each year.2 M ost o f the deaths due to m alaria in A frica are in p regnant w om en ...