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Human bocavirus (HBoV) has been recognized as an important pathogen that causes respiratory infection and acute gastroenteritis in young children worldwide. HBoV is most likely transmitted by the respiratory route and by fecal-oral transmission. Recently, HBoV has been detected in several types of environmental water and in bivalve shellfish.…[Read more]

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax during pregnancy is a very rare entity. We present a 37-year-old Caucasian woman with spontaneous pneumothorax during the 32nd week of her fourth pregnancy who was treated with intercostal chest drain and was followed up with chest ultrasound. The patient experienced two more episodes of recurrent pneumothorax…[Read more]

amily preferences.Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an acute inflammatory process resulting in rheumatic carditis, one of the most common acquired heart diseases in youth. Among the clinical manifestations of carditis, pathologic valve regurgitation and atrioventricular block are included in the criteria for the diagnosis of ARF. Besides…[Read more]

e incidence and prevalence of IBD in Norway is among the highest in the world. Moreover, the study also highlights the consequences of different case definitions.

Cancer patients with bone metastasis (BM) from solid tumors or multiple myeloma (MM) have an increased risk of painful skeletal-related events (SREs), which can decrease quality of…[Read more]

Intestinal parasitic infection are a major public health concern affecting both children and adolescents in Ethiopia. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine pooled prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasitic infection in this target group.

We systematically retrieved available articles on the…[Read more]

Given their unique cytomorphology, immunohistochemical profiles, and genetic features that have little overlap with traditional follicular cell-derived thyroid carcinomas, we propose that these tumors represent a distinct form of thyroid carcinoma unrelated to other neoplasms of thyroid follicular cells.

An increased prevalence of vertebral…[Read more]