Publications by authors named "A E Boeken Kruger"
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- The study investigates the effectiveness of immunoadsorption (IA) treatment on post-COVID myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients, focusing on those with elevated β2 adrenergic autoantibodies.
- Patients underwent five IA sessions and showed significant improvement in physical functioning, fatigue, and other symptoms over six months, with 70% responding positively to the treatment.
- The findings suggest that IA could be a beneficial therapy for alleviating symptoms in post-COVID ME/CFS patients, indicating a possible link between autoimmunity and the condition.
Contrawise to mosquitoes, there is no country-wide long-term surveillance of ticks in Germany, leading to large gaps in coverage for distribution data. Here we report on results from two consecutive tick studies in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany, conducted in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, a new focus of the ornate sheep tick Dermacentor marginatus was detected at a military training area east of Coblenz ("Schmidtenhöhe") which is partially managed as a nature reserve where old races of cattle and horses are grazing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: SARS-CoV-2 infection adversely affects rheological parameters, particularly red blood cell (RBC) aggregation and deformability, but whether these changes persist in patients suffering from Long-COVID (LC) and whether these changes are related to RBC morphology remain unknown.
Methods: Venous blood was collected from = 30 diagnosed LC patients and = 30 non-LC controls and RBC deformability, RBC aggregation, and hematological parameters were measured. In addition, RBCs were examined microscopically for morphological abnormalities.
(1) Background: Long-term health effects after SARS-CoV-2 infections can manifest in a plethora of symptoms, significantly impacting the quality of life of affected individuals. (2) Aim: The present paper aimed to assess the effects of an individualized and controlled exercise intervention on fatigue and exercise capacity among Long-COVID (LC) patients in an ambulatory setting. (3) Methods: Forty-one (n = 41) LC patients performed an exercise protocol with an individualized control of the patients' training intensity during the study period based on the individual's ability to achieve the target criteria.
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