A three-year survey was conducted to estimate the incidence of grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) in Greece and identify fungi associated with the disease complex. In total, 310 vineyards in different geographical regions in northern, central, and southern Greece were surveyed, and 533 fungal strains were isolated from diseased vines. Morphological, physiological and molecular (5.
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March 2024
Background: Good's syndrome (GS) is a rare immune deficiency described almost 6 decades ago. Despite numerous published individual case reports and data collected in cross-sectional studies of small cohorts, the natural history and long-term outcomes of this disease remain unknown.
Objective: We aimed to determine the clinical and laboratory evolution of 8 adults diagnosed with GS and consecutively evaluated between 1983 and 2023.
Dengue is caused by a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus. The disease is now endemic to many tropical and subtropical regions, manifesting as approximately 96 million symptomatic cases of dengue each year. Clinical trials have shown TAK-003 (Qdenga®), a live attenuated dengue tetravalent vaccine, to be well-tolerated, immunogenic, and efficacious in adults with no prior exposure to dengue virus infection living in non-endemic regions, as well as in adults and children living in dengue-endemic areas.
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