Predictors and Perceptions of Healthcare Workers Regarding Vaccines Safety in the Initial Phase of COVID-19 Vaccination Drive in Western Part of India: A Regression Analysis.

Background The COVID-19 vaccination was launched in a phased manner by the government of India prioritizing healthcare workers. This study assessed the perception of healthcare workers regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among healthcare workers vaccinated at a tertiary care center of southern Rajasthan.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with COVID mortality among hospitalized patients in Rajasthan: A retrospective observational study.

Background: It has been over a year since the declaration of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as pandemic by World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Although mortality in India is low, as compared to western countries, the steady increase in the number of cases is still a worrying sign. The objectives of this study were to identify and quantify the association between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics with mortality among patients, suffering from COVID-19 at a tertiary care hospital in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Impaired innate host defense causes susceptibility to respiratory virus infections in cystic fibrosis.

Viral infection is the primary cause of respiratory morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF) infants. Here, we identify that host factors allow increased virus replication and cytokine production, providing a mechanism for understanding the severity of virus disease in CF. Increased virus is due to lack of nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) and 2', 5' oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS) 1 induction in response to virus or IFNgamma.

Characterization of the oligomerization domain of the phosphoprotein of human parainfluenza virus type 3.

The phosphoprotein (P) of human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV 3) plays a central role in the viral genome RNA transcription and replication. It acts as an essential cofactor of the RNA polymerase (L) by forming a functional L-P complex, binds to the genomic N-RNA template to recruit the L-P complex for RNA synthesis, and interacts with the nucleocapsid protein (N) to form the encapsidation complex (N-P). We have earlier demonstrated that the P protein forms oligomers (B.

Role of a highly conserved NH(2)-terminal domain of the human parainfluenza virus type 3 RNA polymerase.

The RNA polymerase complex of human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV 3), a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, is composed of two virally encoded polypeptides: a multifunctional large protein (L, 255 kDa) and a phosphoprotein (P, 90 kDa). From extensive deduced amino acid sequence analyses of the cDNA clones of a number of L proteins of nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses, a cluster of high-homology sequence segments have been identified within the body of the L proteins. Here, we have focused on the NH(2)-terminal domain of HPIV 3 L protein that is also highly conserved.