Background Seasonal influenza virus is a common cause of acute lower respiratory
infection (ALRI) in young children. In 2008, we estimated that 20 million influenza-virus-associated …

… Thus, a well conducted study may score poorly on the scale because the author(s) failed to
provide adequate information when writing up their manuscript. As a result, interpretation on …

Background Human metapneumovirus is a common virus associated with acute lower
respiratory infections (ALRIs) in children. No global burden estimates are available for ALRIs …

Setting: Rural and urban areas of Maharashtra, a large state in Western India.Objective: To
understand tuberculosis (TB) management practices among private medical practitioners (…

Background Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe dehydrating gastroenteritis in
developing countries. Safe, effective, and affordable rotavirus vaccines are needed in these …

We describe a new program for the alignment of multiple biological sequences that is both
statistically motivated and fast enough for problem sizes that arise in practice. Our Fast …

Purpose Chemoradiation with cisplatin 100 mg/m2 given once every 3 weeks is the standard
of care in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell cancer (LAHNSCC). Increasingly…

Background: Globally, ageing impacts all countries, with a majority of older persons residing
in lower- and middle-income countries now and into the future. An understanding of the …

… We define the intersection of S and R, denoted by S ⊓ R, as the longest common subsequence
(LCS) of S and R defined as follows: The LCS of S and R is the longest subsequence …

Objective To compare the results obtained from 26 proxy indicators of domestic hand‐washing
practices with those obtained from direct, ‘structured’ observation of hand‐washing in a …