A Product-Service System (PSS) is an integrated combination of products and services. This
Western concept embraces a service-led competitive strategy, environmental sustainability, …

Immunology is a central theme when it comes to tuberculosis (TB). The outcome of human
infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on the ability of the immune response …

The seasonality of infectious disease outbreaks suggests that environmental conditions have
a significant effect on disease risk. One of the major environmental factors that can affect …

Calcidiol, the major circulating metabolite of vitamin D, supports induction of pleiotropic
antimicrobial responses in vitro. Vitamin D supplementation elevates circulating calcidiol …

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) can degrade all components of pulmonary extracellular
matrix. Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces production of a number of these enzymes by …

Background Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis in the pre-antibiotic era, and its
metabolites induce antimycobacterial immunity in vitro. Clinical trials investigating the effect of …

Tuberculosis is classically divided into states of latent infection and active disease. Using
combined positron emission and computed tomography in 35 asymptomatic, antiretroviral-…

The present research examined the immediate impact of challenge and threat states on golf
performance in both real competition and a laboratory-based task. In Study 1, 199 …

Few studies from Africa have described the clinical impact of co-infections on SARS-CoV-2
infection. Here, we investigate the presentation and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an …

Vitamin D deficiency has been reported to associate with the impaired development of
antigen-specific responses following vaccination. We aimed to determine whether vitamin D …