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Pediatric infection
Children are susceptible to infectious diseases caused by various agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Pediatric infections can differ from adult infections in regard to their symptoms, treatments, outcomes, or prognoses.
OCT 19, 2022 | 7:30 AM
In the US, there are about 75 million individuals less than 18 years of age. COVID-19 has had a major impact on the pediatric population, as there have been more than 13.5 million documented...
SEP 08, 2022 | 3:00 PM
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most common human herpesviruses, infecting nearly half of the adult population in the US. Vertical transmission can occur during pregnancy, and congenital...
SEP 08, 2022 | 6:00 AM
Learning Objectives 1. Understand the life cycle of the malaria causing parasite, Plasmodium 2. Understand new approaches to identifying host regulators of infection 3. Describe advantages a...
JUL 28, 2022 | 6:00 AM
Date: July 28, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT) Hepatitis B and C continues to be a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, resulting in 1.1 million deaths and 3 million new in...
JUN 16, 2022 | 6:00 AM
Date: May 25, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CEST) This webinar aims to: Raise awareness for risks to mothers and babies with CMV infection Outline diagnostic and disease man...
MAY 31, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Date: May 31, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CEST) In February of this year Minnesota became the first state in the U.S. to screen every newborn for congenital CMV. This was...
DEC 14, 2021 | 7:00 AM
Date: December 14, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00am (EST) Several fast-spreading variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have become the dominant circulating...
OCT 13, 2021 | 6:00 AM
We’ll discuss the rapid discovery efforts to identify human monoclonal antibody drugs that protect against COVID-19. We will review the technologies used to find antibodies, the optima...
SEP 08, 2021 | 12:00 PM
Over years, HMGB1 has increasingly attracted the attention of all kinds of researchers. It is one of the most intriguing molecules within the complete arsenal of proteins of the innate immun...
AUG 31, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: July 07, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The DNA damage response is extremely crucial in maintaining genomic integrity. Failure to repair damaged DNA can result in the propagati...
NOV 19, 2020 | 7:00 AM
DATE: November 19, 2020 TIME: 7am PST Congenital CMV is the most frequent infectious cause of neonatal malformation in developed nations. Yet, this disease is largely under-recognized by hea...
SEP 23, 2020 | 8:00 AM
Vaccines are among the most effective medical interventions available. The development of vaccines is a complex undertaking, involving many steps, that typically unfolds over a period of sev...
SEP 17, 2020 | 12:00 AM
As the spread of infectious diseases, current pandemic, and growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues globally, next-generation sequencing (NGS) became a tool to diagnose infectious d...
