Hospitalization risk due to respiratory illness associated with genetic variation at IFITM3 in patients with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection: a case-control study

Recent studies suggest an association between the Interferon Inducible Transmembrane 3 (IFITM3) rs12252 variant and the course of influenza infection. However, it is not clear whether the reported association relates to influenza infection severity. The aim of this study was to estimate the hospitalization risk associated with this variant in Influenza Like Illness (ILI) patients during the H1N1 pandemic influenza. A case-control genetic association study was performed, using nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabs collected during the H1N1 pandemic influenza. Laboratory diagnosis of influenza infection was performed by RT-PCR, the IFITM3 rs12252 was genotyped by RFLP and tested for association with hospitalization. Conditional logistic regression was performed to calculate the confounder-adjusted odds ratio of hospitalization associated with IFITM3 rs12252. We selected 312 ILI cases and 624 matched non-hospitalized controls. Within ILI Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 positive patients, no statistical significant association was found between the variant and the hospitalization risk (Adjusted OR: 0.73 (95%CI: 0.33–1.50)). Regarding ILI Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 negative patients, CT/CC genotype carriers had a higher risk of being hospitalized than patients with TT genotype (Adjusted OR: 2.54 (95%CI: 1.54–4.19)). The IFITM3 rs12252 variant was associated with respiratory infection hospitalization but not specifically in patients infected with Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09.

Taboo Language and Illness Online: The Use of Specific Emoticons and Graphic Signs to Talk about HIV/AIDS in South Africa

South Africa is one of the countries most affected by HIV/AIDS: According to 2014 UNAIDS data 6.8 million South Africans live with HIV/AIDS, which means a 18.9% prevalence rate among adults (15-49 years old). Despite this strong presence of HIV/AIDS in South African society it remains relatively stigmatized and is not openly talked about. The silence about HIV/AIDS maintained in everyday conversations and the superstitions associated with this illness have led to the creation of a taboo language. This study aims at shedding light on how South African users resort to specific emoticons and graphic signs to talk about HIV/AIDS online. For this purpose 368 Facebook status updates and comments concerning HIV/AIDS and its side effects were analysed. All participants, aged 14-48, lived at the moment of data collection in Cape Town, in the Cape Flats area. The online conversations investigated are mainly in English mixed with Afrikaans and/or Xhosa. The emoticons and graphic signs in most cases display a graphic depiction of the physical (and mental) effects of the illness. These linguistic and semiotic practices employed on Facebook provide insight into how Capetonian users, on the one hand, express solidarity and sympathy with people suffering from HIV/AIDS. On the other hand, the emoticons and graphic signs are used to label and position people affected by HIV/AIDS. Thus, in the South African context social network sites have become an important space and means for communicating HIV/AIDS issues.

Outcasts on Main Street : report of the Federal Task Force on Homelessness and Severe Mental Illness /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-78).

The neuroscience of mental health : a report on neuroscience research : status and potential for mental health and mental illness from panels of scientists representative of contributing disciplines.

Mode of access: Internet.

Evaluating your firm's injury & illness record.

Title varies slightly.

Chōryō ; Rashōmon ; Kanawa ; Aisomegawa ; Hibariyama /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.

Mental illness in the family.

Reprinted from: Families today, a research sampler on families and children, v. 2.

Depression, manic-depressive illness, and biological rhythms /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47).

Mental illness in nursing homes : agenda for research /

Mode of access: Internet.

A correct statement of the circumstances that attended the last illness and death of Mrs. Southcott : with an account of the appearances exhibited on dissection : and the artifices that were employed to deceive her medical attendants /

Caption title: A statement of the circumstances attending the last illness of Joanna Southcott.

Maṭālib-i Rashīdī /

Mode of access: Internet.

Children hospitalized for mental illness

v. 1. pt. 1.A study of the number of pre-hospital contacts of children committed to two state mental institutions in Michigan.--pt. 2.Movement of children hospitalized at Ypsilanti State Hospital.--pt. 3.Children hospitalized for mental illness: [statistical tables].

Cancer illness among residents of the Washington, D. C. Metropolitan area, 1946,

Mode of access: Internet.

Wisconsin occupational injury and illness rates.

WI docs. no.: Cmp.6/3:1971-1978

A review of severity of illness rating systems /

Review conducted by Janice M. Moore.