The present outbreak of lower respiratory tract infections, including respiratory distress
syndrome, is the third spillover, in only two decades, of an animal coronavirus to humans …

The huge number of hardware and software components, together with a large number of
parameters affecting the performance of each parallel application, makes ensuring the …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused a worldwide
epidemic in late 2002/early 2003 and a second outbreak in the winter of 2003/2004 by an …

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a noninvasive optical method accepted in the clinical use for
measurements of arterial oxygen saturation. It is widely believed that the light intensity after …

RNA viruses encode an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) that catalyzes the
synthesis of their RNA(s). In the case of positive-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the order …

We examined the effects of human immunodeficiency virus infection on the turnover of CD4
and CD8 T lymphocytes in 17 HIV-infected patients by 30 min in vivo pulse labeling with …

HIV-1 entry into cells involves formation of a complex between gp120 of the viral envelope
glycoprotein (Env), a receptor (CD4), and a coreceptor, typically CCR5. Here we provide …

HIV infection leads to decreases in the number of CD4 + T lymphocytes and an increased
risk for opportunistic infections and neoplasms. The administration of intermittent cycles of IL-2 …

Metagenomic sequencing is a powerful technique that enables detection of the full
spectrum of pathogens present in any specimen in a single test. Hence, metagenomics is …

Assessment of the cardiovascular parameters using noncontact video-based or imaging
photoplethysmography (IPPG) is usually considered as inaccurate because of strong influence …