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Influenza - Nature Reviews Disease Primers

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By Gabriele Neumann, Benjamin J Cowling, Hualan Chen, Silke Stertz, Balaji Manicassamy, Ian Barr, Timothy M. Uyeki, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
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Abstract Influenza A and B viruses are considerable public health threats. Annual seasonal epidemics are driven by antigenic drift and cause an estimated 3–5 million severe cases and 290,000–650,000 deaths annually. The clinical presentation of seasonal influenza is typically an abrupt, uncomplicated acute respiratory illness with full recovery; however, it can lead to severe, life-threatening complications in individuals at high risk.
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Results From the Third and Fourth WHO External Quality Assessments for the Molecular Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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By Obadiah Kenji, Ian Barr, Shabana Bi
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a nonsegmented RNA virus responsible for seasonal respiratory epidemics, commonly associated with the autumn-winter seasons in temperate regions. Most infections present with mild respiratory symptoms and can be managed without hospitalisation; however, a proportion of cases present with more severe symptoms leading to hospitalisation.
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Tamra Davis on Billy Madison , Half Baked , Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

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By Ian Barr
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The opening titles ofThe Best Summer give us the only context we need: following the shoot of Billy Madison in 1995, director Tamra Davis took a camcorder and joined then-husband (and Beastie Boy) Mike D as the band toured Australia alongside Sonic Youth, Pavement, Bikini Kill, Beck, Foo Fighters, and others as part of the fondly remembered (and recently musealized) Summersault festival, followed by a handful of MTV-affiliated shows in Southeast Asia with a smaller crop of the Summersault...
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