UNRAVELING A THREE-STEP SPATIOTEMPORAL MECHANISM OF TRIGGERING OF RECEPTOR-INDUCED NIPAH VIRUS FUSION AND CELL ENTRY.

Unraveling a three-step spatiotemporal mechanism of triggering of receptor-induced Nipah virus fusion and cell entry.

Membrane fusion is essential for entry of the biomedically-important paramyxoviruses into their host cells (viral-cell fusion), and for syncytia formation (cell-cell fusion), often induced by paramyxoviral infections [e.g.those of the deadly Nipah Blade Guards virus (NiV)].For most paramyxoviruses, membrane fusion requires two viral glycoproteins.U

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The impact of universal face masking and enhanced hand hygiene for COVID-19 disease prevention on the incidence of hospital-acquired infections in a Taiwanese hospital

Objectives: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, strict infection control measures have been implemented in healthcare settings and hospitals, including respiratory and hand Video8 hygiene.This study investigated the impact of these control measures on the incidence rates of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and multidrug-resis

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