EPIDEMIOLOGY AND IMPACT OF ANTI-PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION AND COVID-19 ON RESISTANCE OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE CAUSING INVASIVE DISEASE IN PIEDMONT, ITALY

Background: The international surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) reports S.pneumoniae as one of leading causes of death associated with AMR.Against invasive disease, several vaccinations are available and a reduction in AMR in S.pneumoniae has been observed.Here, we evaluated the impact of anti-pneumococcal vaccination policy and the SA

Abstract Background Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) with an urban transmission cycle that primarily involves humans and Aedes aegypti.Evidence suggests that the evolution of some arboviruses is constrained by their dependency on alternating between disparate (vertebrate and invertebrate) hosts.The goals of this study are t

The timing of market entry is important for companies to achieve commercial success.The relationship between good market entry timing and the emergence of a dominant design was discussed.However, the dominant design was assumed to box be known only in retrospect.In this study, targeting the projector industry, we demonstrate that the timing of the