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Background:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a known viral pathogen of paediatric age group is now an emerging cause of severe respiratory illness in adults. In the current pandemic, a new strain of Corona virus named SARS CoV -2, has emerged as the causative agent. Both these viral infections have similar clinical presentation and needs to be differenti- ated for appropriate management. Methods:In this cross-sectional study, nasopharyngeal swab samples from individuals with severe acute respiratory infections were tested for SARS CoV-2 and RSV A and B by multiplex real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results:We analysed 100 consecutive samples collected from patients of SARI and the same were subjected to RT-PCR. SARS CoV2 was detected in 35% samples whereas 22% patients were found positive for RSV. 5% samples showed co-infection of RSV and SARS CoV2. RSV B (19%) found to be more prevalent than RSV A (2%). 17% symp- tomatic patients were detected with RSV but not SARS CoV2. [Formula presented] Conclusions:RSV infection in adults should not be under rated. The study highlights the importance of identifying other respiratory pathogens for specific management during current COVID-19 pandemic
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The primary objective of the study is to find out the student's perception towards online learning during this pandemic situation since the educational platform has taken a sudden shift to a new platform from the traditional classroom learning methods, thus the study focuses on how students have perceived it and to identify the difficulties associated with this transition.
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The open innovation hub Digital Health and Patient Safety Platform (DHPSP) was recently established with the purpose to invigorate collaborative scientific research and the development of new digital products and personalized solutions aiming to improve human health and patient safety. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of a Twitter-based campaign centered on using the hashtag #DHPSP to promote the visibility of the DHPSP initiative. Thus, tweets containing #DHPSP were monitored for five weeks for the period 20.10.2020-24.11.2020 and were analyzed with Symplur Signals (social media analytics tool). In the study period, a total of 11,005 tweets containing #DHPSP were posted by 3,020 Twitter users, generating 151,984,378 impressions. Analysis of the healthcare stakeholder-identity of the Twitter users who used #DHPSP revealed that the most of participating user accounts belonged to individuals or doctors, with the top three user locations being the United States (501 users), the United Kingdom (155 users), and India (121 users). Analysis of co-occurring hashtags and the full text of the posted tweets further revealed that the major themes of attention in the #DHPSP Twitter-community were related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), medicine and health, digital health technologies, and science communication in general. Overall, these results indicate that the #DHPSP initiative achieved high visibility and engaged a large body of Twitter users interested in the DHPSP focus area. Moreover, the conducted campaign resulted in an increase of DHPSP member enrollments and website visitors, and new scientific collaborations were formed. Thus, Twitter campaigns centered on a dedicated hashtag prove to be a highly efficient tool for visibility-promotion, which could be successfully utilized by healthcare-related open innovation platforms or initiatives.