BACKGROUND:Chlamydia causes infertility and increases risk of HIV infection, and population-based studies provide essential information for effective infection control and prevention.This study examined Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence and risk factors among a representative sample of 18-49-year-old residents in Hong Kong.METHODS:Census boundary ma
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common bacterial pathogen that causes atypical community-acquired pneumonia.Illness onset can be gradual and progressive over weeks.Patients typically have cough, pharyngitis, malaise, and tracheobronchitis.Although symptoms are frequently mild, the initial presentation can be severe with numerous complications.We present
Abstract Background Detection of low abundance metabolites is important for de novo mapping of metabolic pathways related to diet, microbiome or environmental exposures.Multiple algorithms are available to extract m/z features from liquid chromatography-mass spectral data in a conservative manner, which tends to preclude Collections detection of lo
This paper addresses the problem of Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) analysis for joint target location and velocity estimation in a multistatic passive radar system comprised of multiple noncooperative illuminators of opportunity (IOs) and multiple geographically separated receivers.Unlike other existing studies, special attention in this pap