CASE REPORT: TONGDU XINGSHEN ACUPUNCTURE FOR A PATIENT WITH PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE AFTER HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS

Case report: Tongdu Xingshen acupuncture for a patient with persistent vegetative state after herpes simplex virus encephalitis

IntroductionA persistent vegetative state (PVS) can be caused by traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury.PVS is a complex clinical condition with numerous complications.Nursing care, medical treatment, and comprehensive rehabilitation are necessary to improve the outcomes of PVS.However, the prognosis remains unsatisfactory.Acupuncture therapy has

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Serial Interval and Generation Interval for Imported and Local Infectors, Respectively, Estimated Using Reported Contact-Tracing Data of COVID-19 in China

The emerging virus, COVID-19, has caused a massive outbreak worldwide.Based on the publicly available contact-tracing data, we identified 509 transmission chains from 20 provinces in China and estimated the serial interval (SI) and generation interval (GI) of COVID-19 in CURL EXPRESSION KIT China.Inspired by different possible values of the time-va

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