ESTIMATING THE RISK OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6 AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS TRANSMISSION TO UGANDAN INFANTS FROM VIRAL SHEDDING IN SALIVA BY HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS

Estimating the Risk of Human Herpesvirus 6 and Cytomegalovirus Transmission to Ugandan Infants from Viral Shedding in Saliva by Household Contacts

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are common in early childhood.In a prospective TAPIOCA FLOUR Ugandan birth cohort study, most infants acquired HHV-6 (24/31; 77%) and CMV (20/30; 67%) during follow-up.To assess the transmission risk, we modeled a dose−response relationship between infant HHV-6 and CMV infection

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The Excitement of Crossing Boundaries

This is an intellectual autobiography that aims to explain how I am both an analytic philosopher who writes on Crimping Tool questions of moral relativism and pluralism and also on classical Confucianism and Daoism.I have written on the subjects of moral psychology and moral epistemology, articulating what I see to be a fruitful consilience between

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