Genes, Stress, and Depression: Is There an Interaction?

摘要

We have to dig deep in the citation rankings this time to uncover a novel topic, but before doing that an influenza update may be in order. Here in the U.K. influenza was in retreat by the end of January and the dominant virus was becoming B rather than the pandemic A H1N1. Non-selective vaccination coverage has been targeted at die over-65s, but in future more thought may have to be given to children. A survey of 70 deaths in the 0-18 years age group in a nine-mondi period in 2009-10 in England revealed that 21% of these children did not have a severe underlying illness (N. Sachedina, L.J. Donaldson, Lancet, 376[9755]: 1846-52, 2010). These deaths outnumbered the toll of leukemia, and no single infectious disease had caused as many fatalities since meningococcal meningitis in 2001.