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Influenza in a paediatric population can manifest as a neurologic disease, particularly as febrile seizures, according to a study. Hospitalized children with neurologic manifestation of influenza (neuro-flu) experience several neurologic comorbidities, which suggest that this condition is driven by host-factors rather than by pathogen-factors.

Both the 2-dose and 3-dose vaccination schedules of the four-component meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) appear to provide protection against a panel epidemiologically relevant strains in adolescents and young adults, according to a phase III study presented at ESPID 2023.

In the ENSEMBLE PLUS study, there appears to be no difference in terms of the frequency and severity of infusion-related reactions (IRRs) between the conventional and shorter infusions of ocrelizumab for the treatment of early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). However, patients gravitated towards the shorter regimen more than the conventional method.

Undergoing epilepsy surgery appears to yield clinically meaningful gains in quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a meta-analysis.