THE IMPACT OF POLITICS, RELIGION, AND RURALITY ON COVID-19 VACCINE HESITANCY IN OREGON: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

The impact of politics, religion, and rurality on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Oregon: a cross-sectional study

Introduction: Vaccine hesitancy has been a major barrier to mitigating the effects of COVID-19, especially in rural Oregon, USA.This study assessed the influence of political affiliation, religious identity, and rurality on vaccine hesitancy in counties across Oregon.Methods: Cross-sectional association analysis was performed using public data on U

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Poliovirus trafficking toward central nervous system via human poliovirus receptor-dependent and -independent pathway.

In humans, Caddies/Carts paralytic poliomyelitis results from the invasion of the central nervous system by circulating poliovirus (PV) via the blood-brain barrier (BBB).After the virus enters the central nervous system (CNS), it replicates in neurons, especially in motor neurons (MNs), inducing the cell death that causes paralytic poliomyelitis.Al

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