Identification of ectoparasites and endoparasites on fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) in Ketapang Timur Village, Ketapang Sub-District, Sampang District by Mohamad Safri Sauqi, Tjuk Imam Restiadi, Setiawan Koesdarto, Poedji Hastutiek, Boedi Setiawan, Agus Wijaya

“…The results of the study of 50 fruit bats examined found five positives for digestive protozoa and ectoparasites, the infection was single, with details of one tail being infected with Eimeria sp. and one tail was infected by Leptocyclopodia ferrarii, while blood protozoa were not found. …”
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Potency of rhodococcus equi culture filtrate supernatant proteins antigen for skin test in the diagnosis of rhodococcus equi in foals by Kareema Al-Salihi

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> Partially purified Rhodococcus-culture antigen is potential diagnostic antigens able to detect foals previously infected or exposed to R. equi infection. Our data provide a promising basis for the future development of screening diagnostic skin tests for R equi infection in infected farms.…”
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Role of Nasal Endoscopy in Chronic Osteomyelitis of Maxilla and Zygoma: A Case Report by J. S. Arunkumar, Ashok S. Naik, K. C. Prasad, S. G. Santhosh

“…The mandible is more commonly involved than the maxilla. Dentogenic infections cause 38% of mandibular and 25% of maxillary involvement. …”
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Coevolving Dynamics between Epidemic and Information Spreading considering the Dependence between Vigilance and Awareness Prevalence by Yixiao Zhang, Xing Lu, Ni Cui, Jingtai Tang, Xiyun Zhang

“…To better understand this effect, we introduce a nonlinear dependence of the epidemic infection rate on awareness prevalence, focusing on the effect of different forms of dependence on the coevolving dynamics. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Efficiency of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19 by Viktor Kamkin, Aidana Kamarova, Baurzhan Shalabayev, Assyltas Kussainov, Marat Anuarbekov, Serik Abeuov

“…Its therapeutic properties allow physiological relief of 18 symptoms of coronavirus infection. It is advisable to conduct further clinical trials for the treatment and rehabilitation of COVID-19 using preparations from this plant.…”
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The management of bacterial conjunctivitis by Anna Kiełczewska, Aleksandra Kiełczewska, Grzegorz Szcześniak

“…Description of current knowledge: Emerging research has shown that the choice of antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis depends primarily on the etiology and severity of the infection. Summary: Antibiotic therapy is an effective tool in the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis, but its use requires consideration of etiology, severity of infection and potential risk of resistance. …”
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Are You My Host? An Overview of Methods Used to Link Bacteriophages with Hosts by Paul Hyman

“…Establishing the host range of a bacteriophage thus meant infecting many different bacteria and seeing if the phage could kill each one. …”
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Infectious disease phylodynamics with occurrence data by Leo A. Featherstone, Francesca Di Giallonardo, Edward C. Holmes, Timothy G. Vaughan, Sebastián Duchêne

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Kytococcus schroeteri Bacteremia in a Patient with Hairy Cell Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Akshay Amaraneni, Devin Malik, Sakshi Jasra, Sreenivasa R. Chandana, Deepak Garg

“…The first report of a Kytococcus schroeteri infection was in 2002 in a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. …”
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COMPARISON OF CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TENCKHOFF CATHETER INSERTION (OPEN SURGERY VS LAPAROSCOPIC) – A CASE CONTROL STUDY by Christopher Kusumajaya, Tjahjodjati

“…Insertion of Tenckhoff catheter using open surgery have a higher risk of catheter migration (p=0.049; O R=3.25) and infection (p=0.014; OR=12.25) compared to laparoscopic. …”
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Detection of Human Papillomavirus Type 2 Related Sequence in Oral Papilloma by Taihei Yamaguchi, Masanobu Shindoh, Akira Amemiya, Nobuo Inoue, Masaaki Kawamura, Hiroshi Sakaoka, Masakazu Inoue, Kei Fujinaga

“…Part of this lesion is associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. We analysed the genetical and histopathological evidence for HPV type 2 infection in three oral papillomas. …”
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Visceral Leishmaniasis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare? by Sunny Garg, Mousumi Kundu, Amit Nandan Dhar Dwivedi, Lalit Prashant Meena, Neeraj Varyani, Asif Iqbal, Kamlakar Tripathi

“…Fever in SLE may be caused by disease exacerbation or by infection. We report a patient of SLE that was later complicated by fever, pancytopenia, and massive splenomegaly. …”
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Nurses and Physicians Attitudes toward Nurse-Physician Collaboration: A Survey from Gaza Strip, Palestine by Aymen Elsous, Mahmoud Radwan, Samah Mohsen

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An Overview on Dry Eye Treatment: Approaches for Cyclosporin A Delivery by Burçin Yavuz, Sibel Bozdağ Pehlivan, Nurşen Ünlü

“…For untreated patients, the risk of ocular infection increases at considerable level and clinical course of the disease may proceed up to infection, corneal ulcer, and blindness. …”
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Feedback control of an HBV model based on ensemble kalman filter and differential evolution by Junyoung Jang, Kihoon Jang, Hee-Dae Kwon, Jeehyun Lee

“…In this paper, we derive efficient drug treatment strategies for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by formulating a feedback control problem. …”
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An image-based high-content screening assay for compounds targeting intracellular Leishmania donovani amastigotes in human macrophages. by Jair L Siqueira-Neto, Seunghyun Moon, Jiyeon Jang, Gyongseon Yang, Changbok Lee, Hong Kee Moon, Eric Chatelain, Auguste Genovesio, Jonathan Cechetto, Lucio H Freitas-Junior

“…Driven by this need for new drugs, we developed a high-content, high-throughput image-based screening assay targeting the intracellular amastigote stage of different species of Leishmania in infected human macrophages. The in vitro infection protocol was adapted to a 384-well-plate format, enabling acquisition of a large amount of readouts by automated confocal microscopy. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gametes and Endometrium: A Narrative Review by Esra Karatas, Ali Can Gunes, Bilal Esat Temiz, Sezcan Mumusoglu, Gurkan Bozdag

“…In the current narrative review, we aimed to scrutinize articles about SARS-CoV-2 infection and infertility concerning the safety of gametes and the endometrium. …”
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on dispensing counters of community pharmacies in Klang Valley by Yao-Li Chow, Hong-Wai Tham

“…The incidence rate of MRSA infections has been increasing for the past 50 years, and community-associated infection may be slowly replacing hospital-associated MRSA strains. …”
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Imaging Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Amplicon Vector–Mediated Gene Expression in Human Glioma Spheroids by Christine Kaestle, Alexandra Winkeler, Raphaela Richter, Heinrich Sauer, Jürgen Hescheler, Cornel Fraefel, Maria Wartenberg, Andreas H. Jacobs

“…Infection of spheroids with HSV-GFP demonstrated a maximal depth of vector-mediated GFP expression at 70 to 80 μm. …”
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Topical Microbicides for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV by André Désormeaux, Rabeea F Omar, Michel G Bergeron

“…To reduce significantly the probability of acquiring infection, condoms should be used during all risky sexual intercourse. …”
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