Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Patient with Multiple Diseases by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…She had a combination of neurological disturbances (tinnitus, migraine, minor hallucinations), immunological disturbances (recurrent herpes simplex, phlegm in the throat, fungal infection in the crotch), hormonal disturbances (14 days of menstruation in each cycle), muscle disturbances (neck tensions), mental disturbances (tendency to cry, inferiority feeling, mild depression, desolation, anxiety), abdominal complaints, hemorrhoids, and more. …”
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Situational analysis on porcine diseases of priority to pig industry: methods for biosecurity improvement in the Russian Federation holdings by A. S. Oganesyan, M. A. Shibayev, O. N. Petrova, N. Ye. Baskakova, A. K. Karaulov

“…Options for improvement of biosecurity measures in Russian pig holdings and development of the systems in the Russian Federation having favorable effect on the population protection were discussed focusing on four target aspects related to infection introduction and spread routes: isolation of the population from external sources of threats (elimination of probable environmental impact scenarios); isolation of the population from internal sources of threats (elimination of probable impact scenarios during production process); isolation of the pig population or pig farming system from the human factor impact (elimination of possible scenarios of human factor impact on the population); isolation of the population from the conditions under which the threat potential is manifested (changing of conditions). …”
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Optimal control analysis of Taenia saginata bovine cysticercosis and human taeniasis by Damian, Kajunguri, Joshua, A. Mwasunda, Jacob I, Irunde

“…Sensitivity analysis results indicate that human’s and cattle’s recruitment rates, infection rate of cattle from contaminated environment, probability of humans to acquire taeniasis due to consumption of infected meat, defecation rate of humans with taeniasis and the consumption rate of raw or undercooked infected meat are the most positive sensitive parameters whereas the natural death rates for humans, cattle, Taenia saginata eggs and the proportion of unconsumed infected meat are the most negative sensitive parameters in diseases’ transmission. …”
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Uptake and hesitancy of the second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among the general population in China after the surge period of the COVID-19 pandemic: a large-scale national st... by Xin Liu, You Xin, Ling Zhang, Yijin Wu, Shu Jing, Zhenwei Dai, Tianrui Ren, Xiaoyang Liu, Jiaqi Fu, Xu Chen, Weijun Xiao, Hao Wang, Yiman Huang, Wenjun Wang, Xiaofen Gu, Li Ma, Shaokai Zhang, Yanqin Yu, Li Li, Tianzuo Gao, Tianyou Zhao, Yimin Qu, Xinyan Liu, Xiaoyou Su, Youlin Qiao

“…Variables including sociodemographics, mental health, COVID-19 infection status, COVID-19 vaccination status, and vaccine hesitancy were collected. …”
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Recombinant XBB.1.5 boosters induce robust neutralization against KP.2- and KP.3-included JN.1 sublineages by Jingyun Yang, Xuemei He, Huashan Shi, Cai He, Hong Lei, Heng He, Li Yang, Wei Wang, Guobo Shen, Jinliang Yang, Zhiwei Zhao, Xiangrong Song, Zhenling Wang, Guangwen Lu, Jiong Li, Yuquan Wei

“…In this study, serum samples were collected from adult participants including those who had gone through the BA.5/BF.7, EG.5/HK.3 and XBB/JN.1 infection waves, characterized by different infection and vaccination histories. …”
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Enterococcus and Eggerthella species are enriched in the gut microbiomes of COVID-19 cases in Uganda by Carolina Agudelo, David Patrick Kateete, Emmanuel Nasinghe, Rogers Kamulegeya, Christopher Lubega, Monica Mbabazi, Noah Baker, Kathryn Y. Lin, Chang C. Liu, Arthur Shem Kasambula, Edgar Kigozi, Kevin Komakech, John Mukisa, Kassim Mulumba, Patricia Mwachan, Brenda Sharon Nakalanda, Gloria Patricia Nalubega, Julius Nsubuga, Diana Sitenda, Henry Ssenfuka, Giana T. Cirolia, Jeshua T. Gustafson, Ruohong Wang, Moses Luutu Nsubuga, Fahim Yiga, Sarah A. Stanley, Bernard Ssentalo Bagaya, Alison Elliott, Moses Joloba, Ashley R. Wolf

“…Abstract Background Infection with the COVID-19-causing pathogen SARS-CoV-2 is associated with disruption in the human gut microbiome. …”
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Peptide P2 targeting Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirB toxins blocks the cytotoxic effects to shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Xin Zhang, Ting Chen, Chunhua Ren, Yanhong Wang, Xiao Jiang, Jiasheng Huang, Bo Ma, Boxiang Zhu, Jiayue Yin, Chaoqun Hu, Peng Luo

“…This study aims to screen the PirB binding peptide to rescue the survival rate under VpAHPND infection. Here, the PirB toxin-binding peptides were selected using the random phage peptide library kit, and their biological function was verified by injecting them under VpAHPND challenge. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…The fifth and final paper, written by Jörg Tremmel (FRFG and University Tübingen), is centered around the question whether human infection studies could have been implemented during the early stages of the pandemic to minimise deaths and severe infections. …”
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Protective potential of structural proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in protecting against COVID-19 by Inna V. Dolzhikova, Daria M. Grousova, Ilya D. Zorkov, Anna A. Ilyukhina, Anna V. Kovyrshina, Olga V. Zubkova, Olga D. Popova, Tatiana A. Ozharovskaya, Denis I. Zrelkin, Daria M. Savina, Ekaterina G. Samokhvalova, Amir I. Tukhvatulin, Dmitry V. Shcheblyakov, Denis Yu. Logunov, Alexander L. Gintsburg

“…In the COVID-19 animal model, it was shown that only the use of glycoprotein S as a vaccine antigen allows to form protective immunity that protects 100% of animals from a lethal infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, while the use of protein N protects 50% of animals from a lethal infection, and protein M does not have a protective potential. …”
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Integrated Bioinformatic Analysis Identifies Networks and Promising Biomarkers for Hepatitis B Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yun Ji, Yue Yin, Weizhen Zhang

“…Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) has long been recognized as a dominant hazard factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and accounts for at least half of HCC instances globally. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Stunting among Primary School Children in Northeast Ethiopia by Getaw Walle Bazie, Mohammed Seid, Gudina Egata

“…Family size of 6–9 (AOR = 2.43; 95% CI: (1.16, 4.58)), washing hands less frequently before eating (AOR = 3.96; 95% CI: (2.09, 11.66)), and intestinal parasitic infection (AOR = 2.66; 95% CI: (1.16, 4.95)) were significantly associated with stunting. …”
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Development of Robust MWCNT Hydrogel Electrochemical Biosensor for Pyocyanin Detection by Phosphotungstic Acid Modification by Ting Xue, Lei Gao, Xianying Dai, Shenhui Ma, Yuyu Bu, Yi Wan

“…The trace detection of pyocyanin (PCN) is crucial for infection control, and electrochemical sensing technology holds strong potential for application in this field. …”
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Probable Relationship between COVID-19, Pollutants and Meteorology: A Case Study at Santiago, Chile by Giovanni A. Salini, Patricio R. Pacheco, Eduardo Mera, María C. Parodi

“…From the epidemic perspective, the infected patients number was linked to the hourly time-series of meteorological and pollutant variables, generating new time-series. …”
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The impact of dietary fiber on colorectal cancer patients based on machine learning by Xinwei Ji, Lixin Wang, Pengbo Luan, Jingru Liang, Weicai Cheng

“…An observational analysis assessed the impact of dietary fiber intake on postoperative nutritional status in CRC patients. The study compared infection stress index, inflammatory factors, nutritional status, intestinal function recovery, and complication incidence between groups. …”
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Medical and Surgical Treatment in Pediatric Orbital Myositis Associated with Coxsackie Virus by Pedro Gil, João Gil, Catarina Paiva, Guilherme Castela, Rui Castela

“…Serologic screening was positive for Coxsackie virus acute infection and computerized tomography (CT) suggested right eye medial rectus orbital myositis. …”
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Probiotic Bacterium-Derived p40, p75, and HM0539 Proteins as Novel Postbiotics and Gut-Associated Immune System (GAIS) Modulation: Postbiotic-Gut-Health Axis by Feray Gençer Bingöl, Duygu Ağagündüz, Ferenc Budán

“…HM0539 enhances intestinal barrier integrity, exhibits antiinflammatory properties, and protects against bacterial infection, suggesting its possible as a therapeutic for inflammatory bowel disease. …”
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Detection of HIV-1 and Human Proteins in Urinary Extracellular Vesicles from HIV+ Patients by Samuel I. Anyanwu, Akins Doherty, Michael D. Powell, Chamberlain Obialo, Ming B. Huang, Alexander Quarshie, Claudette Mitchell, Khalid Bashir, Gale W. Newman

“…HIV and HPs in EVs could be used to detect infection and/or diagnose HIV disease syndromes.…”
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Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis with Incomplete Double Ureter by Yutaro Hayashi, Takashi Kawahara, Yusuke Hattori, Kota Shimokihara, Sohgo Tsutsumi, Daiji Takamoto, Taku Mochizuki, Jun-ichi Teranishi, Yasushi Yumura, Yasuhide Miyoshi, Masako Otani, Hiroji Uemura

“…Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a type of chronic renal inflammation that usually occurs in immunocompromised middle-aged women with chronic urinary tract infection or ureteral obstruction induced by the formation of ureteral stones. …”
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Flavonoid Naringenin: A Potential Immunomodulator for Chlamydia trachomatis Inflammation by Abebayehu N. Yilma, Shree R. Singh, Lisa Morici, Vida A. Dennis

“…Chlamydia trachomatis, the agent of bacterial sexually transmitted infections, can manifest itself as either acute cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, or a chronic asymptomatic infection. …”
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Transplantation and Pregnancy by Pinar Erkan Uc, Sermet Sagol

“…Pregnancy in the early post-transplant period increases the risk of acute rejection, infection risk, and graft-related problems. In general, transplanted women can have successful pregnancies and live birth rates are above 70% on average. …”
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