Taenia crassiceps Antigens Control Experimental Type 1 Diabetes by Inducing Alternatively Activated Macrophages by Arlett Espinoza-Jiménez, Roberto De Haro, Luis I. Terrazas

“…Previously, we have shown that Taenia crassiceps infection in mice significantly reduces hyperglycemia, insulitis, and the incidence of T1D. …”
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Hepatitis C Prevalence on the Rise but Screening at Safety Net Institutions Lagging behind by Jarin Prasa, Syed S. Karim, Bobby Jacob, Paul Mustacchia

“…Despite effective antiviral medications, acute infections have increased in recent years, likely due to IV drug use and the opioid epidemic. …”
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Cross-sectional study of proteomic differences between moderate and severe psoriasis by Lingling Wu, Chen Cen, Bibo Xie, Lihua Hu, Jia Huang, Ningning Shen, Qiang Dong

“…Targeting these molecules and measures to manage infection may improve psoriasis’s severity and therapeutic efficacy.…”
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Potency of Garlic (Allium sativum) Extract Against Motile Aeromonad Septicaemia Disease Caused by Aeromonas hydrophila in Pangasionodon hypophthalmus by M. Yuhana, I. Normalina, . Sukenda

“… An infectious disease caused by motile members of the genus Aeromonas, is among the most common diseases of fish cultured in freshwater, including the Thai catfish, Pangasionodon hypophthalmus. Motile aeromonad infections have been recognized for many years by various names, including motile aeromonad septicemia (MAS), motile aeromonad infection (MAI), hemorrhagic septicemia, red pest, and red sore. …”
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Impact of Hepatitis B Exposure on Sustained Virological Response Rates of Highly Viremic Chronic Hepatitis C Patients by Ioannis S. Elefsiniotis, Christos Pavlidis, Elena Vezali, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos, Sotirios Koutsounas, George Saroglou

“…In the multivariate model, only the advanced stage of liver disease (P=.015) and genotype-1 HCV infection (P=.003), but not anti-HBc-status (P=.726), proved to be independent predictors of non-SVR. …”
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Ketamine Use in Hysterosalpingography (the Jimah Procedure): A Follow-Up of Bilateral Tubal Evaluation of 27 Infertile  Women  at a Teaching Hospital, Ghana by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Anthony Baffour Appiah, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Dorothea Anim

“…The exclusion criteria included unilateral tubular blockage, acute infection of the vagina or cervix, active vaginal bleeding, glaucoma, and high blood pressure at the time of the study. …”
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Molecular Identification, Histopathology and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiling of Aeromonas veronii Isolated from Oreochromis niloticus in Bangladesh by Sayed Mashequl Bari, Mohammad Muttakinul Islam, Aktia Amina, Marufa Khatun, A. M. Shahabuddin

“…However, commercial tilapia culture systems face increasing challenges from bacterial infections. Objectives The objective of this study was to identify the bacterial isolates from infected tilapia in an intensive cage culture farm located along the Shitalakshya River in Bangladesh. …”
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A New Case of DRESS Syndrome Induced by Sulfasalazine and Triggered by Amoxicillin by Francesco Girelli, Simone Bernardi, Lucia Gardelli, Bruna Bassi, Gianluca Parente, Alessandra Dubini, Luigi Serra, Maurizio Nizzoli

“…Amoxicillin could act directly, inducing the reactivation of a viral infection (HHV 6 and EBV) with symptoms similar to DRESS syndrome or by reducing the patients’ ability to detoxify the body from substances chronically taken. …”
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Prevalence and Outcomes of Relaparotomy: A Case Series from Tertiary Care Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India by Chandan Singh, Sahadev Pendurthi, Mansi Mehta, Mukesh Vaktaram Choudhary, Amruta Desai

“…The incidence of relaparotomy is influenced by the primary surgical skill, appropriate surgical technique and postoperative infection control. Relaparotomy is most commonly indicated due to leakage from the anastomotic site.…”
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Implementation strategies to increase human papillomavirus vaccination uptake for adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Mwansa Ketty Lubeya, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, Carla Chibwesha, Moses Mukosha, Mercy Monde Wamunyima, Mary Kawonga

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>The human papillomavirus (HPV) is sexually transmitted and infects approximately 75% of sexually active people early in their sexual life. …”
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Understanding barriers to young people’s utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services in Asia-Pacific countries: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis by Daniel Mackay, Benjamin Gregory, Evi Germeni, Watcharakorn Riabroi

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Properties of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolates by V. А. Evgrafova, О. V. Pruntova, N. B. Shadrova, А. М. Timina

“…Actinobacillus рleuropneumoniae isolates were tested for their pathogenic properties by experimental infection of white mice and 2.5–3 month-old piglets. …”
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DETECTION OF PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS TYPE 3 IN RUSSIAN PIG HOLDINGS by M. V. Biryuchenkova, A. M. Timina, A. V. Shcherbakov

“…Analysis of literature data on current epidemic situation on PCV-3 infection in foreign countries as well as the disease clinical manifestations and postmortem lesions are described. …”
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Dengue severity by serotype and immune status in 19 years of pediatric clinical studies in Nicaragua. by Federico Narvaez, Carlos Montenegro, Jose G Juarez, José Victor Zambrana, Karla Gonzalez, Elsa Videa, Sonia Arguello, Fanny Barrios, Sergio Ojeda, Miguel Plazaola, Nery Sanchez, Daniel Camprubí-Ferrer, Guillermina Kuan, Gabriela Paz Bailey, Eva Harris, Angel Balmaseda

“…<h4>Results</h4>We enrolled a total of 15,833 participants, of whom 3,308 (21%) were positive for DENV infection. Of 2,644 cases with serotype result by RT-PCR, 559 corresponded to DENV1, 1,002 to DENV2, 760 to DENV3 and 323 to DENV4. …”
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Work stress and caring intention among health care workers in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic by Ken-Hui Fu, Hsiang-Fen Lai, Chia-Sui Weng, Wen-Hao Huang, Cheng-Chih Lin, Ying-Hui Wu

“…Results: The experience of caring for COVID-19 patients was significantly associated with eight stressors, including “frequent modification of infection control procedures,” “worrying about being negligent and endangering coworkers,” “worrying about lack of manpower,” “being without a properly fitted environment,” “protective gears being a drag in providing quality care,” “protective gears causing physical discomfort,” “worrying about inflicting COVID-19 on family” and “worrying about nosocomial spread.” …”
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Novel drug targets for monkeypox: From viral to host proteins by Zhaozhong Zhu, Qin Sun, Yunhai Xu, Youya Niu, Fei Yang, Shuidong Feng

“…Functional enrichment of MIPs indicated their roles in infection and immune-related pathways. Conclusions: In total, we identified 112 drugs targeting MPXV proteins and 371 drugs targeting MMIPs, with fostamatinib, trilostane, and raloxifene being able to inhibit both viral and host proteins. …”
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Juvenile resistance of barleys from the East Asian center of crop origin and domestication to powdery mildew by R. A. Abdullaev, I. N. Anisimova, O. N. Kovaleva, E. E. Radchenko

“…The experiments were carried out on young plants in a climatic chamber under artificial infection conditions. The northwestern (Pushkin, St. …”
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Recurrent Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Preceded by Anabolic Steroids and High-Dose L-Arginine by Stephen A. LoBue, Adam Goldman, Richard A. Giovane, Stacy M. Carlson, Michael Bivona, Sinan Albear, Thomas D. LoBue

“…Anabolic steroids have also been demonstrated by various studies to negatively affect cell-mediated immunity necessary to prevent viral infection. Thus, it is possible that anabolic steroids in conjunction with increased L-arginine intake may have precipitated a recurrent HZO in a previously healthy, immunocompetent individual.…”
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Goal-Oriented Respiratory Management for Critically Ill Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Carmen Sílvia Valente Barbas, Gustavo Faissol Janot Matos, Marcelo Britto Passos Amato, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho

“…Revaluation of ARDS patients on the third day of evolution (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), biomarkers and response to infection therapy) allows changes in the initial treatment plans and can help decrease ARDS mortality.…”
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Expression of O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase in Normal and Malignant Bladder Tissue of Egyptian Patients by Abir A. Saad, Heba Sh. Kassem, Andrew C. Povey, Geoffrey P. Margison

“…There was no effect of gender or bilharzia infection status. IF showed that in tumours, both the mean percentage of positive nuclei (57.3 ± 20.3%) and mean integrated IF (5.47 ± 3.66) were significantly higher than those in uninvolved tissues (42.8 ± 13.5%   P=.04) and (1.89 ± 1.42; P<.01), respectively. …”
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