Management of Gummy Stem Blight (Black Rot) on Cucurbits in Florida by Mathews L. Paret, Nicholas S. Dufault, Mason Newark, Joshua H. Freeman

“…The disease is also known as black rot due to its characteristic appearance on infected fruits. Learn the symptoms, causal agent and disease spread, and fungicides labeled for use in Florida. …”
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Fatal Outcome during HIV-1-Seroconversion: A Case Report by Emanuele Pontali, Marcello Feasi, Maria Paola Crisalli, Giovanni Cassola

“…Its occurrence has been reported during acute HIV seroconversion since 1985. Among HIV-infected subjects, GBS has generally a favourable outcome. …”
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Utilization of Colistin for Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Deana M Sabuda, Kevin Laupland, Johann Pitout, Bruce Dalton, Harvey Rabin, Thomas Louie, John Conly

“…The present study describes the authors’ experience with colistin in the management of patients who were infected with metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa within the Calgary Health Region (Calgary, Alberta).…”
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Psychological care in an isolation center in times of COVID-19 by Mónica González Brito, Yolanda Cabrera Macías

“…The current situation generated by the COVID-19 pandemic affects all human beings, mainly those linked to people who are sick or infected by the virus. Psychology professionals in the national and international context contribute their knowledge and provide help to patients and health personnel. …”
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Anthracnose Fruit Rot of Strawberry by James C. Mertely, Natalia A. Peres

“…Lesions appear as dark, sunken spots on infected fruit. This revised 4-page fact sheet was written by James C. …”
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Management of Gummy Stem Blight (Black Rot) on Cucurbits in Florida by Mathews L. Paret, Nicholas S. Dufault, Mason Newark, Joshua H. Freeman

“…The disease is also known as black rot due to its characteristic appearance on infected fruits. Learn the symptoms, causal agent and disease spread, and fungicides labeled for use in Florida. …”
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Malaria and Geohelminthiasis Coinfections in Expectant Women: Effect on Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in a Malaria Endemic Region in Kenya by Wekesa Antony Wanyonyi, Chrispinus Siteti Mulambalah, David H. Mulama, Elizabeth Omukunda, Darwin Injete Siteti

“…Harada Mori technique was used to increase chances of detecting hookworms and Strongyloides infections. Neonate’s health was evaluated based on the appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration (APGAR) scale. …”
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Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Lassa Fever by E. A. Bakare, E. B. Are, O. E. Abolarin, S. A. Osanyinlusi, Benitho Ngwu, Obiaderi N. Ubaka

“…Annually, the number of people infected is estimated at 100,000 to 300,000, with approximately 5,000 deaths. …”
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Bovine leukemia virus occurrence in Dagestan by N. R. Budulov, M. M. Mikailov, Sh. A. Gunashev, E. A. Yanikova, A. A. Halikov

“…Percentage of infected cattle varied from 0.01 to 4.9%. No hematological examinations for bovine leukosis were carried out because seropositive animals were timely culled. …”
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Ivermectin as a promising therapeutic option for onchocerciasis‐associated epilepsy by Mohammad Amin Manavi, Razieh Mohammad Jafari, Hamed Shafaroodi, Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Ahmad Reza Dehpour

“…Clinical research in the Congo among infected epileptics on anti‐seizure medications (ASMs) suggested ivermectin may decrease seizure frequency following oral administration of ivermectin tablets (3 mg). …”
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Modeling the potential impact of rectal microbicides to reduce HIV transmission in bathhouses by Romulus Breban, Ian McGowan, Chad Topaz, Elissa J. Schwartz, Peter Anton, Sally Blower

“…To evaluate the potential impact of rectalmicrobicide usage, we quantify the effect of rectal microbicides (ranging in efficacyfrom 10% to 90%) on reducing the number of HIV infections in the bathhouse.We conduct uncertainty analyses to assess the effect of variability in both biologicaland behavioral parameters. …”
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Targeting Herpetic Keratitis by Gene Therapy by Hossein Mostafa Elbadawy, Marine Gailledrat, Carole Desseaux, Diego Ponzin, Stefano Ferrari

“…By November 2012, approximately 28 clinical trials were approved to assess novel gene therapy agents. Viral infections such as herpetic keratitis caused by herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) can cause serious complications that may lead to blindness. …”
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Anti-Biofilm Agents to Overcome <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Antibiotic Resistance by Marie Hanot, Elodie Lohou, Pascal Sonnet

“…In addition to the emerging prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains, the bacterium also possesses a wide variety of virulence traits that worsen the course of the infections. Particularly, its ability to form biofilms that protect colonies from antimicrobial agents is a major cause of chronic and hard-to-treat infections in immune-compromised patients. …”
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Combating antibiotic resistance: mechanisms, challenges, and innovative approaches in antibacterial drug development by Aiswarya M. Rajesh, Shraddha Subhash Pawar, Kruthi Doriya, Rambabu Dandela

“…This review explores the critical role of antibiotics in fighting infections and the mechanisms that enable bacteria to resist them. …”
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Increasing survival time decreases the cost-effectiveness of using &quot;test &amp; treat to eliminate HIV epidemics by Bradley G. Wagner, Brian J. Coburn, Sally Blower

“…Treating HIV-infected individuals reduces their viral load, consequently increasing their survival time and decreasing their infectivity.It has been proposed that universal testing and treatment (i.e., universal ``test &amp; treat'') could lead to HIV elimination and would be extremely cost-effective.It is now being debated whether to use a universal ``test and treat'' approach in the ``real-world'' as a prevention strategy to control HIV epidemics.However current modeling predictions of the impact, and cost-effectiveness, of universal ``test &amp; treat'' strategies are based on an unrealistically short survival time for treated individuals.Here we use mathematical modeling and a longer, more realistic, survival time.We model the potential impact of a universal ``test &amp; treat'' strategy in South Africa.Our results show that increasing the length of the survival time on treatment, although beneficial to individuals, reduces the probability of eliminating HIV and decreases the cost-effectiveness of using universal ``test &amp; treat'' strategies.Therefore our results show that individual-level benefits and public health benefits will conflict when using ``test &amp; treat'' strategies to reduce HIV transmission.…”
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Experimental Evaluation of the Pathogenicity of Different Strains of Schistosoma mansoni by Antônio Aurélio Euzébio, Nádia Regina Borim Zuim, Arício Xavier Linhares, Luiz Augusto Magalhães, Eliana Maria Zanotti-Magalhães

“…Mice were used as definitive hosts and were infected with cercariae from Biomphalaria tenagophila (SJ and SD strains) and Biomphalaria glabrata (BH strains). …”
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The potential impact of a prophylactic vaccine for Ebola in Sierra Leone by Erin N. Bodine, Connor Cook, Mikayla Shorten

“…We have developed an ordinary differential equations model that simulates an EVD epidemic and takes into account (1) transmission through contact with infectious EVD individuals and deceased EVD bodies, (2) the heterogeneity of the risk of becoming infected with EVD, and (3) the increased survival rate of infected EVD patients due to greater access to trained healthcare providers. …”
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CT-Scan Method-based Artificial Neural Network for Diagnosis of COVID-19 by Humam Adnan Sameer, Ammar Hussein Mutlag, Sadik Kamel Gharghan

“…Where the World Health Organization announced after confirming the results of human infections in December 2019 that it hurts all aspects of life in general and human health in particular. …”
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SARS-COV-2 viral RNA detection through oligonucleotide-capped nanoporous anodic alumina supports. by Alba López-Palacios, María Nieves Aranda, Isabel Caballos, Andy Hernández-Montoto, Eva Calabuig, María Dolores Gómez-Ruiz, María Ángeles Tormo-Mas, Javier Pemán, Félix Sancenón, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Elena Aznar, Estela Climent

“…Moreover, preliminary results using 18 real nasopharyngeal swab samples indicate the potential of the system to differentiate between infected and non-infected patients. Compared to the conventional RT-PCR method, in our system there is no need for sample pretreatment or RNA isolation, providing diagnostic outcomes within 60 mins while maintaining a high level of reliability.…”
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Persistent Cutibacterium (Formerly Propionibacterium) acnes Bacteremia and Refractory Endocarditis in a Patient with Retained Implantable Pacemaker Leads by M. Freedman, J. O. Aflatooni, R. Foster, P. G. Haggerty, C. J. Derber

“…While the virulence of C. acnes is low in humans, it does produce a biofilm and has been identified as an etiologic agent in a growing number of implant-associated infections. C. acnes infections can prove diagnostically challenging as laboratory cultures can often take greater than 5 days to yield positive results, which are then often disregarded as contaminant. …”
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