Mange in Rabbits: An Ectoparasitic Disease with a Zoonotic Potential by Wafaa A. Abd El-Ghany

“…Animals can get mite infestation through direct contact with infected animals or contaminated fomites. This infestation is characterized by zoonotic nature and public health burden. …”
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gas-forming pyomyositis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and review by Jee Young Lee, Gyu Min Kong

“…The prognosis for pyomyositis caused by Gram-negative bacteria is more unfavorable than that of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Among Gram-negative bacteria, members of the Enterobacteriaceae family, including Escherichia coli , Klebsiella species, and Salmonella species, have the capacity to produce gas. …”
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Legionella pneumophila — The causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Wei Yu Tee, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Long Chiau Ming, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…L. pneumophila is a facultative intracellular pathogen that infects and replicates within eukaryotic host cells such as macrophages and protozoan. …”
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Common Green Bottle Fly or Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae) by Matthew Anderson, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…Medical treatment using maggot therapy can help to heal infections that are otherwise incurable. Learn more in this 4-page fact sheet written by Matthew Anderson and Phillip E. …”
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Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis Complicating Bronchial Atresia by Mazen O. Al-Qadi, Dereddi Raja S. Reddy, Brandon T. Larsen, Vivek N. Iyer

“…BA is usually asymptomatic but pulmonary infections can rarely develop in the emphysematous lung distal to the atretic bronchus. …”
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Nucleic acid amplification-based detection methods for SARS-CoV-2 variant detection: research progress review by Xia WU, Xiao ZHANG, Jiayi HAN, Fangxiao XING, Bixiong YE

“…To effectively monitor new coronavirus infections, it is necessary to develop diverse detection technologies that are accurate, sensitive, or field-usable for variant identification. …”
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Neutrophils in Cancer: Two Sides of the Same Coin by Eileen Uribe-Querol, Carlos Rosales

“…Neutrophils are the most abundant leukocytes in blood and are considered to be the first line of defense during inflammation and infections. In addition, neutrophils are also found infiltrating many types of tumors. …”
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Discussion of irritable bowel syndrome issue and functional constipations in reports of the 21st United European Gastroenterological Week (Berlin, 2013) by A. A. Sheptulin, M. A. Vizye-Khripunova

“…Of etiological and pathogenic factors of IBS the major attention is given now to hereditary factors, past intestinal infections, bile acids absorbtion disorders, changes of innate immune system. …”
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Caregivers, Caseworkers, and Biological Parents: Risk Factors for Foster Teen Pregnancy and Ways You Can Make a Difference by Nora Del Giudice, Stephanie Toelle, David C. Diehl, Jody S. Nicholson

“…That said, the past experiences of foster care youth in particular make them likely to engage in activity that could cause teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. This 9-page fact sheet is designed to provide kin and foster caregivers, caseworkers, and biological parents of children in foster care with information about the physical, emotional, and psychological concerns related to teen reproductive health in the foster care system. …”
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Shönlein-Henoch Purpura in the Course of Chronic Primary Inmmune Thrombocytopenia. Presentation of a Case by Lucía Díaz Morejón, Belkis Lázara Rodríguez Jorge, Dumeivy García Sánchez

“…It is related to triggering pathologies as infections and insect bites. A case of a 4 year old boy is presented who presented allergic episodes of rhinitis and urticaria. …”
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Osteopontin Bridging Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Autoimmune Diseases by Nausicaa Clemente, Davide Raineri, Giuseppe Cappellano, Elena Boggio, Francesco Favero, Maria Felicia Soluri, Chiara Dianzani, Cristoforo Comi, Umberto Dianzani, Annalisa Chiocchetti

“…Physiologically, it regulates the host response to infections by driving T helper (Th) polarization and acting on both innate and adaptive immunity; pathologically, it contributes to the development of immune-mediated and inflammatory diseases. …”
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Leprosy Mimicking Common Rheumatologic Entities: A Trial for the Clinician in the Era of Biologics by Deepak Rath, Shrinath Bhargava, Bijit Kumar Kundu

“…However, when an entity of infective aetiology like leprosy known to be a great mimic of different autoimmune conditions presents with features similar to these, the possibility of it being diagnosed at the outset is very slim indeed. …”
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Aerococcus viridans Native Valve Endocarditis by Wenwan Zhou, Vanessa Nanci, Andreanne Jean, Amir H Salehi, Fahad Altuwaijri, Renzo Cecere, Jacques Genest

“…Aerococcus viridans is an infrequent human pathogen and few cases of infective endocarditis have been reported. A case involving a 69-year-old man with colon cancer and hemicolectomy 14 years previously, without recurrence, is reported. …”
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Optimal isolation strategies of emerging infectious diseases with limited resources by Yinggao Zhou, Jianhong Wu, Min Wu

“…However, with limited resources the optimal control strategy requires to switch totime-variant isolation at an optimal rate proportional to the ratio of isolated cases over the entire infected population once the maximum capacityis reached.…”
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Diarrhea in Farmed White-tailed Deer Fawns by Juan Manuel Campos Krauer, Samantha Wisely

“…Wisely and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation focuses on disease in fawns caused by pathogenic types of Escherichia coli, describes the pathogens and how they infect fawns, and includes advice about treatment and prevention. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw463   …”
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Container Mosquito Habitat Community Cleanup: A How-To Guide for Event Organization by Amy Hallock, Eva A. Buckner, Ricky W. Telg, Alena R. Poulin

“… Being bitten by the container mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus means a higher risk of becoming infected with Zika, dengue, or chikungunya virus. Container mosquitoes develop in the water that collects in discarded tires, jars, cans, buckets, and boats. …”
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Whole-genome sequence of bioactive streptomycete derived from mangrove forest in Malaysia, Streptomyces sp. MUSC 14 by Hooi-Leng Ser, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Wen-Si Tan, Wai-Fong Yin, Kok-Gan Chan

“… The contribution of streptomycetes to human health is undeniably important and significant, given that these filamentous microbes can produce interesting compounds that can be used to cure deadly infections and even cancer. Isolated from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Streptomyces sp. …”
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Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting as Scalp Necrosis by Daniel E. Maidana, Silvia Muñoz, Xènia Acebes, Roger Llatjós, Anna Jucglà, Alba Álvarez

“…The differential of scalp ulceration in older patients should include several causes, such as herpes zoster, irritant contact dermatitis, ulcerated skin tumors, postirradiation ulcers, microbial infections, pyoderma gangrenosum, and giant cell arteritis. …”
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Thoracomyoplasty in the Treatment of Empyema: Current Indications, Basic Principles, and Results by Petre Vlah-Horea Botianu, Alexandru Mihail Botianu

“…This paper presents the current role of thoracomyoplasty procedures, which allow complete and definitive obliteration of the infected pleural space by a combination of thoracoplasty and the use of neighbourhood muscle flaps (latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, pectoralis, rectus abdominis, omentum, etc). …”
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Studying the Effect of Human–Lactobacillus Ruteri on the Viability of Cryptosporidium Parvum by Amal Jabbar Ghaib, Amani Mohammed Jasim, Amal Aziz Kareem

“… The goal of this study was to see how well Lactobacillus ruteri probiotic bacteria might infect Cryptosporidium parvum viability at various bacterial dilutions and statuses. …”
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