Assessing the Impact of TASO on HIV Persons: A case Study of Kambuga Hospital. by Rukundo, Amos

“…Uganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries worst hit by the HIV/ AIDS epidemic, with over 1.2 million people infected and an HIV prevalence rate of about 6.4 %. …”
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Recent Advances in Our Understanding of HLA-G Biology: Lessons from a Wide Spectrum of Human Diseases by Fabio Morandi, Roberta Rizzo, Enrico Fainardi, Nathalie Rouas-Freiss, Vito Pistoia

“…However, HLA-G can be expressed de novo at high levels in several pathological conditions, including solid and hematological tumors and during microbial or viral infections, leading to the impairment of the immune response against tumor cells or pathogens, respectively. …”
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Two Mutations in Surfactant Protein C Gene Associated with Neonatal Respiratory Distress by Anna Tarocco, Elisa Ballardini, Maria Raffaella Contiero, Giampaolo Garani, Silvia Fanaro

“…During the first 16 months of life he developed five respiratory infections that did not require hospitalization. Conclusion. …”
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Iron Deficiency Anaemia Caused by Nonspecific (Idiopathic) Small Bowel Ulceration: An Uncommon Presentation of an Uncommon Disease by Gabriele Capurso, Edith Lahner, Nadia Pallotta, Francesco Panzuto, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Bruno Annibale

“…Ulcers of the small bowel are rare, and in most cases are due to infections, inflammatory bowel diseases, malignancies or drugs. …”
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Carp Edema Virus Disease (CEVD) / Koi Sleepy Disease (KSD) by Shohreh Hesami, Pedro Viadanna, Natalie K. Steckler, Staci Spears, Patrick M. Thompson, Karen L. Kelley, Roy P. E. Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Johnny Shelley, Joseph M. Groff, Andy Goodwin, Olga L. M. Haenen, Thomas B. Waltzek

“…The disease causes skin lesions and swelling and is sometimes called “koi sleepy disease” because infected fish become lethargic and unresponsive. This 6-page fact sheet describes symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and what fish producers, wholesalers, or retailers can do if they suspect carp may have contracted the disease. …”
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Continuous Drip Flow System to Develop Biofilm of E. faecalis under Anaerobic Conditions by Ana Maria Gonzalez, Erika Corpus, Amaury Pozos-Guillen, Daniel Silva-Herzog, Antonio Aragon-Piña, Nestor Cohenca

“…The proposed in vitro system model provides an additional useful tool to study the biofilm concept in endodontic microbiology, allowing for a better understanding of persistent root canal infections.…”
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Myeloperoxidase Promoter Polymorphism −463G Is Associated With More Severe Clinical Expression of Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Disease by Wanda F. Reynolds, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Valérie Gausson, Marie-Noëlle Feuillet, Jean-Paul Bonnefont, Gérard Lenoir, Béatrice Descamps-Latscha, Véronique Witko-Sarsat

“…We show that MPO genotype significantly influences the severity of pulmonary disease in early stages, prior to the development of chronic lung infections, with GG genotype being associated with more severe CF disease. …”
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Study on predictive models for COVID-19 in Cuba by Juan Felipe Medina Mendieta, Manuel Eduardo Cortés Cortés, Manuel Cortés Iglesias, Annia del Carmen Pérez Fernández, Marianelis Manzano Cabrera

“…Logistic and exponential models, such as the logistic growth curve, used to model population growth (Gompertz growth models), were applied to the growth prediction of infected cases and / or deaths, respectively.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> there is an adequacy of the presented models with respect to the predicted and the real values which allow their reliability for the predictions made for Cuba.…”
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Vesicoureteral Reflux in the Child with Lazy Bladder Syndrome: The Infrequent Voider by Marco Grasso, Fabrizio Torelli, Salvatore Blanco, Flavio Fortuna, Marco Baruffi

“…Usually these patients arrive at medical examination with a history of recurrent urinary infections but without anomalies in the upper urinary tract. …”
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Animal Models, Therapeutics, and Vaccine Approaches to Emerging and Re-Emerging Flaviviruses by Thomas J. Baric, Z. Beau Reneer

“…Current approaches for therapeutic control of flavivirus infections are limited, and despite recent advances, there are no approved drugs. …”
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Drug-induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Secondary to Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole: A Case Report by Ambika Shivarajpur, Simon Londono, Justin Shaw, Christopher Boccio, Leonid Melnitsky, Jheanelle McKay, Brian Kohen, Eric Boccio

“…The condition is often idiopathic but can be associated with infections, neoplasms, autoimmune disorders, and certain drugs. …”
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The interplay between models and public health policies: Regional control for a class of spatially structured epidemics (think globally, act locally) by Vincenzo Capasso, Sebastian AniȚa

“…The problem of finding the optimal position (by translation) of the support of the feedback stabilizing control is faced, in order to minimize both the infected population and the pollutant at a certain finite time.…”
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Breastfeeding impact on kidney health : updated evidence by Hakim RAHMOUNE, Nada BOUTRID, Hala BOUTRID

“…Moreover, exclusive breastfeeding correlates with lower incidences of urinary tract infections and nephrotic syndrome. This review reaffirms the critical importance of breastfeeding for both immediate infant health, and its potential to shape renal health throughout life, thereby, supporting the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis, and emphasizing the necessity for ongoing advocacy in this domain.…”
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Exploiting CRISPR/Cas system in controlling antibiotic resistance of bacteria by Pourya Gholizadeh, Elnaz Faghfuri, Khudaverdi Ganbarov, Hossein Samadi Kafil

“…We hope exploiting CRISPR/Cas could provide a bright future for the treatment of disastrous infections with resistant and virulent organisms.…”
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Immune Response in H. pylori-Associated Gastritis and Gastric Cancer by Qingbin Niu, Jun Zhu, Xingquan Yu, Tao Feng, Hong Ji, Yuming Li, Weiwei Zhang, Baoguang Hu

“…Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the dominant member of the gastric microbiota and has infected more than half of the human population, of whom 5–15% develop gastric diseases ranging from gastritis and metaplasia to gastric cancer. …”
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Portomesenteric Thrombosis Secondary to Acute Cholecystitis: A Case Report by Haseeb Ahmad Chaudhary, Ibrahim Yusuf Abubeker, Kamran Mushtaq, Khaldun Obeidat, Anand Kartha

“…Common risk factors include intra-abdominal infections, abdominal surgeries, malignancy, cirrhosis, and inherited thrombophilia. …”
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Immunopathology of Postprimary Tuberculosis: Increased T-Regulatory Cells and DEC-205-Positive Foamy Macrophages in Cavitary Lesions by Kerry J. Welsh, Semyon A. Risin, Jeffrey K. Actor, Robert L. Hunter

“…Postprimary tuberculosis occurs in immunocompetent people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is restricted to the lung and accounts for 80% of cases and nearly 100% of transmission. …”
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Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Child: A Case Report and Management of Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis by Gulsen Akkoc, Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Ayse Karaaslan, Serkan Atici, Nurhayat Yakut, Sevliya Ocal Demir, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir

“…Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) usually causes mild, asymptomatic, and self-limited infections in children and adults; however, it may occasionally lead to severe conditions such as neurological diseases, malignant diseases, hepatic failure, and myocarditis. …”
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West Nile and Usutu viruses: current spreading and future threats in a warming northern Europe by Justine Laverdeur, Justine Laverdeur, Hélène Amory, Pablo Beckers, Daniel Desmecht, Frédéric Francis, Mutien-Marie Garigliany, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Annick Linden, Gilles Darcis

“…Climate change heavily threatens planetary and human health. Arboviral infections are best studied using the One Health concept, due to their reliance on complex interactions between environmental factors, arthropod vectors and vertebrate hosts. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation of Bacteria Adherent and in Biofilm on Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube-Coated Surfaces by Fabrizio Pantanella, Francesca Berlutti, Daniele Passeri, Daniela Sordi, Alessandra Frioni, Tiziana Natalizi, Maria Letizia Terranova, Marco Rossi, Piera Valenti

“…Biofilm is a common bacterial lifestyle, and it plays a crucial role in human health, causing biofilm-mediated infections. Recently, to counteract biofilm development, new nano-structured biomaterials have been proposed. …”
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