Long-term Double-J stenting is superior to short-term Single-J stenting in kidney transplantation. by Christiaan A J Oudmaijer, Kelly Muller, Erika van Straalen, Robert C Minnee, Diederik J A N Kimenai, Marlies E J Reinders, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Jan N M IJzermans, Turkan Terkivatan

“…Secondary outcomes encompassed urinary tract infections, cost-effectiveness, and hospital admission time. …”
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Changes and determinants of pneumococcal vaccine uptake in Ethiopia. by Biniyam Tedla Mamo, Ferehiwot Gebrehiwot Geram, Kebron Yihenew Getnet, Zelalem Tazu Bonger

“…Vaccination reduces the burden of pneumonia and pneumococcal infections in both children and adults. This study assesses changes in pneumococcal vaccine coverage over time and identifies factors associated with the vaccine uptake. …”
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Data Clustering Improves Siamese Neural Networks Classification of Parkinson’s Disease by Mohamed Shalaby, Nahla A. Belal, Yasser Omar

“…According to Harvard, about 60,000 of American citizens are diagnosed with PD yearly, with more than 10 million people infected worldwide. An estimate of 4% of the people have PD before they reach the age 50; however, the incident increases with age. …”
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Are women leaders significantly better at controlling the contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic? by Maxwell SALVATORE, Bhramar MUKHERJEE

“…Methods: We restrict our analysis to 159 countries with at least 100 cumulative reported cases of CO- VID-19 infections and at least 10 days of reported data as of June 3, 2020. …”
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A pilot study of dimeticone oils versus sodium carbonate treatment for tungiasis: A randomized cohort trial in Homa Bay County, Kenya. by Kana Suzuki, Yasuhiko Kamiya, Chris Smith, Satoshi Kaneko, Gordon Okomo, Asiko Ongaya, Evans Amukoye

“…Twenty-three eligible children with 126 flea infections were matched and randomized. All participants received both treatments, with one treatment on each foot. …”
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Triple antiviral therapy in patient with liver cirrhosis: complications and options of pharmacological treatment by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Introduction of NS3/4A protease inhibitor — telaprevir — to treatment mode for patients infected by the 1-st genotype of chronic hepatitis C, has allowed to increase treatment response rate considerably. …”
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Mid-Epidemic Forecasts of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: A Bivariate Model Applied to the UK by Peter Congdon

“…., the Richards family of densities) and variants of the susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) compartment model. Here, we focus on a practical forecasting approach, applied to interim UK COVID data, using a bivariate Reynolds model (for cases and deaths), with implementation based on Bayesian inference. …”
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Macrophage Activation Syndrome/Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adult‐Onset Still's Disease: An Uncommon Initial Presentation in a Young Nepalese Female: A Case Repo... by Kanchan Bishwakarma, Kajal Bishwakarma, Sunil Bogati, Saket Jha

“…HLH may be due to immunosuppression, infections, cancer, or autoimmune diseases with fever and cytopenia. …”
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Spacetime modeling of mortality by infectious and parasitic diseases in Brazil: a 20-year ecological and population-based study by Lucas Almeida Andrade, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Wandklebson Silva da Paz, Danilo de Gois Souza, José Augusto Passos Góes, Emerson Lucas Silva Camargo, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Liliane Moretti Carneiro, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Karina Machado Araújo, Allan Dantas dos Santos, Márcio Bezerra-Santos

“…The leading causes of death included acute respiratory infections ( n  = 1,130,069; 52.49%), septicemia ( n  = 289,817; 13.46%), human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( n  = 232,892; 10.82%), tuberculosis ( n  = 104,121; 4.84%), and neglected tropical diseases such as Chagas disease ( n  = 94,788; 4.40%) and schistosomiasis ( n  = 10,272; 0.48%). …”
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Covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among medical students of Faisalabad by Mohi Ud Din, Umer Shahid, Abdul Qudoos, Roman Ahmed, Muazzama Sohail, Saima Javed

“… Objectives: The study was conducted to determine the Covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among the medical students who are more susceptible to be infected being the frontline workers. Methodology: This analytical cross sectional study was conducted in medical students of 1st to final year MBBS of various medical institutions of Faisalabad. …”
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The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century by Carolyn Elya, Henrik H. De Fine Licht

“…The most well-known among these is the “zombie fly” fungus E. muscae, which, like other Entomophthora species, elicits a series of dramatic behaviors in infected hosts to promote optimal spore dispersal. …”
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Optimizing chitosan derived from Metapenaeus affinis: a novel anti-biofilm agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Anali Riahi, Hadideh Mabudi, Elahe Tajbakhsh, Laleh Roomiani, Hasan Momtaz

“…The optimized chitosan extract shows significant potential as a coating agent for surgical equipment, effectively preventing nosocomial infections caused by P. aeruginosa pathogens.…”
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Occurrence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated From Bovine’s Milk and Meat in Mekelle City, Ethiopia by Tesfay Hailu, Getachew Gugsa, Yisehak Tsegaye, Meselu Ahmed, Nesibu Awol

“…Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic and emerging foodborne zoonotic pathogen that encompasses a diversity of strains with varied virulence and can cause serious human and animal infections worldwide. However, in Mekelle City, the actual prevalence and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of L. monocytogenes were not done. …”
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Incidence and Impact of Ventilator Associated Multidrug Resistant Pneumonia in Patients with SARS-COV2 by Seife Yohannes, Zaki Ahmed, Rachel Schelling, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Alexandra Pratt, Mathew P. Schreiber

“…The epidemiology of VAP, the impact of prior empiric antibiotic administration on the development of Multidrug Resistant Organism (MDRO) infections, and the impact of VAP on patient outcomes were studied. …”
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Design of a new class of broad-spectrum therapeutics targeted to drug-resistant bacteria by Amrutha Surendran, Agnes Turnbull, Allen Flockhart, Fern Findlay-Greene, Martyna Nowosielska, Donald Morrison, David J. Mincher, Samantha Donnellan

“…Notably, both conjugates showed potent intracellular growth inhibitory activity in infected THP-1 macrophages. The conjugates are promising leads for the development of new antibacterial drugs. …”
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The Effectiveness of Chitosan to Increase Body Resistance of Sangkuriang Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Against Aeromonas hydrophila Attack by Mahatma Kresnha Radityo, Rosidah, Walim Lili, Roffi Grandiosa Herman

“…Experimental fish were infected by Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria with a density of 108 CFU/ml with 10 ml immersion method. …”
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UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER SPREAD: A CASE STUDY OF KASAWO AND KATOSI SUB COUNTIES, MUKONO DISTRICT, UGANDA by Savino Biryomumaisho, Geofrey Otuba, John Okongo, Frank Mwiine

“…The results from this study showed that although active ASF infections were not found in pigs, the district experienced ASF outbreaks in the past. …”
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Contribution of OqxAB Efflux Pump in Selection of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae by Orsolya Szabo, Bela Kocsis, Nikolett Szabo, Katalin Kristof, Dora Szabo

“…K. pneumoniae SE23 and K. pneumoniae SE191 were isolated from urinary tract infections and were analyzed in this study. Each carried oqxAB resistance determinant and exhibited ciprofloxacin MIC of 0.06 and 0.5 mg/L, respectively. …”
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The helper strategy in vector-transmission of plant viruses by Di Mattia, Jérémy, Zeddam, Jean-Louis, Uzest, Marilyne, Blanc, Stéphane

“…HCs are virus-encoded non-structural proteins produced in infected plant cells that are mandatory for the transmission success. …”
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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: Magnitude, Associated Factors, and An... by Mekuria Edae, Zelalem Teklemariam, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Degu Abate

“…Asymptomatic bacteriuria is one of the major risk factors for the development of urinary tract infections during pregnancy which accounts for about 70% of the cases. …”
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