Summary of 2013/14 Production Costs for Indian River Fresh Market Grapefruit and Southwest Florida Juice Oranges by Fritz Roka, Ariel Singerman, Ronald Muraro

“…The Florida citrus industry is on a steep learning curve as it collectively tries to maintain economically sustainable fruit yields from HLB-infected trees. Growers are experimenting with new materials and management strategies to reduce psyllid populations and improve a tree’s overall nutritional health. …”
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Influenza A Virus Entry: Implications in Virulence and Future Therapeutics by Emily Rumschlag-Booms, Lijun Rong

“…Influenza A viruses have broad host tropism, being able to infect a range of hosts from wild fowl to swine to humans. …”
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks, domestic, and wild animals by Seyma S. Celina, Jignesh Italiya, Allan Obonyom Tekkara, Jiří Černý

“…Birds generally do not show signs of the virus but can introduce infected ticks to new regions. This review compiles information on CCHFV’s tick vectors and vertebrate hosts, emphasizing their roles in the virus’s transmission dynamics. …”
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SEGMENTASI LESI KULIT MONKEYPOX MENGGUNAKAN ARSITEKTUR U-NET by NI PUTU DIAN ASTUTIK, IGN LANANG WIJAYAKUSUMA

“…While most cases display mild symptoms, severe infections can lead to life-threatening complications. …”
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A Comprehensive Review on the Chemical Composition and Pharmacological Activities of Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd. by Bikash Adhikari, Babita Aryal, Bibek Raj Bhattarai

“…As there are structural diversities in natural products, researchers are focused on exploring them for treatment and/or management of various infections and/or diseases. Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd. belonging to the order Fabales and family Fabaceae shows a wide range of pharmacological functions in the management of diseases in humankind. …”
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Plasma Membrane Transporters in Modern Liver Pharmacology by Jose J. G. Marin

“…The liver itself is the target for drugs aimed to modify its function or to treat infections and tumours affecting this organ. Both detoxification and pharmacological processes occurring in the liver require the uptake of the drug by hepatic cells and, in some cases, the elimination into bile. …”
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Unexpected cause of headache in a patient with Noonan syndrome: aseptic meningitis by Hacer Efnan Melek Arsoy, Öner Özdemir, Ümmügülsüm Dikici, Ece Tüsüz Önata, Recep Polat

“…Malignancies, autoimmune diseases, viral and fungal infections, as well as aseptic meningitis due to certain drugs are frequently seen. …”
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Enhancing Malaria Control Strategy: Optimal Control and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis on the Impact of Vector Bias on the Efficacy of Mosquito Repellent and Hospitalization by Iffatricia Haura Febiriana, Abdullah Hasan Hassan, Dipo Aldila

“…Furthermore, we have shown that the more biased the vector attracted to infected individuals, the higher the cost needed to implement the control strategy.…”
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Electronic Tools for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology by Steven D Burdette

“…The ability to rapidly disseminate information around the world opens up the possibility of communicating with people thousands of miles away to quickly and efficiently learn about emerging infections. Electronic tools have expanded beyond the desktop computer and the Internet, and now include personal digital assistants and other portable devices such as cellular phones. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…Donors with advanced age, obesity, asymptomatic microhematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, renal stone disease, history of malignancy and with chronic viral infections consist of this complex living donors. This medical complex living donors requires careful evaluation for future renal risk. …”
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Phage Therapy -- Everything Old Is New again by Andrew M Kropinski

“…Until the introduction of antibiotics, phages were used to treat bacterial infections (with variable success). Western science is now having to re-evaluate the application of phage therapy -- a therapeutic modality that never went out of vogue in Eastern Europe -- because of the emergence of an alarming number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. …”
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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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Breaking the biofilm barrier: Juglone derivatives as dual-action inhibitors and anti-quorum sensing agents by Muhammad Abdullah Bhatti, Atif Ali Khan Khalil, Sayed Muhammad Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Faisal Hanif, Mi-Jeong Ahn, Sumra Wajid Abbasi, Nazir Ahmed Lone, Wen-Jun Li, Wasim Sajjad

“…Background: Most nosocomial infections are caused by bacteria that proliferate within quorum sensing mediated biofilms. …”
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Safety and efficacy of filgotinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: final results of the DARWIN 3 long-term extension study by Arthur Kavanaugh, Paul Emery, René Westhovens, Mark C Genovese, Kevin L Winthrop, Rieke Alten, Dick de Vries, Lorenzo Dagna, Patrick Verschueren, Maria Greenwald, Regina Cseuz, Robin Besuyen, Vikas Modgill, Ly Huong Le

“…Overall exposure-adjusted incidence rate (EAIR) was 67 (95% CI 62 to 72.2)/100 PYE for TEAEs and 3.8 (95% CI 3.2 to 4.5)/100 PYE for serious TEAEs. EAIR of infections was 23.3 (95% CI 21.2 to 25.6)/100 PYE, 1.3 (95% CI 0.9 to 1.7)/100 PYE for serious infections and 1.3 (95% CI 0.9 to 1.7)/100 PYE for herpes zoster. …”
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Coronil effectively inhibits the interaction of clinically relevant Omicron mutants of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins with human ACE2 receptor by Acharya Balkrishna, Rishabh Dev, Sandeep Kumar, Anurag Varshney

“…Conclusion: This capability of Coronil to inhibit the binding of S-protein variants with ACE2 receptor may interfere with viral binding and internalization resulting in reduced infectivity of these Omicron spike protein variants. …”
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The prevalence of hand pathology in regional orthopaedic hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: A cross-sectional study by S Thabit, M O'Connor, W Parker, T Mashishi, K Moodley, A Peer, K Matanzima, A J de Villiers, O Adewusi, R Aboobaker, A Rocher

“…The remainder of HP cases comprised the non-traumatic group (4%, 91/2 335) and were predominantly infections (68%, 62/91), and many patients with non-traumatic hand pathology required surgery (60%, 55/91) and admission (56%, 52/91). …”
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Recombinase-based amplification coupled with lateral flow chromatography for the specific and sensitive detection and identification of Leishmania major in cutaneous leishmaniasis... by Insaf Bel Hadj Ali, Yusr Saadi-Ben Aoun, Imen Khammeri, Hejer Souguir, Emna Harigua-Souiai, Hamed Chouaieb, Ahmed S. Chakroun, Meryem Lemrani, Aicha Kallel, Kalthoum Kallel, Nabil Haddad, Oussaima El Dbouni, Rhea N. Coler, Rhea N. Coler, Rhea N. Coler, Steven G. Reed, Akila Fathallah-Mili, Akila Fathallah-Mili, Ikram Guizani

“…The efficiency of treatment highly depends on the infecting Leishmania species. Diagnosis is mainly based on microscopic direct examination (DE) of Giemsa-stained smears needing experienced microscopists. …”
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Development of a horizontal transmission model to assess the effects of exposure to pathogenic E. cecorum during the hatching phase in broiler chickens by James Higuita, Marcela Arango, Aaron Forga, Mitch Rowland, Jundi Liu, Ross Wolfenden, Danielle Graham

“…Seeders were comingled with non-infected embryos, or contacts, for the remainder of embryogenesis. …”
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Malaria prevalence, transmission potential and efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy in the Kenyan Central highlands: a zone previously characterized as malaria-free by Francis T. Kimani, Kelvin K. Thiongó, Maureen A. Otinga, Lewis K. Mbabu, Mary N. Ombati, Stanley K. Kitur, Sarah A. Ochieng’, Lucy N. Wachira, Damaris K. Matoke-Muhia, Luna Kamau

“…Conclusion The Plasmodium infections positivity rate observed in the study site was very low but significant. …”
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Efficacy analysis of pancreatic duct stenting in treating severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Liangping Chen, Ning Wang, Weijie Yao, Chengsi Zhao, Jiahang Tao, Gubai Ma, Chengwang Ma, Zuozheng Wang

“…Data collected and analyzed include demographic information, rates of late local complications, late surgical interventions, new-onset OF, infected pancreatic necrosis and new-onset systemic complications. …”
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