Analyzing Policymaking for Tuberculosis Control in Nigeria by Nura M. R. Ahmad, Cristina Montañola-Sales, Clara Prats, Mustapha Musa, Daniel López, Josep Casanovas-Garcia

“…It also reveals that the persistence of the disease is related to a large number of latently infected individuals and quantifies the lives that could be saved by increasing the notification rate using active case finding strategy. …”
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Dermatological Disorders following Liver Transplantation: An Update by Dipesh Kumar Yadav, Xue li Bai, Tingbo Liang

“…Nevertheless, dermatological infections related to bacteria, viruses, and fungus after LT are not uncommon. …”
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Clinical Features and Genetic Analysis of 48 Patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease in a Single Center Study from Shanghai, China (2005–2015): New Studies and a Literature Rev... by Jing Wu, Wei-Fan Wang, Yi-Dan Zhang, Tong-Xin Chen

“…Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) is a rare inherited primary immunodeficiency, which is characterized by recurrent infections due to defective phagocyte NADPH oxidase enzyme. …”
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Potential Pitfalls of the Humanized Mice in Modeling Sepsis by Krzysztof Laudanski, Michael Stentz, Matthew DiMeglio, William Furey, Toby Steinberg, Arpit Patel

“…Although certain viral and protozoan infections can be replicated in humanized mice, whether a highly complex and dynamic systemic inflammation like sepsis can be accurately represented by current humanized mouse models in a clinically translatable manner is unclear. …”
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Maternal F1 antibodies and cytokines in mother-neonate dog pairs in the Marmota himalayana plague focus by Deming Tang, Asaiti Bukai, Shuai Qin, Ran Duan, Dongyue Lyu, Zhaokai He, Xiaojin Zheng, Weiwei Wu, Junrong Liang, Haifu Qu, Aidai Bieke, Peng Zhang, Dan Zhang, Haonan Han, Qun Duan, Huaiqi Jing, Xin Wang

“…Seropositive shepherd dogs lived in plague-endemic regions, where marmots were infected with Y. pestis, whereas seronegative dogs lived in non-endemic regions. …”
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Membrane-embedded CdaA is required for efficient synthesis of second messenger cyclic di-AMP by Alexander J. Foster, Haoyang Li, Panagiotis Drougkas, Gea. K. Schuurman-Wolters, Joeri ten Kate, Cristina Paulino, Bert Poolman

“…Cyclic di-AMP regulates bacterial cell volume and turgor via control of potassium and compatible solute transport but is also involved in many other processes, including the activation of the metazoan innate immune response to bacterial infections. We compare the activity of full-length membrane-embedded CdaA, the enzyme that synthesizes cyclic di-AMP, with the water-soluble catalytic domain CdaA-DAC. …”
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Influence of Febrile Neutropenia Period on Plasma Viscosity at Malignancy by Ibrahim Tek, Selami Kocak Toprak, Efe Hasdemir, Samed Rahatli, Aysegül Yesilkaya

“…Cancer, chemotherapy, and infections all together make changes in blood rheology and may affect the defense mechanisms by changing the thrombocyte function and endothelial cell. …”
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Resource Utilization and Costs of Care prior to ART Initiation for Pediatric Patients in Zambia by Hari S. Iyer, Callie A. Scott, Deophine Lembela Bwalya, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Crispin Moyo, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Bruce A. Larson, Sydney Rosen

“…We estimated time to initiation, outpatient resource use, and costs of outpatient care during the 6 months prior to ART initiation for HIV-infected pediatric patients in Zambia. Methods. We enrolled 1,102 children who initiated ART at <15 years of age between 2006 and 2011 at 5 study sites. …”
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Expansion of Natural Killer Cells in Peripheral Blood in a Japanese Elderly with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Related Skin Lesions by Shinsaku Imashuku, Naoko Kudo, Kagekatsu Kubo, Kouichi Ohshima

“…Our patient was a 77-year-old Japanese man, who had been treated for infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 for nearly 10 years. …”
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Development and Application of an Indirect Enzyme‐Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on a Recombinant Matrix Protein for the Serological Study of Porcine Deltacoronavirus in Mexican... by Francisco Jesus Castañeda Montes, José Luis Cerriteño Sánchez, Julieta Sandra Cuevas‐Romero, María Azucena Castañeda Montes, Susana Mendoza Elvira

“…These results can enrich our understanding of how this virus spreads and enable the evaluation of PDCoV infections. Moreover, it highlights the importance of continually investigating the seroprevalence of PDCoV in Mexico because there is also no information about the current prevalence of the disease.…”
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Indigenous Technical Knowledge and Its Potential Application to Uganda's Pig Sub‐Sector by Junior Senyonga Kasima, Basil Mugonola, Harriet Muyinza, Sarah Kizza‐Nkambwe, Geoffrey Akiiki Beyihayo, Kenneth Kidega, James Nokrach, Maxmillan Mpewo, Marx Kisaame, Elly Kurobuza Ndyomugyenyi

“…For example, Centella asiatica has been identified as a potential purgative for diarrhoeal infections. Integrating pigs in cropping systems has also been adopted as a low‐cost alternative to effectively feed pigs for optimal performance. …”
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Advances in bioinformatics and multi-omics integration: transforming viral infectious disease research in veterinary medicine by Alyaa Elrashedy, Walid Mousa, Mohamed Nayel, Akram Salama, Ahmed Zaghawa, Ahmed Elsify, Mohamed E. Hasan

“…Additionally, multi-omics data integration further deepens our understanding of homology, divergence, mutations, and evolutionary relationships, providing a comprehensive perspective on the molecular mechanisms driving animal pathogens infections. This review aims to reveal the importance of utilizing the multidisciplinary areas of bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and metagenomics and their roles in studying viral infectious diseases in veterinary medicine that will eventually improve the health of animals.…”
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Structural Analysis of Inhibitor Binding to Enterovirus-D68 3C Protease by Vincent N. Azzolino, Ala M. Shaqra, Akbar Ali, Nese Kurt Yilmaz, Celia A. Schiffer

“…This structural analysis combined with enzymatic assays provides insights for the rational design of inhibitors that are robust against resistance toward developing antiviral treatments for EV68 infections.…”
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Identification of potential COVID-19 main protease inhibitors using structure-based pharmacophore approach, molecular docking and repurposing studies by Daoud Safa, Alabed Shada J., Dahabiyeh Lina A.

“…The current outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections urges the need to identify potential therapeutic agents. …”
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CSO (Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery) position paper on rhinologic and skull base surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yvonne Chan, Sarfaraz M. Banglawala, Christopher J. Chin, David W. J. Côté, Dustin Dalgorf, John R. de Almeida, Martin Desrosiers, Richard M. Gall, Artur Gevorgyan, A. Hassan Hassan, Arif Janjua, John M. Lee, Randy M. Leung, Bradford D. Mechor, Dominik Mertz, Eric Monteiro, Smriti Nayan, Brian Rotenberg, John Scott, Kristine A. Smith, Doron D. Sommer, Leigh Sowerby, Marc A. Tewfik, Andrew Thamboo, Allan Vescan, Ian J. Witterick

“…Amongst the most impacted are the elective medical and surgical services in order to conserve resources to care for COVID-19 patients. As the number of infected patients decrease across Canada, elective surgeries are being restarted in a staged manner. …”
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Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Colistin Nonsusceptible Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii Strains from Russia for 2013-2014 by Eugene A. Sheck, Mikhail V. Edelstein, Marina V. Sukhorukova, Natali V. Ivanchik, Elena Yu. Skleenova, Andrey V. Dekhnich, Ilya S. Azizov, Roman S. Kozlov

“…This article presents the epidemiological features and genetic diversity of colistin nonsusceptible A. baumannii strains collected as part of a national multicenter epidemiological study of the antibiotic resistance of pathogens of nosocomial infections (MARATHON), which was conducted in 2013-2014 in Russia. …”
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Changes Related to Age in Natural and Acquired Systemic Self-IgG Responses in Malaria by Romuald Dassé, Didier Lefranc, Sylvain Dubucquoi, Patricia Dussart, Virginie Dutoit-Lefevre, Boualem Sendid, François Sombo Mambo, Patrick Vermersch, Lionel Prin

“…Characteristic changes in systemic self-IgG-reactive repertoire were found with antigenic bands that discriminate Plasmodium falciparum infections with or without CM according to age. 8 antigenic bands distributed in MEI compared with NEC were identified while 6 other antigenic bands were distributed within MEI according to the age and clinical status. …”
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Massive Sequencing of V3-V4 Hypervariable Region in Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Reveals the Presence of Unusual Bacteria Not Detected by Classical Culture Methods by Verónica Fernández-Sánchez, Estibeyesbo Said Plascencia-Nieto, Mónica Alethia Cureño-Díaz, Emilio Mariano Durán-Manuel, Aida Verónica Rodríguez-Tovar, Claudia Camelia Calzada-Mendoza, Clemente Cruz-Cruz, Miguel Ángel Loyola-Cruz, María Elizbeth Álvarez-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Bravata-Alcántara, Enzo Vásquez-Jiménez, Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Muñoz, Dulce Milagros Razo Blanco-Hernández, Liliana Nicolás-Sayago, Araceli Rojas-Bernabé, Omar García-Hernández, Erika Gómez-Zamora, Mireya Ruíz-Valdés, Graciela Castro-Escarpulli, Juan Manuel Bello-López

“…Pyogenic liver abscesses (PLAs) are serious infections in which doctors often fail in identifying the causative agent due to microbiological limitations. …”
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Reagent efficiency and analytical sensitivity optimization for a reliable SARS-CoV-2 pool-based testing strategy by José P. Miranda, Javiera Osorio, Marcia Silva, Carola Silva, Victoria Madrid, Rossana Camponovo, Marcela Henríquez-Henríquez

“…Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused millions of infections worldwide. Among the strategies for effective containment, frequent and massive testing was fundamental. …”
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Antibacterial potential of celery (Apium graveolens L.) extract gel against Staphylococcus aureus by Martinus Ezra Sunarno, Anita Lidesna Shinta Amat, Arley Sadra Telussa, Prisca Deviani Pakan

“…Conclusion: Celery extract gel exhibits significant antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, suggesting its potential as a natural alternative for topical therapy in managing skin infections. …”
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