What makes an epidemic a disaster: the future of epidemics within the EM-DAT International Disaster Database by Margo Tonnelier, Damien Delforge, Regina Below, Juan Armando Torres Munguía, Claude Saegerman, Valentin Wathelet, Joris A. F. van Loenhout, Niko Speybroeck

“…Methods We conducted a sequential study that included an online survey of experts in infectious diseases, public health emergencies, and related data, followed by committee discussions with disaster experts. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy of Chlorhexidine and Herbal Mouthwash as a Preprocedural Rinse in Reducing Dental Aerosols: A Microbiological Study by Sangeeta Umesh Nayak, Anushka Kumari, Valliammai Rajendran, Vijendra Pal Singh, Ashwini Hegde, Keshava K. Pai

“…The risk to dentists, assistants, and patients of infectious diseases through aerosols has long been recognized. …”
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Advancing Therapeutic Strategies with Polymeric Drug Conjugates for Nucleic Acid Delivery and Treatment by Ullah A, Khan M, Zhang Y, Shafiq M, Ullah M, Abbas A, Xianxiang X, Chen G, Diao Y

“…The review concludes with insights into future directions for this transformative technology, underscoring the potential of PDCs to advance nucleic acid-based therapies and combat infectious diseases significantly.Keywords: polymer drug conjugates, polymeric therapeutics, nucleic acid…”
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Determinants of Familiarity and Experience with HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Primary Care Providers in Ontario, Canada by Jorge Martinez-Cajas, Beatriz Alvarado, Carmela Rapino, Emma Nagy, T. Hugh Guan, Nicholas Cofie, Nancy Dalgarno, Pilar Camargo, Bradley Stoner

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Improvement in the prediction power of an astrocyte genome-scale metabolic model using multi-omic data by Andrea Angarita-Rodríguez, Andrea Angarita-Rodríguez, Andrea Angarita-Rodríguez, Nicolás Mendoza-Mejía, Nicolás Mendoza-Mejía, Janneth González, Jason Papin, Jason Papin, Jason Papin, Andrés Felipe Aristizábal, Andrés Pinzón

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Degradation of black tea theaflavin through C-ring cleavage by gut microbiota by Shuwei Zhang, Christina Ohland, Christian Jobin, Shengmin Sang

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Partially hydrolyzed guar gum attenuates symptoms and modulates the gut microbiota in a model of SARS-CoV-2 infection by Jiayue Yang, Isaiah Song, Misa Saito, Tenagy Hartanto, Takeshi Ichinohe, Shinji Fukuda

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Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Vaccination among Patients with Spina Bifida in Ukraine by O.R. Boyarchuk, M.V. Koshmaniuk, R.O. Kovalenko

“…A study suggests a need to enhance knowledge among healthcare professionals, increase public awareness, and provide education within patient groups to improve immunization coverage and protect SB children from preventable infectious diseases. No conflict of interests was declared by the authors.…”
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A Multivent System for Non-Invasive Ventilation: Solving the Problem of Ventilator Shortage During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Shuai Ren, Xiaohan Wang, Liming Hao, Tao Wang, Zujin Luo

“…Nevertheless, the novel designed multivent system can bring innovation to the current mechanical ventilation system and solve the problem of ventilator shortage for major, new, and emerging respiratory infectious diseases in the future.…”
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Performance of a score to characterise adequate contact among the social network of persons with TB by M.E. Castellanos, S. Zalwango, T.H.T. Quach, R. Kakaire, L. Martínez, M.H. Ebell, K.K. Dobbin, N. Kiwanuka, C.C. Whalen

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For Carlos Castillo-Chavez by Dean Evasius

“…His most outstanding research contributions are grounded in stopping the spread of infectious diseases. His unparalleled mentoring of minority students is a reflection of his deep belief in the abundance of scientific talent.…”
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Autoimmune Factor V Deficiency That Took 16 Years to Diagnose due to Pseudodeficiency of Multiple Coagulation Factors by Takaaki Kato, Takaya Hanawa, Mea Asou, Tomohiko Asakawa, Hisashi Sakamaki, Makoto Araki

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Combination of Gilbert's syndrome and gastrointestinal diseases by G. M. Dubrovina, O. K. Botvinyev, A. I. Kolotilina

“…Provoking factors of jaundice attacks include fasting, infectious diseases, overstrain, effect of drugs and xenobiotics. …”
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IL-18 Blockage Reduces Neuroinflammation and Promotes Functional Recovery in a Mouse Model of Spinal Cord Injury by Easmin Begum, Md Rashel Mahmod, Md Mahbobur Rahman, Fumiko Fukuma, Takeshi Urano, Yuki Fujita

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Current challenges and implications for dengue, chikungunya and Zika seroprevalence studies worldwide: A scoping review. by Camille Fritzell, Dominique Rousset, Antoine Adde, Mirdad Kazanji, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Claude Flamand

“…<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Serological surveys provide the most direct measurement for defining the immunity landscape for infectious diseases, but the methodology remains difficult to implement. …”
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Histopathological Insights into Granulomatous Lesions: A Comprehensive Study by Archana Kumari, Irbinder K. Bali, Ayushi Chauhan, Falguni Chitkara, Deepika Wadhera

“…This phenomenon is reported in several viral and non-infectious diseases and is classified as a type IV delayed hypersensitivity response. …”
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Naturally Acquired Antibody Responses to a Synthetic Malaria Antigen AS202.11 by Rebeka Nazareth, Pius Horumpende, Tolbert Sonda, Arnold Ndaro, Edson Mollel, Eliakim Paul, Emmanuel Athanase, Jaffu Chilongola

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Interplay of Transcriptomic Regulation, Microbiota, and Signaling Pathways in Lung and Gut Inflammation-Induced Tumorigenesis by Beatriz Andrea Otálora-Otálora, César Payán-Gómez, Juan Javier López-Rivera, Natalia Belén Pedroza-Aconcha, Sally Lorena Arboleda-Mojica, Claudia Aristizábal-Guzmán, Mario Arturo Isaza-Ruget, Carlos Arturo Álvarez-Moreno

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Charting current evidence on the health and non-health benefits and equity impacts of pandemic/epidemic individual-level economic relief programmes: a scoping review protocol by Beate Sander, Ashley Farrell, Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle, Adeteju Ogunbameru, Adrianna Perryman

“…Introduction The emergence of a regional or global scale infectious disease outbreak often requires the implementation of economic relief programmes in affected jurisdictions to sustain societal welfare and, presumably, population health. …”
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Modelling COVID-19 in the North American region with a metapopulation network and Kalman filter by Matteo Perini, Teresa K. Yamana, Marta Galanti, Jiyeon Suh, Roselyn Kaondera-Shava, Jeffrey Shaman

“…Background: Understanding the dynamics of infectious disease spread and predicting clinical outcomes are critical for managing large-scale epidemics and pandemics, such as COVID-19. …”
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