Establishment of political and diplomatic relations between Lithuania and France in 1918-1920: Exchange of mistrust by Vilma Bukaitė

“…The advantages offered under the strengthened French cultural influence, i.e. training instructors at military school, charity of vaccination against zymotic diseases and some favourable political proposals, were all outweighed by the sense of mistrust expressed by the Lithuanian government with regard to the mission which initially had been made welcome. …”
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Suspected Mpox Symptoms and Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Cross-Sectional Study by Kaitlyn Atkins, Thomas Carpino, Amrita Rao, Travis Sanchez, O Winslow Edwards, Marissa Hannah, Patrick S Sullivan, Yasmin P Ogale, Winston E Abara, Kevin P Delaney, Stefan D Baral

“…Sustaining and scaling community-tailored messaging to promote testing and vaccination represent critical interventions for mpox control among GBMSM in the United States.…”
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Utility of 131I-HLX58-Der for the Precision Treatment: Evaluation of a Preclinical Radio-Antibody-Drug-Conjugate Approach in Mouse Models by Liu Y, Wang X, Zhang N, He S, Zhang J, Xu X, Song S

“…Yi Liu,1– 4,* Xiao Wang,1– 3,5,* Ni Zhang,1– 4,* Simin He,1– 4 Jianping Zhang,1– 4 Xiaoping Xu,1– 4 Shaoli Song1– 4 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 3Center for Biomedical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 4Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Imaging Probes, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 5State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang an Biomedicine Laboratory & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shaoli Song; Xiaoping Xu, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China, Email shaoli-song@163.com; xxp0012@ustc.eduPurpose: None of the antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) have received approval from regulatory authorities due to their limited clinical benefits. …”
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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

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Effect of Autolyzed Yeast on Performance and Physiological Indices of Broiler Chickens Reared at High Stock Density by Samaneh Ghaseminejad, Smayyeh Salari

“…Introduction: Exposure of poultry to various environmental stressors, such as vaccination, heat stress, high stocking density, and direct contact with excrement in the litter, can stimulate the stress response, disrupt the body's immunity, and external pathogenic factors introduce to a healthy animal. …”
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Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…Jawahir A Mokhtar,1– 3 Dalya M Attallah,2 Asif Ahmad Jiman-Fatani,1,2 Mohammed W Al-Rabia,1 Mona Abdulrahman Alqarni,1 Bandar Hasan Saleh,1,2 Maysaa Mohammed Amboon,4 Tarfa A Altorki,3,4 Khalil K Alkuwaity,3,4 Turki Abujamel,3,4 Reham Kaki,5,6 Taghreed Nassir Albarakati,7 Hussam Daghistani,8,9 Mazen A Ismail,10 Ohood Alharbi,11 Ibrahim Ismail Mohammed Abu,12 Abdelbagi Alfadil,1,13 Karem Ibrahem,1,2 Mohammed Mufrrih,4,14 Ahmad M Sait4,9 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 3Vaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 6Department of Infectious Disease & Infection Control and Environmental Health, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 7Microbiology Unite in King Fahd General hospital Jeddah (KFHJ), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 8Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 9Regenerative Medicine Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 10Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 11Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; 12Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jedda, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 13Centre of Research Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 14Special Infectious Agents Unit BSL-3, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Karem Ibrahem, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. …”
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Antenatal Care - How to ensure quality! by Lubna Ejaz

“… Antenatal care (ANC) improves maternal and newborn health by providing a platform for important healthcare services, including health promotion, primary and secondary prevention by vaccination and screening, timely diagnosis & prompt treatment of various obstetrical and medical complications, which may arise or aggravate during pregnancy. …”
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Unveiling microbial communities with EasyAmplicon: A user‐centric guide to perform amplicon sequencing data analysis by Salsabeel Yousuf, Hao Luo, Meiyin Zeng, Lei Chen, Tengfei Ma, Xiaofang Li, Maosheng Zheng, Xin Zhou, Liang Chen, Jiao Xi, Hongye Lu, Huiluo Cao, Xiaoya Ma, Bian Bian, Pengfan Zhang, Jiqiu Wu, Renyou Gan, Baolei Jia, Linyang Sun, Zhicheng Ju, Yunyun Gao, Waqar Afzal Malik, Chuang Ma, Hujie Lyu, Yahui Li, Huiyu Hou, Yuanping Zhou, Defeng Bai, Yao Wang, Haifei Yang, Jiani Xun, Shengda Du, Tianyuan Zhang, Xiulin Wan, Kai Peng, Shanshan Xu, Tao Wen, Tong Chen, Yong‐Xin Liu

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Group B streptococcus colonization in pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a three-year monocentric retrospective study during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Gregorio Serra, Lucia Lo Scalzo, Maria Giordano, Mario Giuffrè, Pietro Trupiano, Renato Venezia, Giovanni Corsello

“…Better skills integration and obstetrical-neonatological collaboration, in addition to new effective preventive tools, like vaccines able to prevent invasive disease, may allow further reduction in morbidity and mortality rates related to GBS perinatal infection.…”
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