Plastic Bronchitis in Children: A Review of 55 Cases over a 10-Year Period by Xiaowen Chen, Shangzhi Wu, Zhanhang Huang, Yuneng Lin, Jiaxing Xu, Qingyun Xu, Dehui Chen

“…Respiratory pathogens were detected in 41 cases, and M. pneumoniae was the most common one (41.8%), followed by adenovirus (20.0%) and influenza B virus (10.9%). The casts were removed by alveolar lavage, combined with ambroxol immersion (63.6%) and forceps (30.9%). …”
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Molecular and Serological Investigation of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) and Type 4 (EHV-4) in Horses In Ibagué, Tolima by Julieth Michel Petano-Duque, Edwin Urueña-Martinez, Laura Liliana Cabezas-Callejas, Jorge Perilla-Amaya, Valentina Rueda-García, Iang Schroniltgen Rondón-Barragán, Ricaurte Lopera-Vásquez

“…We recommend the use of blood and serum samples for virus detection and the development of new studies to assess EHV-1 infection feasibility in venereal transmissions.…”
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Pediatric and adolescent chronic myeloid leukemia: A follow-up study in Western India by Sangita A. Vanik, Dhaval Jetly, Biren Parikh, Karthik Dhandapani, Rukmini Bezbaruah

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of 44 Breakpoint Cluster Region-Abelson leukemia virus (BCR-ABL1)-positive pediatric and adolescent CML cases registered at our hospital was done. …”
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Genomic Amplification of an Endogenous Retrovirus in Zebrafish T-Cell Malignancies by J. Kimble Frazer, Lance A. Batchelor, Diana F. Bradley, Kim H. Brown, Kimberly P. Dobrinski, Charles Lee, Nikolaus S. Trede

“…Based on these data and ZFERV’s phylogenetic relation to viruses of the murine-leukemia-related virus class of gammaretroviridae, we posit that ZFERV may be oncogenic via an insertional mutagenesis mechanism.…”
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Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants to Taiwan during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Hubei Province by I-Chien Lai, Peter Brimblecombe

“…Abstract Lockdown implemented to limit transmission of the COVID-19 virus in China reduced the emissions of air pollutants especially around Hubei Province, though restrictions were more widely applied across the country. …”
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Drug-Induced Liver Injury Caused by Adalimumab: A Case Report and Review of the Bibliography by Bernardo Frider, Andres Bruno, Marcelo Ponte, Marcelo Amante

“…We describe a case of a 35-year-old man, with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and hepatitis C virus genotype 1a with a liver biopsy in 2001 with a METAVIR score pattern A1 F0; he received interferon alpha 2b for six months, but treatment was suspended because of reactivation of RA. …”
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Bullous Scabies in an Immunocompromised Host by James R. Wester, Lesley E Jackson, Kathryn Mokgosi, Tomer Barak, Mahmoud Abu Hazeem

“…Oral acyclovir was started empirically for disseminated herpes virus infection, with topical beclomethasone and intravenous antibiotics for possible superinfected bullous dermatosis. …”
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Study of an outbreak of jaundice in Rajshahi, Bangladesh: a sociodemographic and clinical manifestation by Mahi Mubassira, Muntasir Alam Muhib, Syed Abeed-Ul-Haque, Sanzida Khanam, Faruk Hasan

“…In the case of the clinical test, the jaundice-positive patients were hepatitis A virus (HAV)-positive, and the highest average alanine transaminase (ALT) and total bilirubin levels were 1312.67 ± 1.32 U/L and 2.08 ± 0.70 mg/dL, respectively. …”
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Dual AAV/IL-10 Plus STAT3 Anti-Inflammatory Gene Delivery Lowers Atherosclerosis in LDLR KO Mice, but without Increased Benefit by Maohua Cao, Junaid A. Khan, Bum-Yong Kang, Jawahar L. Mehta, Paul L. Hermonat

“…To investigate possible therapeutic synergism, we delivered both full-length wild-type human (h) STAT3 and hIL-10 genes by separate adenoassociated virus type 8 (AAV8) tail vein injection into LDLR KO on HCD. …”
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Modification of Cɛ mRNA Expression by EBV-Encoded Latent Membrane Protein 1 by Kazuhiko Hanashiro, Shigeto Ohta, Masanori Sunagawa, Mariko Nakamura, Mikio Suzuki, Tadayoshi Kosugi

“…To evaluate the effect of expression of latent membrane protein (LMP) 1 encoded by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) on Cɛ mRNA expression, mRNA levels were examined by RT-PCR or Northern blot analysis upon transient transfection of LMP1 in the splenocytes derived from Brown-Norway rats with or without immunization with 2,4-dinitrophenyl-conjugated Ascaris suum antigen. …”
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Diastolic dysfunction of myocardium and change of <i>Q–T</i> interval at chronic hepatitis C by A. A. Konysheva, Ye. A. Saginova, S. V. Moiseyev, T. N. Krasnova, D. T. Abdurakhmanov

“…Overall 150 patients with hepatitis virus C-associated liver diseases, including 80 patients with chronic hepatitis and 70 – with liver cirrhosis (LC) have been included in original study. …”
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Chronic glomerulonephritis of the mixed type in patient with HBV-infection (<i>Clinical case</i>) by V. S. Adonyeva, A. B. Botchkarev, O. S. Saurina

“…To present a clinical case of the chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) associated with hepatitis B virus (НВV) infection. To demonstrate efficacy of nucleoside analogues with high antiviral activity in the treatment of such patients and importance of well-timed prescription of antiviral therapy.Key points. …”
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Comparing Supervised Machine Learning Models for Covid-19 patient detection using a Combination of Clinical and Laboratory Dataset by Narges Mohebbi, Mehdi Tutunchian, Meysam Alavi, Mehrdad Kargari, Amir Behnam Kharazmy

“…Despite the remarkable efforts to contain the epidemic, the virus spread rapidly around the world and its prevalence continued with different degrees of clinical symptoms in many countries. …”
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Concepciones culturales del VIH/Sida de estudiantes adolescentes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, México by Aldo Favio Lozano González, Teresa Margarita Torres López, Carolina Aranda Beltrán

“…Los principales resultados muestran que existe abundante información descriptiva en torno al padecimiento sobre la transmisión del VIH: es producida por un virus, es mortal y no tiene cura. Las primeras dimensiones culturales que se encontraron en esta población en torno al VIH/Sida fueron: primero, elementos alusivos a un fatalismo ineludible y sentimientos que derivan del mismo; segundo, incluye conceptos biológicos; y tercero, considera cuestiones sexuales y señalamientos morales con respecto a las prácticas sexuales. …”
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Knowledge of Thai women in cervical cancer etiology and screening. by Uraiwan Khomphaiboonkij, Nattapong Sreamsukcharoenchai, Supakorn Pitakkarnkul, Kristsanamon Rittiluechai, Siriwan Tangjitgamol

“…Knowledge about cervical cancer screening and Human papilloma virus (HPV) influence on their awareness to the cervical cancer screening program. …”
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Systematic Review on the Effect of the Information Technology on Epidemic Control of COVID-19 by Hossein Chahkhoie Nezhad, Shamsollah Ghanbari, Mehdi Nezhadfarhani, Ali Shahidinejad

“…The health care system has done an excellent job, and the government has done various actions to help the community control the virus spreads as well. On the other hand, in most cases people help to improve the situation alongside the policies. …”
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Clonally Related Plasmablastic Lymphoma Simultaneously Occurring with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Norisato Hashimoto, Tomoki Ueda, Shinichiro Hiraiwa, Takuma Tajiri, Naoya Nakamura, Kenji Yokoyama

“…Although it was first described in HIV- (human immunodeficiency virus-) infected patients, PBL has been diagnosed in patients with other immunodeficiencies as well as in immunocompetent patients. …”
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Studying The Mental Health Status Of Nurses In The Era Of Covid-19 (A Rapid Review Study In Iran) by Mahshid Zare, Zahra Kavosi, Sedighe Sadat Tabatabaei Far

“…The mental health of nurses, who have been at the forefront of the fight against the virus, has been profoundly impacted. This study aims to examine the mental health status of Iranian nurses during the pandemic. …”
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The impact of organised educational campaigns on understanding of needle sticks injuries and related post-exposure HIV/AIDS prophylaxis by Ram Kumar Garg, Pooja Koundal, Poonam Sharma, Yogesh Kumar, Ram Niwas, Jitendra Singh

“…Approximately 385,000 healthcare professionals stab themselves unintentionally each year. The likelihood of virus transmission after a skin puncture injury depends on the person who used the object in the first place, the quantity of blood involved, the type of needle or syringe in question, the length of time since it was last used, and the type of injury. …”
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Comparing The Viral Load of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Different Human Specimens by Ali Hattem Hussain

“…The sputum was positive up to 23 days in a daily manner since start of symptoms except for the days 19, 21, and 23 that were negative for the virus. Three specimens, the nasopharyngeal swab, throat swab, and rectal swab, showed positive RT-PCR results before the appearance of COVID-19 clinical features.  …”
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