Protracted HBsAg-aemia in a Patient with Acute Hepatitis B by K. R. Dudina, O. O. Znoyko

“…This clinical observation was aimed at analysing the course of the disease in a patient with a protracted persistence of HBsAg and HBV DNA in the blood in the outcome of acute hepatitis B and the possible formation of a latent HBV infection in the phase of clinical recovery.General findings. …”
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Spatial risk modelling of highly pathogenic avian influenza in France: Fattening duck farm activity matters. by Jean Artois, Timothée Vergne, Lisa Fourtune, Simon Dellicour, Axelle Scoizec, Sophie Le Bouquin, Jean-Luc Guérin, Mathilde C Paul, Claire Guinat

“…In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of the key spatial risk factors and predictive risk maps for HPAI infection in France, with a focus on the 2016-17 and 2020-21 epidemic waves. …”
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Studying Some Factors That Increase the Risk of Thalassemia in The City of Baquba by Sara Fawzi Sahm

“…The effect of the blood type factor on the infection rate shows that the highest number of infected people was those with blood type O. …”
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Saliva: Physiology and Diagnostic Potential in Health and Disease by Sebastien J. C. Farnaud, Ourania Kosti, Stephen J. Getting, Derek Renshaw

“…Communicable disease is the focus of the next section where we review the literature relating to the direct and indirect detection of pathogenic infections from human saliva. Finally, we discuss hormones involved in appetite regulation and whether saliva is a viable alternative to blood in order to monitor hormones that are involved in satiety.…”
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Focal Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis with Pulmonary Lesions on the Background of Type Two Diabetes Mellitus by Ahmad Enshaei, Arash A. Boora, Diana Taheri, Zahra Changizi, Nahid Bahmani

“…Interestingly she did not have symptoms or laboratory presentation of chronic renal bacterial infection except for elevated ESR. She sought medical attention due to severe pulmonary infection of the background of morbid obesity. …”
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A pan-orthohantavirus human lung xenograft mouse model and its utility for preclinical studies. by Melanie Rissmann, Danny Noack, Thomas M Spliethof, Vincent P Vaes, Rianne Stam, Peter van Run, Jordan J Clark, Georges M G M Verjans, Bart L Haagmans, Florian Krammer, Marion P G Koopmans, Judith M A van den Brand, Barry Rockx

“…Orthohantaviruses are emerging zoonotic viruses that can infect humans via the respiratory tract. There is an unmet need for an in vivo model to study infection of different orthohantaviruses in physiologically relevant tissue and to assess the efficacy of novel pan-orthohantavirus countermeasures. …”
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Extensive Differences in Antifungal Immune Response in Two Drosophila Species Revealed by Comparative Transcriptome Analysis by Yosuke Seto, Koichiro Tamura

“…In this study, it is shown that D. virilis has a higher resistance to oral infection of a species of filamentous fungi belonging to the genus Penicillium compared to D. melanogaster. …”
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Case report: First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa by J Pillay, N M van der Linden

“…Tissue cultures from a biopsy identified G. morbillorum species infection, and she was treated successfully with antibiotics for 6 weeks. …”
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Lassa Fever in Pregnancy: Report of 2 Cases Seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan by O. O. Bello, O. R. Akinajo, K. H. Odubamowo, T. A. O. Oluwasola

“…Though a rodent-borne infection, it can also be transmitted from person to person during the care of sick relations or more commonly in health care settings as a nosocomial infection. …”
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Molecular Typing of Dengue Virus Circulating in Kolkata, India in 2010 by Arindam Sarkar, Debjani Taraphdar, Shyamalendu Chatterjee

“…Out of 108 samples, 74 samples had monotypic infection with different serotypes of DENV and 33 samples had dual infections with DENV-2 and DENV-3. …”
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Actinomycotic osteonecrosis of the maxilla as a post-covid sequelae: A case report by V Vasanthi, Selvakumar Thulasiraman, Rajkumar Krishnan, Annasamy Ramesh Kumar

“…The dysregulated immune response from COVID-19 infection predisposes patients to opportunistic infections. …”
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Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis Complicated by Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Olga Zając-Spychała, Bogna Ukielska, Katarzyna Jończyk-Potoczna, Benigna Konatkowska, Jacek Wachowiak

“…Hepatosplenic candidiasis also known as chronic disseminated candidiasis is a rare manifestation of invasive fungal infection typically observed in patients with acute leukemia in prolonged, deep neutropenia. …”
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Risks and Benefits of Helicobacter pylori Eradication: Current Status by Richard H Hunt, Carlo Fallone, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Phil Sherman, Fiona Smaill, Alan BR Thomson, the Canadian Helicobacter Study Group

“…In patients with diseases known to be associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, such as peptic ulcer, treatment of the underlying infection is the standard of care. …”
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Monocytes as Regulators of Inflammation and HIV-Related Comorbidities during cART by Joshua J. Anzinger, Tiffany R. Butterfield, Thomas A. Angelovich, Suzanne M. Crowe, Clovis S. Palmer

“…Combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) extends the lifespan and the quality of life for HIV-infected persons but does not completely eliminate chronic immune activation and inflammation. …”
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Unexpected Abscess Localization of the Anterior Abdominal Wall in an ADPKD Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis by Nikos Sabanis, Eleni Paschou, Eleni Gavriilaki, Maria Mourounoglou, Sotirios Vasileiou

“…Kidney and liver cystic infections are the most common infectious complications in ADPKD patients. …”
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Overview on Cryptosporidium bovis and Its Effect on Calves in Some Governorates in Egypt by Amer R. Abdelaziz, Amin Tahoun, Hanem El-Sharkawy, Moustafa M. Abd El-Salam, Mohammed Alorabi, Ahmed M. El-Shehawi, Rasha A. El Meghanawy, Essam E Toukhy, Ahmed M. Abd El-Salam, Shimaa S. G. Sorour

“…The present study was conducted to elucidate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium bovis in suckling and weaned cattle calves (Bubalus bubalis) from different governorates in northern, middle, and southern Egypt, such as Behera, Menofia, Qaliubiya, Assiut, and Sohag; result revealed that from the overall examined fecal samples (n = 825), the overall prevalence was 7.27%, the highest significant infection rate was in young suckling calves less than one month (8.2%), and seasonally, winter season has the highest significant level (11.24%), but sex and locality were of no significant effect on the prevalence of infection in this study. …”
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African swine fever: one hundred years later by V. V. Makarov

“…A hundred years ago, he published a major report on study of new highly dangerous disease carried out in 1900–1917 in the East Africa. The infection fundamentals have been established and described – the etiological, immunological  and nosological uniqueness  of the infection, fatal susceptibility of domestic  pigs, clinical sings and pathomorphology,  viral etiology, natural reservoir and source of the infection, survival of the virus outside the body, many specific epizootological aspects. …”
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Strongyloides stercoralis and Organ Transplantation by Bhalaghuru Chokkalingam Mani, Moses Mathur, Heather Clauss, Rene Alvarez, Eman Hamad, Yoshiya Toyoda, Mark Birkenbach, Mustafa Ahmed

“…Strongyloides is a parasite that is common in tropical regions. Infection in the immunocompetent host is usually associated with mild gastrointestinal symptoms. …”
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COVID-19: Changing Trends and Its Impact on Future of Dentistry by Parin Bhanushali, Farhin Katge, Shantanu Deshpande, Vamsi Krishna Chimata, Shilpa Shetty, Debapriya Pradhan

“…The aim of this article is to recommend infection control strategies and patient management protocols to provide optimum dental care and simultaneously prevent nosocomial infection in dental settings.…”
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Rhinoscleroma with Pharyngolaryngeal Involvement Caused by Klebsiella ozaenae by J. Gonzales Zamora, A. R. Murali

“…Rhinoscleroma is a chronic, slowly progressive granulomatous bacterial infection that is endemic to the tropical world, namely, Central America and Africa. …”
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