MOSQUITO-BORNE PARASITES IN PATIENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN RELATIONSHIP WITH CD4 COUNT AND TNF ΑLPHA by Mathew Folaranmi Olaniyan

“…., 2001) Plasmodium spp. and 8% (WHO, 2019) W. bancrofti obtained in the non-HIV infected control subjects. Showed a significant decrease in CD4 count and increase in plasma TNFα in both HIV mono-infection and coinfection with Plasmodium spp. and W. bancrofti compared with the results obtained in the non-HIV infected control subjects (p<0.05) and the results obtained in the newly infected HIV patients without Plasmodium spp. and W. coinfection (p<0.05). …”
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Longitudinal mitochondrial bioenergetic signatures of blood monocytes and lymphocytes improve during treatment of drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis patients by Bridgette M. Cumming, Kelvin W. Addicott, Fernanda Maruri, Fernanda Maruri, Vanessa Pillay, Rukaya Asmal, Sashen Moodley, Beatriz Barreto-Durate, Beatriz Barreto-Durate, Mariana Araújo-Pereira, Mariana Araújo-Pereira, Matilda Mazibuko, Zoey Mhlane, Nikiwe Mbatha, Khadija Khan, Senamile Makhari, Farina Karim, Lauren Peetluk, Alexander S. Pym, Mahomed Yunus S. Moosa, Yuri F. van der Heijden, Yuri F. van der Heijden, Yuri F. van der Heijden, Timothy S. Sterling, Timothy S. Sterling, Bruno B. Andrade, Bruno B. Andrade, Alasdair Leslie, Alasdair Leslie, Alasdair Leslie, Adrie J. C. Steyn, Adrie J. C. Steyn, Adrie J. C. Steyn

“…At diagnosis, the bioenergetic parameters of both blood lymphocytes and monocytes of TB patients were severely impaired in comparison to non-TB and non-HIV-infected controls. However, most bioenergetic parameters were not affected by HIV status or glycemic index. …”
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Natural compounds from medicinal plants against COVID-19 by Anton Kolodnitsky, Nikita Ionov, Irina Gravel, Vladimir Poroikov

“…During the past time, several infections control methods have been developed. Nevertheless, all of them have certain limitations: uncertainty in duration, limited efficacy of vaccines, and lack of effective drugs for COVID-19 treatment. …”
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Advanced techniques and nanotechnologies for point-of-care testing by Valeria Secchi, Valeria Secchi, Alice Armanni, Linda Barbieri, Antonia Bruno, Alessandro Colombo, Sara Fumagalli, Ekaterina A. Kukushkina, Roberto Lorenzi, Letizia Marchesi, Hind Moukham, Alberto Paleari, Alessandra Ronchi, Giulia Tomaino, Farida Tripodi, Miriam Colombo, Miriam Colombo, Laura Sironi, Angelo Monguzzi, Angelo Monguzzi

“…The correct understanding of pathogens distribution and evolution is therefore crucial for infections control and for the design of effective prevention strategies. …”
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Natural regulatory T cells increase significantly in pediatric patients with parasitic infections: Flow cytometry study by Nadeem Kizilbash, Nida Suhail, A. Khuzaim Alzahrani, W. Jamith Basha, Mohamed Soliman

“…Setting and Design: Fifty-one pediatric subjects (29 males and 22 females) were recruited from a tertiary care hospital, and were divided into infected and non-infected (control) groups. The mean age of the subjects was 8.7 years. …”
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SIV infection induces alterations in gene expression and loss of interneurons in Rhesus Macaque frontal cortex during early systemic infection by Richard C. Crist, Samar N. Chehimi, Saurabh S. Divakaran, Michael J. Montague, Sébastien Tremblay, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Martin O. Bohlen, Kenneth L. Chiou, Trish M. Zintel, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Michael L. Platt, Halvor Juul, Guido Silvestri, Matthew R. Hayes, Dennis L. Kolson, Benjamin C. Reiner

“…To begin to address this knowledge gap, we utilized single nuclei transcriptomics to examine frontal cortex samples of rhesus macaques 10- and 20-days post-SIV infection, compared to non-infected controls. We identify and validated a decrease in inhibitory neurons during the early post infection window, representing a potential substrate of longer-term injury and neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV. …”
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Detection of Neoehrlichia mikurensis in 11 persons who attribute their persistent health complaints to a tick-borne disease by Audun Olav Dahlberg, Audun Aase, Harald Reiso, Rune Midgard, Hanne Quarsten

“…We did not find any significant differences between infected persons and non-infected controls regarding their clinical manifestations and health burdens. …”
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Endocervical miRNA-142 expression in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease positive for Chlamydia trachomatis by Aliaa Zara Allah Hussein Al-Tememy, Maysaa S. Alshukri, Asmaa Kadhim Gatea

“…Objectives: This work investigates the changes in the host miRNA-142 expression profile during chlamydial infection and not infected control group women Materials and Methods: The study included 200 female patients who were sampled, including endocervical swab from each female patient. …”
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Microbiota, Prostatitis, and Fertility: Bacterial Diversity as a Possible Health Ally by Jenniffer Puerta Suárez, Walter D. Cardona Maya

“…In this preliminary study, ten volunteers have included 5 volunteers with symptoms of chronic prostatitis (prostatitis group) and five fertile volunteers, asymptomatic for urogenital infections (control group) matched by age. Bacterial diversity analysis was performed using the 16S molecular marker to compare the microbiota present in urine and semen samples from chronic prostatitis symptoms and fertile volunteers. …”
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The association between socioeconomic status and pandemic influenza: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Clare Shelley-Egan, Ole Rogeberg

“…Studies using healthy controls tended to document that low SES was associated with worse influenza outcome, and studies using infected controls find low SES associated with more severe outcomes. …”
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Haematobiochemical alterations and lesion characterization induced by haemonchosis in slaughtered sheep at Gondar ELFORA abattoir, Ethiopia by Birhan Anagaw Malede, Mersha Chanie Kebede, Asnakew Mulaw Berihun, Muluken Yayeh Mekonnen, Mohammed Yesuf, Tadegegn Mitiku, Mastewal Birhan, Ambaye Kenubih, Abraham Belete Temesgen

“…The study involved 60 male local breed sheep, divided into 30 infected and 30 non-infected controls. The selection process involved postmortem examination of the abomasum tissues, incision, palpation, and visual inspection. …”
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Melittin ameliorates schistosomiasis-induced liver fibrosis by suppressing signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 and nuclear factor kappa B by Ola I. Rozik, Manal M. Hussein, Ahmed S. El-elebiarie, Soad Nady

“…The infected groups were classified into the infected control group, the Praziquantel (PZQ)-treated group, and three MEL-treated groups that received three different doses (0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 mg/kg, respectively) for 14 days. …”
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Subclinical patterns of cardiac involvement by transthoracic echocardiography in individuals with mild initial COVID-19 by Anastasia Shchendrygina, Mame Madjiguène Ka, Carlos Rodriguez, Safaa Alsoufi, Jedrzej Hoffmann, Parveen Kumar, Maria Ludovica Carerj, Byambasuren Vanchin, Niels Holm, Argyro Karyou, Mijidsuren Ganbat, Eike Nagel, Valentina O. Puntmann

“…Compared with those of non-COVID-19-infected controls (n = 94, male n = 49), baseline systolic (LVEF, TAPSE) and diastolic function (eʹ, aʹ, E/eʹ) were significantly different in infected participants (p < 0.05 for all). …”
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A KSHV RNA-binding protein promotes FOS to inhibit nuclease AEN and transactivate RGS2 for AKT phosphorylation by Vladimir Majerciak, Beatriz Alvarado-Hernandez, Yanping Ma, Shivalee Duduskar, Alexei Lobanov, Maggie Cam, Zhi-Ming Zheng

“…Thus, KSHV lytic infection controls the expression of a subset of genes for signaling, cell cycle progression, and proliferation to potentially contribute to viral oncogenesis.…”
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The Role of Potassium Phosphite in Enhancing the Activity of Defense Enzymes in Rice Infected by Sheath Blight by Milad Habibi Daronkolaei, Mohammad Ali Tajick Ghanbary, Valiollah Babaeizad, Heshmatollah Rahimian, Ali Dehestani

“…In diseased plants, the presence of potassium phosphite led to an increase in enzyme activity compared to infected control plants. This suggests that potassium phosphite enhances enzyme activity in plants to combat pathogens. …”
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