Julia Sets and Their Control of Discrete Fractional SIRS Models by Miao Ouyang, Yongping Zhang

“…It is of crucial significance to study infectious disease phenomenon by using the discrete SIRS model with the Caputo deltas sense and fractal viewpoint. …”
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Clostridium septicum Empyema in an Immunocompetent Woman by Alexander B. Granok, Patrick A. Mahon, Genesio W. Biesek

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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Yersiniosis by Aswathy Sreedharan, Correy Jones, Keith R. Schneider

“…Yersiniosis is an infectious disease caused by the consumption of food contaminated with the bacterium Yersinia. …”
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West Nile Virus Infection in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Series and Literature Review by Eddy Fan, Dale M Needham, James Brunton, Ralph Z Kern, Thomas E Stewart

“…BACKGROUND: West Nile virus (WNV) is a rapidly spreading infectious disease in North America. Critical care issues related to WNV are not well described.…”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Yersiniosis by Aswathy Sreedharan, Correy Jones, Keith R. Schneider

“…Yersiniosis is an infectious disease caused by the consumption of food contaminated with the bacterium Yersinia. …”
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Estimation of respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospital admissions in five European countries: a modelling studyResearch in context by Caroline Klint Johannesen, David Gideonse, Richard Osei-Yeboah, Toni Lehtonen, Ombeline Jollivet, Rachel A. Cohen, Arantxa Urchueguía-Fornes, María Herrero-Silvestre, Mónica López-Lacort, Rolf Kramer, Thea K. Fischer, Terho Heikkinen, Harish Nair, Harry Campbell, Michiel van Boven, Harish Nair, Hanna Nohynek, Anne Teirlinck, Louis Bont, Peter Openshaw, Andrew Pollard, Veena Kumar, Elizabeth Begier, Jim Janimak, Jenny Hendrix, Rolf Kramer, Alejandro Orrico Sánchez, Eva Molero

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The molecular receptor NKBB enhances the persistence and anti-hepatocellular carcinoma activity of GPC3 CAR-T cells by Minghao Sui, Tiantian Liu, Xuanli Song, Ji Li, Han Ding, Yuqian Liu, Xinyu Wang, Huimin Liu, Yuchan Xue, Jianni Qi, Miao Zhang, Songbo Zhao, Qiang Zhu

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The stability of an SIR epidemic model with time delays by Zhen Jin, Zhien Ma

“…In this paper, an SIR epidemic model for the spread of an infectious disease transmitted by direct contact among humans and vectors (mosquitoes) which have an incubation time to become infectious is formulated. …”
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Antiretroviral Treatment-Associated Tuberculosis in a Prospective Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients Starting ART by William Worodria, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Jane Namaganda, Andrew Kambugu, Yukari C. Manabe, Luc Kestens, Robert Colebunders

“…To determine the incidence and predictors of ART-associated TB, we screened 219 patients commencing ART at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Kampala, Uganda for TB by symptoms, sputum microscopy, and chest X-rays and followed them for one year. …”
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Comparison of Platelet Indices, Lymphocyte, and Systemic Inflammation Indices on Days 1 and 8 in Surviving and Non-Surviving COVID-19 Patients at Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Ba... by Harti GF, Maulida SN, Susandi E, Fadjari TH, Sumardi U, Alisjahbana B, Wijaya I

“…Gusti Fungani Harti,1 Syifa Nur Maulida,2 Evan Susandi,3 Trinugroho Heri Fadjari,1 Uun Sumardi,3 Bachti Alisjahbana,2,3 Indra Wijaya1 1Division of Hemato and Oncology Medic, Department of Internal Medicine, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; 2Research Center for Care and Control of Infectious Disease, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; 3Division of Tropical and Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Indra Wijaya, Division of Hemato and Oncology Medic, Department of Internal Medicine, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Pasteur No. 38, Bandung, West Java, 40161, Indonesia, Email indra.wijaya@unpad.ac.idPurpose: This study aimed to compare platelet count, platelet indices, lymphocyte, and systemic inflammation indices between surviving and non-surviving COVID-19 patients, measured at admission and on the eighth day of hospitalization.Patients and Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, from March to December 2020. …”
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In Vitro Acid Resistance of Pathogenic Candida Species in Simulated Gastric Fluid by Eri Ikeda, Masaya Yamaguchi, Masayuki Ono, Shigetada Kawabata

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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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Cuproptosis Cell Death Molecular Events and Pathways to Liver Disease by Mao Y, Chen H, Zhu W, Ni S, Luo S, Tang S, Chen Z, Wang Q, Xu J, Tu Q, Chen H, Zhu L

“…Yun Mao,1,* Huilan Chen,1,* Weihan Zhu,2 Shunlan Ni,3 Shengnan Luo,3 Shiyue Tang,3 Zhiyi Chen,4 Qin Wang,3 Jinxian Xu,3 Qi Tu,5 Haijun Chen,3,* Lujian Zhu3,* 1Department of Gerontology, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, People’s Republic of China; 2The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Infectious Disease, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lujian Zhu; Haijun Chen, Department of Infectious Disease, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, People’s Republic of China, Email zhulj_brave@163.com; 19564367335@163.comAbstract: Chronic liver disease ranks as the 11th leading cause of death worldwide, while hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality, representing a substantial risk to public health. …”
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Global knowledge gaps in acute febrile illness etiologic investigations: A scoping review. by Chulwoo Rhee, Grishma A Kharod, Nicolas Schaad, Nathan W Furukawa, Neil M Vora, David D Blaney, John A Crump, Kevin R Clarke

“…<h4>Background</h4>Acute febrile illness (AFI), a common reason for people seeking medical care globally, represents a spectrum of infectious disease etiologies with important variations geographically and by population. …”
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Induced Sputum for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Is It Useful in Clinical Practice? by S-R Olsen, R Long, GJ Tyrrell, D Kunimoto

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The Basic Reproduction Number for the Markovian SIR-Type Epidemic Models: Comparison and Consistency by Muteb Faraj Alharthi

“…This paper is concerned with a well-known epidemiological concept to measure the spread of infectious disease, that is, the basic reproduction number. …”
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From Rarity to Recognition: Infantile Botulism and the Broad Spectrum of Differential Diagnoses by Matthew C. Authement, Brandon M. Jones, Robert J. Kahoud, Elizabeth H. Ristagno

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Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment by James Satalich, Julie Reznicek, Alexandra Bryson, Prayag Pershad, Nicholas Hooper, Jibanananda Satpathy

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Correction: Education strategies are the most commonly used in pediatric rehabilitation implementation research: a scoping review by Sahar Ghahramani, Sophia C. Larson, Allison J. L’Hotta, Kelly M. Harris, Kim Lipsey, Elvin H. Geng, Lisa A. Juckett, Catherine R. Hoyt

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Do current maternal health staffing and bed occupancy benchmarks work in practice? Results from a simulation model by Giorgia Gon, Carolin Vegvari, Rebecca F Baggaley, Said Mohammed Ali, Salma Abdi Mahmoud, Farhat Jowhar

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