Common variable immunodeficiency: An uncommon cause of bronchiectasis, granulomatous disease, chronic liver disease, and enteropathy – Case report and review of literature by Veena Shamsudeen, Arun Hegde, Uday Bhanu Kovilapu, Nisha Verma, Anurag Jain

“…Gastrointestinal involvement may manifest either in the form of an infectious diarrhea due to parasites such as Giardia lamblia and bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, or as a noninfectious enteropathy resembling coeliac disease or inflammatory bowel disease. …”
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Proinflammatory Cytokine Gene Expression by Murine Macrophages in Response to Brugia malayi Wolbachia Surface Protein by Chantima Porksakorn, Surang Nuchprayoon, Kiwon Park, Alan L. Scott

“…Wolbachia, an endosymbiotic bacterium found in most species of filarial parasites, is thought to play a significant role in inducing innate inflammatory responses in lymphatic filariasis patients. …”
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Scientific and Pedagogical Heritage of Professor V.L. Wagin at the Kazan University by R.M. Sabirov, A.I. Golubev, L.V. Malutina, A.V. Bespyatikh

“…His research work in Kazan followed three main directions: 1) systematics and development of Ascothoracida crustaceans, parasites of echinoderms and coral polyps; 2) phylogeny of Myzostomida worms, ecto- and endoparasites of echinoderms; 3) parasitology of fish inhabiting water bodies of the Middle Volga Region, in particular the Kuybyshev Reservoir. …”
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Première observation d’un comportement de Leaf Swallowing chez des chimpanzés vivant en captivité à la Réserve Africaine de Sigean, France by Nathan Cazelles-Durand, Ulrich Maloueki, Lyna Rachid, Marielle Beltrame, Fanny Juillard, Désiré Musuyu-Muganza

“…This method seems to promote the expulsion of intestinal parasites and/or increase intestinal transit. We report observations of this type of behaviour in a population of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) living in captivity at the African reserve of Sigean (RAS), in France. …”
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The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula by Ellie Lebeau, Jenny C. Dunn

“…Host immune responses to coinfection can contribute to infection costs but are often harder to predict than those associated with single infection, due to the influence of within-host parasite–parasite interactions on infection virulence. …”
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Application of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Infectious Keratitis by Xin-Yu Pan, Meng Wang, Yi-Dan Xu, Lin-Nong Wang

“…Filamentous fungi represented by Fusarium and Aspergillus were the most common, followed by bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pneumoniae, viruses (Herpes Simplex Virus/Varicella-Zoster Virus), and parasites. The positivity rates of secretion culture, corneal laser confocal microscopy (CM), mNGS, and pathological sections were 47.3% (133/281), 45.3% (111/245), 83.9% (104/124), and 19.3% (40/207), respectively. …”
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Salivary Glands Proteins Expression of Anopheles dirus A Fed on Plasmodium vivax- and Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Human Blood by Saowanee Cotama, Paron Dekumyoy, Yudthana Samung, Usa Lek-Uthai

“…The study shows that salivary glands proteins expression of An. dirus may affect the malaria parasite life cycle and the ability of mosquitoes to transmit malaria parasites in post-24-hour disappearance observation.…”
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Prevalence and Types of Coinfections in Sleeping Sickness Patients in Kenya (2000/2009) by J. M. Kagira, N. Maina, J. Njenga, S. M. Karanja, S. M. Karori, J. M. Ngotho

“…The patients were also infected with Entamoeba spp. (32.3%) and Trichomonas hominis (22.6%) protozoan parasites. The main clinical signs observed at the point of admission included headache (74.2%), fever (48.4%), sleep disorders (45.2%), and general body pain (41.9%). …”
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CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, HISTOPATHOLOGY, AND POTENTIAL PROGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS IN A COHORT FROM A REFERENCE CENTER IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL by João Pedro Pattussi BERTINATTI, Josenel Maria Barcelos MARÇAL, Eduardo CAMBRUZZI, Dido Eliphas LEÃO DE ALENCAR

“…Its incidence is higher in Eastern countries due to the endemic prevalence of liver parasites. Factors such as metabolic syndrome, smoking, and pro-inflammatory conditions are also linked to the disease. …”
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Ectoparasites in Ornamental Shrimps Neocaridina denticulata and Neocaridina palmata from Purbalingga Fish Market Aquariums by Srimurni Kusmintarsih Endang, Hassan Alsheikh Mahmoud Hanan, Husein Sastranegara Moh., Syakuri Hamdan, Nuryanto Agus

“…Zoothamnium sp. was not detected on the cephalothorax of the two species, these parasites species were host-specific to the gills of the two species. …”
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Nanopore sequencing of protozoa: Decoding biological information on a string of biochemical molecules into human-readable signals by Branden Hunter, Timothy Cromwell, Hyunjin Shim

“…Such characteristics are also prevalent in other host-dependent parasites, such as bacteriophages. The taxonomic classification results showed a high proportion of nanopore reads identified as T. brucei in the infected blood samples, with no significant identification in the control blood samples and fecal samples. …”
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Hybrid and/or mixed infection by pig and human Ascaris in a Guarani indigenous village in southern Brazil. by Veridiana Lenartovicz Boeira, Renata Coltro Bezagio, Marina Silva de Carvalho, Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra, Ana Paula de Abreu, Cristiano Lara Massara, Cristiane Maria Colli, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum are nematode parasites that infect millions of people and pigs worldwide, respectively. …”
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Machine Learning-based Disease Classification in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Plants by Md Towfiqur Rahman, Sudipto Dhar Dipto, Israt Jahan June, Abdul Momin, Muhammad Rashed Al Mamun

“…In Bangladesh, tomato cultivation faces significant challenges due to its susceptibility to various microorganisms, parasites, and bacterial infections. Typically, the early symptoms of these diseases first appear in roots and leaves, complicating timely detection. …”
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Comparison of Two Techniques for the Detection of Flea Faeces in Canine and Feline Coat Brushings by Marie-Christine Cadiergues, Caroline Cabaret-Mandin, Chloé Solatges

“…Flea infestation is diagnosed after the detection of either adult parasites or flea faeces in the fur. The latter is generally tested with the wet blotting paper technique (WBPT). …”
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Microscopic and molecular detection of Cytauxzoon spp. in cats in Mosul city, Iraq by Sura S. Aghwan, Enas S. Hussein, Salam A Esmaeel

“…According to the study, the infection rate of cats with Cytauxzoon spp parasites in Mosulwas significant, reaching 76%. The results of genetic sequencing were presented for the first time. …”
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Phylostratigraphic analysis of gene networks of human diseases by Z. S. Mustafin, S. A. Lashin, Yu. G. Matushkin

“…It was also shown that among the gene networks analyzed, the highest proportion of evolutionarily young genes was found in the networks associated with diseases of the immune system (65 %), and the highest proportion of evolutionarily ancient genes was found in the networks responsible for the formation of human dependence on substances that cause addiction to chemical compounds (88 %); gene networks responsible for the development of infectious diseases caused by parasites are signif icantly enriched for evolutionarily young genes, and gene networks responsible for the development of specif ic types of cancer are signif icantly enriched for evolutionarily ancient genes.…”
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Diversity of aphids and their natural enemies in forest areas of northwestern Algeria, with a new record of Myzocallis schreiberi by Amine Akrich, Kada Righi, Fatiha Assia Righi, Abdelwahab Chedad, George Japoshivli

“…Conclusions Natural enemies, such as predators and parasites, play a crucial role in controlling populations of aphids. …”
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Optimal Control of a Spatio-Temporal Model for Malaria: Synergy Treatment and Prevention by Malicki Zorom, Pascal Zongo, Bruno Barbier, Blaise Somé

“…., asymptomatic carriers of parasites) in overall population, two considerations are needed, (a) For the reservoir patches, we need to apply both treatment and prevention to reduce the number of infections and to reduce the number of semi-immunes; neither the treatment nor prevention were specified at the beginning of the control application, except prevention that seems to be effective at the end. …”
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DFT Study and Antiparasitic Activity of Some Azo Dyes Containing Uracil by Nevin Süleymanoğlu, Pınar Kubaşık, Şahin Direkel

“…In antiparasitic activity study, dyes I and II were tested for the first time against parasites Leishmania infantum, Leishmania major, Leishmania tropica promastigotes, and Trichomonas vaginalis trophozoites. …”
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Schistosome-Derived Molecules as Modulating Actors of the Immune System and Promising Candidates to Treat Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases by Luis Janssen, Gisele Lorranna Silva Santos, Herick Sampaio Muller, Anderson Rodrigues Araújo Vieira, Tatiana Amabile de Campos, Vicente de Paulo Martins

“…It is long known that some parasite infections are able to modulate specific pathways of host’s metabolism and immune responses. …”
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