Nasal microbial diversity is associated with survival in piglets infected by a highly virulent PRRSV-1 strain by Pau Obregon-Gutierrez, Martí Cortey, Gerard E. Martín-Valls, Hepzibar Clilverd, Florencia Correa-Fiz, Virginia Aragón, Enric Mateu

“…The role of the nasal microbiota in respiratory viral infections is still to be unveiled but may be promisingly related with the health status of the animals and thus, their susceptibility. …”
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Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Hair Loss Disease Alopecia Areata by Taisuke Ito

“…Alopecia areata is sometimes triggered by viral infections such as influenza that causes excess production of interferons (IFN). …”
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A Case-Control Study of the Role of Cold Symptoms and other Historical Triggering Factors in Asthma Exacerbations by Susan M Tarlo, Irvin Broder, Paul Corey, Moira Chan-Yeung, Alexander Ferguson, Allan Becker, Peter Warren, F Estelle R Simons, Christopher Sherlock, Marilyn Okada, Jure Manfreda

“…BACKGROUND: Asthma exacerbations can be provoked by many triggers such as allergens, respiratory irritants and viral infections. The relative importance of these has not been prospectively documented in a case-control study.…”
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Epidemiology of Kidney Cancer by D. Pascual, A. Borque

“…Smoking, chemical carcinogens like asbestos or organic solvents are some of these factors that increase the risk of the RCC. Viral infections and radiation therapy have also been described as risk factors. …”
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Verrucous Carcinoma of Buccal Mucosa in Female: A Rare Case Report of Traumatic Tooth Origin by V. Keerthi Narayan

“…Tobacco in both smoking and smokeless form, alcohol, and opportunist viral infections are the most associated etiologies in most of the reported literature cases. …”
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit: A Series of Four Cases by Shrey Shah, Chaitanya Karlapalem, Pratik Patel, Nikhil Madan

“…Bacterial coinfections increase the severity of respiratory viral infections and have been associated with higher mortality and morbidity. …”
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Immunomediated Encephalitis: New Diagnoses on the Neurology–Psychiatry Interface by Daniel Damiani, Aline Ribeiro de Bem

“…The etiologies behind these diseases are represented by paraneoplastic syndromes (including occult tumors) as well as viral infections, in both cases constituting true immunological triggers with exposure of antigens that will lead to a cross-immunological response directed at healthy structures of the nervous system. …”
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Meconium Peritonitis and Periorchitis: Report of a Prenatal Case by Cem Yaşar Sanhal, İnanç Mendilcioğlu, Adnan Aslan, Murat Özekinci, Mehmet Şimşek

“…Meconium peritonitis may also be caused by viral infections (cytomegalovirus or parvovirus B19) and cystic fibrosis. …”
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Autoantibodies and Liver Disease: Uses and Abuses by Marilyn V Zeman, Gideon M Hirschfield

“…In the continued absence of pathognomonic serum markers, diagnosis requires evaluation of laboratory investigations and, frequently, a liver biopsy – all of which need to be interpreted in the correct clinical context, with an emphasis on exclusion of viral infections, drug toxicity and metabolic disease. …”
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Severe Thrombocytopenia Two Weeks Following Immunization with the Janssen Ad26.CoV2.S Vaccine by Bana Antonios, Markie Zimmer, Emma Herrman, Ramona Berghea

“…ITP has also been associated with several viral infections, including HCV, HIV, and most recently, active SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis Virally Exacerbated by SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Infections: A Case Report by Maria Gergoudis, Logan Laubach, Glenn E. Lee, Jeffrey R. Donowitz

“…Here, we present a case of recurrent De Quervain’s tenosynovitis exacerbated by two distinct viral infections. We hypothesize that viral-induced systemic inflammation led to localized recurrence of inflammation within the tendon sheath. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…Donors with advanced age, obesity, asymptomatic microhematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, renal stone disease, history of malignancy and with chronic viral infections consist of this complex living donors. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Epidemiological Trends in Pediatric Cervical Abscess-Forming Infections by Shuhei Takahashi, Ai Kishino, Kentaro Miyai, Shigeru Takishima, Tae Omori, Hidehiro Furuno, Ryosei Iemura, Makoto Ono, Keisuke Ogasawara, Akito Sutani, Masayuki Nagasawa

“…Although the reemergence of respiratory viral infections after the COVID-19 pandemic may be a factor, the cause of the doubling in the number of neck abscesses after the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear and requires further investigation.…”
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Post-COVID-19 Dermatomyositis: A Delayed Reaction That Evades Early Detection by Nur Ili Syazwani MD HADIS, Siti Suhaila MOHD YUSOFF, Rosediani MUHAMAD, Fatin Hanani CHE JUHA

“…Its prevalence increased during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Viral infections may cause autoimmunity and trigger the pathogenesis of myositis. …”
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RING finger protein 5 is a key anti-FMDV host factor through inhibition of virion assembly. by Wei Zhang, Weiwei Li, Yang Yang, Weijun Cao, Wenhua Shao, Mengyao Huang, Jiali Wang, Zhitong Chen, Jiantao Cai, Hongyi Liu, Xiaoyi Zhao, Xingyan Dong, Tingting Zhou, Hong Tian, Zixiang Zhu, Fan Yang, Haixue Zheng

“…These findings shed light on the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in controlling virus replication, offering potential new strategies for treating viral infections.…”
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Severe Late-Onset Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia Following IFN β-1a Treatment: A Case Report of a 52-Year-Old Woman with Relapse-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis by Christophe Cisarovsky, Marie Théaudin, Pierre-Alexandre Bart, Grégoire Stalder, Lorenzo Alberio

“…Blood work showed an isolated severe thrombocytopenia and ruled out other autoimmune diseases, viral infections, intravascular hemolysis, and renal impairment. …”
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Myocarditis and Rhabdomyolysis in a Healthy Young Man Caused by Salmonella Gastroenteritis by Warkaa Al Shamkhani, Yasmeen Ajaz, Nagham Saeed Jafar, Sunil Roy Narayanan

“…Moreover, bacterial infections of the GI tract have been rarely reported as a cause of serious complications like acute myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis. While viral infections are commonly associated with myocarditis, bacterial infections are infrequently seen with these conditions. …”
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Fournier's Gangrene Associated with Local Cutaneous HPV Lesions in a Previously Healthy Girl by Maria Tsinti, Theophani Tsekoura, Evangelos Blevrakis, Ioannis Vlachakis, Amalia Tsilimigaki-Christaki

“…The diagnosis was posed after the disease had progressed to the typical clinical picture of frank gangrene. A benign viral infection, common warts, possibly represents the initiating event of the development of this necrotizing soft tissue infection. …”
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Interferon Induced Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis by Yusuf Kayar, Nuket Bayram Kayar, Nadir Alpay, Jamshid Hamdard, Iskender Ekinci, Sebnem Emegil, Rabia Bag Soydas, Birol Baysal

“…Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is usually seen in viral infections, immune deficiency syndrome, sickle cell anemia, and hyperfiltration and secondary to interferon therapy. …”
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Interferon-based agents for current and future viral respiratory infections: A scoping literature review of human studies. by Aldina Mesic, Emahlea K Jackson, Mathias Lalika, David M Koelle, Rena C Patel

“…The interferon (IFN) system is a potent line of defense against viral infections. IFN-based agents already tested may be of use in COVID-19 or future viral respiratory outbreaks. …”
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