Spillover: From climate change to pandemics by Mary E. Wilson

“…While some areas in Africa are projected to become too hot for malaria transmission, changing climate will allow expansion of Aedes-transmitted viral infections, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, into areas with large urban populations. …”
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The Christmas Season as a Risk Factor for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations by Neil W Johnston, Andrew McIvor, Kim Lambert Reg N, Justina M Greene, Pat Hussac, Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier, Tim Higenbottam, Jonathan Lewis, Paul Newbold, Athula Herath, Martin Jenkins

“…BACKGROUND: Epidemics of hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occur annually during the Christmas holidays, and COPD exacerbations commonly coincide with respiratory viral infections.…”
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Female Genital Mutilation: Health Consequences and Complications—A Short Literature Review by Elliot Klein, Elizabeth Helzner, Michelle Shayowitz, Stephan Kohlhoff, Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz

“…The health consequences of FGM include bacterial and viral infections, obstetrical complications, and psychological problems. …”
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Viruses and neurodegeneration: a growing concern by S. Shouman, N. Hesham, T. Z. Salem

“…Cohort studies and case studies have demonstrated a potential link between viral infections and the onset or progression of NDDs. …”
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Grasses in African ethnoveterinary medicine: Review of their ethnopharmacological properties by Alfred Maroyi

“…Most of the species are used to treat gastrointestinal problems, endoparasites, retained placenta, viral infections, respiratory problems, wounds, ectoparasites, bone fractures, and polyarthritis, and are used as appetite stimulants. …”
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THE ROLE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN TREATING SALIVARY GLAND INFECTIONS by Irina Adriana Beuran, Simona Claudia Stefan, Elisabeta Maria Vasca, Robert Marius Grosu, Marius Petrea, Gabriel-Valeriu Popa, Bogdan Oprisan

“…Salivary gland infections, called sialadenitis, are mainly caused by bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species, but they can also result from mechanical blockages or viral infections. Complications of untreated or inadequately treated salivary gland infections can be severe, including the formation of abscesses, extension of the infection to neighboring structures, and permanent impairment of salivary gland functionality. …”
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Acute Progressive Visual Loss in a Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Challenges in the Utility of Molecular Tests in Early Diagnose of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis by Ali Amanati, Nader Shakibazad, Bahman Pourabbas, Mohammad Hossein Nowroozzadeh, Soheila Zareifar, Omid Reza Zekavat

“…Despite prompt treatment and ophthalmologic intervention, he died because of AML relapse. Viral infections, especially cytomegalovirus infection, may present with vague clinical pictures during any time of chemotherapy, which may not be easily distinguishable from bacterial or fungal retinitis and also chemotherapy-induced retinopathies. …”
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Manipulation of Type I Interferon Signaling by HIV and AIDS-Associated Viruses by Buyuan He, James T. Tran, David Jesse Sanchez

“…However, as additional studies into the function of Type I Interferons progressed, it was also seen that pathogenic viruses have coevolved to encode potent mechanisms allowing them to evade or suppress the impact of Type I Interferons on their replication. For chronic viral infections, such as HIV and many of the AIDS-associated viruses, including HTLV, HCV, KSHV, and EBV, the clinical efficacy of Type I Interferons is limited by these mechanisms. …”
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Recent Advances in Our Understanding of HLA-G Biology: Lessons from a Wide Spectrum of Human Diseases by Fabio Morandi, Roberta Rizzo, Enrico Fainardi, Nathalie Rouas-Freiss, Vito Pistoia

“…However, HLA-G can be expressed de novo at high levels in several pathological conditions, including solid and hematological tumors and during microbial or viral infections, leading to the impairment of the immune response against tumor cells or pathogens, respectively. …”
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High-Grade Leiomyosarcoma Arising in a Previously Replanted Limb by Tiffany J. Pan, Liron Pantanowitz, Kurt R. Weiss

“…Sarcoma development has been associated with genetics, irradiation, viral infections, and immunodeficiency. Reports of sarcomas arising in the setting of prior trauma, as in burn scars or fracture sites, are rare. …”
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Leptospirosis, melioidosis, and rickettsioses in the vicious circle of neglect. by Tshokey Tshokey, Ablert I Ko, Bart J Currie, Claudia Munoz-Zanzi, Cyrille Goarant, Daniel H Paris, David A B Dance, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Emma Birnie, Eric Bertherat, Gyanendra Gongal, Jackie Benschop, Jelmer Savelkoel, John Stenos, Kartika Saraswati, Matthew T Robinson, Nicholas P J Day, Stephen R Graves, Steven R Belmain, Stuart D Blacksell, Willem J Wiersinga

“…The global priorities in the field of infectious diseases are constantly changing. While emerging viral infections have regularly dominated public health attention, which has only intensified after the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous bacterial diseases have previously caused, and continue to cause, significant morbidity and mortality-deserving equal attention. …”
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COVID-19 and Neutrophils: The Relationship between Hyperinflammation and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps by Leandro Borges, Tania Cristina Pithon-Curi, Rui Curi, Elaine Hatanaka

“…We focused on studies regarding hyperinflammation, cytokine storms, neutrophil function, and viral infections. We discuss how the neutrophil’s role could influence COVID-19 symptoms in the interaction between hyperinflammation (overproduction of NETs and cytokines) and the clearance function of neutrophils to eliminate the viral infection. …”
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Immunomodulatory effects of inosine pranobex on cytokine production by human lymphocytes by Lasek Witold, Janyst Michał, Wolny Rafał, Zapała Łukasz, Bocian Katarzyna, Drela Nadzieja

“…Inosine pranobex (inosine dimepranol acedoben, isoprinosine) (Inos) is an immunomodulatory and antiviral drug used in some viral infections, especially in patients with weakened immunity. …”
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Dengue Viral Myositis Complicated with Rhabdomyolysis and Superinfection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Vinothan Sunderalingam, Thirumavalavan Kanapathipillai, P. A. S. Edirisinghe, K. M. M. P. Dassanayake, I. H. G. S. Premawansa

“…Rhabdomyolysis is a well-known complication following many viral and bacterial infections; however, only a few cases have been reported with dengue viral infections. Further occurrence of coinfection by dengue and bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been underestimated, and few reports have been published so far. …”
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Inflammatory Chemokine Expression via Toll-Like Receptor 3 Signaling in Normal Human Mesangial Cells by Hiroshi Tanaka, Tadaatsu Imaizumi

“…The innate and adaptive immune systems have been reported to play an important role in the pathogenesis of glomerular diseases. Since viral infections may trigger the development of inflammatory renal disease or the worsening of preexisting renal disease, recent studies have focused on the involvement of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and their signaling pathways in the inflammatory processes of glomerular cells. …”
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A Rare Case of HHV-8 Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Stable HIV Patient by Nonso Osakwe, Diane Johnson, Natalie Klein, Dalia Abdel Azim

“…Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare condition associated with viral infections including HIV. Cases have been reported mainly in advanced HIV/AIDS. …”
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KIF26B and CREB3L1 Derived from Immunoscore Could Inhibit the Progression of Ovarian Cancer by Shanshan Cong, Yao Fu, Xibo Zhao, Qiuyan Guo, Tian Liang, Di Wu, Jing Wang, Guangmei Zhang

“…We identified two hub gene modules related to the immunoscore of OV and found that these genes in the modules were related to the extracellular matrix and viral infections. At the same time, we also discovered six hub genes related to the immunity of OV. …”
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Local and global stability analysis of HIV/AIDS by using a nonstandard finite difference scheme by Amjid Hussain Morani, Maha Mohammed Saeed, Muhammad Aslam, Atif Mehmoud, Ali Shokri, Herbert Mukalazi

“…We demonstrate the superiority of the NSFD approach compared to existing methods, paving the way for further research in modeling viral infections.…”
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Understanding the Immune System in Fetal Protection and Maternal Infections during Pregnancy by Tarique Hussain, Ghulam Murtaza, Dildar Hussain Kalhoro, Muhammad Saleem Kalhoro, Yulong Yin, Muhammad Ismail Chughtai, Bie Tan, Anjaleena Yaseen, Zia Ur Rehman

“…This review article is designed to address the bacterial and viral infections that threaten pregnancy and their possible outcomes. …”
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The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor by Andrew Kanouse, Joanna S. Fishbein, Parissa Salemi

“…A pre-existing diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is generally associated with more difficulties with viral infections, as seen with COVID-19, but it is less clear if a reverse causal association exists between the development of type 2 diabetes and infection with the COVID-19 virus. …”
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