Sex, ‘soaps’ and HIV by Natalie Ridgard

“…It also explores whether a connection is currently being made between MCPs and the risk of HIV infection. The findings show that sex is a key component of these soap operas, but is only linked to HIV in two per cent of cases. …”
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Beyond Suppression: Peripheral T Cell Responses to Vaccination in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Undergoing Anti-Tumor-Necrosis-Factor Therapy by Martin Qui, Ennaliza Salazar

“…While they enable a significant proportion of patients to achieve clinical remission, they carry an increased risk of infection and poor serological responses to vaccination. …”
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Clinical manifestations and complications seen with scrub typhus: A case series from indore by Akshat Pandey, Abhimanyu Nigam, Ashmeet Chaudhary, V P Pandey

“…It is a common trend to rule out the common causes of infection such as malaria, typhoid, and leptospirosis, and then, a good number of cases are ultimately diagnosed as scrub typhus. …”
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How Do Trematodes Induce Cancer? A Possible Evolutionary Adaptation of an Oncogenic Agent Transmitted by Flukes by Péter Apari, Gábor Földvári

“…ABSTRACT There is strong epidemiological evidence that development of various cancer types is linked to infection with flukes (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. …”
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Particularities of gastroduodenal pathology in children, associated with cytotoxic CAGA-positive strains of Helicobacter pylori by Gerasimenko O.N.

“…It was shown that 55.1% of patients observed were infected with cytotoxic CagA (+) strains of H. pylori. …”
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Techniques of Oncovascular Reconstruction of Portal and Mesenteric Veins during Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery by Ahram Han, Sanghyun Ahn, Seung-Kee Min

“…Despite the higher risks of infection and thrombosis, prosthetic grafts are also considered. …”
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Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic – ERRATUM by Ben J. Mans, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Ronel Pienaar, Minique de Castro, Mehran Khan, Mashal M. Almutairi, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Abid Ali, Ala Tabor

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Associated with Posterior Cranial Fossa Meningioma by Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Etushi Kato, Kousuke Kanemoto

“…A 33-year-old woman showed symptoms of OCD, including obsessive worry about infection from tainted blood and repetitive confirmation, which worsened during pregnancy. …”
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A Fractional-Order Model for HIV Dynamics in a Two-Sex Population by Fatmawati, Endrik Mifta Shaiful, Mohammad Imam Utoyo

“…Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks or infects cells in the immune system that causes immune decline. …”
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Glucocorticosteroid in Treatment of Severe Pneumonia by Felinda Ariani, Kaixiong Liu, Zhang Jing, Jieming Qu

“…The balance between inflammatory mediators is key for the outcome of the pulmonary infection; elimination of invading pathogen was marked by the release of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators from alveolar macrophages and glucocorticoid steroids (GCs) acting on the inflammatory component. …”
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A Rare Complication in an Untreated Horizontal Root Fracture Case by Fatih Tulumbacı, Volkan Arıkan, Aylin Akbay Oba, Fethi Atıl

“…A radicular cyst is an inflammatory cyst that develops as a result of untreated dental caries, with pulp necrosis and periapical infection following chemical, physical or bacterial injury. …”
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Is It Stevens–Johnson Syndrome or MIS-C with Mucocutaneous Involvement? by Abdollah Karimi, Elham Pourbakhtiaran, Mazdak Fallahi, Fereshteh karbasian, Shahnaz Armin, Delara Babaie

“…Conclusion. COVID-19 infection should be considered in children with fever and dermatological features during the pandemic because it may cause different features of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), suggestive of delayed hyperimmune response.…”
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Complex Case of Open Fracture-Dislocation of the Elbow by Tommy Primeau, Philippe Beauchamp-Chalifour, Stéphane Pelet

“…While the procedure complicated with a Nocardia infection and wound breakdown, the patient almost had full range of motion without instability at 11 months of follow-up.…”
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Norethisterone-induced subacute on chronic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis with secondary intracranial hypertension in a young woman: A case report by Garikapati Kavitha, Vijayan Sharmila

“…Oral contraceptives are one of the potential risk factors for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) apart from infection and genetically acquired prothrombotic states. …”
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Investigation of effectiveness of surgical treatment of chronic dacryocystitis - endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy. by V. L. Borodulya, E. M. Grechka, M. E. Stepakhina, E. A. Derbina

“…Prolonged and conti­nuous lacrimation (symptom of epiphora) causes discomfort, inclination to conjunctiva infect, reduces visual acuity and ultimately the quality of life of the patient. …”
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Potential Distribution of Chagas Disease Vectors (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Colombia, Based on Ecological Niche Modeling by Gabriel Parra-Henao, Laura C. Suárez-Escudero, Sebastián González-Caro

“…This information could help to guide health authority recommendations on infection monitoring, prevention, and control. In this study, we estimated the geographic distribution of triatomine species in Colombia and identified the relationship between landscape structure and climatic factors influencing their occurrence. …”
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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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Unmasking inborn errors of immunity: identifying the red flags of immune dysregulation by Manuela Cortesi, Laura Dotta, Marco Cattalini, Vassilios Lougaris, Annarosa Soresina, Raffaele Badolato

“…Even if increased susceptibility to infections is the best-known symptom, IEI are no longer defined by the higher likelihood of infections alone. …”
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Solvent-Free Ring Cleavage Hydrazinolysis of Certain Biginelli Pyrimidines by Mohamed A. Said, Wagdy M. Eldehna, Hazem A. Ghabbour, Maha M. Kabil, Nasser S. Al-shakliah, Hatem A. Abdel-Aziz

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Perspectives in HPV Secondary Screening and Personalized Therapy Basing on Our Understanding of HPV-Related Carcinogenesis Pathways by Aleksander Celewicz, Marta Celewicz, Michał Michalczyk, Rafał Rzepka

“…Since cervical cancer is almost exclusively associated with HPV infection, understanding changes happening in an infected cell may prove invaluable for search of such methods, but it may also prove helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of other anogenital and nasopharyngeal region cancers. …”
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