Genç Bahçe, Yasemin Acer, Ömer Özüdoğru, Osman
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Current Microbiology
Older age (>60 years) has been identified as the main risk factor for COVID-19. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Pfizer–BioNTech and CoronaVac vaccines against COVID-19 infection, serious illness, and mortality in the geriatric population. We found that 2 doses of CoronaVac vaccine were ineffective in protecting against COVID-19 ...
Li, Yanqi Xiao, Shune Huang, Guangtao
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Current Microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a common nosocomial pathogen associated with serious clinical challenges owing to its rapidly increasing resistance to antibiotics. Due to their high host specificity and easy access to the natural environment, bacteriophages (phages) may serve as good antibacterial agents. Phage therapy has been successful...
Sinha, Anupriya Vaggu, Raghavendra Goud Swain, Ramakrushna Patnaik, Srinivas
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Current Microbiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging zoonotic virus, which causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Entry of coronaviruses into the cell depends on binding of the viral spike (S) proteins to cellular receptors Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). The virus-mediated reduction of ACE2/Ang1-7 causes floodin...
Chen, Yiwen Zhang, Lahong Zhou, Changjun Liu, Yuhua Pan, Feng Ke, Qiang Chen, Zhaojun
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Current Microbiology
The immune status of mycobacterium tuberculosis ( MTB ) infection is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. In this work, we aim to evaluate the clinical significance of the combination of serum IFN-γ, IGRAs (Interferon-Gamma Release Assay), lymphocyte subset with activation indicators detection in active and latent tuberculosis...
Dehghani, Tannaz Gholizadeh, Omid Daneshvar, Maziar Nemati, Mohammad Mahdi Akbarzadeh, Sama Amini, Parya Afkhami, Hamed Kohansal, Maryam Javanmard, Zahra Poortahmasebi, Vahdat
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Current Microbiology
Chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are known as inflammatory bowel disorders (IBD). Patients with inflammatory bowel illnesses are more susceptible to viral infections. In people with IBD, viral infections have emerged as a significant issue. Viral infections are often difficult t...
Oikawa, Daiki Fukui, Kohei Aoki, Yuichi Waki, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Seiji Shimoyama, Takefumi Nakayama, Toru
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Current microbiology
Strain C5-48T, an anaerobic intestinal bacterium that potentially accumulates acetaldehyde at levels exceeding its minimum mutagenic concentration (50 µM) in the colon and rectum, was isolated from the feces of a patient with alcoholism. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain C5-48T showed high similarity to the corresponding sequences of Lachnoclost...
Wu, Jingjing Zhang, Dongmei Zhao, Meijing Zheng, Xiaowei
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Current Microbiology
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is one of the most common diseases, causing high maternal morbidity and mortality. However, the correlation of gut microbiota in PIH has not been reported. Our aim was to characterize the intestinal microbiota of patients with PIH compared with healthy people. We analyzed and compared the gut microbiota communit...
Zhang, Jun-Ai Wang, Jia-Jun Zhang, Wen-Ting Zhang, Li Zheng, Bi-Ying Liu, Gan-Bin Liang, Jing Lu, Yuan-Bin Wu, Xian-Jin Yao, Shu-Ying
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Current Microbiology
Dengue remains a public health issue worldwide. Similar to chronic infectious diseases, stimulation of cytokine production is not enough to drive immune effector cells for effective virus clearance. One possible mechanism is the virus induces a large number of negative stimulatory cytokines inhibiting immune response. Interleukin 37 (IL-37) plays a...
Kaela, Calvin R. Lilly, Mariska Rheeder, John P. Misihairabgwi, Jane M. Alberts, Johanna F.
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Current Microbiology
Mycological (mycotoxigenic Fusarium and aflatoxigenic Aspergillus spp.) and multiple mycotoxins [aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), fumonisin B (FB), deoxynivalenol and zearalenone] surveillance was conducted on raw whole grain sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) and pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum ) produced on smallholder farms, and processed products sold at open m...
Özkaya, Esra Yazıcı, Merve Baran, Irmak Çetin, Nesibe Selma Tosun, İlknur Buruk, Celal Kurtuluş Kaklıkkaya, Neşe Aydın, Faruk Doymaz, Mehmet Ziya
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Current Microbiology
One of the immune responses desired to be achieved by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is to create neutralizing antibodies (nAbs), thus preventing the development and spread of infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the seropositivity rate, anti-spike antibody levels, and neutralizing capacity of these antibodies against wild type (WT) and alph...
