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• There is a need for new names, but most microbiologists lack competence in Latin. • Digital approaches to creation of names will minimize the need for human expertise. • We can easily create descriptive and arbitrary Latinized names en masse. • Linguistic pragmatism will make bacterial nomenclature accessible and inclusive. • Simpler protologues ...
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus is the cause of the current global pandemic and has affected more than 188 countries worldwide. Infection by the virus can have diverse clinical manifestations, with one of the most severe clinical manifestation being respiratory failure and the development of acute respiratory dist...
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The novel coronavirus has infected about 141 million people around the world. So far, about 80.4 million people have been discharged, and nearly 3.01 million people have died (an estimated mortality rate of 2.13%). The study aimed to investigate the effect of plasma therapy from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat the patients hospitalized in the ...
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The risk of severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) disease seems to be higher in individuals with solid organ transplantation. Therefore, the purpose of the present research is to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 and laboratory data and epidemiologic factors in liver transplant recipients and the patients on the waiting list for liver tran...
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Cervical cancer is considered to be the fourth common cancer. It is assumed that numerous risk factors, especially infectious ones, can have a detrimental effect on cervical cancer. In this study, we evaluated the expression of Herv-K env, np9, rec and gag in cervical tissues. After RNA extraction and cDNA sensitizing of 12 cervical cancer tissues ...
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Hemoperfusion is a method of blood filtering to remove toxins and inflammatory factors. Cytokine storms and high levels of inflammatory factors play a role in the pathogenesis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present study aims to evaluate the effect of hemoperfusion on the clinical and laboratory findings and outcomes of patients with s...
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Q fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii , is a poorly recognized zoonotic infection given its polymorphic clinical presentation. The diagnosis should not be missed to treat in the acute phase and thus prevent major complications of the chronic phase. We describe a case of acute Q fever with pancreatitis, hypereosinophilia and pulmonary infiltrates.
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Blood group antigens are one of the most important antigens in humans that have an impact on susceptibility to disease and may be used as a prognosis factor in different diseases such as COVID-19. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between ABO blood groups and Rhesus antigen and susceptibility to COVID-19. The clinical data of 398 subj...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) complex is comprising of pathogenic mycobacteria responsible for human and animal tuberculosis, a major public health problem in Niger. Although infected individuals are paramount sources of contamination, nevertheless alternative, neglected sources may play some role in minority forms of the infection. Accordingly,...
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• Establish a SuperSpectrum of B. pseudomallei in Hainan and evaluate its application value in the rapid identification of clinical isolates. • The results show that the MALDI-TOF MS can be used to accurately identify B. pseudomallei . • Protein fingerprints spectra showed that specific peaks occurred in B. pseudomallei from the Hainan region. • Th...
