Akrami, Sousan Dokht Khosravi, Azar Hashemzadeh, Mohammad
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Pathogens and global health
There are limited studies on the antibiotic resistance patterns of slowly growing mycobacteria (SGM) species and their related gene mutations in Iran. This study aimed to elucidate the antibiotic susceptibility profiles and the mutations in some genes that are associated with the antibiotic resistance among SGM isolates from Iran. The SGM strains w...
Thankachy, Sonia Dash, Smrutidhara Subramanian, Muthukumaravel Thirumal, Sankari Balakrishnan, Vijayakumar Sahu, Sudhansu Sekhar
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Pathogens and global health
There have been repeated episodes of the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri district of Odisha State in the recent past. In the current study, we aimed to assess the entomological parameters of JE vectors in the district. Prevalence of JE vector species, their per man hour density (PMHD), dusk index (DI), human blood index (HBI), ...
Hernández-Chea, Roderico David Morales-Ramírez, Paola Hernández, Marisela Toledo, Andrea Hun, Alejandro Sciutto, Edda Fleury, Agnès
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In Guatemala, neurocysticercosis (NCC) was first recognized in 1940; since then, cases of NCC have been reported in all Guatemalan departments. However, epidemiological studies on Taenia solium infections are scarce and most information remains unpublished. This study aims to provide evidence of T. solium infections as a public health problem in Gu...
Nik Zuraina, Nik Mohd Noor Mohamad, Suharni Hasan, Habsah Goni, Mohammed Dauda Suraiya, Siti
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Respiratory tract infections (RTIs), including pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis, are among the leading causes of death worldwide. The use of accurate diagnostic tests is crucial to initiate proper treatment and therapy to reduce the mortality rates for RTIs. A PCR assay for simultaneous detection of six respiratory bacteria: Haemophilus influen...
Gürer Giray, Burcu Aslantürk, Ahmet Şimşek, Hülya Özgür, Didem Kılıç, Selçuk Aslan, Gönül
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of deaths from infectious disease worldwide. Nowadays, the tendency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) to spread between continents due to uncontrolled migration movements shows that TB is a global health problem. The number of studies for the detection of MTBC strains' epidemiological features ...
Dian, Sofiati Ganiem, Ahmad Rizal Ekawardhani, Savira
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Toxoplasma gondii infection in the central nervous system commonly occurs among immunodeficient patients. Its prevalence is high in countries with a high burden of HIV and low coverage of antiretroviral drugs. The brain is one of the predilections for T. gondii infection due to its low inflammatory reaction, and cerebral toxoplasmosis occurs solely...
Sriprapun, Methee Rattanamahaphoom, Jittraporn Sriburin, Pimolpachr Chatchen, Supawat Limkittikul, Kriengsak Sirivichayakul, Chukiat
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Circulating hsa-miRNA-126 (CmiR-126) has been reported to involve in the pathogenesis of many infectious diseases including dengue virus infection. However, no prior study has been conducted to describe more details in dengue-infected pediatric patients. This study aimed to describe CmiR-126-3p in dengue-infected pediatric patients during the febri...
Nyirenda, John L Z Bockey, Annabelle Wagner, Dirk Lange, Berit
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A systematic review (Prospero CRD42017075562) including articles published between 1 January 1990 and 31 October 2021 was performed to synthesize evidence on the effect of integrating tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) healthcare on screening coverage and treatment loss to follow-up as compared to non-integrated care services for TB and D...
Digwo, Daniel Chidebelu, Paul Ugwu, Kenneth Adediji, Adedapo Farkas, Kata Chigor, Vincent
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Rotavirus is responsible for most cases of gastroenteritis and mortality in children below 5 years of age, especially in developing countries, including Nigeria. Nonetheless, there is limited data on the nationwide estimate for the prevalence of rotavirus. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to determine the pooled prevalence of rotavir...
Alied, Marcel Nguyen, Dang Abdul Aziz, Jeza Muhamad Vinh, Dang Phuc Huy, Nguyen Tien
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