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Mating of unfed, engorged, and partially to fully gravid Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) female mosquitoes in producing viable eggs | Parasites & Vectors

2024-08-25 09:39 PM

Guzman MG, Harris E. Dengue. Lancet. 2015;385:453–65. PubMed Google Scholar Alfonso-Parra C, Avila F. Molecular responses to the zika virus in mosquitoes. Pathogens. 2018;7:E49. Google Scholar Vega-Rúa A, Zouache K, Girod R, Failloux AB, Lourenço-de-Oliveira R. High level of vector competence of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus from ten American countries as a crucial factor …

Prevalence of non-falciparum malaria infections among asymptomatic individuals in four regions of Mainland Tanzania | Parasites & Vectors

2024-03-23 10:07 AM

The authors wish to thank participants and parents/guardians of all children who took part in the surveillance. We acknowledge the contribution of the following project staff and other colleagues who participated in data collection and/or laboratory processing of samples: Raymond Kitengeso, Ezekiel Malecela, Muhidin Kassim, Athanas Mhina, August Nyaki, Juma Tupa, Anangisye Malabeja, Emmanuel Kessy, …

Clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of patients with liver abscess due to Aspergillus spp: a systematic review of published cases | BMC Infectious Diseases

2024-03-23 08:03 AM

Demographics, comorbidities and the risk factors Similar to BLA and ALA, ILA occurred more frequently in men. It remains unclear why liver abscesses are more common in men, but across the studies that seems to be a consistent finding regardless of the etiology of liver abscess [2, 4, 5]. In patients with ALA, this noticeable …

Age, sex, location could be important to antibiotic resistance, study finds, ET HealthWorld

2024-03-16 11:13 AM

New Delhi: Age, sex and location could be important in assessing the antibiotic resistance of a bacterial infection, new research has found. Antibiotic, or antimicrobial, resistance is a global public health threat and occurs when disease-causing germs evolve and develop a resistance to the very drugs designed to kill them, rendering these drugs ineffective. The …

A perspective on Oxford’s R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine and the future of global eradication efforts | Malaria Journal

2024-01-13 12:42 AM

Studies have shown that the R21/Matrix-M vaccine exhibits remarkable efficacy and safety in Phase II trials, including among children who received a booster dose of R21/Matrix-M 1 year after completing a primary three-dose regimen [7]. Initially focused on inducing high-level T-cell responses against pre-erythrocytic liver-stage malaria antigens, the vaccine’s scope has recently expanded to include the …

Effects of entecavir and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate on the incidence and severity of COVID-19 in patients with chronic hepatitis B | BMC Infectious Diseases

2023-11-30 01:30 PM

In this study, we investigated the incidence, duration, and severity of COVID-19 among 630 CHB patients receiving ETV or TDF. Our results showed that ETV or TDF treatment had similar impacts on the incidence, duration, and severity of COVID-19 in CHB patients. After adjusting for multiple confounding factors, the conclusions remained consistent. In the current …

Study protocol for safety and efficacy of all-oral shortened regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicenter randomized withdrawal trial and a single-arm trial [SEAL-MDR] | BMC Infectious Diseases

2023-11-27 08:02 PM

Trial design and oversight We are conducting a two-part, patient-stratified, treatment-response-guided study: a randomized withdrawal trial for MDR-TB and a single-arm trial for pre-XDR-TB (Fig. 1; Table 1). For MDR-TB, patients are assigned to either Regimen A (Bdq, Lzd, Mfx, Cs) or Regimen B (Lzd, Mfx, Cs, Cfz, Pza) based on treatment preference and FQ drug susceptibility …