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Does vitamin D reduce the mortality rate of Plasmodium infection?: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundVitamin D supplementation is recommended as an effective adjunct to counteract malaria pathogenesis, but the evidence on this point is...
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Systematic review of sporozoite infection rate of Anopheles mosquitoes in Ethiopia, 2001–2021
BackgroundAdult mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles are important vectors of Plasmodium parasites, causative agents of malaria. The aim of this review...
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Intra-host mutation rate of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection during the initial pandemic wave
SARS-CoV-2 mutation is minimized through a proofreading function encoded by NSP-14 . Most estimates of the SARS-CoV-2 mutation rate are derived from...
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Factors Affecting Leishmania Infection in Sand Fly
Leishmania is a causative agent of leishmaniasis infection. It requires two hosts to complete its life cycle, mammals and sand flies. The parasite...
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Seasonal variation in tsetse fly apparent density and Trypanosoma spp. infection rate and occurrence of drug-resistant trypanosomes in Lambwe, Kenya
Tsetse flies are major arthropod vectors of trypanosomes that cause debilitating African animal trypanosomiasis. The emergence of drug-resistant...
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Laboratory Diagnosis of HEV Infection
Serological and nucleic acid tests for detecting hepatitis E virus (HEV) have been developed for both epidemiologic and diagnostic purposes. The...
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Ternidens Infection
Ternidens deminutus is a small nematode, also known as false hookworm belonging to the family Strongylidae, and was first described by Railliet and...
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Sex Differences in HIV Infection
Biological sex has wide-ranging impacts on HIV infection spanning differences in acquisition risk, the pathogenesis of untreated infection, impact of...
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Raillietina Infection
Raillietina species belonging to the cestode group of parasites are rare causes of intestinal infection in humans. Rodents such as rats are the...
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Orf, a Human Parapoxvirus Infection
Despite being common worldwide, parapoxvirusParapoxvirus infections are regarded as neglected zoonoses because their incidence is either unknown or...
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Nanophyetus Infection
Nanophyetiasis is a fish-borne zoonoses occurring in the Pacific northwest region of North America and parts of Siberia. The disease, caused by a...
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Infection Rate in Seabasses Fed with Viscera Parasitised by Anisakid Larvae
PurposeIt has been suggested that the removal of infected viscera on board is responsible for the high prevalence of anisakid larvae present in wild...
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Piroplasma spp. Infection and Co-infection with Anaplasma marginale in Domestic Ruminants from Algeria
BackgroundPiroplasmosis and anaplasmosis stand out as the primary diseases affecting livestock during periods of tick activity. These vector-borne...
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New Antiretroviral Agents for HIV Infection
The development of antiretroviral drugs for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is the most remarkable achievement in medical...
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Mouse Models of Henipavirus Infection
The Nipah and Hendra viruses, belonging to henipavirus genus, are recently emerged zoonotic pathogens that cause severe and often fatal, neurologic,...
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Prevalence of natural feline coronavirus infection in domestic cats in Fujian, China
Only few studies have investigated the prevalence of feline coronavirus (FCoV) infection in domestic cats in Fujian, China. This is the first study...
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The Mechanism of Viral Infection
Viruses cause many diseases. Some of them seem to have appeared suddenly in recent decades: see the box on “The AIDS virus and new viruses”. What are...
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Ferret Models for Henipavirus Infection
Henipaviruses are emerging zoonotic viruses that can cause outbreaks of severe respiratory and neurological disease in humans and animals such as...
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Sleep Disturbances Among Patients with COVID-19 Infection
The COVID-19 pandemic had global implications for people’s physical and mental health. Sleep is one of the determinants of health and well-being and...
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Lower Humoral and Cellular Immunity Following Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Compared to Symptomatic Infection in Education (The ACE Cohort)
PurposeAsymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections were widely reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, acting as a hidden source of infection. Many existing...
