Why is flu so bad this year? Highly mutated variant offers answers
A person is vaccinated against influenza, which is causing high numbers of illnesses and hospitalizations in the United…
Bangladesh Respiratory Illness, Encephalitis Linked to Bats
Unexplained respiratory and neurological illnesses in Bangladesh have been identified as Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs)—a group of newly emergent bat-borne…
Mutation in the knockdown resistance gene and population genetic structure in Culex tritaeniorhynchus from Guizhou Province | Parasites & Vectors
Insecticide resistance reflects adaptive evolutionary dynamics, where selective pressure favors the survival and proliferation of resistant genotypes, where…
A Tequintavirus bacteriophage SIA3lw isolated from sewage water with antimicrobial potential against antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Infantis | BMC Microbiology
Tack DM, Ray L, Griffin PM, Cieslak PR, Dunn J, Rissman T, et al. Preliminary incidence and trends…
Microbial and seminal traces of sexual intercourse and forensic implications | Microbiome
Isala cohort cross-sectional study The Isala citizen-science project (https://isala.be/en/) was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Antwerp…
A unified catalog of 14,062 microbial species reference genomes provides new insight into the gut microbiota in high-altitude mammals | Microbiome
Zhang Z, Xu D, Wang L, Hao J, Wang J, Zhou X, et al. Convergent evolution of rumen…
Detection of invasive Aedes vittatus mosquitoes in Jamaica: molecular identification and surveillance implications | Parasites & Vectors
Manguin S, Boëte C. Global Impact of Mosquito Biodiversity, Human Vector-Borne Diseas and Environmental Change [Internet]. The Importance…
The relationship between human papillomavirus genotype distribution and age and the association with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix or cervical cancer in Jilin Province, China | Virology Journal
Description of the study population The sample consisted of 634 males and 20,648 females ranging in age from…
The dual antifungal and antibiofilm activities of β-carotene against multidrug-resistant Candida albicans induce wound healing in a diabetic rat model: an in vitro and in vivo study | BMC Microbiology
Microorganism Yeast isolates, isolated from wounds, were obtained from the microbiological laboratory at Tanta University, Egypt, and were…
Genome sequencing for prevention of health-care-associated bacterial infections
WHO Team Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). Global report on infection prevention and control. WHO https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240051164 (2022). Warren,…
Cyclophilins as key players in protozoan parasite infections | Parasites & Vectors
Barik S. Immunophilins: for the love of proteins. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2006;63:2889–900. CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google…
Mosquitoes and the city: effects of urbanization on Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens captures in southern Spain | Parasites & Vectors
Lowe S, Browne M, Boudjelas S, De Poorter M. 100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species. A…