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Pathogens, Volume 14, Issue 3

March 2025 - 95 articles

Cover Story: HIV infection cannot be cured due to latently infected cells carrying intact but inactive HIV DNA, making them indistinguishable from uninfected cells. Several strategies have been developed to cure HIV infection, including the reactivation of HIV in latently infected cells, resulting in recognition and death—the “shock and kill” approach. Various latency-reversing agents (LRAs) have been tested in clinical trials. Some were successful in reactivating HIV in vivo and induced detectable changes in the reservoir. Though the technique is not yet curative, these trials prove that latently infected cells can be targeted. In combination with the latest immunomodulatory drugs that aid in killing cells that replicate HIV, new strategies and novel LRAs may be developed in the near future to cure HIV infection. View this paper
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Articles (95)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,023 Views
13 Pages

Clinostomum is a genus of parasitic trematodes found worldwide, infecting a wide range of hosts, including freshwater fishes, snails, birds and occasionally humans. In this study, clinostomid metacercariae were collected from Nile tilapia raised in f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,230 Views
13 Pages

Assessment of Microbiological Contamination and Prevalence of Pathogenic Strains in Cattle Carcasses from Romanian Slaughterhouses

  • Dariana-Olivia Brătfelan,
  • Alexandra Tăbăran,
  • Sorin Daniel Dan,
  • Alexandru-Flaviu Tăbăran,
  • Rodica Mărgăoan,
  • Oana Lucia Crişan-Reget and
  • Marian Mihaiu

Food safety, particularly within the meat industry, is a significant concern addressed under the One Health concept, emphasizing the necessity of enhanced surveillance and hygiene protocols to mitigate contamination risks. This study assessed microbi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,881 Views
15 Pages

Development and Characterization of Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Vibrio harveyi Strains as a Versatile Tool for Studying Infection Dynamics and Strain Interactions

  • Charalampos Chalmoukis,
  • Stavros Droubogiannis,
  • Vassiliki A. Michalopoulou,
  • Adriana Triga,
  • Panagiotis F. Sarris and
  • Pantelis Katharios

Fluorescent protein-tagged bacterial strains are widely used tools for studying host-pathogen interactions and microbial dynamics. In this study, we developed and characterized Vibrio harveyi strains genetically modified to express green fluorescent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,657 Views
10 Pages

Clinical, Immunological and Pathological Characteristics of Ischemic Dermatopathy in Dogs with Leishmaniosis

  • Nuria García,
  • Àlex Cobos,
  • Laia Solano-Gallego,
  • Marina García and
  • Laura Ordeix

Cutaneous lesions suggestive of vasculitis and/or ischemic dermatopathy (ID) are anecdotally reported in canine leishmaniosis, and the clinicopathological features of these conditions have not been fully characterized. The objective of this case seri...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,749 Views
20 Pages

Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) encode viral G-protein-coupled receptors (vGPCRs) that have diverged from their cellular homologues to perform new functions. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes four vGPCRs: UL33, UL78, US27, and US28, which contribute to v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,600 Views
14 Pages

Pediococcus pentosaceus MZF16 Probiotic Strain Prevents In Vitro Cytotoxic Effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa H103 and Prolongs the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans

  • Meryem Boujnane,
  • Mohamed Zommiti,
  • Olivier Lesouhaitier,
  • Mounir Ferchichi,
  • Ali Tahrioui,
  • Amine M. Boukerb and
  • Nathalie Connil

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium, responsible for several life-threatening infections due to its multiple virulence factors and problematic multi-drug resistance, hence the necessity to find alternatives such as competi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,492 Views
12 Pages

First Detection and Molecular Characterization of Peach Latent Mosaic Viroid (PLMVd) in Kazakhstan

  • Gulshan E. Stanbekova,
  • Leila T. Nadirova,
  • Ruslan V. Kryldakov,
  • Bulat K. Iskakov and
  • Andrey V. Zhigailov

Viroids represent obligate plant pathogens composed exclusively of non-protein coding small single-stranded RNAs that cause high economic losses worldwide. A field survey was carried out to assess the incidence of the peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMV...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,230 Views
14 Pages

FungID: Innovative Fungi Identification Method with Chromogenic Profiling of Colony Color Patterns

  • John Pouris,
  • Konstantinos Konstantinidis,
  • Ioanna Pyrri,
  • Effie G. Papageorgiou and
  • Chrysa Voyiatzaki

Fungi play crucial roles in many ecosystems; however, traditional identification methods are often time- and labor-intensive. In this study, we introduce FungID, a pilot and novel deep learning algorithm, alongside its user-friendly software implemen...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1,804 Views
7 Pages

The First Molecular Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis on Orchid Island, Taiwan, with No Evidence of SFTSV

  • Pai-Shan Chiang,
  • I-Jung Tsai,
  • Yuan-Wei Hu,
  • Hung-Jui Chen,
  • I-Jen Chen,
  • Hwa-Jen Teng and
  • Shiu-Ling Chen

Theileriosis is considered an economically important disease that may decrease productivity and cause a high mortality rate in livestock. Only a few studies have reported Theileria spp., such as T. sergenti and T. buffeli, in recent decades in Taiwan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,440 Views
17 Pages

Investigating the Therapeutic Effects of Albendazole, Mebendazole, and Praziquantel Nanocapsules in Hydatid Cyst-Infected Mice

  • Nooshinmehr Soleymani,
  • Soheil Sadr,
  • Cinzia Santucciu,
  • Abbas Rahdar,
  • Giovanna Masala and
  • Hassan Borji

Drug resistance is the main challenge in treating parasitic diseases, including cystic echinococcosis (CE). Hence, the current study aims to investigate the effect of nanocapsules containing albendazole (ABZ), mebendazole (MBZ), and praziquantel (PZQ...

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