2026 March - 104 articles
Between 1993 and 2024, a total of 274 hard ticks (Ixodidae) were collected from 138 subterranean localities in Croatia. This study represents the most extensive survey of hard tick fauna in subterranean habitats in Croatia to date. The collected spec...
Background: Hepatitis B and C remain a major public health challenge in Greece, particularly amid demographic shifts, migration, and evolving socioeconomic conditions. Updated epidemiological data are essential to guide public health planning and pre...
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus that exhibits significant structural and pathological similarities to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), establishing it as a valuable model for HIV vaccine development. In this study, artificial i...
Parasitic diseases involving invertebrate hosts, notably leishmaniasis (transmitted by sandflies) and schistosomiasis (transmitted via aquatic snails), remain public health concerns in China. Based on the Global Burden of Disease 2021 data, the age-s...
Sesame is an oilseed crop threatened by a phyllody disease associated with the presence of phytoplasmas, which can reduce yields by up to 80%. The molecular identification of these bacteria in crops located in Western Iran was achieved from samples s...
Toscana virus (TOSV) is an arthropod-borne virus, transmitted by sandflies, which represents a major cause of aseptic meningitis in Mediterranean countries during summer months. Despite its epidemiological importance, recent genomic data on circulati...
Demodex mites are common commensals of mammalian skin, but under certain conditions, they can cause severe skin diseases. This study analyzed the presence, diversity, and phylogenetic relationships of Demodex species in two wolf subspecies from south...
Background: There is limited information about treatment success and outcomes in retrovirus-positive cats diagnosed with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). Methods: A survey was distributed to caretakers of cats with feline leukemia virus (FeLV) an...
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus that has garnered attention due to its role in human infections, particularly among adolescents and young adults. Traditionally associated with pharyngitis, this organism...
Background: Despite significant improvements in blood safety, the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections persists, particularly from emerging and re-emerging viruses. For red blood cell (RBC) products, this risk is exacerbated by the fact that th...
Real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) is highly sensitive for prion detection; however, inhibitory factors present in tissue homogenates readily interfere with the assay. We previously reported that recombinant cervid prion protein (rCerPrP)...
During infection in vitro with the strain 438/06 of bovine coronavirus (BCoV), a β-coronavirus similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) CoV-2, treatment with 6-pentyl-α-pyrone (6PP), a fungal metabolite obtained from Trichoderma...
Meningitis remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States despite advances in vaccination, antimicrobial therapy, and critical care. However, long-term national mortality patterns across demographic and geographic subgrou...
In response to the alarming rise in antimicrobial resistance, bacteriophages have re-emerged as a promising alternative to conventional antibiotic therapy. The main objective of this paper was to characterize a newly isolated phage (vB_SEC_3) in the...
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a threat that increases morbidity and mortality. This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the profile of priority antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and to analyze the behavior of multidrug-resistant tubercu...
Background: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) has become an increasing public health threat in China, with Yantai City representing a major endemic focus. A fine-scale, long-term epidemiological analysis integrating human case data w...
Lyme borreliosis (LB), the most common European tick-borne disease, can manifest as an erythema migrans (EM) rash or as disseminated LB. The prospective Burden of Lyme Disease (BOLD) study evaluated the frequency of LB clinical manifestations, includ...
Pertussis, caused by Bordetella pertussis, remains a public health concern despite long-standing vaccination programs. After a marked decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, a resurgence was observed in Europe and Italy, with a sharp increase in 2024....
Heavy metal pollution is increasingly recognized, not merely as a source of static toxicity, but also as a driver of dynamic microbial regulation. At sublethal concentrations, these pollutants function as critical environmental cues that reshape micr...
Prior molecular docking and dynamics studies indicated a pyrazolopyridine–sulfonamide derivative (L87/PPS2, or simply PPS2) as a potential interactant with SARS-CoV-2 protein targets. The in vitro anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity and cytotoxicity profi...
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) represents an emerging challenge in veterinary dermatology. Commercially available ozonated oils promise antibacterial activity, but their efficacy under physiologically relevan...
The sale of raw milk via vending machines represents a well-established distribution model in many European countries, including Switzerland. As part of this study, data on the microbiological quality of raw milk sold via vending machines in Switzerl...
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is the most common zoonotic disease in Russia, with about a 98% abundance of Puumala virus in all HFRS cases. We report clinical manifestations and genomic characteristics of the Puumala virus strain that...
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a major global health concern. Newer agents, including bedaquiline (BDQ), delamanid (DLM), pretomanid (PMD), and linezolid (LZD), are essential for treatment; however, the resistance mechanisms of these drugs remai...
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is the primary pathogen responsible for genital herpes. Predominantly transmitted via sexual contact, HSV-2 not only poses significant physical and psychological burdens on infected individuals but also substantial...
Scrub typhus, caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi (O. tsutsugamushi), remains a major public-health concern in the Asia–Pacific region. Genome-wide inference is complicated by extensive repetitive DNA and frequ...
The threat of antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments, particularly riverine systems, is escalating, in part due to effluents discharged from healthcare facilities. This issue has been recognized not only in Japan but also in other Asian cou...
Background: Despite improvements in life expectancy, people living with HIV (PWH) continue displaying immune activation and high rates of comorbid conditions. No comparative studies concerning activation markers exist between simplification strategie...
Canine coronavirus (CCoV), an alphacoronavirus belonging to the Coronaviridae family, is primarily associated with enteric infections in dogs. The ongoing evolution of coronaviruses through genetic recombination and mutation leads to the emergence of...
Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that typically causes bacteremia or meningitis in humans, whereas vertebral osteomyelitis with epidural abscess is exceedingly rare and may be missed. We describe a 65-year-old farmer with fever and...
The rising prevalence of Candidozyma auris and Candida parapsilosis, characterized by high surface persistence and biofilm-forming capabilities, challenges the efficacy of standard laundry and surface disinfection protocols. This study evaluated the...
Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are tick-borne infectious diseases caused by more than 30 Rickettsia species. As ticks may harbor and transmit multiple pathogens during a single blood meal, sensitive and specific molecular detection methods a...
(1) Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with recurrent symptoms despite therapy raises concern for underlying antimicrobial resistance. While inflammation is central to disease pathophysiology, increasing evidence suggests that resistant bacteri...
This study aimed primarily to evaluate the performance of two Conformité Européenne—In Vitro Diagnostic (CE-IVD) multiplex real-time PCR (rt-PCR) assays for the molecular identification of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) of human inte...
Theileria haneyi, a recently discovered tick-borne hemoparasite infecting equids globally, has significant implications for equine health. Although it is closely related to T. equi (sharing 23% genomic divergence), it establishes an asymptomatic carr...
Wild birds are increasingly recognized as contributors to the circulation and environmental dissemination of zoonotic pathogens, yet data from Greece remain limited, particularly for raptors, corvids, and water birds. This study investigated selected...
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a special category of non-coding RNAs. The latter are known for their pivotal regulatory functions over many cellular processes. In biology, circRNAs exert regulatory functions on many physiological events, most likely th...
As a core pastoral region of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Qinghai Province faces substantial threats to livestock production from tick-borne diseases. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of six bacterial pathogens in dominant tick spec...
Background: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication following megaprosthetic reconstruction in musculoskeletal oncology. This study aimed to evaluate outcomes of different surgical strategies for PJI in lower-limb megaprostheses...
Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is a cell wall–deficient bacterial pathogen associated with several sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including nongonococcal urethritis, cervicitis, and pelvic inflammatory disease. In the context of increasing...
Equine trypanosomosis remains an important veterinary concern in regions where horses play a significant economic and cultural role. In Kazakhstan, comprehensive nationwide data on the seroepidemiological status of equine trypanosomes are limited. Th...
Botulism is a neuroparalytic disease caused by exposure to botulinum neurotoxins produced by anaerobic spore-forming bacteria of the genus Clostridium. This disease occurs in both humans and wild and domestic animals, and is currently becoming an inc...
Ticks are important vectors of bacterial pathogens with veterinary and public health significance. However, information on the diversity of tick-associated bacteria in forest ecosystems of northeastern China remains limited. In this study, 821 questi...
Chrysomya megacephala is a synanthropic fly with a high potential to act as a mechanical vector of pathogenic bacteria, surpassing Musca domestica in both bacterial load and diversity. Native to Asia and Africa, it has become a cosmopolitan species,...
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an important zoonotic intestinal protozoon causing diarrhea in humans and animals, threatening public health and livestock farming. This study aimed to investigate the infection and genotype distribution of E. bieneusi in b...
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that remains an important public and veterinary health concern across Europe. Periodic outbreaks affecting humans, horses, and wildlife highlight the complex ecological interactions underlying vira...
Background: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the principal reservoir for active tuberculosis, with >85% of cases attributable to reactivation. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin fails to block this transition, leaving a critical gap in prevent...
Background: Scarlet fever has seen a sharp increase in its reported incidence in China since 2011, and this study focuses on Shanghai as a representative setting to systematically investigate its transmission dynamics by analyzing age structure. It f...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge in China despite substantial long-term progress. Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023, this study reassessed trends and determinants of TB burden in China from 1990 to 2023....
Devastating or nearly invariably fatal infections caused by free-living amoebae (FLA), including Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), and primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), remain a significant public health...
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