Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Volume 10, Issue 7

Anticytokine autoantibodies (AAbs), particularly anti-interferon-gamma (anti-IFN-γ) AAbs, disrupt cytokine functions, leading to infections, autoimmune-like diseases, and conditions resembling interleukin-12 (IL-12)/IFN-γ pathway defects....

Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is closely associated with the development of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer. In recent years, the potential impact of viral co-infections on this process has...

Leishmaniases comprise a group of diseases caused by protozoan parasites belonging to different species of the genus Leishmania; of note; in humans, leishmaniasis presents as a spectrum of clinical syndromes, with the visceral, cutaneous, and mucosal...

Tuberculosis (TB) and undernutrition are intricately linked, significantly impacting health outcomes. However, nutritional support for TB patients is not systematically implemented in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). This study evalu...

Malaria remains a major public health issue, especially near hydroelectric dams that often promote mosquito breeding. This study aimed to establish baseline epidemiological data during the construction of the Singrobo–Ahouaty dam to support ass...

Arboviruses are a growing concern in many nations. Several reports of arboviral outbreaks have been recorded globally in the past decade alone. Repeated arboviral outbreaks in developing countries have consistently highlighted vulnerabilities in dise...

Early biomarkers are needed to predict the long-term persistence of rheumatical symptoms in patients infected with Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). This nested case-control study aimed to assess immunological factors during the early phases of CHIKV infect...

Treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires multi-drug regimens, and resistance to any individual antibiotic can compromise outcomes. For slow-growing organisms like M. tuberculosis, rapid detection of resistance-conferring mutations enables tim...

Background: This study intended to fully assess the predictive efficiency of different clinical laboratory parameters for the mortality risk in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS). Methods: We systematically searched the Web of Science...

Evolving technologies available to clinical laboratories and laboratory-related updates to clinical guidelines both drive the need for clinical laboratories to keep their test menu updated and in line with current technological and clinical developme...