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Pathogens2026, 15(1), 51;https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15010051 
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3 January 2026

Immune dysregulation is a hallmark of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, characterized by persistent immune activation and systemic inflammation that drive T cell exhaustion and senescence, contributing to disease progression and non-AIDS...

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A Meta-Analysis of Influencing Factors for Reinfection of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China, Based on Adjusted Effect Estimates

  • Anmin Ge,
  • Weihong Cui,
  • Siyu Qu,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Wenhua Zhang,
  • Lili Wei,
  • Shuqin Zhou,
  • Quanman Hu,
  • Liquan Zhang and
  • Shuaiyin Chen

Background: Numerous studies have reported on the epidemiology of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) reinfection and its potential influencing factors; however, findings regarding reinfection rates as well as determinants such as gender, age, reside...

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Pathogens2026, 15(1), 49;https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15010049 
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1 January 2026

L. monocytogenes is the causative agent of human listeriosis, a deadly disease with fatality rates up to 20%. L. monocytogenes has the ability to grow under harsh environmental conditions. It can form biofilms in food industries, making it capable of...

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Enterovirus-D68—Neglected Pathogen in Acute Respiratory Infections: Insights from Croatia

  • Zeljka Hruskar,
  • Lucija Skara Abramovic,
  • Ivana Ferencak,
  • Dragan Juric,
  • Josipa Lozic,
  • Anita Juric,
  • Bojana Bocka,
  • Marin Bajek,
  • Mirela Josipovic and
  • Viktor Bekic
  • + 1 author

Background: Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) was long underreported, with only sporadic cases of respiratory disease worldwide until 2014, when numerous countries experienced significant outbreaks of EV-D68. In Croatia, sporadic detections have primarily res...

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Oral Route Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi: From the Beginning to the Present Day

  • Sebastián Zambrano,
  • Kurt Montoya,
  • Alejandro Avalos,
  • Bessy Gutiérrez,
  • Juan San Francisco,
  • José Luis Vega and
  • Jorge González

Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, which affects 6–7 million people worldwide. Although the possibility of oral transmission was first scientifically suggested in 1913, it was not until 1968 that the first confirmed cas...

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  • Open Access
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Metabolomic Insights into MYMV Resistance: Biochemical Complexity in Mung Bean Cultivars

  • Sudha Manickam,
  • Veera Ranjani Rajagopalan,
  • Madhumitha Balasubramaniam,
  • Karthikeyan Adhimoolam,
  • Senthil Natesan and
  • Raveendran Muthurajan

31 December 2025

Yellow Mosaic Disease (YMD) caused by mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV, begomovirus) is one of the main causes of low mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) productivity, primarily in South Asia. Agroinoculation screening for MYMV resistance in mungbean culti...

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Multiplex NAAT/PCR and Culture Against Salmonella spp.: A Comparison of Meta-Analytical Methods

  • Xanthoula Rousou,
  • Luis Furuya-Kanamori,
  • Eleftherios Meletis,
  • Olympia Lioupi,
  • Nikolaos Solomakos,
  • Polychronis Kostoulas and
  • Suhail A. R. Doi

31 December 2025

Background: Non-typhoidal (NT) Salmonella spp. constitutes a major cause of foodborne illness. Culture is the gold standard, but it is time consuming, whereas multiplex nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs)/Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) offer fa...

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Genetic Diversity of Infectious Bronchitis Virus Genotype II in Poland

  • Anna Pikuła,
  • Anna Lisowska,
  • Justyna Opolska and
  • Katarzyna Domańska-Blicharz

31 December 2025

The epidemiological situation in Poland for IBV GII (formerly known as D1466) has seemed stable over the years, but an increase in such infections has been recently reported. In this study, genetic characterization of the representatives of this geno...

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Oral Microbiota Alterations and Potential Salivary Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer: A Next-Generation Sequencing Study

  • Salih Maçin,
  • Özben Özden,
  • Rugıyya Samadzade,
  • Esra Saylam,
  • Nurullah Çiftçi,
  • Uğur Arslan and
  • Serdar Yormaz

30 December 2025

Colorectal cancer (CRC) has a high mortality rate worldwide. Oral and intestinal microbiota members may have an effect on gastrointestinal tumors’ pathogenesis, particularly in CRC. Designed as a pilot study, this study’s aim was to inves...

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  • Open Access
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14 Pages

30 December 2025

Recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) are a prevalent public health problem in women, with significant clinical, psychological, and economic consequences. Standard antibiotic prophylaxis, while effective, is limited in the medium term due to the...

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