Monthly Archives: October 2023

Cellular co-infections of West Nile virus and Usutu virus influence virus growth kinetics

Nikolay B. A review of West Nile and Usutu virus co-circulation in Europe: how much do transmission cycles overlap? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2015;109:609–18. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv066. Article  PubMed  Google Scholar  Byas AD, Ebel GD. Comparative Pathology of West Nile Virus in humans and non-human animals. Pathogens. 2020;9:48. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010048. Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google […]

Blood supplies remain low; please roll up your sleeves

One plea after another for blood donors has been met with some response, but not nearly enough to meet the demand in our hospitals. According to the American Red Cross, “Donors have been stepping up to help rebuild the blood supply since the American Red Cross first announced our national blood shortage last month. Unfortunately, […]

Can RSV and COVID Vaccines Prevent Another ‘Tripledemic’?

Flu is a common illness during the winter. But it can be severe, especially in children younger than age 5 and adults ages 65 and older, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems and chronic conditions, such as diabetes or asthma. It attacks the respiratory system, causing fever, body aches, cough, headache, and sore […]

Medical Tourists Bring Home Fatal Fungal Infections

BOSTON — A number of U.S. individuals who traveled to Matamoros, Mexico, for surgical procedures requiring anesthesia returned home with a fungal pathogen that caused meningitis — and a high percentage of the cases resulted in death, a researcher reported here. By the most recent count, 151 individuals from the U.S. are under investigation for […]

Unrealized targets in the discovery of antibiotics for Gram-negative bacterial infections

Abstract Advances in areas that include genomics, systems biology, protein structure determination and artificial intelligence provide new opportunities for target-based antibacterial drug discovery. The selection of a ‘good’ new target for direct-acting antibacterial compounds is the first decision, for which multiple criteria must be explored, integrated and re-evaluated as drug discovery programmes progress. Criteria include […]

Symptoms of respiratory infections may linger for weeks

A new study has found that people may experience long-term symptoms due to other respiratory infections besides COVID-19. ADVERTISEMENT Symptoms of respiratory illnesses such as common cold viruses, influenza, or pneumonia may last more than four weeks after the initial infection, according to new research. Scientists from the Queen Mary University of London analysed data […]

Prognostic significance of the stress hyperglycemia ratio in critically ill patients

Study design In this investigation, a retrospective cohort study was undertaken utilizing the comprehensive Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV, version 2.0), a robust US-based database. This repository encompasses an extensive array of health-related data originating from 76,943 unique ICU admissions, encompassing 53,150 distinct patients who underwent critical care at the Beth Israel […]