Tropical Medicine

Molecular characterization of tick-borne bacterial and protozoan pathogens in parasitic ticks from Xinjiang, China | Parasites & Vectors

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Identification of tick species A total of 1093 ticks were collected and subjected to morphological and molecular identification, which were identified as four genera and nine species, namely Hyalomma anatolicum, Hyalomma asiaticum, Dermacentor marginatus, Dermacentor pavlovskyi, Rhipicephalus turanicus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Haemaphysalis longicornis, Haemaphysalis punctata, and Haemaphysalis danieli. Hy. asiaticum (72.0%, 787/1093) was the dominant tick … Read more

MiR-383-5p promotes schistosomiasis-induced liver fibrosis by targeting peroxiredoxin-3 | Parasites & Vectors

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The expression of miR-383-5p and PRDX3 in the liver of mice infected with schistosome HE staining revealed that the average areas of single egg granulomas at 6, 9, and 12 weeks and with PZQ after schistosome infection were 49,255.85 ± 20,187.77, 47,069.91 ± 20,641.94, 31,618.45 ± 16,416.56, and 13,094.94 ± 7973.47 μm2, respectively. No obvious egg granulomas were observed at 3 weeks after … Read more

Olfactory responses of the variegated fruit fly, Phortica variegata, an emerging vector of the zoonotic eyeworm Thelazia callipaeda, to ecologically relevant volatiles | Parasites & Vectors

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Maca J. Revision of palaearctic species of Amiota subge nus Photica (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Acta entomol bohemoslov. 1977;74:115–30. Google Scholar  Bertos E, Sánchez-Cerdá M, Virgós E, Gil-Sánchez JM, Moleón M. Thelazia callipaeda as a potential new threat to European wildcats: insights from an eco-epidemiological study. Vet Res Commun. 2023;47:2153–60. CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Rossi … Read more

Investigations on the occurrence of West Nile virus, Usutu virus and Sindbis virus RNA in avian louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) collected in Germany (2016–2022) | Parasites & Vectors

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Dick C. Checklist of world Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscidae). Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History; 2006. Google Scholar  Matyukhin AV, Yatsuk AA, Red’kin YA, Smirnov PA, Nartshuk EP. A new species of the genus Ornithomya Latreille (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) from Iturup (Kuril Islands). Entomol Rev. 2023;103:450–4. Google Scholar  Nartshuk EP, Yatsuk AA, Matyukhin AV, Shokhrin VP. A … Read more

Construction and validation of a prediction model for short-term mortality risk in elderly patients with sepsis: a retrospective study | BMC Infectious Diseases

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The targeted population of this study was patients with sepsis aged ≥ 65 years. The patients were divided into the survival group and the death group based on their short-term (< 30 days) outcomes at discharge. Patients in the death group exhibited lower levels of ALB, PCT, WBC, NEUT count, high-sensitivity CRP, ALT, and vitamin C positivity rates … Read more

DNA barcoding of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and detection of Leishmania and other trypanosomatids in southern Thailand | Parasites & Vectors

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Species composition of Culicoides biting midges Overall, 875 female Culicoides biting midges were collected from four different areas in southern Thailand. In total, 716 non-engorged (parous and gravid) female specimens were collected from all sampling sites, whereas 159 blood-fed female midges were collected only in Ron Phibun (NST1). The highest relative abundance of Culicoides species … Read more

Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with pfhrp2 exon 2 gene deletion in symptomatic malaria patients across Ghana in 2021 | Malaria Journal

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Changing trends in Streptococcus pyogenes bacteraemia in adults in the post-COVID era | BMC Infectious Diseases

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The results of our study confirmed the increased frequency of bacteraemic GAS infections in adult patients as well as changes in the demographic and clinical characteristics in the post-pandemic era compared with the years before the COVID-19 pandemic. The incidence of bacteraemic infections caused by beta-haemolytic group B, C, F and G streptococci in adults … Read more

Multiplex LC–MS/MS assay for simultaneous quantification of artesunate and its active metabolite dihydroartemisinin with pyronaridine, proguanil, cycloguanil, and clindamycin in pharmacokinetic studies | Malaria Journal

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Chemicals and reagents Artesunate , dihydroartemisinin , pyronaridine , proguanil , clindamycin and trimipramine-d3 (I.S.) were sourced from Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany). Cycloguanil was procured from Hycultec GmbH (Beutelsbach, Germany). Acetonitrile, methanol, 2-propanol, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ammonium formate, formic acid and drug free human serum were also procured from Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany) and were LC–MS Grade. … Read more

Stress hyperglycemia ratio as a mortality predictor in non-diabetic septic patients: a retrospective cohort analysis | BMC Infectious Diseases

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