Epidemiologic characteristics of infectious disease-related public health emergencies in Guangdong province, 2014 – 2023: a surveillance data analysis by Weiyi CHEN, Runing GUO, Yun HUANG, Jianhua HUANG, Meiling YANG, Jiya DAI, Fengxiang SHI, Wenjia LIANG

“…The top five infectious diseases causing these public health emergencies were influenza (accounting for 18.82% of all reported emergencies), other infectious diarrheal diseases (17.42%), dengue fever (17.23%), varicella (17.00%), and hand, foot, and mouth disease (6.93%). …”
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The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections by Mohamed, Moubarak, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Helal F., Hetta, Hazem M., Shaheen, Abdur, Rauf, Hayder M., Al-kuraishy, Safaa, Qusti, Eida M., Alshammari, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Fred, Ssempijja, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Ritah, Kenganzi, Ibe Michael, Usman, Juma John, Ochieng, Lawrence Obado, Osuwat, Kevin, Matama, Ali I., Al-Gareeb, Emmanuel, Kairania, Monica, Musenero, Susan, Christina Welburn, Gaber, El-Saber Batiha

“…For treatment, convalescent plasma therapy, successfully deployed during recent Ebola outbreaks and for H1N1 influenza, can increase survival rates and improve host responses to viral challenge. …”
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Effect of biannual azithromycin on respiratory pathogens among symptomatic children: results from the randomised Macrolides Oraux pour Réduire les Décès avec un Oeil sur la Résista... by Jie Liu, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan, Kieran S O'Brien, Elodie Lebas, Amza Abdou, Benjamin F Arnold, James A Platts-Mills, Eric R Houpt, Stephanie A Brennhofer, Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade, Ramatou Maliki, Jixian Zhang, Suzanne Stroup, Suporn Pholwat, Ahmed M Arzika

“…Swabs were tested by quantitative PCR using a customised TaqMan Array Card that included assays for 19 respiratory pathogens.Results Nasopharyngeal detection of Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Streptococcus pneumoniae was common in both azithromycin and placebo communities. …”
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Alpha-defensins increase NTHi binding but not engulfment by the macrophages enhancing airway inflammation in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency by Jungnam Lee, Naweed Mohammad, Kyudong Han, Kyudong Han, Tammy Flagg-Dowie, Maria Magallon, Mark L. Brantly, Karina A. Serban, Karina A. Serban

“…Despite the antimicrobial activities of α-defensins by direct bacterial killing and by modulation of immune responses, AATD individuals are paradoxically burdened by recurrent exacerbation triggered by bacterial infections, frequently with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi). Previous studies demonstrated that high, rather than low α-defensin level could modulate the local pro-inflammatory milieu of bronchial epithelial cells and macrophages promoting chronic inflammation and lower pathogen phagocytosis. …”
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A study on Bacterial Infections Associated with Central Nervous System in Pakistani Population by Muneeba Afzal, Hamza Altaf, Tayyaba Faiz, Samra Mannan

“…Major pathogens included Streptococcus pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Enterobacter cloacae, Enterococcus faecium, and Haemophilus influenzae, Viruses, fungi, and parasites were also involved. …”
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One-step diagnosis of infection and lung cancer using metagenomic sequencing by Shaoqiang Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Weilong Li, Xidong Wang, Haoru Wang, Wenjun Sun, Xuefang Cao, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye

“…Furthermore, Haemophilus influenzae was enriched in the early-stage SCC group and significantly associated with CRP values. …”
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