Human Flea Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) by Chad L. Cross, Estelle Martin, Lucas Brendel

“…Though its relative abundance and overall medical importance is disputed, this flea has been implicated as a potentially important vector of the human pathogens causing plague and murine typhus as well as serving as a potential vector of a tapeworm known to parasitize humans (Eldridge and Edman 2004). This review is intended for a general audience interested in understanding the biology, ecology, and medical importance of the human flea. …”
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Macromycete fungal diversity in the Andean Amazonian rainforest of the Sacta Valley, Cochabamba, Bolivia by Mario Coca Morante, Alejandro Coca-Salazar, Olga Herrera Fernández, Casimiro Mendoza Bautista

“…Fifty morphotypes were categorized as saprophytes living on dead trunks and branches and twelve morphotypes parasitizing living trunks of 17 tree species. Low macromycete species richness and the Shannon index (3.78) are indicative of low macrofungal diversity.…”
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Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity and multiplicity of infection based on msp‑1, msp‑2, glurp and microsatellite genetic markers in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and... by Mwesigwa, Alex, Ocan, Moses, Musinguzi, Benson, Nante, Rachel Wangi, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Kiwuwa, Steven M., Kinengyere, Alison Annet, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Karamagi, Charles, Obuku, Ekwaro A., Nsobya, Samuel L., Mbulaiteye, Sam M., Byakika‐Kibwika, Pauline

“…Results: The review included 52 articles: 39 cross-sectional studies and 13 Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)/cohort studies, involving 11,640 genotyped parasite isolates from 23 SSA countries. The overall pooled mean expected heterozygosity was 0.65 (95% CI: 0.51–0.78). …”
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Candidate Species for Marine Ornamental Aquaculture: Porkfish, Anisotremis virginicus by Eric Cassiano, Kevin Barden

“…Porkfish also have additional appeal to aquarists because they are “cleaner” fish during their juvenile phase, picking parasites from larger fish and other vertebrates. Scientists and aquarists have recently achieved a greater understanding of appropriate aquaculture protocols for grunts in general and porkfish in particular. …”
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A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management—Fish Kills by Florida LAKEWATCH

“… In an effort to alleviate concerns voiced by the general public, the Florida LAKEWATCH (FLW) program published this 16-page booklet that discusses five of the most common natural causes of fish kills including: low dissolved oxygen; spawning fatalities; mortality due to cold temperatures; diseases and parasites; and toxic algae blooms. Human-induced fish kills are also covered along with a section on fish stress—a component of virtually every fish kill situation. …”
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A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management—Fish Kills by Florida LAKEWATCH

“… In an effort to alleviate concerns voiced by the general public, the Florida LAKEWATCH (FLW) program published this 16-page booklet that discusses five of the most common natural causes of fish kills including: low dissolved oxygen; spawning fatalities; mortality due to cold temperatures; diseases and parasites; and toxic algae blooms. Human-induced fish kills are also covered along with a section on fish stress—a component of virtually every fish kill situation. …”
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Chagas Disease, a Triatomine Bug-Transmitted Protozoan Infection by Bethany R. Eutsey, Cameron J. Jack, Shelley A. Whitehead, Eva A. Buckner

“… Chagas disease is a potentially fatal, chronic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite. It causes 6 to 8 million cases and 50,000 deaths each year. …”
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Progress and challenges on air-cooled open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Materials, structures, and systems by Xiaoyu Wu, Shuang Xing, Jun Luo, Haijiang Wang, Fuqiang Huang, Chen Zhao

“…Air-cooled open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells (AO-PEMFCs), with a greatly simplified balance-of-plant concept and compact structure, exhibit advantages of significantly reduced weight, low energy consumption, low operating temperature and low parasitic power. As a new star in research field of fuel cell, AO-PEMFCs shows great superiority for small-size portable power source, especially unmanned aerial vehicles, backup generators, and off-grid or emergency power applications. …”
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Biological Properties, Bioactive Constituents, and Pharmacokinetics of Some Capsicum spp. and Capsaicinoids by Gaber, El-Saber Batiha, Ali, Alqahtani, Oluwafemi, Adeleke Ojo, Hazem M., Shaheen, Lamiaa, Wasef, Mahmoud, Elzeiny, Mahmoud, Ismail, Mahmoud, Shalaby, Toshihiro, Murata, Adrian, Zaragoza-Bastida, Nallely, Rivero-Perez, Amany, Magdy Beshbishy, Keneth, Iceland Kasozi, Philippe, Jeandet, and Helal F., Hetta

“…Interestingly, Capsicum fruits have been used as food additives in the treatment of toothache, parasitic infections, coughs, wound healing, sore throat, and rheumatism. …”
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Implementasi Metode Longest Common Subsequences untuk Perbaikan Kata pada Kasus Analisis Sentimen Opini Pembelajaran Daring di Media Sosial Twitter by Alfisyar Jefry Pranata, Yuita Arum Sari, Edy Santoso

“…Coronavirus merupakan salah satu parasit yang menyerang sistem pernapasan manusia. …”
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Human Malaria by C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly, Richard H. Baker, C. D. Morris, Jai K. Nayar

“… Malaria in humans is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles and caused by any one of four species of microscopic protozoan parasites in the genus Plasmodium (P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae and P. ovale ) distributed throughout the world. …”
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Human Malaria by C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly, Richard H. Baker, C. D. Morris, Jai K. Nayar

“… Malaria in humans is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles and caused by any one of four species of microscopic protozoan parasites in the genus Plasmodium (P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae and P. ovale ) distributed throughout the world. …”
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Comparative genomics and transcriptomic response to root exudates of six rice root-associated Burkholderia sensu lato species by Wallner, Adrian, Klonowska, Agnieszka, Guigard, Ludivine, King, Eoghan, Rimbault, Isabelle, Ngonkeu, Eddy, Nguyen, Phuong, Béna, Gilles, Moulin, Lionel

“…Beyond being a reliable nutrient provider, some bacteria will perceive the plant as a potential host and undertake root colonization leading to mutualistic or parasitic interactions. Bacteria of the Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia genera are frequently found in the rhizosphere of rice. …”
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Comparative Studies on the Amylase and Cellulase Production of <i>Aspergillus</i> and <i>Penicillium</i> by Ibatsam Khokhar, Irum Mukhtar, Sobia Mushtaq

“…This study contributes to catalogue local fungal isolated in Pakistan, and provides additional information to support future research about the industrial potential of these microorganisms for enzymes and, eventually, also secondary metabolites with anti-microbial or anti-parasitic activities. @JASEM Keywords: Cellulose; Amylase; Fungi; Enzymes J. …”
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Devising Yorùbá Terminology for Phonology Terms (from letter P to letter R) by Oyetayo A Bankale, Oye Taiwo, Rukayat Olawale

“…Some of the terms developed are palatalization, ìso̩dàfàjàpè, paragoge ìfìró-bò̩parí, parasitic harmony àǹkóò àfòmó̩, parse ìpínsífó̩rán-ìhun, partial overlapping ìwo̩nú-ara e̩lé̩be̩, phonaestheme fóníìmù-àyo̩túnyo̩, phonemic overlapping ìpòórá fóníìmù, phonological phrase boundary ààlà àpólà fonó̩ló̩jì, phonological prime fó̩nrán-akérépin fonó̩ló̩jì, quantity-sensitive feet è̩wo̩n-atéńté aníwò̩n-agbe̩gé̩, recessive vowel fáwè̩lì àdínkù, redundancy rule òfin aléélè̩ [1] See Yoruba – The Journal of Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria, Volume 12:1, January 2023 and Volume 12:2, June 2023 for the first 2 of the four-part essays. …”
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Aetiopathogenesis, clinico-epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of human ocular trematode infections: a scoping review protocol by Harshi Weerakoon, Kosala Weerakoon, Piyumi Kodithuwakku, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe

“…Introduction Human ocular trematode infections, caused by parasitic flatworms, are a significant public health concern worldwide. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Esophagitis by V. T. Ivashkin, N. D. Yuschuk, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, A. A. Makushina, S. S. Pirogov, O. V. Zayratyants, O. P. Alekseeva, D. N. Andreyev, T. L. Lapina, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin

“…Infectious esophagitis is an esophageal disease of fungal, viral, bacterial or parasitic origin. Esophagus may be affected per se or conjointly in a common gastrointestinal infection. …”
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Climate of origin influences how a herbivorous mite responds to drought-stressed host plants by Migeon, Alain, Auger, Philippe, Fossati-Gaschignard, Odile, Hufbauer, Ruth A, Miranda, Maëva, Zriki, Ghais, Navajas, Maria

“…Drought not only impacts cultivated plants but also their parasites, which in some cases are favored by drought. …”
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The enigma of cancer polyploidy as deciphered by evolutionary cancer cell biology (ECCB) by Vladimir F. Niculescu, Eugenia R. Niculescu

“…The Urgermline serves as a blueprint for all germ and stem cell lineages, including parasitic amoebae. As observed in amoebae, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) manifest in the homologous recombination (HR) genes of NG germlines and stem cell lineages when exposed to specific hyperoxic conditions, referred to as AMF hyperoxia, characterized by an oxygen content exceeding 6.0%. …”
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Use of Artemisinin- Combination Therapies in Port Harcourt by OA Shorinwa, OO Ebong

“…The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasite resistance to commonly used antimalarials such as chloroquine and  sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine has posed challenges to malaria control. …”
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