Effect of sleeve gastrectomy on the levels of oral volatile sulfur compounds and halitosis-related bacteria by Hanadi G. Alzahrani, Mohammed A. AlSarhan, Abdullah Aldohayan, Fahad Bamehriz, Hamad A. Alzoman

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From infection to tumor: genetic evidence of viral antibody immune response’ role in urologic cancer development by Chen Wang, Qifa Zhang, Qiang Li, Yelong Wang, Xin Chen

“…These findings provide new evidence for the role of chronic infections in the pathogenesis of urologic tumors, suggesting that prevention and treatment strategies targeting related pathogens, such as vaccination and antiviral therapies, could offer new avenues for the prevention and management of urologic cancers.…”
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Navigating Host Immunity and Concurrent Ozone Stress: Strain‐Resolved Metagenomics Reveals Maintenance of Intraspecific Diversity and Genetic Variation in Xanthomonas on Pepper by Amanpreet Kaur, Ivory Russell, Ranlin Liu, Auston Holland, Rishi Bhandari, Neha Potnis

“…ABSTRACT The evolving threat of new pathogen variants in the face of global environmental changes poses a risk to a sustainable crop production. …”
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Immunoinformatics Predictions on Variable <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Lineage 6 T Cell Epitopes and HLA Interactions in West Africa by Marta L. Silva, Nuno S. Osório, Margarida Saraiva

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The Effectiveness of Salivary Sampling for the Detection and Quantification of <i>Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans</i> in Periodontitis Patients by Nabil Khzam, Omar Kujan, Dorte Haubek, Aysen Arslan, Anders Johansson, Jan Oscarsson, Zeinab Razooqi, Leticia Algarves Miranda

“…A descriptive analysis and Wilcoxon test and analysis of variance were performed. <i>A. actinomycetemcomitans</i> was isolated from 28.18% of the subjects. …”
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Systemic IL-10 and IFN-γ Levels in Respiratory Syncytial Virus- and Rhinovirus-Infected Bulgarian Children with Acute Bronchiolitis and Their Impact on Clinical Manifestation by Emiliya Kostadinova, Svetla Angelova, Tsvetana Tsonkova-Popova, Dima Zlateva, Rozalina Yordanova, Spaska Stanilova

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Investigating Correlation Between Gut Microbiota and Rheumatoid Arthritis Subtypes by Mendelian Randomization by Jiaqi Wu, Yao Peng, Ruimin Tian, Hao Yu, Huating Hu, Qingchun Huang, Youhua Xu, Liang Liu, Hudan Pan

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Larger mammalian body size leads to lower retroviral activity. by Aris Katzourakis, Gkikas Magiorkinis, Aaron G Lim, Sunetra Gupta, Robert Belshaw, Robert Gifford

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HIV-1 transmitting couples have similar viral load set-points in Rakai, Uganda. by T Déirdre Hollingsworth, Oliver Laeyendecker, George Shirreff, Christl A Donnelly, David Serwadda, Maria J Wawer, Noah Kiwanuka, Fred Nalugoda, Aleisha Collinson-Streng, Victor Ssempijja, William P Hanage, Thomas C Quinn, Ronald H Gray, Christophe Fraser

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High heritability is compatible with the broad distribution of set point viral load in HIV carriers. by Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Christophe Fraser, Gabriel E Leventhal

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The problem of auto-correlation in parasitology. by Laura C Pollitt, Sarah E Reece, Nicole Mideo, Daniel H Nussey, Nick Colegrave

“…Explaining the contribution of host and pathogen factors in driving infection dynamics is a major ambition in parasitology. …”
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The antiviral efficacy of HIV-specific CD8⁺ T-cells to a conserved epitope is heavily dependent on the infecting HIV-1 isolate. by Srinika R F Ranasinghe, Holger B Kramer, Cynthia Wright, Benedikt M Kessler, Katalin di Gleria, Yonghong Zhang, Geraldine M Gillespie, Marie-Eve Blais, Abigail Culshaw, Tica Pichulik, Alison Simmons, Sarah L Rowland-Jones, Andrew J McMichael, Tao Dong

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The contribution of viral genotype to plasma viral set-point in HIV infection. by Emma Hodcroft, Jarrod D Hadfield, Esther Fearnhill, Andrew Phillips, David Dunn, Siobhan O'Shea, Deenan Pillay, Andrew J Leigh Brown, UK HIV Drug Resistance Database, UK CHIC Study

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Isolation of a natural DNA virus of Drosophila melanogaster, and characterisation of host resistance and immune responses. by William H Palmer, Nathan C Medd, Philippa M Beard, Darren J Obbard

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The bacterial genetic determinants of Escherichia coli capacity to cause bloodstream infections in humans. by Judit Burgaya, Julie Marin, Guilhem Royer, Bénédicte Condamine, Benoit Gachet, Olivier Clermont, Françoise Jaureguy, Charles Burdet, Agnès Lefort, Victoire de Lastours, Erick Denamur, Marco Galardini, François Blanquart, Colibafi/Septicoli & Coliville groups

“…Pathogenicity is a highly heritable trait, with up to 69% of the variance explained by bacterial genetic variants. …”
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Resistance of banana cultivars against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in southern Ethiopia by Biruk Kedir, Chemeda Fininsa, Zelalem Bekeko, Abdi Mohammed

“…Abstract Fusarium wilt caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) is one of the major threats challenging the banana industry in tropics including Ethiopia. …”
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SCREENING OF EIGHT OLIVE CULTIVARS TO KNOT DISEASE by Ali Al-Taae, Ameena Ibrahim Salih Mohammed

“…Screening of eight olive cultivars  showed the variance of these cultivars  in number and diameter of the knots in the first and second readings. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus recovered from recreational and commercial areas of Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Coastal Bays. by Kristi S Shaw, Rachel E Rosenberg Goldstein, Xin He, John M Jacobs, Byron C Crump, Amy R Sapkota

“…Descriptive statistics, Friedman two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. …”
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Severe virus associated community acquired pneumonia: predictors of lethality by T. O. Pertseva, T. V. Kireyeva, K. O. Bielosludtseva, S. V. Boltyanskiy, O. P. Nazarenko

“…Special statistical method was used – one-dimensional analysis of variance to compare individual parameters between the two groups of patients (surviving and deceased). …”
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Exploring genetic associations and drug targets for mitochondrial proteins and schizophrenia risk by Wenxi Sun, Ping Sun, Jin Li, Qun Yang, Qing Tian, Shiting Yuan, Xueying Zhang, Peng Chen, Chuanwei Li, Xiaobin Zhang

“…This present study reveals a significant causal relationship between mitochondria-associated proteins and SCZ, offering valuable insights into the disease’s pathogenicity and identifying potential therapeutic targets for drug development.…”
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