Living with COVID-19 requires continued vigilance against the spread and emergence of variants of concern (VOCs). Rapid and accurate saliva diagnostic testing, alongside basic public health responses, is a viable option contributing to effective tran...
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) modified live virus (MLV) vaccines likely confer partial protection against heterologous wild type challenge through broadly reactive T cells. Therefore, the efficacy of Ingelvac PRRS® MLV alone an...
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted, arthritogenic alphavirus that causes sporadic outbreaks of often debilitating rheumatic disease. The recently approved CHIKV vaccine, IXCHIQ, is based on a live-attenuated CHIKV strain ...
Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) has been identified as a tool for monitoring and predicting patterns of SARS-CoV-2 in communities. Several factors may lead to a day-to-day variation in the measurement of viral genetic material. Wastewater samples...
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
Jan 7, 2025
BACKGROUND: The prospective application of plasma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA load as a noninvasive measure of intestinal EBV infection remains unexplored. This study aims to identify ideal threshold levels for plasma EBV DNA loads in the diagnosis ...
INTRODUCTION: in Cameroon, multi-month dispensing (MMD) of antiretrovirals (ARVs) was introduced to improve treatment adherence among people living with HIV (PLHIV). However, this strategy has limitations that may lead to viral load rebound. The purp...
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to develop a machine learning (ML) model to predict disengagement from HIV care, high viral load or death among people living with HIV (PLHIV) with the goal of enabling proactive support interventions in Tanzania. The alg...
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD
Jul 5, 2024
The value of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for cervical cancer screening is well established; however, its use as a primary screening option or as a reflex test after atypical cytology results is now gaining wider acceptance. The importance of f...
BACKGROUND: Despite advances in clinical management, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a serious complication and an important cause of morbidity and mortality following kidney transplantation. Here, we explore the importance of viral load kine...
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases
Jan 23, 2022
Genetic compartmentalization in semen has been observed in previous studies. However, genetic signatures associated with compartmentalization in semen are only beginning to be explored. A total of 2071 partial HIV env sequences for paired blood and s...
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