BACKGROUND Donor-derived infections from organ transplantation are rare occurrences with preoperative screening practices. Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a tick-borne illness, transmitted through solid organ transplantation has not been reported previously to our knowledge. We present cases of 2 renal allograft recipients who developed severe E. chaffeensis infection after receipt of organs from a comm...

conclusions these human-derived lab and bifidobacteria exhibited different mechanisms involved in pathogenic inhibition. therefore a combination of these probiotic strains could be a great promise and possibility for the development of probiotic products to effectively prevent and control food-borne infection in humans. background food-borne pathogens are among the most significant problems in ...

Vector-borne disease transmission is a common dissemination mode used by many pathogens to spread in a host population. Similar to directly transmitted diseases, the within-host interaction of a vector-borne pathogen and a host's immune system influences the pathogen's transmission potential between hosts via vectors. Yet there are few theoretical studies on virulence-transmission trade-offs an...

Different health risks are associated with international electives among medical students, including the transmission of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases. This review aims to summarise evidence for illnesses travel in students taking part abroad. Articles were identified through a literature search two databases (until 30 July 2020) - PubMed Web Science. Sixteen articles includ...

Vector-borne diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in humans animals worldwide. Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is an important emerging vector-borne anthropozoonosis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. It belongs to the genus Borrelia, phylum Spirochetae. B. burgdorferi gram-negative, flagellated spirochete having loosely coiled spiral morphology. disease distributed many parts...

  The aim of this study was to detect and differentiate Theileria annulata and T. lestoquardi (hirci) by PCR. Members of the genus Theileria are tick-borne hemoprotozoan parasites those cause fatal and enervating diseases of cattle and sheep in Iran . In order to develop a specific method for detecting and identification of Theileria species, specific primers from the surface protein (SP) seque...

 Coronavirus disease (COVID) has had a growing outbreak around the world. China reported COVID-19 infection for the first time in December 2019. Symptoms of this disease often include respiratory symptoms, but gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea) were also reported in COVID-19 infection. Coronavirus transmits through direct droplets, contact, or fomites. However, other mod...

UNLABELLED Flaviviruses are a major cause of disease in humans and animals worldwide. Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is the most important arthropod-borne flavivirus endemic in Europe and is the etiological agent of tick-borne encephalitis, a potentially fatal infection of the central nervous system. However, the contributions of host proteins during TBEV infection are poorly understood. ...

Scrub typhus is a mite borne infection, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is a common cause of pyrexia of unknown origin, especially in the Indian subcontinent. Although it is well known that the infection can affect various systems, and present itself in myriad ways, we present a rare finding of opsoclonus associated with scrub typhus infection. It emphasizes on how even common and well kno...

Protection from acute infection requires an immediate response by the host innate immune system. Two recent Cell papers, including one in this issue, provide new insight into the role of the complement system in response to blood-borne pathogens.