Tracing COVID-19 Trails in Wastewater: A Systematic Review of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance with Viral Variants by Ananda Tiwari, Sangeet Adhikari, Shuxin Zhang, Tamunobelema B. Solomon, Anssi Lipponen, Md. Aminul Islam, Ocean Thakali, Sarawut Sangkham, Mohamed N. F. Shaheen, Guangming Jiang, Eiji Haramoto, Payal Mazumder, Bikash Malla, Manish Kumar, Tarja Pitkänen, Samendra P. Sherchan

“…Among detection methods, the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based sequencing method and quantitative RT-PCR method were commonly used for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater. …”
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A Five-miRNA Panel Identified From a Multicentric Case–control Study Serves as a Novel Diagnostic Tool for Ethnically Diverse Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Patients by Cheng Wang, Meng Ding, Mingde Xia, Sidi Chen, Anh Van Le, Rafael Soto-Gil, Yi Shen, Nan Wang, Junjun Wang, Wanjian Gu, Xiangdong Wang, Yanni Zhang, Ke Zen, Xi Chen, Chunni Zhang, Chen-Yu Zhang

“…We recruited 221 NSCLC patients, 161 controls and 56 benign nodules from both China and America. Initial miRNA screening was performed using the TaqMan Low Density Array followed by confirming individually by RT-qPCR in Chinese cohorts. …”
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Impact of layered non-pharmacological interventions on COVID-19 transmission dynamics in Yucatan, Mexico by G. Ayora-Talavera, P. Granja-Perez, M. Sauri-Vivas, C.I. Hernández-Fuentes, I.P. Hennessee, I. López-Martínez, G. Barrera-Badillo, A. Che-Mendoza, P. Manrique-Saide, J.A. Clennon, H. Gómez-Dantés, G. Vazquez-Prokopec

“…Early in the outbreak, all sectors in Merida had Rt estimates above unity. Once all NPÍs were in place, Rt values were dramatically reduced below one, and in the last interval transmission estimates of Rt remained below one in all sectors. …”
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Phylogenetic and Phylodynamic Analysis of Delta Strains Circulating in Italy by Leonidas Salichos, Claudia Minosse, Ubaldo Visco-Comandini, Chiara Taibi, Verdiana Zulian, Gianpiero D’Offizi, Nayan Pallothu, Fiona McPhee, Anna Rosa Garbuglia

“…It predominates mainly in Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Northern Africa, and is associated with both severe and mild forms of liver disease. …”
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Hepatitis E virus infection in pregnant women, Argentina by Gabriela Tissera, María Cecilia Lardizabal, Sofía Belén Torres, Anabella Clara Fantilli, Maribel G. Martínez Wassaf, Fernando Venezuela, Raúl Capra, Domingo C. Balderramo, Claudia Travella, Viviana E. Ré, María Belén Pisano

“…However, HEV prevalence and circulation among pregnant women from South America is almost unknown. We aimed to investigate HEV infection in pregnant women for the first time in Argentina. …”
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Systemic Inflammatory Molecules Are Associated with Advanced Fibrosis in Patients from Brazil Infected with Hepatitis Delta Virus Genotype 3 (HDV-3) by Mauricio Souza Campos, Juan Miguel Villalobos-Salcedo, Deusilene Souza Vieira Dallacqua, Caio Lopes Borges Andrade, Roberto José Meyer Nascimento, Songeli Menezes Freire, Raymundo Paraná, Maria Isabel Schinoni

“…HDV quantification and genotyping were performed by semi-nested real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) methodologies. …”
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Genome-wide investigation and expression profiling of LOR gene family in rapeseed under salinity and ABA stress by Su Yang, Su Yang, Jialuo Chen, Yonghe Ding, Qian Huang, Guangna Chen, Zaid Ulhassan, Ji’an Wei, Jian Wang

“…The expression pattern of BnLOR family members revealed tissue specificity. RNA-Seq and qRT-PCR were used to validate BnLOR gene expression under temperature, salinity and ABA stress, revealing that most BnLORs showed inducibility. …”
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Molecular detection of bornavirus in parrots imported to China in 2022 by Li-Na Zhang, Yu-Han Huang, Hao Liu, Li-Xia Li, Xue Bai, Guang-Da Yang

“…However, substantial international trade and transnational trafficking of wild birds occur, potentially enabling these birds to harbor and transmit pathogens to domestic poultry, adversely affecting their well-being. Real-time RT-PCR was employed to detect the presence of PaBV-4 in parrots imported to China in 2022. …”
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Bovine Astrovirus Surveillance in Uruguay Reveals High Detection Rate of a Novel <i>Mamastrovirus</i> Species by Matías Castells, Estefany Bertoni, Rubén Darío Caffarena, María Laura Casaux, Carlos Schild, Matías Victoria, Franklin Riet-Correa, Federico Giannitti, Viviana Parreño, Rodney Colina

“…A total of 457 fecal and 43 intestinal contents from dairy calves were collected between July 2015 and May 2017 and tested by RT-PCR, followed by sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of the polymerase and capsid regions. …”
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Temporal and geographic evidence for evolution of Sin Nombre virus using molecular analyses of viral RNA from Colorado, New Mexico and Montana by Calisher Charles H, Beaty Barry J, Hughes Mark T, Doty Jeffrey B, Black William C

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Portions of the Sin Nombre virus small (S) and medium (M) RNA segments were amplified by RT-PCR from kidney, lung, liver and spleen of seropositive peromyscine rodents, principally deer mice, collected in Colorado, New Mexico and Montana from 1995 to 2007. …”
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A One Health systematic review of diagnostic tools for Echinococcus multilocularis surveillance: Towards equity in global detection by Janna M. Schurer, Arlene Nishimwe, Dieudonne Hakizimana, Huan Li, Yu Huang, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Eugene Tuyishime, Lauren E. MacDonald

“…Echinococcus multilocularis is a zoonotic cestode of canid definitive hosts that is emerging as a parasite of medical and veterinary concern in regions of North America, Europe and Asia. Infection with the metacestode stage (alveolar echinococcosis – AE) is life-threatening, especially for patients who reside in low resource countries and lack access to modern diagnostic tests and treatments. …”
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Detection of parechovirus A in respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological clinical samples of pediatric patients from Panama (2014–2015) by Lizette Gutierrez, Viridiana Sáenz, Danilo Franco, Brechla Moreno, Ediner Fuentes-Campos, Zeuz Capitan-Barrios, Luis Felipe Rivera, Jean-Paul Carrera, Juan Castillo, Marlene Castillo, Juan Miguel Pascale, Sandra López-Vergès, Néstor Sosa, Leyda Ábrego

“…The presence of PeV-A was analyzed by real time RT-PCR. Eight positive PeV-A infections (4.0%, 95% CI: 1.7 to 7.7) were detected: two in respiratory samples (3.0%, 95% CI: 0.3 to 10.8), five in gastrointestinal samples (7.3%, 95% CI: 2.4 to 16.3), and one in cerebrospinal fluid (1.5%, 95% CI: 1.4 to 7.9). …”
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Effect of Zoapatle (<i>Montanoa tomentosa</i>) on Inflammatory Markers in a Murine Model of Ventricular Hypertrophy by Carlos Enrique López-Luna, Cruz Vargas-De-León, Rocio Alejandra Gutiérrez-Rojas, Karla Aidee Aguayo-Cerón, Claudia Camelia Calzada-Mendoza, Fengyang Huang, Rodrigo Romero-Nava, Maria Esther Ocharan-Hernandez

“…Zoapatle, a native plant utilized for centuries in traditional Mexican medicine, is abundantly found in Mesoamerica and northern South America. Pleiotropic effects of this genus have been recognized, primarily inducing alterations in smooth muscle contractility in animal models. …”
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Genotyping and drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains observed in a tuberculosis high-burden municipality in Northeast, Brazil by Roberta dos Santos Silva Luiz, Phillip Suffys, Elizabeth Clara Barroso, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Cynthia Romariz Duarte, Max Victor Carioca Freitas, Rosa Maria Salani Mota, Cristiane Cunha Frota

“…There was no association of geographic distribution of RT-TB patients as compared to the controls and also the geographic location to the spoligotype patterns. …”
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Further Evidence of an Association between the Presence of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 and the Mucosal Manifestations in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Patients. by Lilian Motta Cantanhêde, Cipriano Ferreira da Silva Júnior, Marcos Massayuki Ito, Kátia Paula Felipin, Roberto Nicolete, Juan Miguel Villalobos Salcedo, Renato Porrozzi, Elisa Cupolillo, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos Ferreira

“…Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (TL) is endemic in Latin America, and Brazil contributes approximately 20 thousand cases per year. …”
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Prediction of dengue fever outbreaks using climate variability and Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques in a stochastic susceptible-infected-removed model by Tarun Kumar Martheswaran, Hamida Hamdi, Amal Al-Barty, Abeer Abu Zaid, Biswadeep Das

“…Abstract The recent increase in the global incidence of dengue fever resulted in over 2.7 million cases in Latin America and many cases in Southeast Asia and has warranted the development and application of early warning systems (EWS) for futuristic outbreak prediction. …”
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Developing an educational “hub”: impact of a distance-learning curriculum in a multinational cohort by Meridith L. Balbach, Grantly Neely, Afua Yorke, Evangelina Figueroa-Medina, Jonathan Paly, Rebecca M. Shulman, Claire Dempsey, Adam Shulman, Cesar Della Biancia, William B. Cutrer, Benjamin C. Li

“…Abstract Purpose To address a gap in radiation oncology education in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), we sought to evaluate the effectiveness and generalizability of a refined curriculum on intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) offered to existing radiation therapy (RT) clinics across Africa and Latin America (LATAM) at no cost. …”
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Mayaro Virus: The Potential Role of Microbiota and <i>Wolbachia</i> by Thiago Nunes Pereira, Fabiano Duarte Carvalho, Jerônimo Nunes Rugani, Vanessa Rafaela de Carvalho, Jaqueline Jarusevicius, Jayme A. Souza-Neto, Luciano Andrade Moreira

“…The Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an arbovirus that circulates mainly in tropical forests or rural areas in Latin America and is transmitted mainly by <i>Haemagogus</i> mosquitoes. …”
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Treatment of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: From past to future by Zheng Yan, Shuna Yao, Zhizhong Wang, Wenping Zhou, Zhihua Yao, Yanyan Liu

“…Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL) is the most common subtype of T/NK-cell lymphoma in Asia and Latin America, but very rare in North American and Europe. …”
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The Application of Assessment Indicators of Active Tectonic in Estimating Tectonic Status in Upper Zayandehroud Mahmood. Habibolahian M.S of Geomorphology University of Isfahan D...

“…W., and  Wells, S. G (1987). Central America and the Caribbean, in Graf W.L. ed, Geomorphic systems of North America: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, Centennial Special Volume 2, 343-401. 14- Hack J (1973). …”
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