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Editorial: Personalized medicine and infectious disease management
The importance of personalized medicine in the healthcare management of several diseases is well-documented. Still, very little is known about the role of genetics in susceptibility or resistance to infectious diseases (1). Following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, it became prominent that the genetic background of the patient influences the disease ...
Sondes Haddad-Boubaker+4 more
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Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease in 2020
Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]
Tropical Medicine Infectious Disease Editorial Office
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The History of Infectious Diseases and Medicine
From ancient times to the present, mankind has experienced many infectious diseases, which have mutually affected the development of society and medicine. In this paper, we review various historical and current infectious diseases in a five-period scheme of medical history newly proposed in this paper: (1) Classical Western medicine pioneered by ...
Tatsuo Sakai, Yuh Morimoto
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Infectious disease in respiratory medicine [PDF]
COVID-19 has brought respiratory infections into the spotlight, but other infectious diseases remain important causes of respiratory illness and death https://bit.ly/36t6Rhf.
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Introduction The antibacterial agent was changed from cefepime to piperacillin and clindamycin for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, and an emergency cesarean section was performed. Immunoglobulin was added on the first postoperative day.
Takanori Sato, Rie Oyama, Tsukasa Baba
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is globally distributed, and the liver is one of the major targeting organs. So far, the mechanisms for cell and organ damage have not fully been elucidated and the treatments for the infection are mainly at ...
Yufei Ruan+9 more
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The haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein plays a crucial role in the infectivity and virulence of Newcastle disease virus (NDV). In a previous study, the mutant HN protein was identified as a crucial virulence factor for the velogenic variant NDV ...
Xiaolong Lu+12 more
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Background Genotype S H9N2 viruses have become predominant in poultry in China since 2010. These viruses frequently donate their whole internal gene segments to other emerging influenza A subtypes such as the novel H7N9, H5N6, and H10N8 viruses.
Xiuli Li+13 more
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We estimate the number of COVID-19 cases from newly reported deaths in a population without previous reports. Our results suggest that by the time a single death occurs, hundreds to thousands of cases are likely to be present in that population.
Thibaut Jombart+15 more
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Long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets (LLINs) provide protection from malaria through both direct effects to the user and indirect community-level effects.
H. Juliette T. Unwin+3 more
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