期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (11)
Background. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the main leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. However, it remains uncer......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (4)
Background. The immune protective mechanisms during severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection remain to be deciphered for t......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 224 (1)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacterial pathogen that colonizes mucosal epithelia that are rich in antimicrobial molecules such as long-chain fatty acids......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 224 (1)
Background. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with multiple types of cancer, but the evidence has not yet been fully elucidated in bl......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (8)
Background. Epidemiologic reports suggest that the most severe or fatal adenoviral disease in children might be associated with human adenovirus (HAdV......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (5)
Background. Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule family-7 (SLAMF7) functions as an immune checkpoint molecule on macrophages in antitumor immunit......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (7)
Background: Influenza vaccination has been suggested to protect against death and recurrent events among patients with cardiovascular disease or chron......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 224 (2)
We combined viral genome sequencing with contact tracing to investigate introduction and evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (8)
Domestic cats, an important companion animal, can be infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). This has aroused conc......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (7)
Schistosomiasis remains a leading cause of chronic morbidity in endemic regions despite decades of widespread mass chemotherapy with praziquantel. Usi......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (5)
Background. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to produce substantial morbidity and mortality. To understand the reasons for t......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 224 (3)
Mutagenic ribonucleosides can act as broad-based antiviral agents. They are metabolized to the active ribonucleoside tri-phosphate form and concentrat......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (4)
Background. Base excision repair (BER), consisting mostly of lesion-specific DNA glycosylases and apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonucleases, is one of ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (4)
Background. Interferon alfa (IFN-alpha) has been proved effective in treating chronic hepatitis B (CHB), owing to its ability to suppress hepatitis B ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 223 (5)
Background. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of lreponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (TPA) has been constrained by the lack of in vitro cultivation met......