What's New in the Scientific Literature? Infectious Diseases of Reptiles: Peer-reviewed publications, July-December 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel E. Marschang ◽  
James Bogan ◽  
Frédéric Gandar
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Scientific Literature

scholarly journals A Review on Cistus sp.: Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Activities

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1214
Author(s):  
Imane Zalegh ◽  
Mohamed Akssira ◽  
Mohammed Bourhia ◽  
Fouad Mellouki ◽  
Naima Rhallabi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Mechanisms Of Action ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Global View ◽  
Chemical Profiles ◽  
Phytochemical Profiles

Resistance to drugs is reaching alarming levels and is placing human health at risk. With the lack of new antimicrobials drugs, infectious diseases are becoming harder to treat. Hence, there is an increasing awareness of active phytochemicals with therapeutic functions. The tremendous research interest on the Cistus L. genus includes numerous plants used in traditional medicine by people living around the Mediterranean Sea, also resulted in some interesting discoveries and written literature. This review aimed at gathering scientific literature about Cistus species, describing phytochemical profiles and the various pharmacological activities. We also extensively reviewed the antimicrobial activities, including antiviral, antiparasitic, antifungal, and antibacterial potentials of Essential Oils (EO), raw extracts as well as isolated compounds. Mechanisms of action along with methods used are also investigated in this review. Considering the findings of the Cistus species extracts, this genus offers an adequate reserve of active phytochemicals since many have been used to create drugs. Therefore, this review work can serve society by providing a global view on Cistus L. sp. regarding pharmacological potentials and their chemical profiles.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMATION OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE: and its influence on health in the face of the COVID pandemic 19

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. a7en
Author(s):  
Eduardo Romprê Xerente ◽  
Klecius Eufrasio Xavier ◽  
Adriane Feitosa Valadares ◽  
Yusely Capote Sanches Sanches ◽  
Ana Kleiber Pessoa Borges
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
White Men ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
The Face

The objective of this study was to analyze in the scientific literature the influence of the cultural transformation of the indigenous population and its influence on health in the face of the COVID 19 pandemic. A bibliographic survey was carried out on the Virtual Health Library (VHL) website, using the descriptors: “culture in health ”AND“ indigenous population ”AND“ COVID 19 pandemic ”. 13 articles were selected that met the inclusion criteria. From the studies analyzed, it was noted that indigenous peoples suffer a lot of cultural and health influences from the surrounding society, due to the intense contact with white men. Thus, the emergence of diseases until then did not exist among them: parasitic, pulmonary infectious diseases (tuberculosis, pneumonia, flu), STI / AIDS and COVID 19.

scholarly journals Sexual dimorphism in campylobacteriosis

2007 ◽  
Vol 136 (11) ◽  
pp. 1492-1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. C. STRACHAN ◽  
R. O. WATSON ◽  
V. NOVIK ◽  
D. HOFREUTER ◽  
I. D. OGDEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Model ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Male Mice ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Physiological Factors

SUMMARYSexual dimorphism in infectious diseases whereby disease incidence is more prevalent in one gender has been reported repeatedly in the scientific literature. Both behavioural and physiological differences have been suggested as a cause of this gender bias but there is a paucity of data to support either of these viewpoints. Here it is hypothesized that for campylobacteriosis physiological factors play an important role in the higher incidence in males. We demonstrate in the human population (from several countries in three continents) that this bias exists in young children (<1 year) where behavioural differences between genders are likely to be minimal. Further we demonstrate this difference in an animal model where both infection rates and shedding rates of the organism are greater in male mice.

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