Mikaela Coleman, Chris Lowbridge, Philipp du Cros, Ben J Marais
{"title":"Community-Wide Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis: Time to Use the Evidence We Have.","authors":"Mikaela Coleman, Chris Lowbridge, Philipp du Cros, Ben J Marais","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090214","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberculosis, caused by the <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (<i>Mtb</i>) bacteria, is one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. Despite being the world's oldest pandemic, tuberculosis is very much a challenge of the modern era. In high-incidence settings, all people are at risk, irrespective of whether they have common vulnerabilities to the disease warranting the current WHO recommendations for community-wide tuberculosis active case finding in these settings. Despite good evidence of effectiveness in reducing tuberculosis transmission, uptake of this strategy has been lacking in the communities that would derive greatest benefit. We consider the various complexities in eliminating tuberculosis from the first principles of the disease, including diagnostic and other challenges that must be navigated under an elimination agenda. We make the case that community-wide tuberculosis active case finding is the best strategy currently available to drive elimination forward in high-incidence settings and that no time should be lost in its implementation. Recognizing that high-incidence communities vary in their epidemiology and spatiosocial characteristics, tuberculosis research and funding must now shift towards radically supporting local implementation and operational research in communities. This \"preparing of the ground\" for scaling up to community-wide intervention centers the local knowledge and local experience of community epidemiology to optimize implementation practices and accelerate reductions in community-level tuberculosis transmission.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11436250/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mihaela Cristina Olariu, Mihaela Adela Iancu, Mihai Hristu Olariu, Victoria Aramă, Mădălina Simoiu, Miruna Maria Cruceru, Ecaterina Constanta Barbu, Paul Balanescu, Mihai Lazar
{"title":"Replacement Therapy with Blood Products in People Living with HIV.","authors":"Mihaela Cristina Olariu, Mihaela Adela Iancu, Mihai Hristu Olariu, Victoria Aramă, Mădălina Simoiu, Miruna Maria Cruceru, Ecaterina Constanta Barbu, Paul Balanescu, Mihai Lazar","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cytopenias or coagulation deficiencies can occur in people living with HIV (PLWH). The severity of these disorders is influenced by the low levels of CD4+ lymphocytes, viral load, and the stage of viral infection. The aim of our retrospective observational study was to determine the frequency of cytopenias and coagulation deficiencies in PLWH as well as the need for replacement therapy with blood products. We sought to determine whether there is an association between severe anemia or thrombocytopenia (requiring replacement therapy) and CD4+T lymphocyte levels. All 29 patients were critically ill, with 27 out of 29 (93%) in advanced stages of HIV disease and 23 out of 29 (79%) having CD4+ lymphocyte counts below 200 cells/microL. Most patients were either late presenters (45%) or had been lost to follow-up (41%). In addition to HIV infection, various conditions that could alter hematologic parameters were associated, including co-infections with hepatitis viruses, tuberculosis at various sites, malignant diseases, sepsis, SARS-CoV-2 infection, or other opportunistic infections. No significant correlation was found between severe anemia or severe thrombocytopenia or coagulation deficiencies and the CD4+T lymphocyte count. Our data suggest that these hematological disorders in patients with advanced HIV infection are more likely to be associated comorbidities rather than the HIV infection per se.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11436115/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chryssoula Tzialla, Alberto Berardi, Vito Mondì, On Behalf Of The Study Group Of Neonatal Infectious Diseases
{"title":"Outbreaks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Description and Management.","authors":"Chryssoula Tzialla, Alberto Berardi, Vito Mondì, On Behalf Of The Study Group Of Neonatal Infectious Diseases","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Healthcare settings, especially intensive care units, can provide an ideal environment for the transmission of pathogens and the onset of outbreaks. Many factors can contribute to the onset of an epidemic in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), including neonates' vulnerability to healthcare-associated infections, especially for those born preterm; facility design; frequent invasive procedures; and frequent contact with healthcare personnel. Outbreaks in NICUs are one of the most relevant problems because they are often caused by multidrug-resistant organisms associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The prompt identification of an outbreak, the subsequent investigation to identify the source of infection, the risk factors, the reinforcement of routine infection control measures, and the implementation of additional control measures are essential elements to contain an epidemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stella M Fabiane, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Sarah K Meredith, Meera Gurumurthy, Adamu Bayissa, Andrew J Nunn, Ruth L Goodall
{"title":"Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Moxifloxacin and Levofloxacin in a Short Standardised Rifampicin Resistant TB Regimen: A STREAM 2 Secondary Analysis.","authors":"Stella M Fabiane, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Sarah K Meredith, Meera Gurumurthy, Adamu Bayissa, Andrew J Nunn, Ruth L Goodall","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090211","DOIUrl":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>(1) Background: The World Health Organisation (WHO) categorises moxifloxacin and levofloxacin as Group A drugs, which should be prioritised in the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. We compare their relative efficacy and safety using data from the STREAM trial; (2) Methods: Marginal structural models were used to balance differences in the baseline characteristics of participants receiving the STREAM control regimen containing either moxifloxacin or levofloxacin as this was not a randomised comparison. The difference in proportions between regimens was estimated for favourable outcome, any grade 3/4 adverse event, QTcF increase to ≥500 ms, QTcF increase from baseline by at least 60 ms, and any grade 3/4 adverse event excluding QT events, using weighted analyses; (3) Results: In efficacy analyses (<i>n</i> = 123), the weighted risk difference (moxifloxacin-levofloxacin, wRD) for a favourable outcome was -0.045 (-0.213, 0.123), <i>p</i> = 0.60. Similarly, estimates from the safety analyses (<i>n</i> = 127) showed no evidence of a difference between the fluoroquinolones, other than a suggestion of fewer QTcF increases from baseline on levofloxacin (wRD 0.160 (-0.026, 0.346), <i>p</i> = 0.091); (4) Conclusions: In this small dataset, we found no statistically significant difference in key efficacy or safety outcomes between the moxifloxacin- and levofloxacin-containing regimens; there was a suggestion that QTcF increases from baseline were fewer on levofloxacin.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435486/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Wichman, Geoffrey Guenther, Nthambose M Simango, Mengxin Yu, Dylan Small, Olivia D Findorff, Nathaniel O Amoah, Rohini Dasan, Karl B Seydel, Douglas G Postels, Nicole F O'Brien
{"title":"Admission Point-of-Care Testing for the Clinical Care of Children with Cerebral Malaria.","authors":"David Wichman, Geoffrey Guenther, Nthambose M Simango, Mengxin Yu, Dylan Small, Olivia D Findorff, Nathaniel O Amoah, Rohini Dasan, Karl B Seydel, Douglas G Postels, Nicole F O'Brien","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Point-of-care testing (PoCT), an alternative to laboratory-based testing, may be useful in the clinical care of critically ill children in resource-limited settings. We evaluated the clinical utility of PoCT in the care of 193 Malawian children treated for World Health Organization-defined cerebral malaria (CM) between March 2019 and May 2023. We assessed the frequency of abnormal PoCT results and the clinical interventions performed in response to these abnormalities. We determined the association between abnormal PoCT results and patient outcomes. Overall, 52.1% of all PoCT results were abnormal. Of the children with abnormal results, clinical interventions occurred in 16.9%. Interventions most commonly followed abnormal results for PoCT glucose (100.0% of the patients had treatment for hypoglycemia), potassium (32.1%), lactate (22.0%), and creatinine (16.3%). Patients with hypoglycemia, hyperlactatemia, and hypocalcemia had a higher mortality risk than children with normal values. Future studies are needed to determine whether obtaining laboratory values using PoCT and the clinical response to these interventions modify outcomes in critically ill African children with CM.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paving the Way to Innovative, Child-Friendly Pediatric Diagnostic Methods for Tuberculosis: Introduction of Stool-Based Testing in Ukraine.","authors":"Olena Diuzheva, Liudmyla Skoklyuk, Nina Zherebko, Anna Barbova, Myroslava Germanovych, Eveline Klinkenberg, Oleksii Bogdanov, Gunta Dravniece","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Like many countries, Ukraine faces challenges with diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children due to the paucibacillary nature of the disease and difficulty obtaining respiratory samples. To improve diagnostic efficiency, stool testing is being integrated into routine pediatric TB services. This started with a pilot introduction at 12 regional TB facilities, where stool was collected for children with a preliminary diagnosis of TB, based on clinical and/or radiological or laboratory findings, in addition to routine testing. For 168 children, a stool test was conducted between November 2021 and September 2022, with samples submitted in all 12 pilot regions. For 132 children, other samples were available in addition to stool. <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (MTB) was bacteriologically confirmed in 37 children (in stool for 18 children). For 7 of the 18 children with MTB in stool, stool was the only sample in which MTB was detected. Rifampicin resistance was detected in seven children (in stool for three). This noninvasive TB diagnostic sample is especially beneficial for young children who cannot produce sputum. Early detection of TB and its drug-resistant strains in children will allow medical workers to provide safer and more effective treatment and save more lives. Based on the pilot implementation, Ukraine's national TB program began implementing stool testing throughout the country.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435953/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juliana Martins Ribeiro, Gisele André Baptista Canuto, Alisson Samuel Portes Caldeira, Ezequias Pessoa de Siqueira, Carlos Leomar Zani, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves
{"title":"Untargeted Liquid Chromatography-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Metabolomic Investigation Reveals Altered Lipid Content in <i>Leishmania infantum</i> Lacking Lipid Droplet Protein Kinase.","authors":"Juliana Martins Ribeiro, Gisele André Baptista Canuto, Alisson Samuel Portes Caldeira, Ezequias Pessoa de Siqueira, Carlos Leomar Zani, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leishmaniasis is a complex disease caused by different species of <i>Leishmania</i>. To date, no vaccine for humans or ideal therapy has been developed owing to the limited efficacy and toxicity of available drugs, as well as the emergence of resistant strains. Therefore, it is necessary to identify novel therapeutic targets and discover therapeutic options for leishmaniasis. In this study, we evaluated the impact of deleting the lipid droplet protein kinase (LDK) enzyme in <i>Leishmania infantum</i> using an untargeted metabolomics approach performed using liquid chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry. LDK is involved in lipid droplet biogenesis in trypanosomatids. Thirty-nine lipid metabolites altered in the stationary and logarithmic growth phases were noted and classified into five classes: (1) sterols, (2) fatty and conjugated acids, (3) ceramides, (4) glycerophosphocholine and its derivatives, and (5) glycerophosphoethanolamine and its derivatives. Our data demonstrated that glycerophosphocholine and its derivatives were the most affected after LDK deletion, suggesting that the absence of this enzyme promotes the remodeling of lipid composition in <i>L. infantum</i>, thus contributing to a better understanding of the function of LDK in this parasite.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435790/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Micheline O Ouedraogo, Ivlabèhirè Bertrand Meda, Karifa Kourouma, Fanny Yago Wienne, Dieudonné Nare, Clarisse Bougouma, Justin Compaore, Seni Kouanda
{"title":"Effects of Five Years of Treatment of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin under Community Guidelines in Resurgent Areas of Burkina Faso: A before-and-after Analysis.","authors":"Micheline O Ouedraogo, Ivlabèhirè Bertrand Meda, Karifa Kourouma, Fanny Yago Wienne, Dieudonné Nare, Clarisse Bougouma, Justin Compaore, Seni Kouanda","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Almost the entire country of Burkina Faso was endemic to onchocerciasis. Onchocerciasis control efforts thus brought the prevalence of <i>O. volvulus</i> to a level where the disease was no longer a public health problem in 2002. A resurgence of onchocerciasis cases has been observed in two regions (Cascades and the Southwest) located around several river basins in 2010-2011. In accordance with WHO guidelines for the management of resurgent cases, community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) was implemented in the affected areas. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of this intervention on parasitological indices of onchocerciasis, depending on the distance between villages and rivers.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>We conducted a paired pre-post study using aggregated village-level data from two cross-sectional surveys conducted in each region. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare the standardized microfilarodermia prevalence and community microfilarial load (CMFL).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 43 villages in 6 health districts, in the Southwest (18) and Cascades (25) regions were included in the study. The key findings were that standardized microfilaria prevalence and CMFL decreased significantly after the implementation of CDTI in both regions (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). The median standardized microfilaria prevalence was 2.8 [interquartile range (IQR): 0.2-6.6] before CDTI and 0.72 [IQR: 0.0-2.17] after CDTI. The results showed also a decline in standardized microfilaria prevalence and CMFL in all villages, regardless of the distance separating the village from the streams. However, the results were not statistically significant for the villages located 5 km or more from streams (<i>p</i> = 0.0816 and 0.0542 for standardized microfilaria prevalence and CMFL, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results thus show that the implementation of effective CDTI could stop the transmission of <i>O. volvulus</i> in these two regions. The main challenge for stopping transmission could be the migration of populations to neighboring countries and migration of the vector from one country to another, as Burkina Faso shares some river basins with neighboring countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435634/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danice Romagne Leano, Romina Danguilan, Mel-Hatra Arakama, Vince Apelin, Paolo Pinkerton Alamillo, Eric Chua
{"title":"Efficacy of Adjunct Hemoperfusion Compared to Standard Medical Therapy on 28-Day Mortality in Leptospirosis Patients with Renal Failure and Shock: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Danice Romagne Leano, Romina Danguilan, Mel-Hatra Arakama, Vince Apelin, Paolo Pinkerton Alamillo, Eric Chua","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090206","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hemoperfusion is a novel adjunct therapy that targets the dysregulated inflammatory events in severe sepsis. Previous studies have reported conflicting results on its efficacy and safety. This study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of hemoperfusion among leptospirosis patients in septic shock and renal failure in terms of improvement in 28-day mortality, SOFA score, level of inflammatory markers, hemodynamics, and renal and pulmonary function. A total of 37 severe leptospirosis patients were enrolled and randomized into either standard medical therapy (SMT) alone, <i>n</i> = 20, or with hemoperfusion (HP), <i>n</i> = 17. Vital signs, urine output, vasopressor dose, PaO<sub>2</sub>/FiO<sub>2</sub> (P/F) ratio, and biochemical parameters of patients from each treatment arm were compared. The hemoperfusion group showed a 36.84% (<i>p</i> = 0.017) risk reduction in 28-day mortality. Levels of procalcitonin, IL6, and lactate significantly decreased from baseline to day 7 in both groups. Statistically significant improvements in serum creatinine (<i>p</i> = 0.04) and PF ratio (<i>p</i> = 0.045) were observed in the hemoperfusion cohort. Intention-to-treat and per-protocol approaches showed that hemoperfusion increased the survival rate and decreased the mortality risk. This benefit for survival persisted even when patients were also receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), showing that hemoperfusion's benefits are independent of ECMO use. Hemoperfusion is a safe and effective adjunct therapy for managing severe sepsis. It promotes earlier renal and pulmonary function recovery and improves the survival of septic shock patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435429/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yingying He, Min Shen, Xiaohe Wang, Anqi Yin, Bingyan Liu, Jie Zhu, Zhenhua Zhang
{"title":"Suppression of Interferon Response and Antiviral Strategies of Bunyaviruses.","authors":"Yingying He, Min Shen, Xiaohe Wang, Anqi Yin, Bingyan Liu, Jie Zhu, Zhenhua Zhang","doi":"10.3390/tropicalmed9090205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9090205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The order Bunyavirales belongs to the class of Ellioviricetes and is classified into fourteen families. Some species of the order Bunyavirales pose potential threats to human health. The continuously increasing research reveals that various viruses within this order achieve immune evasion in the host through suppressing interferon (IFN) response. As the types and nodes of the interferon response pathway are continually updated or enriched, the IFN suppression mechanisms and target points of different virus species within this order are also constantly enriched and exhibit variations. For instance, Puumala virus (PUUV) and Tula virus (TULV) can inhibit IFN response through their functional NSs inhibiting downstream factor IRF3 activity. Nevertheless, the IFN suppression mechanisms of Dabie bandavirus (DBV) and Guertu virus (GTV) are mostly mediated by viral inclusion bodies (IBs) or filamentous structures (FSs). Currently, there are no effective drugs against several viruses belonging to this order that pose significant threats to society and human health. While the discovery, development, and application of antiviral drugs constitute a lengthy process, our focus on key targets in the IFN response suppression process of the virus leads to potential antiviral strategies, which provide references for both basic research and practical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":23330,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"9 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435552/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}