{"title":"Memory as resistance: HIV/AIDS, care, and collective futures","authors":"Rida Ansari","doi":"10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00471-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00471-2","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":49923,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Infectious Diseases","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ageing in a pandemic | COVID-19 and older adults, Robin P Bonifas (Ed.), Routledge (2024), p. 136, £31·99, ISBN: 9781032509075","authors":"Hollie Sherwood-Martin","doi":"10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00433-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00433-5","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":49923,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Infectious Diseases","volume":"123 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research in brief","authors":"Priya Venkatesan","doi":"10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00428-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00428-1","url":null,"abstract":"<h2>Section snippets</h2><section><section><h2>Vertical transmission of <em>Leishmania donovani</em></h2>Visceral leishmaniasis can cause health problems during pregnancy and also increase the risk of miscarriage. Researchers <span><span>assessed</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> the disease in BALB/c female mice infected with <em>Leishmania donovani</em> before pregnancy. Infection caused anaemia and splenomegaly in pregnant and non-pregnant mice, which were not worse in the pregnant group. Of 103 fetuses removed on pregnancy day 18, 69% were positive for infection on PCR, and vertical transmission was suspected in around 67% of the mice, with an</section></section><section><section><h2>Antifungal potential of cannabidiol and cannabidivarin</h2>A <span><span>study</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> that explored the antifungal activity of the phytocannabinoids cannabidiol and cannabidivarin in vitro found that both prevented biofilm formation in <em>Cryptococcus neoformans</em>; were fungicidal against <em>C neoformans</em> at concentrations of 25 μg/mL and 50 μg/mL, respectively; and were faster at killing the pathogen than amphotericin B. Cannabidivarin was active against all nine tested <em>Cryptococcus</em> strains, with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 12·5 μg/mL, whereas cannabidiol was</section></section><section><section><h2><em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> infection in cystic fibrosis</h2>Using a panel of 143 <em>P aeruginosa</em> strains isolated from adults with cystic fibrosis, and phage-rich environmental samples, researchers <span><span>developed</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> an anti-<em>P aeruginosa</em> three-bacteriophage cocktail, BX004-A. Evaluation of 7 days of nebulised inhaled BX004-A in a randomised phase 1b/2a trial in seven adults with cystic fibrosis and chronic <em>P aeruginosa</em> pulmonary infection (versus two assigned placebo) showed BX004-A was well tolerated with no pulmonary worsening. On days 4 and 15, the number of <em>P</em></section></section><section><section><h2>Modelling lesion dynamics in clade I mpox</h2>Researchers used mathematical <span><span>modelling</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> to quantify temporal changes in lesion counts in 228 patients in DR Congo who were positive for clade I ","PeriodicalId":49923,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Infectious Diseases","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women of the shadow pandemic in Zimbabwe | COVID-19 and gender-based violence in Zimbabwe: women's pandemic experiences and lessons for the future, Isaiah Munyiswa, Pauline Mateveke, Ezra Chitando (Eds.), Routledge (2024), p. 210, £108·00, ISBN: 9781032799285","authors":"Phoebe Ashley-Norman","doi":"10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00432-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00432-3","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":49923,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Infectious Diseases","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infectious disease surveillance update","authors":"Cahal McQuillan","doi":"10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00427-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00427-x","url":null,"abstract":"<h2>Section snippets</h2><section><section><h2>Leptospirosis in Ecuador</h2>According to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health, 818 people were diagnosed with <span><span>leptospirosis</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> in Ecuador between Jan 1 and June 24, 2025. This compares with 264 leptospirosis infections reported by the same time last year and surpasses the 595 infections recorded in all of 2024. Diagnoses have been made in 21 of 24 provinces, with the majority of infections recorded in just three provinces—Guayas, Manabí, and Morona Santiago. In the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, eight Indigenous Achuar</section></section><section><section><h2>Mpox in Sierra Leone</h2>Sierra Leone recorded the first case of its current—and largest—outbreak of <span><span>mpox</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> on Jan 10, 2025. As of July 1, more than 4489 infections and 29 deaths had been recorded across all districts. However, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), cases of mpox have declined in Sierra Leone over the past 6 weeks. Officials have associated the downward trend with community health-care workers identifying more infections outside of hospital settings and the successful</section></section><section><section><h2>Scabies in the Czech Republic</h2>As of June 25, 2025, 4413 cases of <span><span>scabies</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> had been reported in the Czech Republic this year. Outbreaks have been particularly pronounced in Prague, where 300 infections were reported by the start of June, and in the region of Moravian-Silesia. Health officials warn that if the trend continues, the total number of cases in the country may surpass those from the previous 2 years, which were both higher than usual. The disease is caused by the scabies mite, which is transmitted by both direct and</section></section>","PeriodicalId":49923,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Infectious Diseases","volume":"123 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}