Association between asymptomatic submicroscopic and microscopic malaria infections and anemia: A study in southern Benin.

Introduction: Recently, efforts to eliminate malaria have shifted focus from symptomatic cases alone to include asymptomatic carriers, who are now recognized as significant contributors to the disease's transmission and control. This study examines the relationship between asymptomatic malaria infection and hemoglobin levels in Benin.

Methods: A cohort in Benin was enrolled and categorized into three age groups (under 5 years, 5-15 years, and over 15 years) for follow-up from August to November 2021.

Detection of sensory deficits in fine nerve fibres in leprosy diagnosis.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine reference points for thermal perception in cutaneous lesions of leprosy, a disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae characterised by hypoesthesia in skin lesions due to nerve and Schwann cell infection. Early diagnosis is essential to control transmission and effectively treat the disease.

Methods: Quantitative thermal testing (QTT) has been proposed as a valuable tool for early detection of the disease, initiation of treatment, and monitoring of nerve damage.

Zoonosis: social and environmental connections in the Mexico-United States border region.

The emerging risks facing humanity have highlighted the need to address and prevent challenges through multilateral preventive strategies. The Mexico-United States (US) border is a region with great biological biodiversity and both countries shared a similar history and intense socioeconomic, and cultural interrelationships. Also, it has an extraordinary ecological contrast, resulting in an enormous biological diversity in a broad Nearctic-Neotropical transition zone.

Antinociceptive Potential of L. Bark Extract and Caffeic Acid: Insights into Pain Modulation Pathways.

This study evaluated the antinociceptive effect of the L. bark extract (HEXA) and its primary component, caffeic acid (CA), through in vivo assays. : The antinociceptive properties were assessed using abdominal writhing, hot plate, and Von Frey tests.