Publications by authors named "C E Caceres"
Viral infections are characterized by dispersal from an initial site to secondary locations within the host. How the resultant spatial heterogeneity shapes within-host genetic diversity and viral evolutionary pathways is poorly understood. Here, we show that virus dispersal within and between the nasal cavity and trachea maintains diversity and is therefore conducive to adaptive evolution, whereas dispersal to the lungs gives rise to population heterogeneity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerological tests for syphilis require equipment unavailable in many health centers; however, point-of-care testing facilitates rapid screening using finger-prick whole blood samples. A further improvement could be oral fluid for ease of use. We evaluated the performance of treponemal antibody point-of-care testing for syphilis screening using oral fluid samples.
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- An increase in spillover events of avian influenza A(H5N1) to mammals indicates that certain virus strains are adapting for better transmission among mammals.
- Research using air-sampling devices to monitor ferrets shows that earlier strains of A(H5N1) didn't effectively transmit due to low airborne virus shedding, not a lack of mutations needed for adaptation.
- In contrast, while human A(H1N1) was easily detected in the air, some A(H5N1) strains from 2005 and 2024 were not, although a couple of ferrets infected with a 2022 European polecat strain and a 2024 strain from a farm worker did shed infectious virus.
Objective: This study aims to provide a literature review of FNAC-diagnosed plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) cases and present a case of PBL in an HIV patient diagnosed by FNAC.
Methods: A literature review was conducted across eight databases to compile information on FNAC-diagnosed PBL cases without restricting the site of involvement.
Results: The literature review included 23 PBL, with 13 (56.