Publications by authors named "N Juhasz"

We provide an study of stochastic viral infection extinction from a pharmacokinetical viewpoint. Our work considers a non-specific antiviral drug that increases the virus clearance rate, and we investigate the effect of this drug on early infection extinction. Infection extinction data are generated by a hybrid multiscale framework that applies both continuous and discrete mathematical approaches.

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In 2020, Rickettsia typhi was diagnosed in a dog from Houston, Texas, USA based upon R. typhi IFA seroreactivity in both acute and convalescent sera, and PCR with DNA sequencing of 4 different gene regions, all of which were 100% identical to R. typhi.

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Paxlovid is a promising, orally bioavailable novel drug for SARS-CoV-2 with excellent safety profiles. Our main goal here is to explore the pharmacometric features of this new antiviral. To provide a detailed assessment of Paxlovid, we propose a hybrid multiscale mathematical approach.

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We propose a hybrid partial differential equation-agent-based (PDE-ABM) model to describe the spatio-temporal viral dynamics in a cell population. The virus concentration is considered as a continuous variable and virus movement is modelled by diffusion, while changes in the states of cells (i.e.

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Article Synopsis
  • Accurate detection of vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) is crucial due to the increasing cases in humans and animals, and current PCR assays face challenges in identifying low levels of these pathogens in blood samples.
  • This study examined the effectiveness of a microbial enrichment kit to boost VBP detection in canine blood by depleting host DNA, using samples from dogs infected with specific pathogens.
  • Results showed that the microbial concentrating kit did not enhance VBP detection but did lower host DNA presence, suggesting that more research is needed to find better methods for improving VBP enrichment before testing.
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