SARS-CoV-2 existence in sewage and wastewater: A global public health concern?

The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe and affected millions of individuals as of the efficient virus transmission potential mediated via multiple virus shedding routes. The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the stool samples and its prolonged shedding in environmental compartments like sewage and wastewater signifies a potential threat adding to the transmission cycle of this novel virus. The potential role played by the asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in transmitting the disease via the fecal-oral route is now under investigation.

Geriatric Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Problems, Considerations, Exigencies, and Beyond.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wreaked havoc worldwide, with more than 20 million confirmed cases and nearly 0. 75 million deaths as of 10th August 2020. Various factors determine the severity and symptoms of this infection.

Possibility of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from the breast milk of COVID-19 affected women patients to their infants: worries and strategies to counter it.

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Antibody-based immunotherapeutics and use of convalescent plasma to counter COVID-19: advances and prospects.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to several countries globally. Currently, there is no specific drug or vaccine available for managing COVID-19. Antibody-based immunotherapeutic strategies using convalescent plasma, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), neutralizing antibodies (NAbs), and intravenous immunoglobulins have therapeutic potential.

Response to cimetidine in a 1-year-old child with PFAPA syndrome.

Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is characterized by periodic febrile attacks recurring regularly every 2 to 8 weeks. Although tonsillectomy is offered as an effective treatment, the effectiveness of cimetidine treatment is still controversial. In this article, we describe two cases.

Labial flap vaginoplasty with sacrospinous fixation.

We present a case of congenital absence of Vagina which was treated by reconstruction of the vagina using vascular labial flaps. Furthermore, we anchored the neo-vagina to the Sacro-spinous ligament on either side. The aim of the attachment to the sacro-spinous ligament is to provide a durable apical support and to give an immediate, good vaginal length.

C-reactive protein in acute and delayed preconditioning of the rat heart.

Unlabelled: The involvement of C-reactive protein (CRP) in early (acute) and delayed ischaemic (IPC) and pharmacological (chemical) (CPC) preconditioning in an in vivo model of rat myocardial infarction is presented. Acute IPC was produced by three 5-min occlusion (ischaemia) periods interspersed with 5 min reperfusion, followed by 30-min occlusion of the left coronary artery and 2 h reperfusion injury. Acute CPC was produced by a Kappa-opioid receptor agonist U50488H (5 mg/kg) applied i.

The role of C-reactive protein in ischemia/reperfusion injury and preconditioning in a rat model of myocardial infarction.

For the first time the involvement of C-Reactive protein (CRP) in early (acute) and delayed ischemic (IPC) and pharmacological (chemical) preconditioning (CPC) in an in vivo model of rat myocardial infarction was presented. Acute IPC was produced by three 5 minute occlusion (ischemia) periods interspersed with 5 minute reperfusion, followed by 30 minute occlusion of the left coronary artery and 2 hour reperfusion injury. Acute CPC was produced by a k-opioid receptor agonist U50488H (5 mg/kg) applied i.

Mechanisms of opioid delta (delta) and kappa ( kappa) receptors' cardioprotection in ischaemic preconditioning in a rat model of myocardial infarction.

It has been demonstrated that brief periods of coronary artery occlusion before a prolonged period of sustained occlusion paradoxically protect the myocardium against infarction. The mechanisms involved in this phenomenon, termed "ischaemic preconditioning" (IPC) are still not clear, although it has been established that opioid receptors are involved. The aim of this study was to probe some of the plausible mechanisms involved in the phenomenon by using an in vivo model of myocardial infarction in intact rat, a model that allows electro-cardiographic and enzymatic in addition to morphometric evaluation of the development of 24-hour myocardial infarction.

Involvement of opioid delta (delta)- and kappa (kappa)-receptors in ischemic preconditioning in a rat model of myocardial infarction.

There is controversy in the literature regarding the involvement of opioid delta (DOP, OP1)- and kappa (KOP,OP2)-receptors in ischemic preconditioning (IPC). Previous studies on this subject in our laboratories and elsewhere have been performed on either isolated heart muscles of experimental animals, or in open-heart surgery rats. To highlight this problem, we introduced an in vivo model of myocardial infarction in rats, which not only allowed electrocardiographic and enzymatic evaluation, but also morphometric assessment of myocardial infarction.