Journal of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Original Research Open Access

A real life asthma biologic treatment comparison

Remedios Cárdenas Contreras , Rocío Picos Baliña , Eloísa Rubio Pérez , Stefan Cimbollek , Manuel Prados-Castaño , Joaquin Quiralte Enríquez

Currently, it is estimated that only a small percentage of asthmatic patients do not achieve adequate control of the disease despite maintaining high doses of inhaled corticosteroids and assuming that they have a correct adherence and inhalation technique. In fact, severe asthma currently accounts for 5-10% of all asthma cases and is often driven by type 2 inflammatory mediators.

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The effect of an aerosol of treignac mineral water concentrated by inverse osmosis in vitro on normal bronchial cells and in vivo on normal rabbit lungs

Jean Sainte-Laudy , Boris Melloni , Vincent Gloaguen , Céline Faugeron Girard

Hydrotherapy is a common technique used in thermal centers, primarily for the external treatment of skin pathologies. Various centers specializing in the management of infectious and inflammatory respiratory pathologies use hydrotherapy techniques internally, as well as through nasally, and bronchially 

Commentary Open Access

Innate lymphoid cell development

Mohamed Khosroshahi Leila , Sadeghalvad Mona , Takei Fumio

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a heterogeneous family of lymphocytes that lack conventional antigen receptors and play roles in tissue homeostasis and immune responses. Based on their transcriptional and functional properties, ILCs are classified into three main groups: group 1 ILCs (ILC1s and NK cells), group 2 ILCs (ILC2s), and group 3 ILCs (ILC3s).  The developmental origins of ILCs remain an area of active investigation.

Review Article Open Access

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations on pandemic dynamics: Trends in cases, deaths, and fatality risks

Igor Nesteruk

Despite the decrease in COVID-19 testing and reporting new infections, the numbers of new cases and deaths per capita registered in some European countries and USA in September 2024 were higher than endemic limits and exceeded seasonal flu mortality. These facts make the development of new vaccines or the further use of existing ones very urgent.

Commentary Open Access

Exploring the relationship between sex and long COVID

Luis Fonte

In December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia, of unknown cause and often-fatal evolution, emerged among people linked to a seafood and live animal market in the city of Wuhan, China. Days later, health authorities in that country reported that the epidemic outbreak in that location was caused by a coronavirus, later named SARS CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2).

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Our clinical experience in Van Province of Turkey; The relationship between Fasciola hepatica and eosinophil count

Özge Atik , Ali Can , Mehmet Göktürk Kaban , Yusuf Kayar

Fasciola hepatica is a liver trematode with worldwide animal distribution, most commonly seen in sheep- and cattle-raising areas. The flukes are leak-like, flat worms, measuring 2–4 cm. The number of reports of Fasciola hepatica has increased significantly recently, and several geographical areas have been described as endemic for the disease in humans, with prevalence and incidence ranging from low to very high.

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Knowledge, perceptions, and practices related to soil transmitted helminth infections among family doctors in the municipality of San Miguel Del Padrón, Havana. Results of an intervention to improve expertise

Ingrid Domenech Cañete , Annia Fong González , Yoanka Moreira Perdomo , Yisel Hernández Barrios , Dennis Pérez Chacón , Yoandra Sollet Céspedes , Delmis Álvarez Gainza , Fidel Núñez Fernández , Luis Fonte Galindo

Almost all programs for the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections implemented across Asia, Africa, and Latin America have focused on at-risk population through mass deworming, health education, and, when possible, environmental sanitation, underestimating the importance of the physician's role in these populations. The physician who provides services in the communities is an opinion leader, and if equipped with the necessary cognitive tools, could be crucial in any attempt to control many entities, including soil-transmitted helminth infections.