@article{Cabezas-Cruz2023,

title = {Understanding Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Foci, a Tale of Two Mountains},

author = {Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz and Pavle Banović},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020265},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-02-06},

journal = {Pathogens},

volume = {12},

issue = {2},

abstract = {What factors influence the formation and disappearance of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) foci? TBEV is member of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, and is the most important viral pathogen transmitted by hard ticks in Europe [1]. In natural foci, this virus circulates between vertebrate hosts (e.g., small rodents of the genera Apodemus and Myodes) and the tick vectors that feed on them, mainly Ixodes ricinus but also Dermacentor reticulatus [2]. TBEV foci are complex microecosystems that are highly dependent on biotic and abiotic factors, which affect all components of TBEV transmission and the amplification chain [3]. The identification of TBEV foci is based on the detection of continuous

virus transmission and virus dispersion from TBEV-positive ticks to rodents and other mammals [4].},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Smieško2023,

title = {Povećana učestalost urinarnih infekcija izazvanih rodom Enterococcus kod pacijenata COVID-19 bolnice Kliničkog centra Vojvodine},

author = {Gordana Smieško and Marija Baros Brkljaca and Pavle Banović},

doi = {10.5937/pomc19-37033},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-20},

journal = {PONS - Medicinski časopis},

abstract = {Cilj. Ispitivanje učestalosti izolata različitih uropatogena kod pacijenata COVID-19 bolnice ,,Mišeluk’’ u poređenju sa pacijentima iz ne-COVID-19 zone Kliničkog Centra Vojvodine (KCV). 

Metode. Za potrebe ovog istraživanja sakupljene su informacije o izolatima iz urina upućenih iz COVID-19 bolnice i ne-COVID-19 zona KCV u tromesečnom periodu, pri čemu su uzorci iz ne-COVID-19 zone KCV služile kao kontrola.

Rezultat.: Od 449 nalaza pacijenata iz COVID-19 bolnice, najčešći nalaz su pripadnici roda Enterococcus, (216/449; 48,10%), koji su u najvećem broju slučajeva uzrokovali IUT kod žena (127/216;58,79%). Drugi po učestalosti uzročnik IUT u COVID-19 bolnici je Klebsiella pneumoniae (85/449;

18,93%). Od 913 nalaza pacijenata iz ne-COVID-19 klinika KCV, najčešći uzročnik IUT je Escherichia coli (249/913; 27,27%), i to dominantno kod žena (199/249;79,91%, (χ2 (1) = 49,042; p < 0,00001)). Drugi po učestalosti uzročnki IUT su pripadnici roda Enterococcus, (216/913; 23,65%), bez

značajne razlike u distribuciji među polovima (χ2 (1) = 0,0833; p = 0,847).

Zaključak. Najčešći uzročnici IUT u COVID-19 bolnici KCV su pripadnici roda Enterococcus i Klebsiella pneumoniae sa gotovo ravnomernom raspodelom među polovima. Uočena je statistički značajna razlika u učestalosti različitih izazivača IUT kod pacijenata COVID-19 bolnice naspram

ne-COVID-19 klinika KCV. Ovi rezultati mogu biti značajni za određivanje empirijske terapije kod pacijenata COVID-19 bolnice KCV, kao i pri planiranju procedura za redukciju intrahospitalih infekcija.},

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pubstate = {forthcoming},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Banović2023,

title = {Emerging tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsioses in the Balkans},

author = {Pavle Banović and Adrian Alberto Díaz-Sánchez and Angélique Foucault-Simonin and Lourdes Mateos-Hernandez and Alejandra Wu-Chuang and Clemence Galon and Verica Simin and Dragana Mijatović and Ivana Bogdan and Belkis Corona-González and Liani 

 Coronado Báez and Joanna Kulisz and Aneta Woźniak and Zbigniew Zając and Dasiel Obregón and Sara Moutailler and Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105400},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-05},

urldate = {2023-01-05},

journal = {Infection, Genetics and Evolution},

volume = {107},

abstract = {The impact of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) on human health has increased in the last decades, since the incidence of emerging and re-emerging infectious and zoonotic tick-borne diseases has increased worldwide. Tick-borne rickettsiae of the Spotted Fever group (SFGR) are considered as emerging pathogens that can infect humans and cause a variety of non-specific clinical symptoms. Here, we report nine cases of atypical tick-borne diseases (9/460; 1.95%) that occurred over a period of four months (from 15 April 2021 to 16 August 2021) in Serbia, from which five cases were classified as confirmed SFGR infection, two cases as probable SFGR infection and two cases as suspected SFGR infection. Within cases of confirmed SFGR infection, R. helvetica was detected as the causative agent in two cases. The most common clinical finding was non-expanding persistent circular redness, followed by eschar and enlargement of regional lymph nodes, and pain at lesion site. Rickettsia outer membrane protein B (ompB) and citrate synthase (gltA) gene fragments were amplified from clinical samples and ticks attached to patients and IgG reacting with Rickettsia conorii antigen were detected in sera samples of patients, which are highly suggestive of exposure to SFGR. Surveillance and monitoring of rickettsial diseases in Serbia should continue and extended to new areas due to the increasing trend of clinical infections caused by SFGR in the country.},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}