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Contents Volume 14 Issue 2 June 25, 2025

Review

New frontiers in sickle cell disease: The role of antiviral therapies and emerging drugs in managing viral infections

Tarun Sahu, Arunita Tushar Jagzape, Meenakshi Sinha, Ramanjan Sinha, Henu Kumar Verma

World J Virol 14(2):101693. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.101693

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COVID-19 management in patients with comorbid conditions

Adekunle Sanyaolu, Chuku Okorie, Aleksandra Marinkovic, Stephanie Prakash, Vyshnavy Balendra, Amine Lehachi, Abu Fahad Abbasi, Nafees Haider, Amos Abioye, Verner N Orish, Afolabi Antonio, Olanrewaju Badaru, Rajashree Pandit, Ricardo Izurieta

World J Virol 14(2):102674. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.102674

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Minireviews

Microbiome, dysbiosis and use of probiotics in various diseases

Ece Tüsüz Önata, Öner Özdemir

World J Virol 14(2):99574. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.99574

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Advances in treatment of hepatitis delta virus infection: Update on novel investigational drugs

Jiyoon Park, Amr Sayed, Syed Alishan Nasir, Joseph K Lim

World J Virol 14(2):102673. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.102673

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Marburg virus disease: Emerging threat, pathogenesis, and global public health strategies

Praveen Kumar Uppala, Sita Kumari Karanam, Naga Vishnu Kandra, Sandhya Edhi

World J Virol 14(2):103576. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.103576

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Retrospective Cohort Study

Sustained maternal human immunodeficiency virus viral load suppression and cascade of human immunodeficiency virus testing among exposed infants in Rwanda

Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Jackson Sebeza, Haji Mbwana Ally, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Habib Omari Ramadhani, Peter Memiah, Djemima Umutesi, Basile Ikuzo, Gallican Rwibasira

World J Virol 14(2):107322. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.107322

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Retrospective Study

Influence of substance use on rising hepatitis A hospitalizations in the United States: A decade-long comparative study

Vinay Jahagirdar, Misha Gautam, Waqas Rasheed, Hanna Blaney, Hassam Ali, Hassan Ghoz

World J Virol 14(2):97421. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.97421

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Genomic and demographic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 infections within early Omicron cluster, Western Sri Lanka

Nipuni Arachchige, Ramesha Dharmasiri, Achini Weerathunga, Shehan Senanayake, Nadeeka Janage, Rohitha Muthugala

World J Virol 14(2):106108. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.106108

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Observational Study

Risk of COVID-19 infection among frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash, Mathew Varghese Nellimootil, Binila Chacko, Darpanarayan Hazra, Victor Coelho, John Emmanuel Jesudasan, Karthik Gunasekaran, Lovely Thomas, More Atul Ramchandra, Jonathan Melchizedek, Henah Meshack Gunaraj, Mahesh Moorthy, John Victor Peter

World J Virol 14(2):99663. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.99663

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Micro RNAs as a potential biomarker for predicting liver fibrosis severity in hepatitis C virus affected patients

Navneet Kaur, Ravinder Garg, Chaitanya Tapasvi, Gitanjali Goyal

World J Virol 14(2):101976. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.101976

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Prospective Study

Evaluation of hyaluronic acid and type III procollagen peptide as predictors for treatment response to direct-acting antivirals

Mohamed A Abdelrazek, Ahmed I Elghwab, Ashraf A Tabll, Elsherbiny H Elsayed, Mohammed El Behery

World J Virol 14(2):106479. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.106479

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Basic Study

Synergistic efficacy of phages along with vancomycin for eradication of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis biofilms

Minakshi Sahu, Ranjeet Kumar Vishwakarma, Subhash Lal Karn, Gopal Nath

World J Virol 14(2):95826. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.95826

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Alpha to JN.1 variants: SARS-CoV-2 genomic analysis unfolding its various lineages/sublineages evolved in Chhattisgarh, India from 2020 to 2024

Pushpendra Singh, Ruchi Khare, Kuldeep Sharma, Anudita Bhargava, Sanjay Singh Negi

World J Virol 14(2):100001. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.100001

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Systematic Reviews

Eye on cytomegalovirus: Unveiling the ophthalmic impact of cytomegalovirus

Mutali Musa, Gladness Aluyi-Osa, Ekele Chukwuyem, Babatunde Ismail Bale, Fabiana D’Esposito, Daniele Tognetto, Caterina Gagliano, Marco Zeppieri

World J Virol 14(2):101944. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.101944

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Uptake of lumbar puncture and mortality among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease who screened for serum cryptococcal-antigen in Africa

Haji Mbwana Ally, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Lynn Moshi, Rahma Musoke, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Aboubakar Omar Mustafa, John Bartlet, Habib Omari Ramadhani

World J Virol 14(2):106973. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.106973

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Scientometrics

Bibliometric analysis of research on spinal tuberculosis in last 5 years

Monalisa Mohanty, Mantu Jain, Sujit Kumar Tripathy, Manisha Tripathy, Preetam Kumar Kar, Baijayantimala Mishra, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra

World J Virol 14(2):102668. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.102668

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Case Report

Chronic diarrhoea in a human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient: A case report

Sheetal Panjaria, Prasan Kumar Panda

World J Virol 14(2):108412. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.108412

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Letter to the Editor

Examining rhabdomyolysis-related acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients and its comparison to other acute kidney injury types

Liyan Ajit D Souza, Abdulqadir J Nashwan

World J Virol 14(2):100986. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.100986

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Rising adult hepatitis A in Pakistan: Shifting trends and public health solutions

Saad Ahmed, Abdulqadir J Nashwan

World J Virol 14(2):102519. Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.102519

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