Background: The reemergence of measles represents a public health problem. The aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against measles in children of three ethnic groups in southern Mexico and the nutritional status and demographic risk factors associated. Methods: A cross-sectional study in 416 school-age children, 207 belonging to the Tlapaneco ethnic group, 101 to the Mixteco group and 108 were considered Mestizo. Sociodemographic data were collected, an anthropometric evaluation of the children was performed and a fasting blood sample was obtained from each child for the measurement of measles IgG antibodies by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Results: From the total sample, 59% of the children were seropositive for IgG antibodies against measles; in contrast, 41% lacked IgG antibodies. Measles antibody seropositivity was higher in girls (64%). 90.5% of 6-year-old children had higher antibodies seroprevalence, compared to the children between 10 and 13 years old (45.5%). In the three ethnic groups, age was negatively correlated with the index standard ratio (ISR) of measles antibody levels and the families with ≥8 members showed less seropositivity. According to the antibodies levels, most of the positive cases remained around 1 Standard Deviation (SD) of the ISR values and no underweight children had antibody levels above 2 SD. Conclusions: The Anti-Measles serological coverage is low in children of three ethnic groups from Southern Mexico and the age, sex, malnutrition and family size are associated factors. Therefore, it is important to strengthen immunization campaigns, principally in vulnerable groups.

Intestinal dysbiosis is related to the physiopathology and clinical manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the response to pharmacologic treatment. The objectives of this study were (1) to analyze the effect of conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) on the abundance of gut microbiota’s bacteria; (2) to evaluate the relationship between the differences in microbial abundance with the serum levels of intestinal fatty-acid binding protein 2 (IFABP2), cytokines, and the response phenotype to csDMARDs therapy in RA. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 23 women diagnosed with RA. The abundance of bacteria in gut microbiota was determined with qPCR. The ELISA technique determined serum levels of IFABP2, TNF-α, IL-10, and IL-17A. We found that the accumulated dose of methotrexate or prednisone is negatively associated with the abundance of Lactobacillus but positively associated with the abundance of Bacteroides fragilis. The Lactobacillus/Porphyromonas gingivalis ratio was associated with the Disease Activity Score-28 for RA with Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (DAS28-ESR) (r = 0.778, p = 0.030) and with the levels of IL-17A (r = 0.785, p = 0.027) in the group treated with csDMARD. Moreover, a relation between the serum levels of IFABP2 and TNF-α (r = 0.593, p = 0.035) was observed in the group treated with csDMARD. The serum levels of IFABP2 were higher in patients with secondary non-response to csDMARDs therapy. In conclusion, our results suggest that the ratios of gut microbiota’s bacteria and intestinal permeability seems to establish the preamble for therapeutic secondary non-response in RA.

Background: Chronic hyperinsulinemia is a hallmark of insulin resistance that affects a diversity of cells, including leukocytes modifying the expression of some genes involved in insulin signaling. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate how hyperinsulinemia affects the expression of genes involved in the proximal insulin signaling pathway in leukocytes from 45 young individuals grouped: normal weight with not insulin resistance (NIR), with insulin resistance (IR) and with obesity (OB-IR). Methods: qPCR was performed to analyze the expression of insulin receptor (INSR), insulin receptor substrate 1 and 2 (IRS-1 and IRS-2), neutrophil elastase (NE), alpha 1 antitrypsin (A1AT), glucose transporters 1, 3 and 4 (GLUT-1, GLUT-3 and GLUT-4) by the 2^−ΔCt method, and the correlation between the genes was determined by Spearman’s test. Results: The mRNA expression analysis of all genes between NIR and IR individuals revealed no differences. However, when comparing NIR and IR individuals with OB-IR, an increase in NE and A1AT expression and a clear trend towards a decrease in IRS-2 expression was observed, whereas the comparison of IR and OB-IR showed a decrease in GLUT-3 expression. Overall, the correlation analysis showed that in the IR group there was a positive correlation only between NE with IRS-1 (r = 0.72, p = 0.003), while in the OB-IR group, there was a positive correlation between the NE and A1AT with INSR (r = 0.62, p = 0.01 and r = 0.74, p = 0.002, respectively) and with IRS-2 (r = 0.74, p = 0.002 and r = 0.76, p = 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: These results suggest that hyperinsulinemia and obesity are associated with changes in the expression of genes in leukocytes involved in the insulin pathway that are related to NE and A1AT.

Staphylococcus aureus es un patógeno reconocido como causa de mastitis en bovinos a nivel mundial, por lo cual el objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar la presencia de Staphylococcus aureus en la piel de pezón de la ubre bovina y relacionarlo a la presencia de mastitis, así como determinar los factores de virulencia y la diversidad genética de las cepas. En tres establos se tomaron muestras de 250 vacas de ordeña en dos temporadas del año, estiaje y lluvias. Además, se realizó la prueba de California. Staphylococcus aureus fue aislado en agar sal y manitol e identificado bioquímicamente y confirmado con la amplificación del gen femA. Para la identificación de los factores de virulencia se usaron los genes hlB, mec, saK, pvL, tsst-1, seA, seB, seC, seD y seE por PCR en punto final. Para la tipificación de S. aureus, se realizó la amplificación y restricción del gen coag. La frecuencia de S. aureus fue 13.4 %. No se encontró una relación estadística entre la presencia de S. aureus en la piel de la ubre bovina y el desarrollo de mastitis subclínica. El gen de la enterotoxina más frecuente en las cepas fue el de la enterotoxina A. Aunque el porcentaje de tipificación es bajo, se lograron identificar dos restrictotipos que agrupan cepas aisladas de diferentes vacas, lo cual evidencia la capacidad infectocontagiosa del microorganismo.

Medicinal plants are recognized for their rich bioactive compounds, offering significant potential in the development of therapeutic alternatives to address current public health challenges. Plumbago auriculata is a traditionally used plant with the potential to treat various conditions. Therefore, this study evaluated the physicochemical properties and antibacterial and antivirulence potential of the lyophilized extract from Plumbago auriculata (ELPa). Physicochemical analysis revealed a highly porous morphology (pore diameter 5–10 µm), a yellowish-green color (Hue angle of 182.92), and a water activity (a_w) of 0.5. Antibacterial assays established a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 64 mg/mL for clinical isolates of Escherichia coli (E. coli), Staphylococcus sciuri (S. sciuri), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Candida tropicalis (C. tropicalis), Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae), and Salmonella Dublin (S. Dublin) and 16 mg/mL for the E. coli CFT073 strain. Furthermore, ELPa demonstrated significant antivirulence properties; at a concentration of 8 mg/mL, the extract inhibited 55% of the swarming mobility and 58% of biofilm production in E. coli CFT073 after 24 and 48 h of exposure, respectively. The finding suggests that ELPa is a viable source of bioactive compounds with both antibacterial and antivirulence capabilities.