The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the development of several types of vaccines, among which messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccines have represented a significant breakthrough. This study aimed to evaluate attitudes towards COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccination among the general population and individuals with a medical background. A questionnaire...

By Katarina Petković, Dušanka Krajnović, Andijana Milošević-Georgijev, Brankica Filipić, Andjela Marinković, Valentina Marinković

The height and width of maxillary front teeth, their width-to-height ratio—W/H% (gold standard), their width ratio (gold proportion), smile width, buccal corridor, and marginal gingiva define smile form. The study examined the characteristics of dental students with complete sets of teeth and used deep learning in dental anthropometry. The st...

By Milena Kostić, Miloš Milovančević, Nadica Đorđević, Aleksandra Ilić, Marko Igić, Marija Đorđević, Nikola Gligorijević, Jana Pešić-Stanković, Goran Jovanović

Loeffler's endocarditis (LE) is a rare form of inflammatory cardiomyopathy. The condition arises from diffuse eosinophilic infiltration of the endomyocardium, followed by eosinophil degranulation and progressive tissue fibrosis. The aim of this case report is to present a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy, LE, in a young female patient, and t...

By Milica Kotur, Nikola Pantić, Lenka Grujičić, Isidora Grozdić-Milojević, Dragana Šobić-Šaranović, Vera Artiko, Strahinja Odalović

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral health of children with type 1 diabetes in relation to the level of glycemic control. 87 children aged 10 to 15 participated in the study, divided into two groups according to the value of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c): 34 chi...

By Mirjana Djuričković, Aleksa Djuričković

Aluminium is a metal that disrupts the pro-oxidant and antioxidant balance in tissues, leading to biochemical dysfunction. The present study evaluated the protective effect of rutin on aluminium chloride (AlCl3)-induced hepatorenal toxicity in Wistar rats. Twenty male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: Group 1-control, Group 2 received AlCl...

By Olu Israel Oyewole, Ayoola Mary Bukoye

COVID-19 infection may exacerbate glycemia and lead to metabolic problems in people with diabetes. Emerging data suggest that diabetes may also develop during coronavirus infection in individuals with no prior history of the disease. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of new-onset hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus (nDM) in COVID-19 patien...

By Samar Maher Yassin, Zaid Al-Attar

Retraction Note   The authors have retracted this Online First abstract. Following concerns raised by the Editorial Board during the post-acceptance editorial review and final processing of the full manuscript, several inconsistencies in the reported performance metrics were identified. Re-evaluation demonstrated that the findings and conclu...

By AFMN Biomedicine Editorial Board

Oral and maxillofacial infections (OMIs) are polymicrobial conditions in which obligate anaerobes, particularly Fusobacterium spp., play an important pathogenic role. Despite their relevance, the species distribution, ecological context, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Fusobacterium in OMIs remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to ch...

By Kinga Markowska-Michalak, Marta Mierzkowska, Edyta Podsiadły, Anna Majewska

This study evaluates the impact of antenatal corticosteroid (ACS) administration on early neonatal outcomes and laboratory parameters in preterm infants born at 28–34 gestational weeks. It assesses the effects of ACS on early morbidity, respiratory support, NICU admission, and metabolic changes reflected in laboratory parameters. A retrospect...

By Svjetlana Mikulić, Marjana Jerković Raguž

Monkeypox virus (MPXV) replicates in the host cell cytoplasm and must therefore encode its own messenger RNA capping machinery, which makes the viral cap methyltransferases attractive antiviral targets. Folic acid has recently been proposed as an inhibitor of these enzymes and, on that basis, as a candidate treatment for MPXV. This narrative review...

By Ali Al-Kaleel, Lubna Al-Gailani, Martha Orendu Oche Attah