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Role of lactobacilli and lactoferrin in the mucosal cervicovaginal defense [PDF]

, 2018
Human lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein present at high concentrations in breast milk and colostrum. It is produced by many exocrine glands and widely distributed in a variety of body fluids.
Aagaard, Abramov, Agerberth, Aldunate, Alexander, Allsworth, Anahtar, Ando, Appelmelk, Aroutcheva, Ashida, Baker, Baranger, Beigi, Berlutti, Berlutti, Berlutti, Bradshaw, Bradshaw, Britigan, Brooks, Brotman, Bullen, Byrne, Caccavo, Cauci, Cherpes, Cole, Cole, Conti, Corbin, Corbishley, Cutone, Cutone, De Gregorio, Deese, Delgado-Rizo, Drannik, Elass, Ericksen, Eschenbach, Eslami, Frioni, Fritsch, Gajer, He, He, Hearps, Hedges, Hein, Hemalatha, Hickey, Hiemstra, Hill, Hill, Hudić, Hummelen, Jakobsson, Judd, Kaushic, Kelver, Klebanoff, Kohlhoff, Kościuczuk, Lamont, Larsen, Legrand, Legrand, Leitch, Maggi, Marrazzo, Martin, Martin, Mastromarino, Mastromarino, Mastromarino, Meijerink, Michieli, Moberg, Morrison, Morrison, Nardis, Ness, Niyonsaba, Olmsted, Olmsted, Omata, Ong, O’Hanlon, Paesano, Paesano, Paesano, Paesano, Paesano, Pazgier, Peipert, Peipert, Petrova, Pino, Puddu, Quayle, Rampersauda, Raulston, Ravel, Ravel, Redondo-Lopez, Reghunathan, Rizzo, Rizzo, Roberton, Rosa, Rönnqvist, Santiago, Santiago, Sarkar, Sessa, Shakibaei, Shust, Singh, Singh, Spadaro, Spear, Spurbeck, Srinivasan, Srinivasan, Stallmann, Straub, Stríz, Suzuki, Tachedjian, Teng, Teng, Teng, Tuyama, Valenti, Valenti, Valenti, Valore, Van de Wijgert, Vargas-Villavicencio, Vielfort, Vitali, Walther-António, Ward, Weinberg, Wiesenfeld, Wiesner, Wilson, Wilson, Wilson, Wira, Wira, Wira, Wira, Wu, Yamamoto, Zhou   +156 more
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Immunogenicity and safety among laboratory workers vaccinated with Bexsero® vaccine

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B is the most prevalent cause of invasive meningococcal disease in Europe and members of laboratories working on meningococci are at risk due to frequent handling.
Eva Hong, Aude Terrade, Muhamed-Kheir Taha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yin and yang of interleukin-17 in host immunity to infection [version 1; referees: 2 approved] [PDF]

, 2017
The interleukin-17 (IL-17) family cytokines, such as IL-17A and IL-17F, play important protective roles in host immune response to a variety of infections such as bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral.
Das, Shibali, Khader, Shabaana
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Systematic review of brucellosis in Kenya: disease frequency in humans and animals and risk factors for human infection

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Brucellosis is a debilitating zoonotic disease affecting humans and animals. A comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of literature and officially available data on animal and human brucellosis for Kenya are missing.
J. Njeru, G. Wareth, F. Melzer, K. Henning, M. W. Pletz, R. Heller, H. Neubauer   +6 more
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Molecular Mechanisms Used by Salmonella to Evade the Immune System [PDF]

, 2017
Human and animal pathogens are able to circumvent, at least temporarily, the sophisticated immune defenses of their hosts. Several serovars of the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica have been used as models for the study of pathogen-host ...
Bernal Bayard, Joaquín, Ramos Morales, Francisco   +1 more
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Characterization of Unusual Serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis

Microorganisms
Most cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Europe are caused by isolates of the Neisseria meningitidis serogroups B, C, W, and Y. We aimed to explore cases caused by other unusual serogroups.
Samy Taha, Giulia Fantoni, Eva Hong, Aude Terrade, Oumar Doucoure, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Muhamed-Kheir Taha   +6 more
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WGS based analysis of acquired antimicrobial resistance in human and non-human Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a German perspective

BMC Microbiology, 2021
Background Acinetobacter baumannii ability to develop and acquire resistance makes it one of the most critical nosocomial pathogens globally. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was applied to identify the acquired or mutational variants of antimicrobial ...
Gamal Wareth, Christian Brandt, Lisa D. Sprague, Heinrich Neubauer, Mathias W. Pletz   +4 more
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Distribution of human papillomaviruses and bacterial vaginosis in HIV positive women with abnormal cytology in Mombasa, Kenya [PDF]

, 2016
Background: HPV is the major etiological factor in the causal pathway for cervical cancer, which is the leading cancer among women in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV is associated with a higher prevalence and a broader range of high-risk HPV genotypes.
Harebottle, Ronald, Mabeya, Hillary, Menon, Sonia, Rossi, Rodolfo, Vanden Broeck, Davy   +4 more
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The History of Bovine Genital Campylobacteriosis in the Face of Political Turmoil and Structural Change in Cattle Farming in Germany

Veterinary Sciences, 2023
Contagious bovine genital campylobacteriosis (BGC), also known as bovine venereal campylobacteriosis, is a disease relevant to international trade listed by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).
Hosny El-Adawy, Helmut Hotzel, Herbert Tomaso, Heinrich Neubauer   +3 more
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Troubled Times, Changing Tides: A Seroprevalence Study on Meningococcal Immunity in France Between 2016 and 2024

Vaccines
Background/Objectives: In France, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to control COVID-19 led to a significant decline in invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases.
Samy Taha, Aude Terrade, Oumar Doucoure, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Muhamed-Kheir Taha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source