Treponema pallidum (syphilis) antigen TpF1 induces angiogenesis through the activation of the IL-8 pathway [PDF]
, 2016 open15Over 10 million people every year become infected by Treponema pallidum and develop syphilis, a disease with broad symptomatology that, due to the difficulty to eradicate the pathogen from the highly vascularized secondary sites of infection, is ...
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The Distribution and Diversity of Bartonella Species in Rodents and Their Ectoparasites across Thailand. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Our study highlights the surveillance of Bartonella species among rodents and their associated ectoparasites (ticks, fleas, lice, and mites) in several regions across Thailand.
Kewalin Klangthong +6 more
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Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats [PDF]
, 2018 Bartonella spp. are globally distributed bacteria that cause endocarditis in humans and domestic animals. Recent work has suggested bats as zoonotic reservoirs of some human Bartonella infections; however, the ecological and spatiotemporal patterns of ...
Altizer, Sonia +5 more
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Bacillary angiomatosis in HIV-infected patients - An epidemiological and clinical study [PDF]
, 2000 Background: No data were available on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in Germany. Objective:To determine epidemiological and clinical data on HIV-associated BA.
Albrecht, H. +9 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionQ fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii, is a disease posing significant zoonotic risk and economic impact, particularly in small ruminants. Screening prior to flock introduction is essential for disease control and prevention, especially in ...
Anneleen Matthijs +10 more
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Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses in the Industrialized World [PDF]
, 2010 Microbiologic infections acquired from animals, known as zoonoses, pose a risk to public health. An estimated 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonotic. Of these pathogens, >71% have wildlife origins.
Cutler, S.J. +2 more
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Investigation of natural infection of BALB C mice by Bartonella henselae
Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesSpecific Pathogen-Free (SPF) animals are bred and maintained to exclude pathogens associated with significant morbidity or mortality, which may pose a risk to research replicability.
Luciene Silva dos Santos +7 more
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Molecular Detection of Bartonella spp. in China and St. Kitts
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019 Bartonella are vector-borne hemotropic bacteria that infect a wide variety of hosts, including people. While there are PCR assays that can identify individual or groups of Bartonella, there is no reliable molecular method to simultaneously detect all ...
Ke Huang +6 more
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Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in a patient with aortic root abscess and endocarditis [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction. Bartonella species are increasingly recognized as agents of culture-negative endocarditis. However, to date, almost all human cases have been associated with two members of the genus, Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana. B. henselae
Birtles, RJ +4 more
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Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies [PDF]
, 2017 Background: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and
Branford, Gillian Carmichael +8 more
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