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Multifunctional interaction of CihC/FbpC orthologs of relapsing fever spirochetes with host-derived proteins involved in adhesion, fibrinolysis, and complement evasion [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionRelapsing fever (RF) remains a neglected human disease that is caused by a number of diverse pathogenic Borrelia (B.) species. Characterized by high cell densities in human blood, relapsing fever spirochetes have developed plentiful ...
Ann-Sophie Damm +5 more
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Evidence for Bartonella quintana in Lice Collected from the Clothes of Ethiopian Homeless Individuals [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Human lice, Pediculus humanus, can transmit various pathogens, including Bartonella quintana, Borrelia recurrentis, and Rickettsia prowazekii. Xenosurveillance is an epidemiological approach to assessing human infection risks performed by screening ...
Tafese Beyene Tufa +9 more
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Characterisation of silent and active genes for a variable large protein of
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2002 Background We report the characterisation of the variable large protein (vlp) gene expressed by clinical isolate A1 of Borrelia recurrentis; the agent of the life-threatening disease louse-borne relapsing fever.
Scragg Ian G +4 more
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Lice, rodents, and many hopes: a rare disease in a young refugee [PDF]
Critical Care, 2017 Borrelia recurrentis infection is a louse-borne disease and Leptospirosis is a rat-borne zoonosis, both endemic in areas characterized by a low hygiene condition.
Salvatore L. Cutuli +8 more
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Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023 This is a cross‐sectional descriptive survey to determine the prevalence of lice infestation in a pre‐high school, Lak Hok subdistrict, Pathum Thani Province, in central part of Thailand. The knowledge, attitudes, and practices of parents/guardians toward head lice in female children during February–April 2020 were evaluated.
Sirima Kitvatanachai +4 more
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Subversion of the immune response of human pathogenic spirochetes
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Volume 36, Issue 5, May 2022., 2022 In this review, we aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of immune evasion strategies in spirochetes infection. These strategies can be explained from the following points: (i) Antigenic variation: random, unidirectional, and segmental conversion of the gene to evade immune surveillance; (ii) Overcoming the attack of the complement system ...
Jielite Huang +3 more
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Testing the Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Borrelia recurrentis, the Agent of Relapsing Fever. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2019 In recent years, bed bugs have reappeared in greater numbers, more frequently, and are biting humans in many new geographic areas. Infestations by these hematophagous insects are rapidly increasing worldwide. Borrelia recurrentis, a spirochete bacterium, is the etiologic agent of louse-borne relapsing fever.
El Hamzaoui B +4 more
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Reviews in Medical Virology, Volume 31, Issue 5, Page 1-13, September 2021., 2021 Summary Anti‐tumour necrosis factor (TNF) biologicals, Dexamethasone and rIL‐7 are of considerable interest in treating COVID‐19 patients who are in danger of, or have become, seriously ill. Yet reducing sepsis mortality by lowering circulating levels of TNF lost favour when positive endpoints in earlier simplistic models could not be reproduced in ...
Ian A. Clark
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