Capsaicin Inhibits Shigella flexneri Intracellular Growth by Inducing Autophagy
Antibiotic treatment plays an essential role in preventing Shigella infection. However, incidences of global rise in antibiotic resistance create a major challenge to treat bacterial infection.
Priyanka Basak +6 more
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Vibrio fluvialis: An Emerging Pathogen
Vibrio fluvialis is a pathogen commonly found in costal environs. Considering recent increase in numbers of diarrheal outbreaks and sporadic extraintestinal cases, V. fluvialis has been considered as an emerging pathogen.
Thandavarayan eRamamurthy +3 more
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Safety of the recombinant cholera toxin B subunit, killed whole-cell (rBS-WC) oral cholera vaccine in pregnancy [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Mass vaccinations are a main strategy in the deployment of oral cholera vaccines. Campaigns avoid giving vaccine to pregnant women because of the absence of safety data of the killed whole-cell oral cholera (rBS-WC) vaccine.
Jin Kyung Park (78612) +82 more
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Current Perspectives on Viable but Non-Culturable (VBNC) Pathogenic Bacteria
Under stress conditions, many species of bacteria enter into starvation mode of metabolism or a physiologically viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state.
Thandavarayan eRamamurthy +3 more
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Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings [PDF]
Cholera mainly affects developing countries where safe water supply and sanitation infrastructure are often rudimentary. Sub-Saharan Africa is a cholera hotspot.
Merten, Sonja +17 more
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A carbapenem resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Senftenberg isolate BCH 2406 was isolated from a diarrheal child attending an outpatient unit of B. C. Roy Hospital in Kolkata, India.
Anirban eSarkar +4 more
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Background Helicobacter pylori is a key agent for causing gastric complications linked with gastric disorders. In response to infection, host cells stimulate autophagy to maintain cellular homeostasis. However, H. pylori have evolved the ability to usurp
Uzma Khan +8 more
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Costs of illness due to cholera, costs of immunization and cost-effectiveness of an oral cholera mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) as a supplementary tool to conventional prevention of cholera. Dukoral, a killed whole-cell two-dose OCV, was used in a mass vaccination campaign in 2009 in Zanzibar.
Claire-Lise Chaignat +31 more
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Mother-to-child HIV transmission and its correlates in India: systematic review and meta-analysis
Background In India, preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains one of the foremost challenge in community health. Countrywide MTCT of HIV is estimated to be > 10,000 annually.
Mihir Bhatta +4 more
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Oral cholera vaccine use in Zanzibar: socioeconomic and behavioural features affecting demand and acceptance [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cholera remains a serious public health problem in low-income countries despite efforts in the past to promote oral rehydration therapy as major treatment.
Khatib Ahmed M +27 more
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