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Use of oral cholera vaccine as a vaccine probe to define the geographical dimensions of person-to-person transmission of cholera

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background: Cholera is known to be transmitted from person to person, and inactivated oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) have been shown to confer herd protection via interruption of this transmission.
Mohammad Ali, Deok Ryun Kim, Suman Kanungo, Dipika Sur, Byomkesh Manna, Laura Digilio, Shanta Dutta, Florian Marks, Sujit K. Bhattacharya, John Clemens   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineered Probiotics: The Next‐Generation Therapeutics to Combat Antibiotic‐Resistant Bacterial Infections

Food Frontiers, EarlyView.
Engineered probiotics secretes fusion proteins which potentially neutralized the toxins secreted by other microbial communities. ABSTRACT On a global scale, the escalating burden of infectious diseases, predominantly attributed to bacterial pathogens, especially drug‐resistant strains, has progressed into a critical concern for clinical management and ...
Indu Singh, Raz Abdulqadir, Indira Kumari Verma, Yashika Awasthi, Arun Ratn, Juhi Sharma, Manmeet Rawat, Megh Singh Dhakad, Jasbir Dalal, Yash Gupta, Bhisham Narayan Singh, Divakar Sharma   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer: A Confirmed Case of Imported <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> After <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Diagnosis in Brescia, Northern Italy. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
Vibrio cholerae, the aetiological agent of cholera, is predominantly an imported pathogen in high‐income countries. We report a case of a 49‐year‐old Nigerian male returning from Africa with abdominal pain and watery diarrhea, who rapidly developed acute kidney injury.
Seguiti C, Croce E, Granato E, Giovannini A, Grossi S, Cecere M, Fortini D, Villa L, Caruana A, Del Castillo G, Vezzosi L, Cereda D, Meloni A, Colombini P.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cholera toxin

Bioscience Reports, 1977
Summary1. Death in several infectious diseases is caused by protein toxins secreted by invading bacteria. Cholera toxin is a simple protein secreted by Vibrio cholerae colonizing the gut; it is responsible for the massive diarrhoea that is cholera.2. The primary action of cholera toxin is an activation of adenylate cyclase, an enzyme found on the inner
openaire   +3 more sources

Impact of organic pollutants on phenotype and gene expression in human breast cancer cells

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human exposure to industrial chemical compounds is widespread and, although often beneficial, prolonged contact may contribute to disease development, including cancer. While many studies have shown organic pollutants (OP) are cytotoxic, few have explored how long‐term exposure alters cell phenotype.
Camila Confortin, Heloisa Amancio, Jessica Zablocki da Luz, Aliciane de Almeida Roque, Tugstênio Lima de Souza, José Eduardo Vargas, Ciro Alberto de Oliveira Ribeiro, Francisco Filipak Neto   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oncogenic human papilloma virus and cervical pre-cancerous lesions in brothel-based sex workers in India

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2008
Summary: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in brothel-based sex workers of West Bengal, Eastern India, to determine their oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) status and the presence of pre-cancerous lesions.
Kamalesh Sarkar, Swati Bhattacharya, Subhasish Bhattacharyya, Soma Chatterjee, Aiyel Haque Mallick, Sekhar Chakraborti, Debashree Chatterjee, Baishali Bal   +7 more
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Genomes of Vibrio cholerae O1 Serotype Ogawa Associated with Current Cholera Activity in Pakistan

, 2022
Eby Sim, Elena Martínez, Grace A. Blackwell, David Pham, Gretschen Millan, Rikki Graham, Rajat Dhakal, Qinning Wang, Basel Suliman, Amy V. Jennison, Vitali Sintchenko   +10 more
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Sensory, proximate, and microbiological quality evaluation of five commercially important native and imported dry fish in Bangladesh

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dried fish is a popular protein‐rich food in Bangladesh, yet its safety and quality vary based on its origin, processing, and storage conditions. This study evaluated the sensory, proximate, and microbiological qualities of five commercially important dry fish available in Bangladeshi markets, including both native (Bangladesh) and ...
Nur Nahar Sohe, Md. Faisal, Nafisa Nawar Tamzi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Review on the Economic Burden of the Most Prevalent Infectious Diseases in West Africa. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Infectious diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, and Lassa fever, pose a significant public health and economic challenge in West Africa. The financial burden includes direct medical costs (hospitalization, medication, diagnostics), nonmedical costs (transportation, food, caregiving), and indirect costs (loss ...
Nyamekye KA, Sampane-Donkor E, Latif H, Aheto JMK.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fowl Cholera (Cholera Gallinarum)

Journal of the American Association of Instructors and Investigators of Poultry Husbandry, 1908
ABSTRACT The readers of (“l’Elevage” of Laeken-Belgigue Europe) are well acquainted with the losses caused by the dread disease which we intend to discuss a little in the following lines. Fowl cholera is the most dreadful and deadly disease that attacks our farm yard feathered tribe.
J. Willems, Victor Fortier
openaire   +1 more source