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Aspergillus fumigatus preexposure worsens pathology and improves control of Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection in mice [PDF]

, 2018
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Mutations in this chloride channel lead to mucus accumulation, subsequent recurrent pulmonary infections, and ...
Elsegeiny, Waleed, Gopal, Radha, Khader, Shabaana A, Kolls, Jay, McAleer, Jeremy P, Mehta, Shail, Monin, Leticia, Oury, Tim D   +7 more
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Allergic Disorders in Africa and Africans: Is it Primarily a Priority? [PDF]

, 2010
In Africa, the burden of some diseases has been a problem for centuries. The spectrum of African diseases includes allergies, infections, nutritional deficiencies, and natural disasters.
Adams, Araujo, Araujo, Asmah, Breman, Brugman, Butler, Carvalho, Chaisson, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cullinan, Dagoye, Dagoye, Du Toit, Erasto Vitus Mbugi, Estmbale, Gadermaier, Grant, Jaffu Othniel Chilongola, Jeannin, Jeebhay, Jeebhay, Kamradt, Linneberg, Linneberg, Lopata, Lynch, Lynch, Madsen, Marshall, Matricardi, Matricardi, Mercer, Modjarrad, Moore, Motala, Ndiaye, Nicolaou, Nyan, Obeng, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Okano, Pacifico, Palyvos, Pawankar, Platts-Mills, Potter, Potter, Potter, Potter, Rauter, Riedler, Scrivener, Sibanda, Sibanda, Steinman, Thyssen, Tohon, van den Biggelaar, van den Biggelaar, van den Biggelaar, van der Kleij, van Niekerk, Van Niekerk, Veien, Veien, Vergara, Weinberg, Westritschnig, Wuthrich, Yazdanbakhsh, Yazdanbakhsh, Yazdanbakhsh, Zar   +80 more
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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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The Changing Epidemiology of Viral Hepatitis in a Post-Soviet Country—The Case of Kyrgyzstan

Pathogens, 2023
Historically, viral hepatitis has been a considerable public health problem in Central Asian countries, which may have worsened after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However, up-to-date seroepidemiological studies are lacking. The aim of the present
Manas K. Akmatov, Nurgul J. Beisheeva, Asylbek Z. Nurmatov, Sattarova J. Gulsunai, Kylychbekova N. Saikal, Aisuluu A. Derkenbaeva, Zamira O. Abdrahmanova, Jana Prokein, Norman Klopp, Thomas Illig, Omor T. Kasymov, Zuridin S. Nurmatov, Frank Pessler   +12 more
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Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
Background Despite the high efficacy of the BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), rare breakthrough infections have been reported, including infections among health care workers.
Moriah Bergwerk, T. Gonen, Y. Lustig, S. Amit, M. Lipsitch, Carmit Cohen, M. Mandelboim, E. Gal Levin, Carmit Rubin, V. Indenbaum, Ilana Tal, Malka Zavitan, N. Zuckerman, A. Bar‐Chaim, Y. Kreiss, G. Regev-Yochay   +15 more
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Potential Application of the CRISPR/Cas9 System against Herpesvirus Infections. [PDF]

, 2018
The CRISPR/Cas9 system has been applied in the genome editing and disruption of latent infections for herpesviruses such as the herpes simplex virus, Epstein⁻Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.
Chen, Yuan-Chuan, Liu, Fenyong, Sheng, Jingxue, Trang, Phong   +3 more
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Efficacy of imidacloprid 10%/moxidectin 1% spot-on formulation (Advocate®) in the prevention and treatment of feline aelurostrongylosis [PDF]

, 2020
Background: In three randomized, controlled laboratory efficacy studies, the efficacy in the prevention of patent infections of a topical combination of imidacloprid 10%/moxidectin 1% (Advocate® spot-on formulation for cats, Bayer Animal Health GmbH ...
Blazejak, Katrin, Deuster, Katrin, Heuer, Lea, McKay-Demeler, Janina, Petry, Gabriele, Pollmeier, Matthias, Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg von, Schaper, Roland, Schmidt, Holger, Strube, Christina   +9 more
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Prevalence and determinants of Leishmania major infection in emerging and old foci in Tunisia

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) due to Leishmania major (L. major) is still a serious public health problem in Tunisia. This study aimed to compare the prevalence and risk factors associated with L.
Jihene Bettaieb, Amine Toumi, Sadok Chlif, Bilel Chelghaf, Aicha Boukthir, Adel Gharbi, Afif Ben Salah   +6 more
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The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Since the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), unprecedented movement restrictions and social distancing measures have been implemented worldwide. The socioeconomic repercussions have fueled calls to lift these measures.
S. Moghadas, M. Fitzpatrick, P. Sah, Abhishek Pandey, A. Shoukat, B. Singer, A. Galvani   +6 more
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Control of norovirus infection

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2019
The purpose of the review is to provide an update on control measures for norovirus (NoV), which is the most commonly implicated pathogen in acute gastroenteritis and outbreaks, causing major disruption in nurseries, schools, hospitals and care homes.Important developments include the discovery that virus particles, previously considered to be the ...
O'Brien SJ, Sanderson RA, Rushton SP
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