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The Y chromosome ancestry marker R1b1b2: a surrogate of the SARS-CoV-2 population affinity

Human Genome Variation, 2021
Individual and population susceptibilities to disease remain a murky area of investigation, clouded by past bias based on ideological differences and wars. The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the largest in living memory, brought this matter to forefront as
Muntaser Ibrahim, Abdalhameed Salih
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Is the urinary iodine/creatinine ratio applicable to assess short term individual iodine status in Chinese adults? Comparison of iodine estimates from 24-h urine and timed-spot urine samples in different periods of the day

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2022
Background Urinary iodine concentration (UIC) is routinely used to evaluate the population iodine status while the uniform method for the individual level assessment is uncertain.
Zhuan Liu, Yixuan Lin, Jiani Wu, Diqun Chen, Xiaoyan Wu, Ying Lan, Zhihui Chen   +6 more
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Selecting Hub Genes and Predicting Target Genes of microRNAs in Tuberculosis via the Bioinformatics Analysis

Genetics Research, 2021
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's most prevalently infectious disease. Molecular mechanisms behind tuberculosis remain unknown. microRNA (miRNA) is involved in a wide variety of diseases. To validate the significant genes and miRNAs in the current sample,
Siqi Deng, Shijie Shen, Saeed El-Ashram, Huan Lu, Dan Luo, Guomin Ye, null Zhen feng, Bo Zhang, Hui Zhang, Wanjiang Zhang, Jiangdong Wu, Chuangfu Chen   +11 more
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High Diversity and Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Wildlife Hosts, Domestic Animals, and Ticks in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (BBSL), the causative agent of Lyme disease, is commonly found in wild and domestic mammals and ticks worldwide. In China, human cases of Borrelia burgdorferi infections have been identified across a wide geographic range ...
Zhihai He, Zhihai He, Baogui Jiang, Lin Huang, Lin Huang, Zongti Shao, Yun Zhang, Yuqiong Li, Ennian Pu, Xingde Duan, Hang Jiang, Jian Wang, Mingguo Yao, Fan Wang, Shuangshuang Bie, Michael E. von Fricken, Yi Sun, Yi Dong, Jiafu Jiang, Chunhong Du   +19 more
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Exome sequencing of a colorectal cancer family reveals shared mutation pattern and predisposition circuitry along tumor pathways

Frontiers in Genetics, 2015
The molecular basis of cancer and cancer multiple phenotypes are not yet fully understood. Next Generation Sequencing promises new insight into the role of genetic interactions in shaping the complexity of cancer.
Suleiman H Suleiman, Mahmoud E Koko, Wafaa H Nasir, Ommnyiah eElfateh, Ubai K Elgizouli, Mohammed O E Abdallah, Khalid O Alfarouk, Ayman eHussain, Shima eFaisal, Fathelrahman M A Ibrahim, Maurizio eRomano, Ali eSultan, Lawrence eBanks, Melanie eNewport, Francesco eBaralle, Ahmed M Elhassan, Hiba S Mohamed, Muntaser E Ibrahim   +17 more
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Endemic Infectious Diseases of Afghanistan [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2002
The current crisis in Afghanistan has resulted in an influx of Western military personnel, peacekeepers, humanitarian workers, and journalists. At the same time, unprecedented numbers of internally displaced persons and refugees have overwhelmed much of the already fragile infrastructure, setting the stage for outbreaks of infectious diseases among ...
Mark R, Wallace, Braden R, Hale, Gregory C, Utz, Patrick E, Olson, Kenneth C, Earhart, Scott A, Thornton, Kenneth C, Hyams   +6 more
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Molecular and morphological identification of Biomphalaria species from the state of São Paulo, Brazil

ZooKeys, 2017
DNA barcoding and morphological characters were used to identify adult snails belonging to the genus Biomphalaria from 17 municipalities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Raquel Gardini Sanches Palasio, Marisa Cristina de Almeida Guimarães, Fernanda Pires Ohlweiler, Roseli Tuan   +3 more
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Role of ecological approaches to eliminating schistosomiasis in Eryuan County evaluated by system modelling

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background Schistosomiasis was severely prevalent in Yunnan Province, and it is difficult to achieve its elimination by convention approaches due to complexity of the nature.
Yi Dong, Chun-Hong Du, Yun Zhang, Li-Fang Wang, Jing Song, Ming-Shou Wu, Wen-Can Yang, Shan Lv, Xiao-Nong Zhou   +8 more
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Geographical influences on thyroid abnormalities in adult population from iodine-replete regions: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports, 2021
The studies on the increasing incidence of thyroid abnormalities are scarce. The aim of this current study was to ascertain the effects of geographical region on thyroid abnormalities under the context of universal salt iodization (USI).
Xiaofeng Wang, Zhe Mo, Guangming Mao, Wenming Zhu, Mingluan Xing, Xueqing Li, Yuanyang Wang, Zhifang Wang, Xiaoming Lou   +8 more
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Identification of differentially expressed and methylated genes associated with rheumatoid arthritis based on network

Autoimmunity, 2020
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multi-systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease involving peripheral joints, and the pathogenesis is not clear. Studies showed that DNA methylation and expression might also be involved in the pathogenesis of RA.
Di Zhang, ZhaoFang Li, RongQiang Zhang, XiaoLi Yang, DanDan Zhang, Qiang Li, Chen Wang, Xuena Yang, YongMin Xiong   +8 more
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