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Development of Various Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae Strains in Three Phlebotomus Species

Microorganisms, 2021
Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae is transmitted by reptile-biting sand flies of the genus Sergentomyia, but the role of Phlebotomus sand flies in circulation of this parasite is unknown. Here, we compared the development of L.
Lucie Ticha, Barbora Kykalova, Jovana Sadlova, Marina Gramiccia, Luigi Gradoni, Petr Volf   +5 more
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Prevalence and Morphological Investigation of Parasitic Infection in Freshwater Fish (Nile Tilapia) from Upper Egypt

Animals, 2023
Fish are a source of high-quality protein with low cholesterol, but they are susceptible to parasitic infections, which have a significant impact on aquaculture, in addition to their zoonotic potential.
Salwa Mahmoud Abd-ELrahman, Ahmed Gareh, Hager Ibrahem Mohamed, Barakat M. Alrashdi, Ahmed Kamal Dyab, Manal F. El-Khadragy, Nady Khairy Elbarbary, Alamira Marzouk Fouad, Fatma A. El-Gohary, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy, Sara Abdel-Aal Mohamed   +10 more
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Antibiofilm Activity of Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Its Influence on the Expression of Biofilm Formation Genes on Staphylococcus aureus

Antibiotics, 2022
Background: Currently, 1–2% of all prosthetic joint surgeries are followed by an infection. These infections cause approximately 4% of deaths in the first year after surgery, while the 5-year mortality rate is up to 21%.
Christopher Spiegel, Stephan Josef Maria Steixner, Débora C. Coraça-Huber   +2 more
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High Transmission Potential of West Nile Virus Lineage 1 for Cx. pipiens s.l. of Iran

Viruses, 2020
Vector competence is an important parameter in evaluating whether a species plays a role in transmission of an arbovirus. Although the protocols are similar, interpretation of results is unique given the specific interactions that exist between a ...
Hasan Bakhshi, Laurence Mousson, Marie Vazeille, Sedigheh Zakeri, Abbasali Raz, Xavier de Lamballerie, Navid Dinparast-Djadid, Anna-Bella Failloux   +7 more
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Colonization of dermal arterioles by Neisseria meningitidis provides a safe haven from neutrophils

Nature Communications, 2021
The human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis colonizes blood vessels and causes vascular damage, despite a neutrophil-rich inflammatory infiltrate. Here, Manriquez et al.
Valeria Manriquez, Pierre Nivoit, Tomas Urbina, Hebert Echenique-Rivera, Keira Melican, Marie-Paule Fernandez-Gerlinger, Patricia Flamant, Taliah Schmitt, Patrick Bruneval, Dorian Obino, Guillaume Duménil   +10 more
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Brain-encysting trematodes (Euhaplorchis californiensis) decrease raphe serotonergic activity in California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis)

Biology Open, 2020
Modulation of brain serotonin (5-HT) signalling is associated with parasite-induced changes in host behaviour, potentially increasing parasite transmission to predatory final hosts.
Siri H. Helland-Riise, Marco A. Vindas, Ida B. Johansen, Lauren E. Nadler, Kelly L. Weinersmith, Ryan F. Hechinger, Øyvind Øverli   +6 more
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A review of experimental infections with bluetongue virus in the mammalian host [PDF]

Virus Research, 2014
Peter Coetzee, Moritz Van Vuuren, Estelle H Venter   +2 more
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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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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius synthesizes deoxyadenosine to cause persistent infection

Virulence, 2021
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen of canine origin that causes an array of fatal diseases, including bacteremia and endocarditis.
Dorothea Bünsow, Eshraq Tantawy, Tjorven Ostermeier, Heike Bähre, Annette Garbe, Jesper Larsen, Volker Winstel   +6 more
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Antibacterial and Anti-Biofilm Activity of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids against Periprosthetic Joint Infections-Isolated Multi-Drug Resistant Strains

Biomedicines, 2021
Background: Implantable medical devices, such as prosthetics, catheters, and several other devices, have revolutionized medicine, but they increase the infection risk.
Débora C. Coraça-Huber, Stephan Steixner, Alexander Wurm, Michael Nogler   +3 more
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