Reactome - a knowledgebase of human biological pathways [PDF]
Pathway curation is a powerful tool for systematically associating gene products with functions. Reactome (www.reactome.org) is a manually curated human pathway knowledgebase describing a wide range of biological processes in a computationally accessible
Bernard de Bono +12 more
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Evaluation of Three Commercial Interferon-γ Assays in a Bovine Tuberculosis Free Population
The interferon-γ assay has been used worldwide as an ancillary test for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). This study aimed to describe, based on the bTB-free status in Switzerland, the difference of applying a more stringent cutoff point of 0 ...
Giovanni Ghielmetti +6 more
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Research of the Real Time PCR method for detection and identification phytoplasmas on grapevine
For the detection and identification of Candidatus Phytoplasma vitis Flavescence doree - the yellowing grape quarantine pest for the territory of Russia and Candidatus Phytoplasma solani Bois noir - pathogen of blackening crust grape was used one of the ...
G N Matyashova, V G Zaets
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Low risk of serological cross-reactivity between dengue and COVID-19 [PDF]
In the near future, the overlap of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and dengue epidemics is a concrete threat in tropical regions. Co-epidemics of COVID-19 and dengue could be an overwhelming challenge for health systems in low- and middle-income ...
Michele Spinicci +5 more
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Different serological cross-reactivity of Trypanosoma rangeli forms in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected patients sera [PDF]
Background American Trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi which currently infects approximately 16 million people in the Americas causing high morbidity and mortality.
de Moraes, Milene H. +7 more
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metaSHARK: software for automated metabolic network prediction from DNA sequence and its application to the genomes of Plasmodium falciparum and Eimeria tenella [PDF]
The metabolic SearcH And Reconstruction Kit (metaSHARK) is a new fully automated software package for the detection of enzyme-encoding genes within unannotated genome data and their visualization in the context of the surrounding metabolic network ...
McConkey, G.A. +3 more
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Problems Encountered with Nested PCR to Diagnosis of Phytoplasmas
Introduction: Phytoplasmas are phytopathogenic bacteria without cell walls that can be found in plant phloem, have been found associated with numerous diseases of plants worldwide.
C. Moslemkhani +2 more
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Objectives: Most children presenting with febrile illness require a blood culture to determine the causative organism as well as its sensitivity to antibiotics. However, false-positive results lead to unnecessary hospitalisations, prescriptions and tests.
Mohamed A. El-Naggari +5 more
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Antibody Cross-Reactivity in Serodiagnosis of Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease caused by spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The disease is characterized by a varied course; therefore, the basis for diagnosis is laboratory methods.
Weronika Grąźlewska +1 more
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Why Are People's Decisions Sometimes Worse with Computer Support? [PDF]
In many applications of computerised decision support, a recognised source of undesired outcomes is operators' apparent over-reliance on automation. For instance, an operator may fail to react to a potentially dangerous situation because a computer fails
A.M. Bisantz +31 more
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