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Plant Expression of Hydrophobin Fused K39 Antigen for Visceral Leishmaniasis Immunodiagnosis

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Visceral leishmaniasis is a Neglected Tropical Disease of high mortality caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum. Its transmission cycle is complex, and it has in the domestic dog its main reservoir.
Bruno B. Silva, Bruno B. Silva, Eduarda N. F. N. Santos, Eduarda N. F. N. Santos, Lucelina S. Araújo, Arnaldo S. Bezerra, Arnaldo S. Bezerra, Lívia É. C. Marques, Eridan O. P. Tramontina Florean, Maurício F. van Tilburg, Maurício F. van Tilburg, Maria Izabel F. Guedes, Maria Izabel F. Guedes   +12 more
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Eosinophilia in the Tropics: Should Empirical Anthelmintic Treatment Be Considered Standard Practice? A Prospective Cohort Study

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Eosinophilia is a common clinical finding with diverse etiologies. Helminthiasis is a major aetiology in tropical regions, but data from haematology consultation services at tertiary centres in endemic settings are limited. Objectives To determine the prevalence of helminthiasis among patients with eosinophilia at a tropical ...
Smith Kungwankiattichai, Patsharaporn T. Sarasombath, Pattaraporn Tunsing, Weerapat Owattanapanich   +3 more
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Schistosoma mansoni in a low-prevalence area in Brazil: the importance of additional methods for the diagnosis of hard-to-detect individual carriers by low-cost immunological assays

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Schistosomiasis diagnosis is based on the detection of eggs in the faeces, which is laborious and lacks sensitivity, especially for patients with a low parasite burden.
Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell, Watson Martins, Martin Enk, Áureo Almeida, Liliane Siqueira, Vanessa Silva-Moraes, Edward Oliveira, Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho   +8 more
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Isolation and identification of Mycobacterium bovis in bovines with positive reaction to the tuberculin test in the state of Paraíba, northeast Brazil

Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, 2018
: In areas where human tuberculosis and bovine tuberculosis coexist, differentiation between M. bovis and M. tuberculosis is important for monitoring the spread of M. bovis among cattle and from cattle to humans.
Joelson Marcolino Ramos, Marcos Bryan Heinemann, José Soares Ferreira Neto, Antonio Francisco de Souza Filho, Nicolás Céspedes Cárdenas, Antônio Flávio Medeiros Dantas, Clebert José Alves, Sérgio Santos de Azevedo   +7 more
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Diagnosis of Mucormycosis: Current Situation, Challenges and Future Prospects

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Mucormycosis, an aggressive fungal infection caused by members of the order Mucorales, progresses rapidly and is associated with high mortality, particularly in immunocompromised hosts such as patients with uncontrolled diabetes, transplant recipients or those with COVID‐19‐associated immunosuppression. Early diagnosis remains challenging with
Yixuan Qu, Yuling Xiao, Lina Liu, Junyan Qu   +3 more
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Immunodiagnostics of tuberculosis infection in vitro in solving the issue of prescribing preventive chemotherapy

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2020
For the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis infection, in addition to standard skin tests (Mantoux test with 2 TU PPD-L and Diaskintest), in vitro tests are currently used, one of which is the T-spot.TB test.Purpose of research. Evaluate the T-SPOT test as a
E. P. Eremenko, I. A. Sergeeva, B. E. Borodulin, E. A. Amosova   +3 more
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Dioctophyme renale (giant kidney worm) in a dog: A review of a parasitic disease requiring surgical treatment

Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2025.
Abstract Infection with the nematode Dioctophyme renale (giant kidney worm) in dogs and other mammals occurs following the ingestion of an aquatic host containing the infective larvae. This parasitic disease has no known effective pharmaceutical treatment.
Abedin Shaban Zadeh, Anthony P. Carr, Emily J. Jenkins   +2 more
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Noble Metal Nanoparticle‐Based Aptasensors: A Powerful Tool for Exosomal Detection

Advanced Sensor Research, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2025.
Noble metal nanomaterials possess distinctive physicochemical properties, allowing for ready functionalization with aptamers. By utilizing the aptamers as the recognition elements, noble metal nanoparticle‐based aptasensors offer a promising potential platform for rapid, cost‐effective, and sensitive in situ detection of exosomes from different ...
Jingyu Sun, Wei Hu, Nuo Xu, Jonathan Makris, Felicia Spadavecchia, Hongjun Wang   +5 more
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Selection of Specific Peptides for Coccidioides spp. Obtained from Antigenic Fractions through SDS-PAGE and Western Blot Methods by the Recognition of Sera from Patients with Coccidioidomycosis

Molecules, 2018
Antigenic fractions of 100, 50, 37, and 28 kDa obtained through the SDS-PAGE method that were more frequently recognized by anti-Coccidioides antibodies in the sera of coccidioidomycosis patients were selected using western blotting.
Esperanza Duarte Escalante, María Guadalupe Frías De León, Luz Gisela Martínez García, Jorge Herrera, Gustavo Acosta Altamirano, Carlos Cabello, Gabriel Palma, María del Rocío Reyes Montes   +7 more
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Multi-omics analysis unveils immunosuppressive microenvironment in the occurrence and development of multiple pulmonary lung cancers

npj Precision Oncology
Multiple pulmonary lung cancers (MPLCs) are frequently encountered on computed tomography (CT) scanning of chest, yet their intrinsic characteristics associated with genomic features and radiological or pathological textures that may lead to distinct ...
Jiatao Zhang, Wenhao Zhou, Na Li, Huaming Li, Haitao Luo, Benyuan Jiang   +5 more
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