Infectious polymorphic toxins delivered by outer membrane exchange discriminate kin in myxobacteria
eLife, 2017 Myxobacteria are known for complex social behaviors including outer membrane exchange (OME), in which cells exchange large amounts of outer membrane lipids and proteins upon contact. The TraA cell surface receptor selects OME partners based on a variable
Christopher N Vassallo +5 more
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Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021 Background: Maternal, infectious, and non-communicable causes of death combinedly are a major health problem for women of reproductive age (WRA) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Sulemana Watara Abubakari +6 more
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The approximately universal shapes of epidemic curves in the Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) model [PDF]
, 2020 Compartmental transmission models have become an invaluable tool to study the dynamics of infectious diseases. The Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) model is known to have an exact semi-analytical solution. In the current study, the approach of Harko et al.
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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]
, 2013 Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S +8 more
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Estudio descriptivo de las cavidades pleurales residuales complicadas tratadas en un Servicio de Cirugía Torácica [PDF]
Revista SOCAMPAR, 2017 Introduction: Residual pleural cavities are pleural spaces caused by a lack of pulmonary reexpansion mainly secondary to pleural infections or thoracic surgeries.
Genovés Crespo M +7 more
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Improving health in the Arctic region through safe and affordable access to household running water and sewer services: an Arctic Council initiative [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2016 Important health disparities have been documented among the peoples of the Arctic and subarctic, including those related to limited access to in-home improved drinking water and sanitation services. Although improving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
Thomas W. Hennessy, Jonathan M. Bressler
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis in District Haveli, Azad Jammu And Kashmir
Journal of Bioresource Management, 2020 Tuberculosis is an infectious disease with a common occurrence in population of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The current study was designed to find out the prevalence of TB among the general population of a less developed District Haveli.
Abu ul Hassan Faiz +3 more
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A survey on modelling of infectious disease spread and control on social contact networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Infectious diseases are a significant threat to human society which was over sighted before the incidence of COVID-19, although according to the report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) about 4.2 million people die annually due to infectious disease.
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Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the 'elimination' era [PDF]
, 2016 Multi-host infectious agents challenge our abilities to understand, predict and manage disease dynamics. Within this, many infectious agents are also able to use, simultaneously or sequentially, multiple modes of transmission.
Anderson RM +16 more
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The Defects of Infectious Diseases Residency Curriculum in Iran [PDF]
Strides in Development of Medical Education, 2014 Background & Objective: To train specialists in infectious diseases a comprehensive and responsive curriculum to community needs is essential We checked the infectious diseases residency curriculum in Iran and comprised it with same curricula of other ...
Abbas Alami, Fariba Derakhshan
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