Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023 N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most abundant modifications of cellular RNA, where it serves various functions. m6A methylation of many viral RNA species has also been described; however, little is known about the m6A epitranscriptome of ...
Lisa Wendt +8 more
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Pests and diseases affecting potato landraces and bred varieties grown in Peru under indigenous farming system [PDF]
, 2015 The major pests and diseases were identified and quantified on thirteen potato landraces and three bred varieties cultivated in Peru. Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) was the primary biotic constraint affecting plants before flowering with an average
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Prevalence and trends of markers of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human Immunodeficiency virus in Argentine blood donors [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Transfusion-transmitted infections are a major problem associated with blood transfusion. The aim of this study was to determine prevalence and trends of HBV, HCV and HIV in blood donors in Argentina.
Ansola, Claudia P. +17 more
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Review of Mammarenavirus Biology and Replication
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 The family Arenaviridae is divided into three genera: Mammarenavirus, Reptarenavirus, and Hartmanivirus. The Mammarenaviruses contain viruses responsible for causing human hemorrhagic fever diseases including New World viruses Junin, Machupo, Guanarito ...
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Ebola virus infection causes severe hemorrhagic fever, and its mortality rates varied from 25 to 90% in the previous outbreaks. The highly infectious and lethal nature of this virus highlights the need for reliable and sensitive diagnostic methods to ...
Wenwu Yao +5 more
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Influence of ethnicity on the distribution of genetic polymorphisms associated with risk of chronic liver disease in South American populations [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: The global burden of chronic liver disease is rising. Besides environmental, behavioral, viral and metabolic factors, genetic polymorphisms in patatin-like phospholipase-3 (PNPLA3) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) genes have been related to the ...
Argibay, Pab lo +12 more
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Differential Immune Responses to Hemorrhagic Fever-Causing Arenaviruses
Vaccines, 2019 The family Arenaviridae contains several pathogens of major clinical importance. The Old World (OW) arenavirus Lassa virus is endemic in West Africa and is estimated to cause up to 300,000 infections each year.
Emily Mantlo +2 more
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Caracterizacion sintomatologica y molecular del virus de la mancha anillada del papayo (PRSV) que infecta Carica papaya L. en el norte del Peru [PDF]
, 2015 The objective of present study was symptomatic and molecular characterization of the virus that infects Carica papaya L. in areas of northern Peru. To do this, of different fields were collected leaves of C.
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Nature Communications, 2018 The five known New World hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses use the same entry receptor, but their viral glycoproteins are markedly different. Here, the authors isolate monoclonal antibodies from a Junin virus vaccinated person that cross-neutralize Machupo ...
Lars E. Clark +12 more
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Effective oral favipiravir (T-705) therapy initiated after the onset of clinical disease in a model of arenavirus hemorrhagic Fever. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 Lassa and Junín viruses are the most prominent members of the Arenaviridae family of viruses that cause viral hemorrhagic fever syndromes Lassa fever and Argentine hemorrhagic fever, respectively.
Michelle Mendenhall +6 more
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