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Genome Sequence Analysis and Characterization of Shiga Toxin 2 Production by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains Associated With a Laboratory Infection [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
A laboratory-acquired E. coli O157:H7 infection with associated severe sequelae including hemolytic uremic syndrome occurred in an individual working in the laboratory with a mixture of nalidixic acid-resistant (NalR) O157:H7 mutant strains in a soil ...
Mark Eppinger, Mark Eppinger, Sonia Almería, Anna Allué-Guardia, Lori K. Bagi, Anwar A. Kalalah, Anwar A. Kalalah, Joshua B. Gurtler, Pina M. Fratamico   +8 more
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OUTBREAK OF HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EVALUATION AND IMPORTANCE OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF BRUCELLOSIS [PDF]

Journal of IMAB, 2020
Purpose: Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis. In Bosnia and Herzegovina first cases of brucellosis were registered in 2000, since than disease is in an expansion.
Maida Šiširak
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Molecular investigation of infection sources and transmission chains of brucellosis in Zhejiang, China

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020
In the present study, a total of 7793 samples from 5 different types of hosts were collected and tested, with a seroprevalence of 2.4% (184/7793). Although the seroprevalence of human and animal brucellosis is relatively low, numbers of human brucellosis
Heng Wang, Wei-min Xu, Kuang-ji Zhu, Su-juan Zhu, Hong-fang Zhang, Jia Wang, Yang Yang, Feng-yao Shao, Neng-ming Jiang, Zhen-yang Tao, Hang-yi Jin, Yi Tang, Liang-liang Huo, Fang Dong, Zhen-jun Li, Hua Ding, Zhi-guo Liu   +16 more
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Lymphocyte-to-C-Reactive Protein Ratio as an Early Sepsis Biomarker for Neonates with Suspected Sepsis

Mediators of Inflammation, 2023
Background. Neonatal sepsis is an extremely dangerous and fatal disease among neonates, and its timely diagnosis is critical to treatment. This research is aimed at evaluating the clinical significance of the lymphocyte-to-C-reactive protein ratio (LCR ...
Xiaojuan Li, Yulei Wei, Zhe Xu, Tiewei Li, Geng Dong, Xinrui Liu, Zhiwei Zhu, Jianwei Yang, Junmei Yang   +8 more
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Association of Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection with Pro-Inflamatory Cytokine Interleukin (IL)-12 Responses in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients of Bangladesh

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2023
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in around one-third of the world population, particularly in pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals.
Tamanna Ashraf, Pankaj Kumar Sarker, Md. Ismail Hosen, Atiqur Rahman, A. K. M. Mahbub Hasan, Taibur Rahman   +5 more
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Laboratory-acquired infections with Brucella bacteria in China

Biosafety and Health, 2021
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic infectious disease and is an important public health problem that causes serious economic consequences to the livestock industry. Brucella spp.
Langui Song, Jiangmei Gao, Zhongdao Wu
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Imported Melioidosis, Israel, 2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
In 2008, melioidosis was diagnosed in an agricultural worker from Thailand in the southern Jordan Valley in Israel. He had newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, fever, multiple abscesses, and osteomyelitis.
Avivit Cahn, Benjamin Koslowsky, Ran Nir-Paz, Violeta Temper, Nurit Hiller, Alla Karlinsky, Itzhak Gur, Carlos Hidalgo-Grass, Samuel N. Heyman, Allon E. Moses, Colin Block   +10 more
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The correlation between ATP measurement and microbial contamination of inanimate surfaces

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) measurements and microbial contamination using a standardized method.
Andreas van Arkel, Ina Willemsen, Jan Kluytmans   +2 more
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High-risk human-caused pathogen exposure events from 1975-2016 [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2022
Biological agents and infectious pathogens have the potential to cause very significant harm, as the natural occurrence of disease and pandemics makes clear.
David Manheim, Gregory Lewis
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Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Generates Cross-Reactive Memory T Cell Responses to Zika Virus in Humans

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2022
Objective. Zika virus (ZIKV) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) are mosquito-borne flaviviruses with sequence homology. ZIKV circulates in some regions where JEV also circulates, or where JE vaccination is used.
Ran Wang, Meng Zhang, Linlin Zhang, Mengjia Liu, Chao Shan, Jing An, Zhengde Xie   +6 more
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