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Land use gradients drive spatial variation in Lassa fever host communities in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
As West Africa urbanises, the risk of Lassa fever may paradoxically decrease. We found the invasive house mouse, a dominant urban species, outcompetes and displaces the primary Lassa virus host. Considering these species interactions is critical for accurately predicting future zoonotic disease patterns.
David Simons, Rory Gibb, Umaru Bangura, Dianah Sondufu, Joyce Lamin, James Koninga, Momoh Foday, Mike Dawson, Joseph Lahai, Rashid Ansumana, Elisabeth Fichet‐Calvet, Deborah Watson‐Jones, Richard Kock, Kate E. Jones   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protective Immunity and New Vaccines for Lyme Disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
Lyme disease, caused by some Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, is the most common tick-borne illness in the Northern Hemisphere and the number of cases, and geographic spread, continue to grow. Previously identified B.
M. Gomes-Solecki, P. Arnaboldi, P. B. Backenson, J. Benach, C. Cooper, R. Dattwyler, M. Diuk-Wasser, E. Fikrig, J. Hovius, W. Laegreid, U. Lundberg, R. Marconi, A. Marques, P. Molloy, S. Narasimhan, U. Pal, João H. F. Pedra, S. Plotkin, D. Rock, P. Rosa, S. Telford, J. Tsao, X. F. Yang, S. Schutzer   +23 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exposure to Systemic Antimicrobials During Pregnancy and Risk of Miscarriage: A Population‐Based Registry Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate miscarriage risk following gestational antimicrobial exposure while addressing biases that have affected previous studies. Design Population‐based cohort study. Setting Linkage of four nationwide registries: Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN), Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry (NorPD), Norwegian Patient Registry ...
Thomas Boissiere‐O'Neill, Marleen M. H. J. van Gelder, Hilde M. Engjom, Hedvig M. E. Nordeng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local government procurement costs and Community Wealth Building Initiatives in England

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine whether procuring locally leads to higher costs. Our study is motivated by the Community Wealth Building Initiatives adopted by Preston City Council in England in which social value to the local economy is considered in the procurement process.
Rubab Ahmed, Tanith C. Rose, Bruce Hollingsworth, Vincent O'Sullivan, Ben Barr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation for a randomised controlled trial to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines: the iFraP study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

NIHR Open Research
Background High quality shared decision-making (SDM) conversations involve people with or at risk of osteoporosis and clinicians working together to decide, where appropriate, which evidence-based medicines best fit the person’s life, beliefs, and values.
Terence W O'Neill, Robert Horne, Clare Jinks, Christian D Mallen, Zoe Paskins, Elaine Nicholls, Laurna Bullock, Andrea Cherrington, Jane Fleming, Emma M Clark, Ida Bentley, Jo Smith, David Webb, Sarah Lewis, Sarah Bathers   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatal spinal cord compression in a horse with chronic actinobacterial cranial nuchal bursitis

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary A 14‐year‐old warmblood gelding was managed for waxing and waning cranial nuchal bursitis for 2 years. Intensive medical and surgical management was not curative, and the patient was subjected to euthanasia after becoming acutely recumbent. Ante‐mortem and post‐mortem next generation sequencing of bursal tissue and post‐mortem conventional PCR ...
H. Mesch, C. Frank, J. B. Daniels, E. Acutt, E. Contino   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population-based estimates of healthy working life expectancy in England at age 50 years: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

The Lancet Public Health, 2020
Summary: Background: Retirement ages are rising in many countries to offset the challenges of population ageing, but people's capacity to work for more years in their later working life (>50 years) is unclear.
Marty Parker, MSc, Milica Bucknall, PhD, Carol Jagger, PhD, Ross Wilkie, PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Borrelia Infections Under B Cell‐Depleting Therapies: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Challenges and Outcomes With Special Focus on Neurological Forms [PDF]

Eur J Neurol
Neurological infections caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Borrelia miyamotoi are increasingly reported in patients receiving anti‐CD20 therapies and should be considered in cases presenting with neurological symptoms and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis.
Cardot‐Martin E, Chanson J, Lenormand C, Boyer P, Hansmann Y, Sibilia J, Jaulhac B, Scherlinger M.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Antibody-resistant mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi: in vitro selection and characterization. [PDF]

, 1992
We used polyclonal antisera and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to inhibit the growth of clonal populations of two strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, and thereby select for antibody-resistant mutants.
Barbour, AG, Hogan, DM, Rosa, PA, Sădziene, A, Thompson, PA   +4 more
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Lyme disease: A tick-borne spirochetosis

, 1983
A treponema-like spirochete was detected in and isolated from adult Ixodes dammini, the incriminated tick vector of Lyme disease. Causally related to the spirochetes may be long-lasting cutaneous lesions that appeared on New Zealand White rabbits 10 to ...
W. Burgdorfer, A. Barbour, S. F. Hayes, J. Benach, E. Grunwaldt, J. P. Davis   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source