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A knowledge-integrated deep learning framework for cellular image analysis in parasite microbiology

STAR Protocols, 2023
Summary: Cellular image analysis is an important method for microbiologists to identify and study microbes. Here, we present a knowledge-integrated deep learning framework for cellular image analysis, using three tasks as examples: classification ...
Ruijun Feng, Sen Li, Yang Zhang
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Distribution of the Intestinal Parasites According to Species and Gender in Patients Presented to the Microbiology Laboratory in a Tertiary Hospital, in Somalia Between January 2018 and October 2022

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023
Serpil Doğan,1 Said Mohamed Mohamud,1 Rahma Yusuf Haji Mohamud,2 Ahmed Mohamed Ali Orey,3 Zerife Orhan4 1Department of Medical Microbiology, Mogadishu Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Training and Research Hospital, Medical Microbiology ...
Doğan S, Mohamud SM, Mohamud RYH, Ali Orey AM, Orhan Z   +4 more
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Frequency of Intestinal Parasites in Patients Admitted to the Microbiology Laboratory of Siirt Training and Research Hospital

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of intestinal parasites in patients admitted to the Microbiology Laboratory of Siirt Training and Research Hospital. Methods: The study was conducted between 19.04.2021 and 30.11.2021 with
Leyla Gündüz, Selahattin Aydemir, Zeynep Taş Cengiz, Hasan Yılmaz   +3 more
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Plasmodium sporozoites require the protein B9 to invade hepatocytes

iScience, 2023
Summary: Plasmodium sporozoites are transmitted to a mammalian host during blood feeding by an infected mosquito and invade hepatocytes for initial replication of the parasite into thousands of erythrocyte-invasive merozoites.
Priyanka Fernandes, Manon Loubens, Carine Marinach, Romain Coppée, Ludivine Baron, Morgane Grand, Thanh-Phuc Andre, Soumia Hamada, Anne-Claire Langlois, Sylvie Briquet, Philippe Bun, Olivier Silvie   +11 more
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Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma

iScience, 2022
Summary: Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a form of reproductive manipulation caused by maternally inherited endosymbionts infecting arthropods, like Wolbachia, whereby matings between infected males and uninfected females produce few or no offspring.
Marie Pollmann, Logan D. Moore, Elena Krimmer, Paul D'Alvise, Martin Hasselmann, Steve J. Perlman, Matthew J. Ballinger, Johannes L.M. Steidle, Yuval Gottlieb   +8 more
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A single fungal strain was the unexpected cause of a mass aspergillosis outbreak in the world’s largest and only flightless parrot

iScience, 2022
Summary: Kākāpō are a critically endangered species of parrots restricted to a few islands off the coast of New Zealand. Kākāpō are very closely monitored, especially during nesting seasons. In 2019, during a highly successful nesting season, an outbreak
David J. Winter, Bevan S. Weir, Travis Glare, Johanna Rhodes, John Perrott, Matthew C. Fisher, Jason E. Stajich, Andrew Digby, Peter K. Dearden, Murray P. Cox   +9 more
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Bhalin, an Essential Cytoskeleton-Associated Protein of Trypanosoma brucei Linking TbBILBO1 of the Flagellar Pocket Collar with the Hook Complex

Microorganisms, 2021
Background: In most trypanosomes, endo and exocytosis only occur at a unique organelle called the flagellar pocket (FP) and the flagellum exits the cell via the FP.
Christine E. Broster Reix, Célia Florimond, Anne Cayrel, Amélie Mailhé, Corentin Agnero-Rigot, Nicolas Landrein, Denis Dacheux, Katharina Havlicek, Mélanie Bonhivers, Brooke Morriswood, Derrick R. Robinson   +10 more
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Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Exacerbate Amebic Liver Abscess in Mice

iScience, 2020
Summary: Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite in the lumen of the human large intestine, occasionally spreads to the liver and induces amebic liver abscesses (ALAs). Upon infection with E.
Risa Nakamura, Akihiro Yoshizawa, Taeko Moriyasu, Sharmina Deloer, Masachika Senba, Mihoko Kikuchi, Shigeo Koyasu, Kazuyo Moro, Shinjiro Hamano   +8 more
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A parasite outbreak in notothenioid fish in an Antarctic fjord

iScience, 2022
Summary: Climate changes can promote disease outbreaks, but their nature and potential impacts in remote areas have received little attention. In a hot spot of biodiversity on the West Antarctic Peninsula, which faces among the fastest changing climates ...
Thomas Desvignes, Henrik Lauridsen, Alejandro Valdivieso, Rafaela S. Fontenele, Simona Kraberger, Katrina N. Murray, Nathalie R. Le François, H. William Detrich, III, Michael L. Kent, Arvind Varsani, John H. Postlethwait   +10 more
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Critical Steps of Plasmodium falciparum Ookinete Maturation [PDF]

, 2020
The egress and fertilization of Plasmodium gametes and development of a motile ookinete are the first crucial steps that mediate the successful transmission of the malaria parasites from humans to the Anopheles vector. However, limited information exists
Alano, P., Costa, G., Levashina, E., Siciliano, G., Suárez-Cortés, P., Valleriani, A.   +5 more
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