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Two Decades of Wildlife Pathogen Surveillance: Case Study of Choclo orthohantavirus and Its Wild Reservoir Oligoryzomys costaricensis

Viruses, 2023
The Costa Rican pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys costaricensis) is the primary reservoir of Choclo orthohantavirus (CHOV), the causal agent of hantavirus disease, pulmonary syndrome, and fever in humans in Panama.
Publio Gonzalez, Jacqueline R. Salazar, Tybbysay P. Salinas, Mario Avila, Jocelyn P. Colella, Jonathan L. Dunnum, Gregory E. Glass, Gloria Gonzalez, Enos Juarez, Kimberly Lindblade, Edwin Pile, Yaxelis Mendoza, Juan Miguel Pascale, Anibal G. Armien, Joseph A. Cook, Blas Armien   +15 more
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama: a cluster description.

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne infection caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. We report a cluster of fatal cases of RMSF in 2007 in Panama, involving a pregnant woman and two children from the same family.
Maribel Tribaldos, Yamitzel Zaldivar, Sergio Bermudez, Franklyn Samudio, Yaxelis Mendoza, Alexander A Martinez, Rodrigo Villalobos, Marina E Eremeeva, Christopher D Paddock, Kathleen Page, Rebecca E Smith, Juan Miguel Pascale   +11 more
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A Detection Method for Tropical Race 4 of the Banana Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense [PDF]

, 2011
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) is the causal agent of Fusarium wilt, the devastating disease that ruined the ‘Gros Michel’ (AAA)-based banana production in the first half of the 20th century.
Buddenhagen, I., Dita Rodriguez, M.A., Kema, G.H.J., Paiva, L.V., Souza, M.T., Waalwijk, C.   +5 more
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Mapping occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and areas at risk of porcine cysticercosis in Central America and the Caribbean basin [PDF]

, 2017
Background: This study aimed to map the occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis at national level within Central America and the Caribbean basin, and to map the distribution of porcine cysticercosis at first-level administrative subdivision ...
Braae, Uffe Christian, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Sithole, Fortune, Wang, Ziqi, Willingham, Arve Lee   +4 more
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Isolation and genetic characterization of a relapsing fever spirochete isolated from Ornithodoros puertoricensis collected in central Panama.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) spirochetes are likely an overlooked cause of disease in Latin America. In Panama, the pathogens were first reported to cause human disease in the early 1900s. Recent collections of Ornithodoros puertoricensis from human
Sergio E Bermúdez, Brittany A Armstrong, Lillian Domínguez, Aparna Krishnavajhala, Alexander R Kneubehl, Sarah M Gunter, Adam Replogle, Jeannine M Petersen, Job E Lopez   +8 more
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Environmental Surveillance for Risk Assessment in the Context of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Type 2 Novel Oral Polio Vaccine in Panama

Viruses, 2021
Environmental surveillance was recommended for risk mitigation in a novel oral polio vaccine-2 (nOPV2) clinical trial (M5-ABMG) to monitor excretion, potential circulation, and loss of attenuation of the two nOPV2 candidates.
Magda Rojas-Bonilla, Angela Coulliette-Salmond, Hanen Belgasmi, Kimberly Wong, Leanna Sayyad, Everardo Vega, Fabian Grimoldi, M. Steven Oberste, Ricardo Rüttimann   +8 more
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FUNGAL DISEASES OF CITRUS IN PANAMA

Acta Horticulturae, 2015
The citrus-growing area in Panama has increased considerably in recent years. Disease problems are frequently observed in orchards, but in most cases their etiology is unknown, complicating the design of effective control strategies. A survey was initiated in 2010, visiting 50 orchards in different regions of the country. In each orchard, symptoms were
Aguilera-Cogley, Vidal, Vicent, Antonio
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Oropouche virus: clinical, epidemiological, and molecular aspects of a neglected orthobunyavirus. [PDF]

, 2017
Oropouche virus (OROV) is an important cause of arboviral illness in Latin American countries, more specifically in the Amazon region of Brazil, Venezuela and Peru, as well as in other countries such as Panama.
Acrani, Gustavo Olszanski, Cardoso, Jedson Ferreira, da Rosa, Jorge Fernando Travassos, de Paula Pinheiro, Francisco, de Souza, William Marciel, Figueiredo, Mário Luiz, Nunes, Márcio Roberto Teixeira   +6 more
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Dating the Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal to the North American Pacific Northwest. [PDF]

, 2018
The emergence of Cryptococcus gattii, previously regarded as a predominantly tropical pathogen, in the temperate climate of the North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) in 1999 prompted several questions.
Bodo Wanke, Chandler C. Roe, Colleen Lysen, Crystal M. Hepp, David M. Engelthaler, David P. Overy, Emilio DeBess, George R. Thompson, Hanna Oltean, J. Andrew Alspaugh, Jolene Bowers, Philippe J. Dufresne, Scott McBurney, Shawn R. Lockhart, Tom Chiller, Wieland Meyer   +15 more
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Identifikasi Infraspesifik Fusarium oxysporum asal Subtrat Nonpisang dan Kemampuan Pindah Inangnya ke Tanaman Pisang

Jurnal Fitopatologi Indonesia, 2019
Infra-specific Identification of Fusarium oxysporum from Nonbanana Substrates and Its Ability to Move Hosts to Banana Plants Fusarium oxysporum has various life style, i.e. saprobe, endophyte and pathogen. Plant pathogenic F. oxysporum are divided into
Gayuh Rahayu, Widodo Widodo, Ni Putu Winda Mahasari   +2 more
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