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The top 1%: quantifying the unequal distribution of malaria in Brazil

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background As malaria endemic countries strive towards elimination, intensified spatial heterogeneities of local transmission could undermine the effectiveness of traditional intervention policy.
Raquel Lana, Narimane Nekkab, Andre M. Siqueira, Cassio Peterka, Paola Marchesini, Marcus Lacerda, Ivo Mueller, Michael White, Daniel Villela   +8 more
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The meaning of death : evolution and ecology of apoptosis in protozoan parasites [PDF]

, 2011
This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust (SER: WT082234MA; http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/), the NERC (LCP: studentship), the Royal Society of London (AG: University Research Fellowship; http://royalsociety.org/), and Balliol College, University of Oxford ...
Colegrave, Nick, Sarah E Reece, Sarah E. Reece, Pollitt Laura C., Colegrave Nick, Reece, Sarah E., Gardner, A, Pollitt, Laura C., Colegrave, N, Laura C Pollitt, Nick Colegrave, Gardner Andy, Gardner, Andy, Pollitt, LC, Reece, SE, Reece Sarah E., Andy Gardner, Laura C. Pollitt   +17 more
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WGS based study of the population structure of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Salmonella Infantis (S. Infantis) is one of the most frequent Salmonella serovars isolated from human cases of salmonellosis and the most detected serovar from animal and food sources in Europe.
Pernille Gymoese, Kristoffer Kiil, Mia Torpdahl, Mark T. Østerlund, Gitte Sørensen, John E. Olsen, Eva M. Nielsen, Eva Litrup   +7 more
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The Plasmodium falciparum, Nima-related kinase Pfnek-4: a marker for asexual parasites committed to sexual differentiation [PDF]

, 2012
<b>Background</b> Malaria parasites undergo, in the vertebrate host, a developmental switch from asexual replication to sexual differentiation leading to the formation of gametocytes, the only form able to survive in the mosquito vector ...
Sylke Müller, Mueller, Sylke, Garcia Miguel, Tomlins, A., Doerig Christian, Miguel Garcia, Doerig, Christian, Luc Reininger, Garcia, M., Tomlins Andrew, Doerig, C., Andrew Tomlins, Garcia, Miguel, Muller, S., Christian Doerig, Müller Sylke, Tomlins, Andrew, Reininger, Luc, Muller, Sylke, Reininger, L., Reininger Luc   +20 more
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Differentiation of Trichinella species (Trichinella spiralis/Trichinella britovi versus Trichinella pseudospiralis) using western blot

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Trichinellosis is a meat-borne zoonotic disease caused by parasites of the genus Trichinella. To date, 12 taxa have been described. The identification of Trichinella species is crucial in order to identify the possible source of infection, the
Maria Angeles Gómez-Morales, Alessandra Ludovisi, Marco Amati, Simona Cherchi, Daniele Tonanzi, Edoardo Pozio   +5 more
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Development of an LPS-based ELISA for diagnosis of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections in Danish patients: a follow-up study

BMC Microbiology, 2017
Background The bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica causes gastroenteritis in humans. The study aimed to develop a diagnostic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 LPS antibodies in sera from Danish patients ...
Tine Dalby, Eva Rasmussen, Peter Schiellerup, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt   +3 more
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Evolution of apoptosis-like programmed cell death in unicellular protozoan parasites [PDF]

, 2011
Apoptosis-like programmed cell death (PCD) has recently been described in multiple taxa of unicellular protists, including the protozoan parasites Plasmodium, Trypanosoma and Leishmania.
Sarah E Reece, Szymon Kaczanowski, Reece, Sarah E., Kaczanowski Szymon, Kaczanowski, S., Reece, S.E., Reece Sarah E, Mohammed Sajid, Sajid Mohammed, Sajid, M., Reece, Sarah, Sajid, Mohammed, Kaczanowski, Szymon   +12 more
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Global genomic pathogen surveillance to inform vaccine strategies: a decade-long expedition in pneumococcal genomics

Genome Medicine, 2021
Vaccines are powerful agents in infectious disease prevention but often designed to protect against some strains that are most likely to spread and cause diseases.
Stephen D. Bentley, Stephanie W. Lo
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Morphological features and differential counts of Plasmodium knowlesi parasites in naturally acquired human infections. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Human infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite, are more common than previously thought. They have been detected by molecular detection methods in various countries in Southeast Asia, where they were initially diagnosed ...
Cox Singh, Janet, Cox-Singh, J, Cox-Singh, J., Lee Kim-Sung, Singh Balbir, Singh, Balbir, Janet Cox-Singh, Lee, K.S, Singh, B., Singh, B, Kim-Sung Lee, Balbir Singh, Lee, Kim-Sung, Cox-Singh Janet, Lee, KS   +14 more
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Protein profiling of hemolymph in Haemaphysalis flava ticks

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Tick hemolymph bathes internal organs, acts as an exchange medium for nutrients and cellular metabolites, and offers protection against pathogens. Hemolymph is abundant in proteins.
Lei Liu, Fen Yan, Lu Zhang, Zhi-feng Wu, De-yong Duan, Tian-yin Cheng   +5 more
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