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Retrospective Screening of Anthrax-like Disease Induced by Bacillus tropicus str. JMT from Chinese Soft-Shell Turtles in Taiwan

Pathogens, 2023
Bacillus cereus is ubiquitous in the environment and a well-known causative agent of foodborne disease. Surprisingly, more and more emerging strains of atypical B.
Jia-Ming Tsai, Hsin-Wei Kuo, Winton Cheng   +2 more
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Biochip for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis Lethal Factor and Therapeutic Agents against Anthrax Toxins

Membranes, 2016
Tethered lipid bilayer membranes (tBLMs) have been used in many applications, including biosensing and membrane protein structure studies. This report describes a biosensor for anthrax toxins that was fabricated through the self-assembly of a tBLM with B.
Vitalii Silin, John J. Kasianowicz, Ariel Michelman-Ribeiro, Rekha G. Panchal, Sina Bavari, Joseph W. F. Robertson   +5 more
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Characterization of proteins present in the biofilm matrix and outer membrane vesicles of Histophilus somni during iron-sufficient and iron-restricted growth: identification of potential protective antigens through in silico analyses

mBio
There is limited efficacy in vaccines currently available to prevent some animal diseases of bacterial origin, such as bovine respiratory disease caused by Histophilus somni.
Yue-Jia Lee, Mohd Abdullah, Yung-Fu Chang, Habeeb Al Sudani, Thomas J. Inzana   +4 more
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Immunoproteomic Screening of Candidate Antigens for the Preliminary Development of a Novel Multi-Component and Multi-Epitope Vaccine Against Streptococcus suis Infection

Vaccines
Background/Objectives: Streptococcus suis (SS), an important zoonotic pathogen, has caused significant economic losses to the global pig industry. Existing commercial vaccines for SS mainly provide effective protection against a single serotype.
Yue Zhang, Caiying Li, Yutong Feng, Qibing Gu, Jinwang Hu, Yuhang Li, Lu Xia, Shaopo Zu   +7 more
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Vaccine development against tuberculosis before and after Covid-19

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has not only shaped awareness of the impact of infectious diseases on global health. It has also provided instructive lessons for better prevention strategies against new and current infectious diseases of major importance.
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann   +2 more
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A niosome formulation modulates the Th1/Th2 bias immune response in mice and also provides protection against anthrax spore challenge

International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2018
Himanshu Gogoi, Rajesh Mani, Rakesh Bhatnagar Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Introduction: In this study, we have investigated the immunogenicity and ...
Gogoi H, Mani R, Bhatnagar R
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Evaluation of Cellular Immunity with ASFV Infection by Swine Leukocyte Antigen (SLA)—Peptide Tetramers

Viruses, 2021
African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes acute hemorrhagic fever in domestic pigs and wild boars, resulting in incalculable economic losses to the pig industry. As the mechanism of viral infection is not clear, protective antigens have not been discovered
Wenqiang Sun, He Zhang, Wenhui Fan, Lihong He, Teng Chen, Xintao Zhou, Yu Qi, Lei Sun, Rongliang Hu, Tingrong Luo, Wenjun Liu, Jing Li   +11 more
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Phage Display Analysis of Monoclonal Antibody Binding to Anthrax Toxin Lethal Factor

Toxins, 2017
AVR1674 and AVR1675 are monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind with high specificity to anthrax toxin lethal factor (LF) and lethal toxin (LTx).
Jason M. Goldstein, Joo Lee, Xiaoling Tang, Anne E. Boyer, John R. Barr, Dennis A. Bagarozzi Jr., Conrad P. Quinn   +6 more
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MHC Class II and Non-MHC Class II Genes Differentially Influence Humoral Immunity to Bacillus anthracis Lethal Factor and Protective Antigen

Toxins, 2012
Anthrax Lethal Toxin consists of Protective Antigen (PA) and Lethal Factor (LF), and current vaccination strategies focus on eliciting antibodies to PA. In human vaccination, the response to PA can vary greatly, and the response is often directed toward ...
Judith A. James, A. Darise Farris, Melissa L. Nguyen, Philip M. Cox, Sherry R. Crowe, Eric K. Dumas, Sridevi Kurella, Jonathan J. Hunt, Lori Garman   +8 more
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Rapid and Sensitive Multiplex Assay for the Detection of B. anthracis Spores from Environmental Samples

Pathogens, 2020
: Prompt and accurate detection of Bacillus anthracis spores is crucial in the event of intentional spore dissemination in order to reduce the number of expected casualties.
Efi Makdasi, Orly Laskar, Itai Glinert, Ron Alcalay, Adva Mechaly, Haim Levy   +5 more
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