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Amino acid vectorization of salicylic acid enables efficient activation of NPR1‐dependent defense without phytotoxicity

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Amino acid‐vectorized salicylic acid activates PR1/NPR1‐dependent defenses without phytotoxicity, showing an efficient strategy for controlled delivery and enhanced plant immunity. Abstract BACKGROUND Addressing global food security under rapid population growth and climate change requires sustainable strategies to protect crops from pathogens while ...
Ruth Oussou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ricin Trafficking in Plant and Mammalian Cells

open access: yesToxins, 2011
Ricin is a heterodimeric plant protein that is potently toxic to mammalian and many other eukaryotic cells. It is synthesized and stored in the endosperm cells of maturing Ricinus communis seeds (castor beans).
Robert A. Spooner, J. Michael Lord
doaj   +1 more source

‘Reservoir dogs’: The emerging zoonotic risk associated with European dog imports to the UK

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The movement of dogs from continental Europe to the UK poses a growing public health threat due to the associated risk of disease incursions. Current legislation is insufficient to address the risks and pre‐import control measures are focused only on rabies virus and the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Methods We conducted
Poppy Simonson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Castor Plant (Ricinus communis L.) Leaf Extract as Potential Antibacterial Against The Growth of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

open access: yesFolia Medica Indonesiana, 2022
Highlight : • Patients experiencing failure of first-line drug and developing multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has increased throughout 2011-2015.
Fikriaddin Syafiq Istaufa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tick-borne pathogens in Finland: comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Almost 3500 tick samples, originally collected via a nationwide citizen science campaign in 2015, were screened to reveal the prevalence and distribution of a wide spectrum of established and putative tick-borne pathogens vectored by Ixodes ...
Maija Laaksonen   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tick‐Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Vaccine in the National Immunisation Programme—For Whom, When and Where?

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The incidence of Tick‐borne encephalitis (TBE) cases has increased. The presumed location of transmission of Tick‐borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has been expanding increasingly in the western parts of Europe during the past decade. There has also been an increased incidence of surveillance‐reported TBE cases in southern Sweden and southern ...
H. H. Askling, D. Zavadska
wiley   +1 more source

Pathogens in ticks collected from dogs in Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Tick-borne diseases are a major health risk for humans and dogs. In addition to collection and analysis of questing ticks, analysis of host-associated ticks for the presence of pathogens is a valuable method to gain insight into transmission ...
Cécile Schreiber   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genotyping of Borrelia, Rickettsia and Anaplasma in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in the Kaliningrad region

open access: yesЖурнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии
Background. Tick-borne bacterial and protozoal pathogens pose a significant public health problem. The aim of this study was to detect and genotype Borrelia, Rickettsia and Anaplasma in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in the ...
Mikhail Yu. Kartashov   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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