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Lyme disease - a brief review and report of a case in Hong Kong [PDF]

, 1995
In a search for the spirochetes responsible for Lyme disease in Hong Kong, a sixty year old female, with a clinical diagnosis of arthritis, was found to have a rising antibody litre against Borrelia burgdorferi by indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA ...
Chan, BSS, Hodgkiss, IJ, Wong, YC
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Responses of Microbial Community Composition to Temperature Gradient and Carbon Steel Corrosion in Production Water of Petroleum Reservoir

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Oil reservoir production systems are usually associated with a temperature gradient and oil production facilities frequently suffer from pipeline corrosion failures.
Xiao-Xiao Li, Tao Yang, Serge M. Mbadinga, Serge M. Mbadinga, Jin-Feng Liu, Shi-Zhong Yang, Ji-Dong Gu, Bo-Zhong Mu, Bo-Zhong Mu   +8 more
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Tetracycline resistance gene tet(W) abundances in settled dust of North Carolina residences [PDF]

, 2015
As antibiotic resistance has become a notable public health issue, increasing studies have characterized antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) throughout environments with high risk for antibiotic resistance, particularly hospitals and confined animal ...
Morgan, Emily E
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Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in lizards and their ticks from Hungary [PDF]

, 2009
To investigate the involvement of lizard species in the natural cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in Hungary, a total of 186 reptiles belonging to three species—126 green lizards (Lacerta viridis), 40 Balkan wall lizards (Podarcis taurica)
Farkas, Róbert, Földvári, Gábor, Majláth, Igor, Majláthová, Viktória, Pet’ko, Branislav, Rigó, Krisztina   +5 more
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Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers

, 2014
Human gut microbiota directly influences health and provides an extra means of adaptive potential to different lifestyles. To explore variation in gut microbiota and to understand how these bacteria may have co-evolved with humans, here we investigate ...
Basaglia, G., Bellis, G., Biagi, E., Brigidi, P., Candela, M., Centanni, M., Consolandi, C., Crittenden, A., Fiori, J., Gotti, R., Henry, A., Luiselli, D., Mabulla, A., Marlowe, F., Peano, C., Rampelli, S., Schnorr, S., Severgnini, M., Turroni, S.   +18 more
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Molecular Identification of Bloodmeal Source in Ixodes ricinus Ticks Using 12S rDNA As a Genetic Marker [PDF]

, 2017
We developed an efficient molecular method for the identification of the bloodmeal sources in the tick Ixodes ricinus (L.), the European vector of the agents of Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis.
Cadenas, Francisca Morán, Douet, Véronique, Gern, Lise, Humair, Pierre-François, Pol, Ingrid Van De, Schouls, Leo M.   +5 more
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Moderate Dietary Protein Restriction Optimized Gut Microbiota and Mucosal Barrier in Growing Pig Model

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Appropriate protein concentration is essential for animal at certain stage. This study evaluated the effects of different percentages of dietary protein restriction on intestinal health of growing pigs. Eighteen barrows were randomly assigned to a normal
Xiyue Chen, Peixia Song, Peixin Fan, Ting He, Devin Jacobs, Crystal L. Levesque, Lee J. Johnston, Linbao Ji, Ning Ma, Yiqiang Chen, Jie Zhang, Jinshan Zhao, Xi Ma, Xi Ma, Xi Ma   +14 more
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Reservoir Role of Lizard Psammodromus algirus in Transmission Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato (Spirochaetaceae) in Tunisia [PDF]

, 2017
To investigate the reservoir role of the lizard Psammodromus algirus for the Lyme disease spirochete, 199 lizards were trapped from April to October 2003 in El Jouza, northwestern Tunisia. In this site, the infection rate of free-living Ixodes ricinus (L.
Bouattour, Ali, Dsouli, Najla, Gern, Lise, Nouira, Said, Postic, Danièle, Younsi-kabachii, Hend   +5 more
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Microbiome composition and presence of cultivable commensal groups of Southern Tamanduas (Tamandua tetradactyla) varies with captive conditions

Animal Microbiome
Southern Tamanduas (Tamandua tetradactyla) belong to the specialized placental myrmecophages. There is not much information about their intestinal microbiome.
Ahmad Amin, Chahrazed Mekadim, Nikol Modrackova, Petra Bolechova, Jakub Mrazek, Vera Neuzil-Bunesova   +5 more
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A comparison of faecal microbial populations of South African Windsnyer-type indigenous pigs (SAWIPs) and Large White × Landrace (LW × LR) crosses fed diets containing ensiled maize cobs [PDF]

, 2017
Faecal microbial communities in South African Windsnyer-type indigenous pigs (SAWIPs) and Large White × Landrace (LW × LR) crosses were investigated using high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rDNA genes.
Chapwanya, Aspinas, Chimonyo, Michael, Cormican, Paul, Dzama, Kennedy, Kanengoni, Arnold T., Margolles, Abelardo, Ndimba, Bongani K., Tasara, Taurai   +7 more
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