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Chagas disease reactivation in a heart transplant patient infected by domestic Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit I (TcIDOM) [PDF]

, 2015
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease, displays high intraspecific genetic diversity: six genetic lineages or discrete typing units (DTUs) are currently recognized, termed TcI through TcVI.
Bhattacharyya, T., Burleigh, B.A., Costales, J.A., Garcia-Perez, J., Kotton, C.N., Llewellyn, M.S., Messenger, L.A., Zurita-Leal, A.C.   +7 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in the Ovine Dairy Chain and in Farm-Related Humans

Toxins, 2017
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of clinical infections in humans and its enterotoxins cause foodborne disease. In the present study, we tested a total of 51 isolates of S.
Guerrino Macori, Giuseppina Giacinti, Alberto Bellio, Silvia Gallina, Daniela Manila Bianchi, Daniele Sagrafoli, Nicla Marri, Gilberto Giangolini, Simonetta Amatiste, Lucia Decastelli   +9 more
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Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and genetic diversity of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni in Ecuadorian broilers at slaughter age [PDF]

, 2017
Thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. are a major cause of foodborne gastrointestinal infections worldwide. The linkage of human campylobacteriosis and poultry has been widely described.
Cisneros, Marco, De Zutter, Lieven, Martiny, Delphine, Van Damme, Inge, Vinueza-Burgos, Christian, Wautier, Magali   +5 more
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Molecular Identification of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium fortuitum by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Polymerase Chain Reaction and ERIC PCR [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Backgrounds: Non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are of importance now-a-days due to their increasing virulence outbreaks and emerging antibiotic resistance.
Azar Dokht Khosravi, Rasa Sheini Mehrabzadeh, Abbas Farahani, Hooshang Jamali   +3 more
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arcasHLA: high-resolution HLA typing from RNAseq

bioRxiv, 2018
Motivation Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus makes up the major compatibility complex (MHC) and plays a critical role in host response to disease, including cancers and autoimmune disorders.
Rose Orenbuch, I. Filip, D. Comito, J. Shaman, I. Pe’er, R. Rabadán   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Impact of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors and Human Leukocyte Antigen-E, Human Leukocyte Antigen-G Polymorphisms on Innate Immunity and COVID-19 Severity

Journal of Immunology Research
Conclusion: Genetic variations in KIR, HLA-E, and HLA-G are associated with susceptibility and resistance to severe COVID-19 outcomes. This elucidates the intricate interplay of NK cells and immune-related genes, offering insights into potential ...
Cigdem Kekik, Sonay Temurhan, Yeliz Ogret, Behnoush Nasr Zanjani, Demet Kıvanc, Fatma Savran Oguz, Murat Kose, Fatma Betul Oktelik, Gunnur Deniz   +8 more
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Circulation of bovine viral diarrhea virus – 1 (BVDV-1) in dairy cattle and buffalo farms in Ismailia Province, Egypt

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
Introduction: Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is one of the most economically significant diseases in the bovine industry causing losses due to diarrhea, reproductive disorders, immunosuppression and mortalities.
Mohamed Ahmed Soltan, Rebecca P Wilkes, Mohamed Nagy Elsheery, Mahmoud Mohy Elhaig, Matthhew C Riley, Melissa A Kennedy   +5 more
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An Adaptive Management Model for Brown Bears in Hokkaido: Based on Total Population and the Number of Nuisance Bears

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
Bear management changes management actions according to the horizontal axis of the population size and the vertical axis of the number of nuisance bears. Aiming for the target population size of Ntar, Actions I and II protect the bears, and Action IV reduces the population.
Hiroyuki Matsuda, Akira Maki, Tsutomu Mano, Hifumi Tsuruga, Hino Takafumi, Shinichi Horino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the Impact of Cognitive Load in Evaluating Gaze-based Typing

, 2017
Gaze-based virtual keyboards provide an effective interface for text entry by eye movements. The efficiency and usability of these keyboards have traditionally been evaluated with conventional text entry performance measures such as words per minute ...
Kumar, Chandan, Menges, Raphael, Sengupta, Korok, Staab, Steffen, Sun, Jun   +4 more
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Use of whole-genus genome sequence data to develop a multilocus sequence typing tool that accurately identifies Yersinia isolates to the species and subspecies levels [PDF]

, 2015
The genus Yersinia is a large and diverse bacterial genus consisting of human-pathogenic species, a fish-pathogenic species, and a large number of environmental species.
Carniel, Elisabeth, Chattaway, Marie A., Connor, Thomas Richard, Hall, Miquette, Jenkins, Claire, Ledeboer, N. A., McNally, Alan, Rajakaruna, Lakshani, Rajendram, Dunstan, Reuter, Sandra, Savin, Cyril, Strauch, Eckhard, Thomson, Nicholas R., Van Damme, Inge   +13 more
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