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Pathogens, Volume 9, Issue 11

November 2020 - 119 articles

Cover Story: The Tasmanian devil is the largest living marsupial carnivore with wild populations confined to the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Over the past 25 years, devils have been facing devastating declines due to a transmissible cancer. In this collaborative study, we present the first investigation using molecular tools to identify blood parasites circulating in four wild populations. The study identified Trypanosoma infection in 33.7% of devils and a single infection of Babesia. Phylogenetic analysis of trypanosomes showed the presence of the marsupial-related T. copemani and the poorly classified clade T. cyclops. While the clinical impact of these blood parasites is not yet understood, these findings highlight the need for further research to characterize the full diversity and impacts of haemoprotozoa in devils. View this paper
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Articles (119)

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,820 Views
21 Pages

QTL Mapping for Resistance to Cankers Induced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) in a Tetraploid Actinidia chinensis Kiwifruit Population

  • Jibran Tahir,
  • Cyril Brendolise,
  • Stephen Hoyte,
  • Marielle Lucas,
  • Susan Thomson,
  • Kirsten Hoeata,
  • Catherine McKenzie,
  • Andrew Wotton,
  • Keith Funnell and
  • Ed Morgan
  • + 6 authors

20 November 2020

Polyploidy is a key driver of significant evolutionary changes in plant species. The genus Actinidia (kiwifruit) exhibits multiple ploidy levels, which contribute to novel fruit traits, high yields and resistance to the canker-causing dieback disease...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,954 Views
30 Pages

Physics Comes to the Aid of Medicine—Clinically-Relevant Microorganisms through the Eyes of Atomic Force Microscope

  • Mateusz Cieśluk,
  • Piotr Deptuła,
  • Ewelina Piktel,
  • Krzysztof Fiedoruk,
  • Łukasz Suprewicz,
  • Paulina Paprocka,
  • Patrycja Kot,
  • Katarzyna Pogoda and
  • Robert Bucki

20 November 2020

Despite the hope that was raised with the implementation of antibiotics to the treatment of infections in medical practice, the initial enthusiasm has substantially faded due to increasing drug resistance in pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, ther...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,465 Views
11 Pages

20 November 2020

(1) Background: Wild cervids play an important role in transmission cycles of tick-borne pathogens; however, investigations of tick-borne pathogens in sika deer in Germany are lacking. (2) Methods: Spleen tissue of 74 sympatric wild cervids (30 roe d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,580 Views
19 Pages

Altered Salivary Microbiome in the Early Stage of HIV Infections among Young Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)

  • Jin Li,
  • Shenghua Chang,
  • Haiying Guo,
  • Yaoting Ji,
  • Han Jiang,
  • Lianguo Ruan and
  • Minquan Du

19 November 2020

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are spiking in Chinese young men who have sex with men (MSM). To explore alterations in the salivary microbiome and its correlation with demographic characteristics, CD4+ T cell count and viral load (VL)...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,497 Views
6 Pages

Antibacterial Activities of Acetic Acid against Major and Minor Pathogens Isolated from Mastitis in Dairy Cows

  • Noppason Pangprasit,
  • Anyaphat Srithanasuwan,
  • Witaya Suriyasathaporn,
  • Surachai Pikulkaew,
  • John K. Bernard and
  • Wasana Chaisri

19 November 2020

The present study evaluated the antimicrobial activities of acetic acid against bovine mastitis pathogens compared to lactic acid and lauric and caprylic saturated fatty acids. Eleven mastitis pathogens were isolated from sub-clinical and clinical bo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,882 Views
11 Pages

Detection of Neospora caninum Infection in Aborted Equine Fetuses in Israel

  • Monica Leszkowicz Mazuz,
  • Lea Mimoun,
  • Gili Schvartz,
  • Sharon Tirosh-Levy,
  • Igor Savitzki,
  • Nir Edery,
  • Shlomo E. Blum,
  • Gad Baneth,
  • Nicola Pusterla and
  • Amir Steinman

19 November 2020

In horses, Neospora caninum and Neospora hughesi have been associated with fetal loss, and neurological disease, respectively. This study investigated the role of Neospora spp. infection in equine abortion in Israel. The presence of anti-Neospora spp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,064 Views
24 Pages

Rat Cytomegalovirus Virion-Associated Proteins R131 and R129 Are Necessary for Infection of Macrophages and Dendritic Cells

  • Iris K. A. Jones,
  • Nicole N. Haese,
  • Philippe Gatault,
  • Zachary J. Streblow,
  • Takeshi F. Andoh,
  • Michael Denton,
  • Cassilyn E. Streblow,
  • Kiley Bonin,
  • Craig N. Kreklywich and
  • Jennifer M. Burg
  • + 2 authors

19 November 2020

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) establishes persistent, latent infection in hosts, causing diseases in immunocompromised patients, transplant recipients, and neonates. CMV infection modifies the host chemokine axis by modulating chemokine and chemokine recepto...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,356 Views
16 Pages

Clinical Symptoms of Arboviruses in Mexico

  • Sushmitha Ananth,
  • Nistha Shrestha,
  • Jesús A. Treviño C.,
  • Uyen-sa Nguyen,
  • Ubydul Haque,
  • Aracely Angulo-Molina,
  • Uriel A. Lopez-Lemus,
  • Jailos Lubinda,
  • Rashed Md. Sharif and
  • Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki
  • + 3 authors

19 November 2020

Arboviruses such as Chikungunya (CHIKV), Dengue (DENV), and Zika virus (ZIKV) have emerged as a significant public health concern in Mexico. The existing literature lacks evidence regarding the dispersion of arboviruses, thereby limiting public healt...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
19 Citations
11,698 Views
9 Pages

COVID-19 as a Trigger of Recurrent Guillain–Barré Syndrome

  • Erin P. McDonnell,
  • Nicole J. Altomare,
  • Yesha H. Parekh,
  • Ram C. Gowda,
  • Payal D. Parikh,
  • Mark H. Lazar and
  • Martin J. Blaser

19 November 2020

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported to trigger Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS). While uncommon, recurrent GBS (rGBS) episodes, triggered by antecedent viral infections, have been reported in a small proportion of GBS patients, he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,963 Views
20 Pages

Efficient Confirmation of Plant Viral Proteins and Identification of Specific Viral Strains by nanoLC-ESI-Q-TOF Using Single-Leaf-Tissue Samples

  • Pavel Cejnar,
  • Štěpánka Kučková,
  • Jiří Šantrůček,
  • Miroslav Glasa,
  • Petr Komínek,
  • Daniel Mihálik,
  • Lucie Slavíková,
  • Leona Leišová-Svobodová,
  • Tatiana Smirnova and
  • Radovan Hynek
  • + 2 authors

19 November 2020

Plant viruses are important pathogens that cause significant crop losses. A plant protein extraction protocol that combines crushing the tissue by a pestle in liquid nitrogen with subsequent crushing by a roller-ball crusher in urea solution, followe...

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