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First detection of microsporidia in raised pigeons in Poland.
Abstract Microsporidia are single-celled intracellular parasites which occur in a number of animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates. Several species of microsporidia can cause disease in humans in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. However, the sources of human infection and the routes of transmission of microsporidia have not yet been fully determined, although more and more researchers are of the opinion that microsporidia in humans is zoonotic. The aim of the presented study was to identify the most common microsporidial species in the droppings of raised and wild pigeons in Poland. A to...
Source: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine : AAEM - May 22, 2013 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Słodkowicz-Kowalska A, Graczyk TK, Nowosad A, Majewska AC Tags: Ann Agric Environ Med Source Type: research

Population genetic study of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in South Korea using newly developed 12 microsatellite markers.
Abstract The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is distributed from southeastern Siberia to northern Vietnam, including Korea and Japan, as well as Europe. In Korea, most of its predators and competitors are extinct, which has resulted in rapid growth of the raccoon dog population. This population increase has raised concerns about its role in the ecosystem and the zoonotic transfer of various contagious diseases, and thus an effective method of raccoon dog population control in Korea is required. To investigate the genetic diversity and structure of raccoon dog populations, 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci w...
Source: Genes and Genetic Systems - May 22, 2013 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Hong Y, Kim KS, Lee H, Min MS Tags: Genes Genet Syst Source Type: research

Salmonella serotypes in wild boars (Sus scrofa) hunted in northern Italy
Conclusions: Considering the widespread occurrence of wild boars in Europe, the epidemiological role of this species in relation to salmonellosis might be relevant and should be further investigated. Wild boars may act as healthy carriers of a wide range of Salmonella serotypes. (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - May 21, 2013 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Mario ChiariMariagrazia ZanoniSilvia TagliabueAntonio LavazzaLoris Alborali Source Type: research

Use of black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) in biological control of intermediate host snails of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in nursery ponds in the Red River Delta, Vietnam
Fish raised in aquaculture ponds are often infected with fish-borne zoonotic trematodes and we tried to use black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) for biological control of the intermediate host snails in nursery ponds in Northern Vietnam. The black carp consumes large amounts of freshwater snails and does reduce snail density in these ponds. Image: Pharyngeal teeth of black carp. (Source: Parasites and Vectors)
Source: Parasites and Vectors - May 16, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Nguyen HungNguyen DucJay StaufferHenry Madsen Source Type: research

Role of Traditional Antimalarial Plants in the Battle Against the Global Malaria Burden
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Camel Milk-Associated Infection Risk Perception and Knowledge in French Hajj Pilgrims
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Co-Infection with Arsenophonus nasoniae and Orientia tsutsugamushi in a Traveler
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Mosquito Protein Kinase G Phosphorylates Flavivirus NS5 and Alters Flight Behavior in Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Trans-Sialidase Inhibition Assay Detects Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Different Wild Mammal Species
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Serological Evidence for Exposure of Dogs to Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia typhi, and Orientia tsutsugamushi in Sri Lanka
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Recent Circulation of West Nile Virus and Potentially Other Closely Related Flaviviruses in Southern France
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Possible links between stress defense and the tricarboxylic acid cycle in Francisella pathogenesis.
Abstract Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious bacterium causing the zoonotic disease tularaemia. In vivo, this facultative intracellular bacterium survives and replicates mainly in the cytoplasm of infected cells. We have recently identified a genetic locus, designated moxR that is important for stress resistance and intra-macrophage survival of F. tularensis. In the present work, we used tandem affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry to identify in vivo interacting partners of three proteins encoded by this locus: the MoxR-like ATPase (FTL_0200), and two proteins containing motifs predicted to ...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics : MCP - May 13, 2013 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Dieppedale J, Gesbert G, Ramond E, Chhuon C, Dubail I, Dupuis M, Guerrera IC, Charbit A Tags: Mol Cell Proteomics Source Type: research

Pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 10, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Leptospirosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infection Among Febrile Inpatients in Northern Tanzania
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 10, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Rickettsia felis in Rhipicephalus sanguineus from Two Distant Chilean Cities
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Prevalence and Genotype Distribution of Chlamydia psittaci in Feral Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in Belgium
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - May 8, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Socioeconomic, industrial and cultural parameters of pig‐borne infections
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Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - May 7, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Georgios Pappas Tags: Invited Review Source Type: research

New Route for Fast Detection of Antibodies against Zoonotic Pathogens in Sera of Slaughtered Pigs by Means of Flow-through Chemiluminescence Immunochips
Analytical ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/ac400781t (Source: Analytical Chemistry)
Source: Analytical Chemistry - May 6, 2013 Category: Chemistry Authors: Klaus Wutz, Verena Katharina Meyer, Silke Wacheck, Piotr Krol, Manfred Gareis, Christina Nölting, Friedhelm Struck, Erwin Soutschek, Oliver Böcher, Reinhard Niessner and Michael Seidel Source Type: research

Inference of R0 and Transmission Heterogeneity from the Size Distribution of Stuttering Chains
by Seth Blumberg, James O. Lloyd-Smith For many infectious disease processes such as emerging zoonoses and vaccine-preventable diseases, and infections occur as self-limited stuttering transmission chains. A mechanistic understanding of transmission is essential for characterizing the risk of emerging diseases and monitoring spatio-temporal dynamics. Thus methods for inferring and the degree of heterogeneity in transmission from stuttering chain data have important applications in disease surveillance and management. Previous researchers have used chain size distributions to infer , but estimation of the degree of individ...
Source: PLoS Computational Biology - May 2, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Seth Blumberg et al. Source Type: research

Emerging and Reemerging Diseases of Avian Wildlife
Of the many important avian wildlife diseases, aspergillosis, West Nile virus, avipoxvirus, Wellfleet Bay virus, avian influenza, and inclusion body disease of cranes are covered in this article. Wellfleet Bay virus, first identified in 2010, is considered an emerging disease. Avian influenza and West Nile virus have recently been in the public eye because of their zoonotic potential and links to wildlife. Several diseases labeled as reemerging are included because of recent outbreaks or, more importantly, recent research in areas such as genomics, which shed light on the mechanisms whereby these adaptable, persistent path...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - May 1, 2013 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Susan J. Pello, Glenn H. Olsen Source Type: research

Serological cross‐reactivity between human polyomaviruses
SUMMARY Until 2006, BKPyV and JCPyV were the only known human polyomaviruses. A third polyomavirus, simian virus 40 whose natural host is the macaque was accidently introduced into man because of contaminated poliovirus vaccines, although there is epidemiological evidence that SV40 may be transmitted between man independently from contaminated vaccines. Since 2007, 10 new human polyomaviruses have been identified: KIPyV, WUPyV, Merkel cell polyomavirus, trichodysplasia spinulosa‐associated polyomavirus, and human polyomaviruses 6, 7, 9, 10, STL, and 12. Moreover, the DNA of the monkey lymphotropic polyomavirus has been a...
Source: Reviews in Medical Virology - May 1, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Ugo Moens, Marijke Van Ghelue, Xiaobo Song, Bernhard Ehlers Tags: Review Source Type: research

The Novel H7N9 Influenza A Virus: Its Present Impact and Indeterminate Future
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 30, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Shiga toxins decrease enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli survival within Acanthamoeba castellanii
This study investigates the survival of EHEC with A. castellanii, which could contribute to its spread and transmission to humans. We used a gentamicin protection assay as well as fluorescence and electron microscopy to monitor the intra‐amoebae survival of EHEC O157:H7 over 24 h. The results showed that EHEC were able to survive within A. castellanii and that this survival was reduced by Shiga toxins (Stx) produced by EHEC. A toxic effect mediated by Stx was demonstrated by amoebae mortality and LDH release during co‐culture of EHEC and amoeba. This work describes the ability of EHEC to survive within A. castellan...
Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - April 29, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Samuel M. Chekabab, France Daigle, Steve J. Charette, Charles M. Dozois, Josée Harel Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research

Examining the Differences in Format and Characteristics of Zoonotic Virus Surveillance Data on State Agency Websites
Conclusions: This study focused on the format and characteristics of statistics of zoonotic viruses on websites of state public health, wildlife, and agriculture agencies in the context of population health surveillance. Data on zoonotic viruses varied across agencies presenting challenges for researchers needing to integrate animal and human data from different websites. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - April 29, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Matthew ScotchBrittany BaarsonRachel BeardRobert LauderAarthi VarmanRolf U. Halden Source Type: research

Detection of Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Waterbirds in the Rift Valley of Kenya Using Fecal Sampling
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 26, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Occurrence of mycobacteria in bovine milk samples from both individual and collective bulk tanks at farms and informal markets in the southeast region of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Conclusion: The microbiological cultures associated with PCR-based identification tests are possible tools for the investigation of the presence of Mycobacterium spp. in milk samples. Using these methods, we found that the Brazilian population may be regularly exposed to mycobacteria by consuming raw bovine milk and related dairy products. These evidences reinforces the need to optimize quality programs of dairy products, to intensify the sanitary inspection of these products and the necessity of further studies on the presence of Mycobacterium spp. in milk and milk-based products. (Source: BMC Veterinary Research - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Veterinary Research - Latest articles - April 24, 2013 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Marília FrancoAntonio PaesMárcio RibeiroJosé de Figueiredo PantojaAdolfo SantosMarcelo MiyataClarice LeiteRodrigo MottaFernando Listoni Source Type: research

Absence of ape Plasmodium zoonoses in Cameroon [Microbiology]
Wild-living chimpanzees and gorillas harbor a multitude of Plasmodium species, including six of the subgenus Laverania, one of which served as the progenitor of Plasmodium falciparum. Despite the magnitude of this reservoir, it is unknown whether apes represent a source of human infections. Here, we used Plasmodium species-specific PCR, single-genome... (Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - April 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Sundararaman, S. A., Liu, W., Keele, B. F., Learn, G. H., Bittinger, K., Mouacha, F., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Manske, M., Sherrill-Mix, S., Li, Y., Malenke, J. A., Delaporte, E., Laurent, C., Mpoudi Ngole, E., Kwiatkowski, D. P., Shaw, G. M., Rayner, J. C., Pe Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research

Microsporum canis infection mimics pemphigus erythematosus
We report a 55-year-old Japanese woman with a two-month history of multiple pruritic erythema and erosion on her face and neck. Based on the clinical appearance, we initially diagnosed her as having pemphigus erythematosus. However, the results of a histopathological examination and a direct immunofluorescence study did not support the initial diagnosis. Additionally, anti-desmoglein 1 and 3 antibodies were all negative. Subsequently, a microscopic examination of scales revealed filaments of fungi and a fungal culture was negative for macroconidium. Using molecular biology techniques, we identified the fungus as Microsporu...
Source: Indian Journal of Dermatology - April 20, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Hiroo AmanoChikako KishiYoko YokoyamaAkira ShimizuKazushi AnzawaTakashi MochizukiOsamu Ishikawa Source Type: research

[Perspective] Evolution: Great Apes and Zoonoses
Comparing the origins of AIDS and malaria may provide insight for gauging the prospect of future pathogen transmissions from apes to humans.Authors: Paul M. Sharp, Julian C. Rayner, Beatrice H. Hahn (Source: Science: Current Issue)
Source: Science: Current Issue - April 19, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Paul M. Sharp Source Type: research

Lassa fever presenting as acute abdomen: a case series
We report 7 patients aged between 17 months and 40 years who had operative intervention for suspected appendicitis, perforated typhoid ileitis, intussuception and ruptured ectopic pregnancy after routine investigations. All seven were post-operatively confirmed as Lassa fever cases. Four patients died postoperatively, most before commencement of ribavirin, while the other three patients eventually recovered with appropriate antibiotic treatment including intravenous ribavirin.Surgeons working in West Africa should include Lassa fever in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen, especially appendicitis. The presence of h...
Source: Virology Journal - April 19, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Andrew DongoEmeka KesiemeChristopher IyamuPeter OkokhereOdigie AkhuemokhanGeorge Akpede Source Type: research

Ecological Surveillance for West Nile in Catalonia (Spain), Learning from a Five‐Year Period of Follow‐up
Summary To enhance early detection of West Nile virus (WNV) transmission, an integrated ecological surveillance system was implemented in Catalonia (north‐eastern Spain) from 2007 to 2011. This system incorporated passive and active equine surveillance, periodical testing of chicken sentinels in wetland areas, serosurveillance wild birds and testing of adult mosquitoes. Samples from 298 equines, 100 sentinel chickens, 1086 wild birds and 39 599 mosquitoes were analysed. During these 5 years, no acute WNV infection was detected in humans or domestic animal populations in Catalonia. WNV was not detected in mosquitoes eit...
Source: Zoonoses and Public Health - April 18, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: A. Alba, A. Allepuz, S. Napp, M. Soler, I. Selga, C. Aranda, J. Casal, N. Pages, E. B. Hayes, N. Busquets Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Comprehensive Assignment of Roles for Salmonella Typhimurium Genes in Intestinal Colonization of Food-Producing Animals
by Roy R. Chaudhuri, Eirwen Morgan, Sarah E. Peters, Stephen J. Pleasance, Debra L. Hudson, Holly M. Davies, Jinhong Wang, Pauline M. van Diemen, Anthony M. Buckley, Alison J. Bowen, Gillian D. Pullinger, Daniel J. Turner, Gemma C. Langridge, A. Keith Turner, Julian Parkhill, Ian G. Charles, Duncan J. Maskell, Mark P. Stevens Chickens, pigs, and cattle are key reservoirs of Salmonella enterica, a foodborne pathogen of worldwide importance. Though a decade has elapsed since publication of the first Salmonella genome, thousands of genes remain of hypothetical or unknown function, and the basis of colonization of reservoir h...
Source: PLoS Genetics - April 18, 2013 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Roy R. Chaudhuri et al. Source Type: research

Environmental, Climatic, and Residential Neighborhood Determinants of Feline Tularemia
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Hepatitis E virus in the Western world—a pork‐related zoonosis
Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a common cause of waterborne epidemics of acute hepatitis worldwide, but its natural history, ecology, clinical significance and presentation are entirely different in the developed world, where, apart from the typical travel‐associated imported cases, the majority of the observed cases involve older adults with comorbidities or forms of immune compromise who acquire HEV genotype 3, mostly through direct or indirect (consumption of meat products) contact with pigs. Thus, HEV is zoonotic in the developed world, a fact that has been recently recognized, and is of major importance in me...
Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - April 17, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: L. Christou, M. Kosmidou Tags: Review Source Type: research

Diversity of the 47-kD HtrA Nucleic Acid and Translated Amino Acid Sequences from 17 Recent Human Isolates of Orientia
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Anthropogenic Roost Switching and Rabies Virus Dynamics in House-Roosting Big Brown Bats
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

First Report for the Seasonal and Annual Prevalence of Flea-Borne Bartonella from Rodents and Soricomorphs in the Republic of Korea
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Co-Infection with ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' and Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Southern Sweden
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks Feeding on Migratory Passerines in Western Part of Estonia
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Genetic and Biological Characterization of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Isolated from Wild Rodents in Southern Hokkaido, Japan in 2008
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Effects of Low-Temperature Flea Maintenance on the Transmission of Yersinia Pestis by Oropsylla montana
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Rats, Cities, People, and Pathogens: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Literature Regarding the Ecology of Rat-Associated Zoonoses in Urban Centers
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Estimating West Nile Virus Transmission Period in Pennsylvania Using an Optimized Degree-Day Model
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Genetic Diversity of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Isolates Obtained from the Indonesian Archipelago Between 1974 and 1987
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Congenital Brucellosis in an Infant
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research

Shiga‐toxins decrease enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli survival within Acanthamoeba castellanii
This study investigates the survival of EHEC with A. castellanii, which could contribute to its spread and transmission to humans. We used a gentamicin protection assay as well as fluorescence and electron microscopy to monitor the intra‐amoebae survival of EHEC O157:H7 over 24 hours. The results showed that EHEC were able to survive within A. castellanii and that this survival was reduced by Shiga‐toxins (Stx) produced by EHEC. A toxic effect mediated by Stx was demonstrated by amoebae mortality and LDH release during co‐culture of EHEC and amoeba. This work describes the ability of EHEC to survive within A. castell...
Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - April 15, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Samuel Mohammed Chekabab, France Daigle, Steve J. Charette, Charles M. Dozois, Josée Harel Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research

pCo-infection with Anaplasma platys, Bartonella henselae and Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum in a veterinarian
Veterinarians should attempt to limit occupational, zoonotic risks during daily activities. Physicians, caring for animal health professionals, should consider the possibility of persistent vector-borne zoonoses in their differential diagnoses. Image: Field necropsy of a horse. (Source: Parasites and Vectors)
Source: Parasites and Vectors - April 15, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ricardo MaggiPatricia MascarelliLauren HavengaVinny NaidooEdward Breitschwerdt Source Type: research

Review of Influenza A Virus in Swine Worldwide: A Call for Increased Surveillance and Research
Summary Pigs and humans have shared influenza A viruses (IAV) since at least 1918, and many interspecies transmission events have been documented since that time. However, despite this interplay, relatively little is known regarding IAV circulating in swine around the world compared with the avian and human knowledge base. This gap in knowledge impedes our understanding of how viruses adapted to swine or man impacts the ecology and evolution of IAV as a whole and the true impact of swine IAV on human health. The pandemic H1N1 that emerged in 2009 underscored the need for greater surveillance and sharing of data on IAV in s...
Source: Zoonoses and Public Health - April 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: A. Vincent, L. Awada, I. Brown, H. Chen, F. Claes, G. Dauphin, R. Donis, M. Culhane, K. Hamilton, N. Lewis, E. Mumford, T. Nguyen, S. Parchariyanon, J. Pasick, G. Pavade, A. Pereda, M. Peiris, T. Saito, S. Swenson, K. Reeth, R. Webby, F. Wong, J. Ciacci� Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Hepatitis E virus infection in Latin America: A review
Abstract Data reported during recent years reveal the complex picture of the epidemiology of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in Latin America. Whereas in countries like Argentina and Brazil is almost identical to the characteristic of most countries from North America and Europe, HEV in the Caribbean and Mexico involves the water‐borne, non‐zoonotic viral genotypes responsible for epidemics in Asia and Africa. Nevertheless, Latin America has been considered a highly endemic region for hepatitis E in the scientific literature, a generalization that ignores the above complexity. In addition, reports from isolated Ameri...
Source: Journal of Medical Virology - April 12, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: J.M. Echevarría, J.E. González, L.L. Lewis‐Ximenez, D.R. Lopes dos Santos, M.S. Munné, M.A. Pinto, F.H. Pujol, L.A. Rodríguez‐Lay Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

L1R, A27L, A33R and B5R vaccinia virus genes expressed by fowlpox recombinants as putative novel orthopoxvirus vaccines
Background: The traditional smallpox vaccine, administered by scarification, was discontinued in the general population from 1980, because of the absence of new smallpox cases. However, the development of an effective prophylactic vaccine against smallpox is still necessary, to protect from the threat of deliberate release of the variola virus for bioterrorism and from new zoonotic infections, and to improve the safety of the traditional vaccine. Preventive vaccination still remains the most effective control and new vectors have been developed to generate recombinant vaccines against smallpox that induce the same immunoge...
Source: Journal of Translational Medicine - April 11, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Sole PacchioniMassimiliano BissaCarlo ZanottoCarlo MorghenElena IllianoAntonia Radaelli Source Type: research