2023
Beluga whale and bottlenose dolphin ACE2 proteins allow cell entry mediated by spike protein from three variants of SARS-CoV-2
Stone H, Unal E, Romano T, Turner P. Beluga whale and bottlenose dolphin ACE2 proteins allow cell entry mediated by spike protein from three variants of SARS-CoV-2. Biology Letters 2023, 19: 20230321. PMID: 38053365, PMCID: PMC10698476, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiotensin-converting enzyme 2Beluga whalesCell entrySpike proteinSpillover of SARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 spike proteinWuhan-Hu-1Formation of social groupsSARS-CoV-2Susceptibility to virus infectionHost individualsAnimal hostsVariants of SARS-CoV-2Pandemic isolatesBottlenose dolphinsACE2 proteinCellular receptorsContact with humansBelugaPotential threatDolphinsProteinAnimal reservoirsEnzyme 2Mammal reservoirsVector-borne disease, climate change and perinatal health
Oberlin A, Wylie B. Vector-borne disease, climate change and perinatal health. Seminars In Perinatology 2023, 47: 151841. PMID: 37852894, DOI: 10.1016/j.semperi.2023.151841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC): Environmental-Vehicle-Human Interface
Correa-Martinez C, Leopold S, Köck R, Kossow A, Bauwens A, Mellmann A. Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC): Environmental-Vehicle-Human Interface. 2023, 355-372. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27164-9_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHemolytic uremic syndromeShiga toxin-producing E. coliEnterohemorrhagic E. coliContamination of meatContamination of plantsFarm environmentToxin-producing E. coliAnimal reservoirsNon-O157 strainsHost-related factorsSevere intestinal diseaseFood chainPathogenic subgroupSignificant clinical concernMajor reservoirBovine fecesTransmission routesUremic syndromeEHEC serotype O157Intestinal diseaseHerdsEnterohemorrhagic Escherichia coliImplementation of measuresOutbreak identificationClinical concern
2022
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC): Environmental-Vehicle-Human Interface
Correa-Martinez C, Leopold S, Köck R, Kossow A, Bauwens A, Mellmann A. Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC): Environmental-Vehicle-Human Interface. 2022, 1-19. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85877-3_9-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHemolytic uremic syndromeShiga toxin-producing E. coliEnterohemorrhagic E. coliContamination of meatContamination of plantsFarm environmentToxin-producing E. coliAnimal reservoirsNon-O157 strainsHost-related factorsSevere intestinal diseaseFood chainPathogenic subgroupSignificant clinical concernMajor reservoirBovine fecesTransmission routesUremic syndromeEHEC serotype O157Intestinal diseaseHerdsEnterohemorrhagic Escherichia coliImplementation of measuresOutbreak identificationClinical concern
2021
Leptospira interrogans biofilm formation in Rattus norvegicus (Norway rats) natural reservoirs
Santos A, dos Santos Ribeiro P, da França G, Souza F, Ramos E, Figueira C, Reis M, Costa F, Ristow P. Leptospira interrogans biofilm formation in Rattus norvegicus (Norway rats) natural reservoirs. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009736. PMID: 34495971, PMCID: PMC8451993, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal tubulesPathogenic LeptospiraPathogenesis of leptospirosisMain reservoir hostsNatural animal reservoirsBacterial carriageChronic colonizationLeptospiral colonizationRenal carriageAnimal reservoirsLeptospira interrogansLeptospirosisUrban slumsCausative agentLeptospiraTubulesPossible roleReservoir hostsCarriageNatural reservoirBiofilm formationOcclusion patternsBacterial survivalHost reservoirsR. norvegicus
2018
A Large Leptospirosis Outbreak following Successive Severe Floods in Fiji, 2012.
Togami E, Kama M, Goarant C, Craig SB, Lau C, Ritter JM, Imrie A, Ko A, Nilles EJ. A Large Leptospirosis Outbreak following Successive Severe Floods in Fiji, 2012. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2018, 99: 849-851. PMID: 30141390, PMCID: PMC6159581, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0335.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Phylogeny and phenotypes of clinical and environmental Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli O174
Zhang W, Nadirk J, Kossow A, Bielaszewska M, Leopold S, Witten A, Fruth A, Karch H, Ammon A, Mellmann A. Phylogeny and phenotypes of clinical and environmental Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli O174. Environmental Microbiology 2013, 16: 963-976. PMID: 24034719, DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial AdhesionCattleCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEscherichia coli ProteinsGenotypeHumansIntestinal MucosaMolecular Sequence DataMultilocus Sequence TypingPhenotypePhylogenyShiga ToxinShiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coliVero CellsConceptsDifferent clinical outcomesHaemolytic uremic syndromeMultilocus sequence typingClinical outcomesUremic syndromeStx genotypesH antigensShiga toxinO174Animal reservoirsSequence typingIntimin geneDifferent serotypesVirulence factorsAdherence capacitySerotypesNegative STECSTECSequence typesPhenotypic heterogeneityNon-motile isolatesToxinIsolate originVirulence lociDifferent genotypes
2004
An ecological approach to preventing human infection: Vaccinating wild mouse reservoirs intervenes in the Lyme disease cycle
Tsao J, Wootton J, Bunikis J, Luna M, Fish D, Barbour A. An ecological approach to preventing human infection: Vaccinating wild mouse reservoirs intervenes in the Lyme disease cycle. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 18159-18164. PMID: 15608069, PMCID: PMC536054, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405763102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, SurfaceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBorrelia burgdorferiCommunicable DiseasesDisease ReservoirsEcologyGenotypeGlutathione TransferaseHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesIxodesLipoproteinsLyme DiseaseMicePeromyscusPolymerase Chain ReactionRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTicksVaccinesConceptsWild white-footed miceTick infection prevalenceNegative control antigenReservoir host speciesVector-borne diseasesSympatric ticksField experimentDisease cycleB. burgdorferiDisease incidenceDisease agentsArthropod vectorsEcological approachAnimal reservoirsImmunization of humansMouse densityTicksHost speciesLyme disease agentInfection dynamicsHuman vaccinesPopulation structureWhite-footed miceOuter surface protein AHuman infections
2003
4 Epidemiology
Childs J. 4 Epidemiology. 2003, 113-162. DOI: 10.1016/b978-012379077-4/50006-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRabies virusAnimal reservoirsSubsequent human infectionSource of virusHuman rabiesInfectious disease epidemiologyHerd immunityEpidemiology of rabiesHuman infectionsVirus perpetuationInfectious diseasesEpidemiologySusceptible animalsVirus transmissionVirusViral progenyDisease epidemiologySusceptible hostsLyssavirus genusInfectionVirus maintenanceRabiesAnimalsHumansAnimal species
2000
Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis E Virus among Rodents in the United States
Favorov M, Kosoy M, Tsarev S, Childs J, Margolis H. Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis E Virus among Rodents in the United States. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2000, 181: 449-455. PMID: 10669325, DOI: 10.1086/315273.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Rabies— Epidemiology, Prevention, and Future Research
Krebs J, Wilson M, Childs J. Rabies— Epidemiology, Prevention, and Future Research. Journal Of Mammalogy 1995, 76: 681-694. DOI: 10.2307/1382740.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostexposure treatmentRabies vaccineRabid animalsRabies immune globulinCentral nervous systemElimination of exposureOral rabies vaccineEffects of infectionContracting rabiesPreexposure prophylaxisImmune globulinRabies exposureVaccination programGeneral populationNervous systemRabies preventionTreatment of woundsRabies epidemiologyGreater riskInfected humansRabies virusAnimal reservoirsDog rabiesRabiesProphylaxis
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