Genotyping and drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains observed in a tuberculosis high-burden municipality in Northeast, Brazil by Roberta dos Santos Silva Luiz, Phillip Suffys, Elizabeth Clara Barroso, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Cynthia Romariz Duarte, Max Victor Carioca Freitas, Rosa Maria Salani Mota, Cristiane Cunha Frota

“…DISCUSSION: it was observed that the spoligopatterns family distribution was similar to that reported for south america, prevailing the lam and h lineages. a high rate-case among the resistant TB group occurs as a result of transmitted and acquired resistance. …”
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Development, Characterisation and Application of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Detection and Quantification of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus in Plasma Samples Using Luminex Bead... by R Hoare, K D Thompson, T Herath, B Collet, J E Bron, A Adams

“…Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) is an orthomyxovirus that has had a significant economic impact on Atlantic salmon farming in Europe, North America and Chile. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were developed against Segment 3 (encoding the viral nucleoprotein, NP) of the virus. …”
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Molecular diagnosis of avian viruses in grassland passerines and captive yellow cardinals Gubernatrix cristata in Brazil by Bianca R. Silva, Thais H. Gamon, Angélica C.A. Campos, Luciano M. Thomazelli, Patricia P. Serafini, Eduardo Chiarani, Thaiane W. Silva, Rosangela Locatelli-Dittrich

“…Information on grassland birds of South America, which is essential for their conservation, is scarce. …”
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Vector competence of Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes for Mayaro virus. by Thiago Nunes Pereira, Fabiano Duarte Carvalho, Silvana Faria De Mendonça, Marcele Neves Rocha, Luciano Andrade Moreira

“…Notably, we found that very low quantities of virus present in the saliva (undetectable by RT-qPCR) were sufficiently virulent to guarantee transmission. …”
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Primary HIV-1 and Infectious Molecular Clones Are Differentially Susceptible to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies by Jiae Kim, Venigalla B. Rao, Mangala Rao

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Phylogeny and Genetic Divergence among Sorghum Mosaic Virus Isolates Infecting Sugarcane by Hui-Mei Xu, Er-Qi He, Zu-Li Yang, Zheng-Wang Bi, Wen-Qing Bao, Sheng-Ren Sun, Jia-Ju Lu, San-Ji Gao

“…In this study, a total of 901 sugarcane leaf samples with mosaic symptom were collected from eight provinces in China and were detected via RT-PCR using a primer pair specific to the SrMV coat protein (<i>CP</i>). …”
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Evolutionary Analysis of a Parrot Bornavirus 2 Detected in a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (<i>Cacatua galerita</i>) Suggests a South American Ancestor by Ruy D. Chacón, Christian J. Sánchez-Llatas, Andrea J. Diaz Forero, Marta B. Guimarães, Sarah L. Pajuelo, Claudete S. Astolfi-Ferreira, Antonio J. Piantino Ferreira

“…Its diversity in South America is poorly known. We examined a <i>Cacatua galerita</i> presenting neuropathies, PDD, and oculopathies as the main signs. …”
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Molecular Characterisation of Chikungunya Virus Infections in Trinidad and Comparison of Clinical and Laboratory Features with Dengue and Other Acute Febrile Cases. by Nikita Sahadeo, Hamish Mohammed, Orchid M Allicock, Albert J Auguste, Steven G Widen, Kimberly Badal, Krishna Pulchan, Jerome E Foster, Scott C Weaver, Christine V F Carrington

“…Phylogenetic analyses showed that the CHIKV strains belonged to the Asian genotype and were most closely related to a British Virgin Islands strain isolated at the beginning of the 2013/14 outbreak in the Americas. Compared to persons who were RT-qPCR-negative for CHIKV, RT-qPCR-positive individuals were significantly more likely to have joint pain (aOR: 4.52 [95% CI: 1.28-16.00]), less likely to be interviewed at a later stage of illness (days post onset of fever--aOR: 0.56 [0.40-0.78]) and had a lower white blood cell count (aOR: 0.83 [0.71-0.96]). …”
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Comparative Whole Genome Sequence Analysis and Biological Features of Clostridioides difficile Sequence Type 2‡ by Xingxing Xu, Xingxing Xu, Qiao Bian, Yun Luo, Xiaojun Song, Shan Lin, Huan Chen, Huan Chen, Qian Liang, Qian Liang, Meixia Wang, Meixia Wang, Guangyong Ye, Bo Zhu, Liang Chen, Liang Chen, Yi-Wei Tang, Xianjun Wang, Dazhi Jin, Dazhi Jin

“…Among the 25 SL2b sequenced isolates, RT014 (40.0%, n = 10) and RT020 (28.0%, n = 7) were two main genotypes with no significant difference on antibiotic resistance (χ2 = 0.024–2.667, P &gt; 0.05). …”
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How much inundation occurs in the Amazon River basin? by Fleischmann, Ayan Santos, Papa, Fabrice, Fassoni-Andrade, Alice, Melack, John M., Wongchuig, Sly, Paiva, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias, Hamilton, Stephen K., Fluet-Chouinard, Etienne, Barbedo, Rafael, Aires, Filipe, Al Bitar, Ahmad, Bonnet, Marie-Paule, Coe, Michael, Ferreira-Ferreira, Jefferson, Hess, Laura, Jensen, Katherine, McDonald, Kyle, Ovando, Alex, Park, Edward, Parrens, Marie, Pinel, Sebastien, Prigent, Catherine, Resende, Angelica F., Revel, Menaka, Rosenqvist, Ake, Rosenqvist, Jessica, Rudorff, Conrado, Silva, Thiago S. F., Yamazaki, Dai, Collischonn, Walter

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High-throughput characterization and phenotyping of resistance and tolerance to virus infection in sweetpotato by Jan F. Kreuze, David A. Ramírez, Segundo Fuentes, Hildo Loayza, Johan Ninanya, Javier Rinza, Maria David, Soledad Gamboa, Bert De Boeck, Federico Diaz, Ana Pérez, Luis Silva, Hugo Campos

“…Total yield reduction compared to control and the arithmetic sum of (RT-)qPCR relative expression ratios were used to classify genotypes into four categories: resistant, tolerant, susceptible, and sensitives. …”
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Recent Advances in Tissue plasminogen activator-based nanothrombolysis for ischemic stroke by Huang Dongdong, Wu Ke, Zhang Ying, Ni Zhihui, Zhu Xiaohong, Zhu Can, Yang Jianjing, ZhuGe Qichuan, Hu Jiangnan

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Genomic testing in international guidelines by Peter Kern, Mahdi Rezai, Christian Singer, Rainer Kimmig

“…Data cut-off was 1st October, 2013. It seems that North America and some European countries have initiated a shift towards a personalised medicine with multigene arrays based on RT-PCR or microarrays.…”
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Maternal and perinatal outcomes in women with advanced maternal age affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection (Phase-2): The WAPM (World Association of Perinatal Medicine) Working Group on... by D'Antonio, Francesco, Şen, Cihat, Di Mascio, Daniel, Galindo, Alberto, Villalain, Cecilia, Herraiz, Ignacio

“…Methods Multinational cohort study included women with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection from 76 centers in 27 different countries in Europe, United States, South America, Asia and Australia from 04 April 2020 till 28 October 2020. …”
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Molecular evolution of Azagny virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the West African pygmy shrew (<it>Crocidura obscurior</it>) in Côte d'Ivoire by Kang Hae Ji, Kadjo Blaise, Dubey Sylvain, Jacquet François, Yanagihara Richard

“…The existence of myriad soricid-borne hantaviruses in Eurasia and North America would predict the presence of additional hantaviruses in sub-Saharan Africa, where multiple shrew lineages have evolved and diversified.…”
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Deep sequencing of small RNAs reveals the repertoire of miRNAs and piRNAs in Biomphalaria glabrata by Fábio Ribeiro Queiroz, Laysa Gomes Portilho, Wander de Jesus Jeremias, Élio Hideo Babá, Laurence Rodrigues do Amaral, Luciana Maria Silva, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Matheus de Souza Gomes

“…BACKGROUND Biomphalaria glabrata snails are widely distributed in schistosomiasis endemic areas like America and Caribe, displaying high susceptibility to infection by Schistosoma mansoni. …”
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Imagens e método documentário de interpretação na investigação qualitativa em educação by Fabiana Lopes de Souza, Maria Cecilia Lorea Leite

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The Effect of Retinoic Acid on Arsenite-Transformed Malignant UROtsa Bladder Cancer Cells: In Vitro Model of Basal Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer by Sarmad Al-Marsoummi, Aaron A. Mehus, Scott H. Garrett, Donald A. Sens, Seema Somji

“…Bladder cancer (BC) is the eighth most common cause of cancer death in the United States of America. BC is classified into non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). …”
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Evidence of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) shedding in semen from infected specific pathogen-free boars by Sarah Gallien, Angélique Moro, Gérald Lediguerher, Virginie Catinot, Frédéric Paboeuf, Lionel Bigault, Mustapha Berri, Phillip C. Gauger, Nathalie Pozzi, Edith Authié, Nicolas Rose, Béatrice Grasland

“…The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) spread quickly throughout North America. Infection with PEDV causes watery diarrhea and up to 100% mortality in piglets, particularly for highly pathogenic non-InDel strains circulating in the US. …”
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Enterovirus D68 Subclade B3 Strain Circulating and Causing an Outbreak in the United States in 2016 by Guiqing Wang, Jian Zhuge, Weihua Huang, Sheila M. Nolan, Victoria L. Gilrane, Changhong Yin, Nevenka Dimitrova, John T. Fallon

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