Complex History of Codiversification and Host Switching of a Newfound Soricid-Borne Orthohantavirus in North America by Schuyler W. Liphardt, Hae Ji Kang, Laurie J. Dizney, Luis A. Ruedas, Joseph A. Cook, Richard Yanagihara

“…Jemez Springs virus (JMSV), an orthohantavirus harbored by the dusky shrew (<i>Sorex monticola</i>) and five close relatives distributed widely in western North America, was used to test this hypothesis. Total RNAs, extracted from liver or lung tissue from 164 shrews collected from western North America during 1983&#8722;2007, were analyzed for orthohantavirus RNA by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). …”
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Development of a fast and sensitive RT-qPCR assay based on SYBR® green for diagnostic and quantification of Avian Nephritis Virus (ANV) in chickens affected with enteric disease by Anthony Loor-Giler, Sara Castillo-Reyes, Silvana Santander-Parra, Manuel Caza, Nikolaos C. Kyriakidis, Antonio J. Piantino Ferreira, Luis Nuñez

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Modelling the potential geographic distribution of triatomines infected by Triatoma virus in the southern cone of South America by Soledad Ceccarelli, Agustín Balsalobre, María Laura Susevich, María Gabriela Echeverria, David Eladio Gorla, Gerardo Aníbal Marti

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Analytical and clinical evaluation of a heat shock SARS-CoV-2 detection method without RNA extraction for N and E genes RT-qPCR by Alfredo Bruno, Domenica de Mora, Byron Freire-Paspuel, Angel S. Rodriguez, Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa, Maritza Olmedo, Martha Sanchez, Jennifer Romero, Michelle Paez, Manuel Gonzalez, Alberto Orlando, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain

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Risk of adverse outcomes in offspring with RT-PCR confirmed prenatal Zika virus exposure: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 13 cohorts in the Zika Brazilian Cohorts C... by Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Marília Rosa Abtibol-Bernardino, Marisa M. Mussi-Pinhata, Geraldo Duarte, Conrado Milani Coutinho, Silvia Fabiana Biason de Moura Negrini, Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim, Lucíola de Fátima Albuquerque de Almeida Peixoto, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Andrea Zin, José Paulo Pereira Júnior, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Liana O. Ventura, Consuelo Silva de Oliveira, Haroldo de Matos, Emilene Monteiro Furtado Serra, Luna Thais Souza Gomes, Maurício L. Nogueira, Cassia Estofolete, Denise Cristina Vaz-Oliani, Saulo Duarte Passos, Antonio Moron, Maria Manoela Duarte Rodrigues, Stéphanno Gomes Pereira Sarmento, Marília Dalva Turchi, Luiza Emylce Pela Rosado, Ana Laura de Sene Amâncio Zara, Maria Bárbara Franco Gomes, Lavínia Schuler-Faccini, Juliana Herrero-Silva, Melania M. Amorim, Adriana Oliveira Melo, Antônio José Ledo Alves da Cunha, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Joffre Amim, Jr., Jorge Rezende-Filho, Juan Ignacio Calcagno, Luiz Carlos Júnior Alcântara, Breno Lima de Almeida, Cristina Barroso Hofer, Elizabeth S. Machado, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espinosa, Patrícia Brasil, Mariana de Carvalho Leal, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Jociele Malacarne, Luana Damasceno, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Cleiton Silva Santos, Alan Oliveira Duarte, Pedro Fernando Vasconcelos, Mariana Borges Machado, Ana paula Antunes Pascalicchio Bertozzi, Thamirys Cosmo Gillo Fajardo, Adriana Aparecida Tiraboschi Bárbaro, Ligia Conceição Marçal Assef, Clarice Pimentel, Thalita Abreu, Jousilene de Sales Tavares, Fabiana de Oliveira Melo, Talita de Toledo Lima, Maria das Graças Nunes Brasil, Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel, Giovanny Vinícius de Araújo França, Camila Helena Aguiar Bôtto-Menezes, Silvana Gomes Benzecry, Jaqueline Rodrigues Robaina, Mariana Barros Genuíno de Oliveira

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Evolution of Diagnostic Tests for Chronic Wasting Disease, a Naturally Occurring Prion Disease of Cervids by Nicholas J. Haley, Jürgen A. Richt

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RSNA and BSTI grading systems of COVID-19 pneumonia: comparison of the diagnostic performance and interobserver agreement by Seyhmus Kavak, Recai Duymus

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to compare the performance and interobservers agreement of cases with findings on chest CT based on the British Society of Thoracic Imaging (BSTI) guideline statement of COVID-19 and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) expert consensus statement. Methods In this study, 903 patients who had admitted to the emergency department with a pre-diagnosis of COVID-19 between 1 and 18 July 2020 and had chest CT. …”
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That Student-Initiated Course in Socialism: Reflections on “Towards a Socialist America” Forty-Six Years Later by Eric Arnesen

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P- 105 DETECTION OF HEPATITIS D VIRUS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B FROM SOUTH AMERICA. by María Belén Pisano, Viviana E. Ré, Enrique Carrera, Domingo Balderramo, Jhon Prieto, Javier Díaz-Ferrer, Marco Arrese, Angelo Z. Mattos, José D. Debes, Andre Boonstra

“…Very few studies have been carried out in South America. This study aimed to study the circulation of HDV in subjects with chronic HBV from South America. …”
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Resistance Against Cassava Brown Streak Viruses From Africa in Cassava Germplasm From South America by Samar Sheat, Bettina Fuerholzner, Beate Stein, Stephan Winter

“…Fifteen cassava accessions did not become virus infected, remained free of symptoms, and CBSV was undetected by qRT-PCR. When tuberous roots of those lines were examined, necrotic tissue was found in eight lines and CBSV was detected. …”
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Sustained COVID-19 community transmission and potential super spreading events at neglected afro-ecuadorian communities assessed by massive RT-qPCR and serological testing of commu... by Alexander Paolo Vallejo-Janeta, Diana Morales-Jadan, Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa, Barbara Coronel, Heberson Galvis, Hugo Renato Bone-Guano, Belen Amador Rodriguez, Guadalupe Gomez Abeledo, Byron Freire-Paspuel, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Ismar Rivera-Olivero, Aquiles Rodrigo Henriquez-Trujillo, Tannya Lozada, Miguel Angel Garcia Bereguiain, the UDLA COVID-19 Team, Tatiana Jaramillo, Daniela Santander Gordon, Gabriel Alfredo Iturralde, Julio Alejandro Teran, Karen Marcela Vasquez, Jonathan Dario Rondal, Genoveva Granda, Ana Cecilia Santamaria, Cynthia Lorena Pino, Oscar Lenin Espinosa, Angie Buitron, David Sanchez Grisales, Karina Beatriz Jimenez, Vanessa Bastidas, Dayana Marcela Aguilar, Ines Maria Paredes, Christian David Bilvao, Sebastian Rodriguez Pazmiño, Juan Carlos Laglaguano, Henry Herrera, Pablo Marcelo Espinosa, Edison Andres Galarraga, Marlon Steven Zambrano-Mila, Ana Maria Tito, Nelson David Zapata

“…BackgroundNeglected ethnic minorities from underserved rural populations in Latin America are highly vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to poor health infrastructure and limited access to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnosis. …”
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Analytical sensitivity and clinical performance of a triplex RT-qPCR assay using CDC N1, N2, and RP targets for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis by Byron Freire-Paspuel, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain

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Novel rapid identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by real-time RT-PCR using BD Max Open System in Taiwan by Cherng-Lih Perng, Ming-Jr Jian, Chih-Kai Chang, Jung-Chung Lin, Kuo-Ming Yeh, Chien-Wen Chen, Sheng-Kang Chiu, Hsing-Yi Chung, Yi-Hui Wang, Shu-Jung Liao, Shih-Yi Li, Shan-Shan Hsieh, Shih-Hung Tsai, Feng-Yee Chang, Hung-Sheng Shang

“…In this study, we developed and validated a rapid total nucleic acid extraction method based on real‐time RT-PCR for reliable, high‐throughput identification of SARS-CoV-2 using the BD MAX platform. …”
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Cytogenetically cryptic PML::RARA fusion in acute promyelocytic leukemia: Testing strategies in the modern era by Kirill Karlin, Christine Bryke, Ajoy Dias, Phillip Michaels

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Evaluation of a Porcine deltacoronavirus eradication program in a full-cycle pig farm in Peru by Jhonas Vicente-Huaman, Oscar E. Gómez-Quispe

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Age-related differences in the neural correlates of trial-to-trial variations of reaction time by Nancy E. Adleman, Gang Chen, Richard C. Reynolds, Anna Frackman, Varun Razdan, Daniel H. Weissman, Daniel S. Pine, Ellen Leibenluft

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Association of pre-treatment lymphocyte-monocyte ratio with survival outcome in patients with head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiation by Brian Yu, Sung Jun Ma, Michael Khan, Jasmin Gill, Austin Iovoli, Fatemeh Fekrmandi, Mark K. Farrugia, Kimberly Wooten, Vishal Gupta, Ryan McSpadden, Moni A. Kuriakose, Michael R. Markiewicz, Ayham Al-Afif, Wesley L. Hicks, Mukund Seshadri, Andrew D. Ray, Elizabeth A. Repasky, Anurag K. Singh

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Diagnosis and Prevalence of Chagas Disease in an Indigenous Population of Colombia by Simone Kann, Juan Carlos Dib, Andrés Aristizabal, Gustavo Concha Mendoza, Hugo Dario Soto Lacouture, Maria Hartmann, Hagen Frickmann, Lothar Kreienbrock

“…Chagas disease (CD) is one of the leading neglected tropical diseases. In the Americas, CD is endemic in about 21 countries, but only less than 1% of the patients have access to medical treatment. …”
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Smartphone screen testing, a novel pre-diagnostic method to identify SARS-CoV-2 infectious individuals by Rodrigo M Young, Camila J Solis, Andres Barriga-Fehrman, Carlos Abogabir, Alvaro R Thadani, Mariana Labarca, Eva Bustamante, Cecilia V Tapia, Antonia G Sarda, Francisca Sepulveda, Nadia Pozas, Leslie C Cerpa, María A Lavanderos, Nelson M Varela, Alvaro Santibañez, Ana M Sandino, Felipe Reyes-Lopez, Garth Dixon, Luis A Quiñones

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Emergence of a New Strain of DENV-2 in South America: Introduction of the Cosmopolitan Genotype through the Brazilian-Peruvian Border by Murilo Tavares Amorim, Leonardo H. Almeida Hernández, Felipe Gomes Naveca, Ivy Tsuya Essashika Prazeres, Ana Lucia Monteiro Wanzeller, Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva, Livia M. Neves Casseb, Fábio Silva da Silva, Sandro Patroca da Silva, Bruno Tardelli Diniz Nunes, Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz

“…It includes five nonsylvatic genotypes, with cosmopolitan being the most widespread with a significant contribution to the total number of DENV-2 cases globally. In South America, the cosmopolitan genotype was first recorded in 2019 in Madre de Dios, Peru, and then in Goiás (Midwest Brazil) in November 2021. …”
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