Unraveling Sarcocystis miescheriana and Sarcocystis suihominis infections in wild boar

Authors: Amaro A, Coelho C, Gomes J, Inacio J, Lopes AP, Mesquita JR, Pires I, Vieira-Pinto M
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401715003982?via%3Dihub%20

Sarcocystis species are worldwide spread cyst-forming protozoa that can infect wild boar but little is known about the prevalence of these parasites. In this study we assessed the prevalence of Sarcocystis spp. infections in wild boars from northeastern Portugal, for which novel PCR testing assays targeting Sarcocystis genus, S. miescheriana and S. suihominis were implemented, […]
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HIV/AIDS-Associated Cryptococcosis in Portugal Spanning the Pre- to Post-HAART Era: A Retrospective Assessment at the Genotypic Level Based on URA5-RFLP.

Authors: Faria NC, Gonçalves L, Inacio J, Maduro AP, Martins ML, Teles FR
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Current Microbiology
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00284-015-0873-z%20

Cryptococcosis caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic mycosis, infecting mainly immunodepressed individuals. Molecular epidemiology studies of cryptococcosis in Europe are limited. This paper presents a retrospective study of cryptococcosis in 105 cryptococcal isolates from two hospitals in Lisbon, Portugal, among HIV/AIDS patients, from 1991 to 2007. Among these patients, the number of […]
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Fundamental niche prediction of the pathogenic yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Europe

Authors: Akcaglar S, Bertout S, Boekhout T, Cerikcioglu N, Cogliati M, Colom MF, Criseo G, De Donno A, Desnos-Ollivier M, Dipineto L, Dromer F, Ellabib MS, Ergin C, Ferreira-Paim K, Hagen F, Ilkit M, Inacio J, Kwon-Chung KJ, Macci C, Marchese A, Meyer W, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Montagna MT, Nardoni S, Pasquale V, Polacheck I, Puccianti E, Ranque S, Rickerts V, Sampaio AC, Scopa A, Susever S, Trovato L, Varma A, Velegraki A, Vencà AC, Vezzulli L
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Environmental Microbiology.
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1462-2920.13915

Fundamental niche prediction of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Europe is an important tool to understand where these pathogenic yeasts have a high probability to survive in the environment and therefore to identify the areas with high risk of infection. In this study, occurrence data for C. neoformans and C. gattii were compared by […]
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Draft genome sequence of a rare pigmented mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis type C strain

Authors: Amaro A, Barbosa P, Botelho A, Inacio J, Leao C, Pinto C, Ramos AM, Stevenson K, Usié A
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Genome announcements.
Link: http://genomea.asm.org/content/5/41/e01066-17.full%20

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of paratuberculosis. We report here the draft genome sequence of a rare pigmented M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis type C strain, comprising 58 contigs and having a genome size of 4,851,414 bp. The genome will assist in the execution of pigmentation and virulence studies on this mycobacterium.
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A field evaluation of an isothermal DNA amplification assay for the detection of Theileria annulata infection in cattle

Authors: Amaro A, Gomes J, Inacio J, Pereira da Fonseca I, Santos M, Santos-Gomes G
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890850816301220?via%3Dihub

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was evaluated for the detection of Theileria annulata infection in cattle. The results were compared with a real-time PCR used for the quantification of T. annulata parasitaemia. One hundred bovine blood samples from 16 cattle farms were tested with LAMP and real-time PCR, with T. annulata DNA being detected in 66% […]
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Unraveling Sarcocystis miescheriana and Sarcocystis suihominis infections in wild boar

HIV/AIDS-Associated Cryptococcosis in Portugal Spanning the Pre- to Post-HAART Era: A Retrospective Assessment at the Genotypic Level Based on URA5-RFLP.

Fundamental niche prediction of the pathogenic yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Europe

Draft genome sequence of a rare pigmented mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis type C strain

A field evaluation of an isothermal DNA amplification assay for the detection of Theileria annulata infection in cattle

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