First molecular detection of Leishmania tarentolae-like DNA in Sergentomyia minuta in Spain

Authors: Afonso MO, Blanco-Ciudad J, Bravo-Barriga D, Campino L, Frontera E, Maia C, Parreira R, Pérez-Martín JE, Reina D, Serrano-Aguilera FJ
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Parasitology Research
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-015-4887-z

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) are vectors of multiple Leishmania species, among which Leishmania infantum stands out as a being frequently pathogenic to humans and dogs in Mediterranean countries. In this study, Sergentomyia minuta sand flies were collected using CDC miniature light traps in different 431 biotopes from Southwest Spain. A total of 114 females were tested for the presence of Leishmania DNA […]
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Novel Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Assay for Genotyping Mycobacterium avium subsp Paratuberculosis

Authors: Bryant J, Goldstone RJ, Inácio J, Leao C, McLuckie J, Smith DG, Stevenson K
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Journal Of Clinical Microbiology
Link: http://jcm.asm.org/content/54/3/556.abstract?utm_source=TrendMDJClinMicrobiol&utm_medium=TrendMDJClinMicrobiol&utm_campaign=TrendMD_JCMCLIN_1

Typing of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis strains presents a challenge, since they are genetically monomorphic and traditional molecular techniques have limited discriminatory power. The recent advances and availability of whole-genome sequencing have extended possibilities for the characterization of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, and whole-genome sequencing can provide a phylogenetic context to facilitate global epidemiology studies. In this study, we developed a single […]
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Multigene characterization of a new ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi’-related strain associated with blackberry witches’ broom

Authors: Bertaccini A, Cardoso F, Contaldo N, de Sousa E, Fránová J, Koloniuk I, Matos J, Mimoso C, Paltrinieri S
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: International Journal of Systematic And Evolutionary Microbiology
Link: http://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000871

A new phytoplasma was identified in naturally infected blackberry plants exhibiting witches’ broom symptoms in Portugal. The 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that it is related to ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi’ (16SrV-E ribosomal subgroup) and RFLP analysis revealed a unique profile following MseI endonuclease digestion of R16F2n/R2 amplicons that distinguished it from the strains belonging to previously established […]
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Integrated health service delivery networks and tuberculosis avoidable hospitalizations: Is there a relation between them in Brazil

Authors: Arcêncio RA, Arroyo LH, Berra TZ, Chiaravalloti Neto F, da Costa Uchoa SA, da Cunha Garcia MC, de Almeida Crispim J, Fronteira I, Lapão LV, Palha PF, Pinto IC, Popolin MP, Ramos AC, Rodrigues LB, Santos Neto M, Touso MM, Yamamura M
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: BMC Health Services Research
Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-016-1320-y

The early identification of the Breathing Symptoms within the scope of Primary Health Care is recommended, and is also one of the strategies of national sanitary authorities for reaching the elimination of tuberculosis. The purpose of this study is to consider which attributes and which territories have shown the most significant progress in Primary Health […]
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Bio-behavioural HIV and STI surveillance among men who have sex with men in Europe: The Sialon II protocols

Authors: Alexiev I, Breveglieri M, Caplinskas S, Dias S, Dudareva-Vizule S, Ferrer L, Folch C, Furegato M, Gios L, Klavs I, Kühlmann-Berenzon S, Marcus U, Mirandola M, Montoliu A, Nöstlinger C, Rafila A, Regine V, Rosińska M, Sherriff N, Staneková D, Suligoi B, Toskin I, Vanden Berghe W, Velicko I
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: BMC Public Health
Link: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-2783-9%20

Globally, the HIV epidemic continues to represent a pressing public health issue in Europe and elsewhere. There is an emerging and progressively urgent need to harmonise HIV and STI behavioural surveillance among MSM across European countries through the adoption of common indicators, as well as the development of trend analysis in order to monitor the […]
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First molecular detection of Leishmania tarentolae-like DNA in Sergentomyia minuta in Spain

Novel Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Assay for Genotyping Mycobacterium avium subsp Paratuberculosis

Multigene characterization of a new ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi’-related strain associated with blackberry witches’ broom

Integrated health service delivery networks and tuberculosis avoidable hospitalizations: Is there a relation between them in Brazil

Bio-behavioural HIV and STI surveillance among men who have sex with men in Europe: The Sialon II protocols

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