Trypanosoma brucei interaction with host: Mechanism of VSG release as target for drug discovery for african trypanosomiasis

Authors: Moreno CJG, Temporão A, Torres T, Silva MS
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30934540

The protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, responsible for animal and human trypanosomiasis, has a family of major surface proteases (MSPs) and phospholipase-C (PLC), both involved in some mechanisms of virulence during mammalian infections. During parasitism in the mammalian host, this protozoan is exclusively extracellular and presents a robust mechanism of antigenic variation that allows the persistence of infection. […]
Read More

First dengue virus seroprevalence study on Madeira Island after the 2012 outbreak indicates unreported dengue circulation

Authors: Auerswald H, de Jesus A, Seixas G, Nazareth T, In S, Mao S, Duong V, Silva AC, Raul R, Dussart P, Sousa CA
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30867031

BACKGROUND: In 2012, the first dengue virus outbreak was reported on the Portuguese island of Madeira with 1080 confirmed cases. Dengue virus of serotype 1 (DENV-1), probably imported from Venezuela, caused this outbreak with autochthonous transmission by invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. RESULTS: We investigated the seroprevalence among the population on Madeira Island four years after […]
Read More

PCR detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium and Babesia bigemina in cattle from Kwara State, Nigeria: unexpected absence of infection

Authors: Hector E, Elelu N, Ferrolho J, Couto J, Sanches GS, Antunes S, Domingos A, Eisler MC
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Parasitology Research
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656410

Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) continue to pose an insidious and ever-present threat to livestock and livelihoods across the globe. Two of the most significant TBDs of cattle in Africa are heartwater and babesioisis, caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium and Babesia bigemina respectively. Both pathogens are endemic in Nigeria. However, to date, little data has been […]
Read More

Antibody response to Phlebotomus perniciosus saliva in cats naturally exposed to phlebotomine sand flies is positively associated with Leishmania infection

Authors: Pereira A, Cristóvão JM, Vilhena H, Martins A, Cachola P, Henriques J, Coimbra M, Catarino A, Lestinova T, Spitzova T, Volf P, Campino L, Maia C
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3376-0

Background Zoonotic leishmaniosis, caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum, is a public and animal health problem in Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East and the Mediterranean Basin. Several phlebotomine sand fly species from the subgenus Larroussius are vectors of L. infantum. Data from dogs living in endemic areas of leishmaniosis advocate the use of antibody response to […]
Read More

Genome-wide analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis polymorphisms reveals lineage-specific associations with drug resistance

Authors: Oppong YEA, Phelan J, Perdigão J, Machado D, Miranda A, Portugal I, Viveiros M, Clark TG, Hibberd ML
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: BMC Genomics
Link: https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-019-5615-3

Background Continuing evolution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) complex genomes associated with resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs is threatening tuberculosis disease control efforts. Both multi- and extensively drug resistant Mtb (MDR and XDR, respectively) are increasing in prevalence, but the full set of Mtb genes involved are not known. There is a need for increased sensitivity of genome-wide approaches in order to […]
Read More

Trypanosoma brucei interaction with host: Mechanism of VSG release as target for drug discovery for african trypanosomiasis

First dengue virus seroprevalence study on Madeira Island after the 2012 outbreak indicates unreported dengue circulation

PCR detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium and Babesia bigemina in cattle from Kwara State, Nigeria: unexpected absence of infection

Antibody response to Phlebotomus perniciosus saliva in cats naturally exposed to phlebotomine sand flies is positively associated with Leishmania infection

Genome-wide analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis polymorphisms reveals lineage-specific associations with drug resistance

About GHTM

Contacts

Funding