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Elevated plasma sphingomyelin (d18:1/22:0) is closely related to hepatic steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Hepatic steatosis affects disease progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We investigated the plasma sphingolipid profile in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and whether ...
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Wild Animals as Sentinels of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a dimorphic pathogenic fungus, causes the principal form of systemic mycosis in Brazil. The literature furnishes only limited data on the ecology of this fungus in ...
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Response of nematode communities to reclamation of agricultural soils following degradation through brown coal strip-mining processes
The study assessed the impact on the soil nematodes during the first 3-years after reclamation of a brown coal mining area. Samples were taken from 5 fields: 1 year before excavation, right at the beginning of...
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Open AccessClinical and epidemiological survey and analysis of the first case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in Hangzhou, China
To investigate and report on the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the first case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in Hangzhou, China. A field epidemiological survey was used...
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Construction of the industrial ethanol-producing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae able to ferment cellobiose and melibiose
The gene mel1, encoding α-galactosidase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and the gene bgl2, encoding and α-glucosidase in Trichoderma reesei, were isolated and co-expressed in the industrial ethanolproducing strain ...
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Cyclosporin A Treatment and Decreased Fungal Load/Antigenemia in Experimental Murine Paracoccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Pb). The cyclosporin A (CsA) is an immunosuppressant drug that inhibits calcineurin and has been described as...
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Occurrence of Antibodies to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in Dairy Cattle from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the humoral immune response in cattle immunized with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and perform a seroepidemiological study of paracoccidioidomycosis in dairy cattle from Mato...
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Open AccessSerological detection of antibodies against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in dogs with leishmaniasis
The aim of this study was to detect antibodies against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in dogs seropositive and seronegative for leishmaniasis. Sera from 836 dogs (449 positive and 387 negative to leishmaniasis) we...
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In vitro Activities of Caspofungin, Amphotericin B and Azoles Against Coccidioides posadasii Strains from Northeast, Brazil
Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by the soil-dwelling dimorphic fungi Coccidioides spp. The disease is endemic in semiarid Northeast Brazil, where it is caused by C. posadasii. The aim of this st...
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habitat de Nocardia asteroides, Phialophora pedrosoi y Cryptococcus neoformans en Venezuela
Se estudiaron 336 muestras de tierra, madera y plantas provenientes de diferentes zonas del Edo. Mérida/Venezuela y Estados vecinos. Fueron inoculados cobayos y hamsters intratesticularmente y ratones por via ...