Shearer, Jeffry D Henning, Lisa Sanford, Daniel C Li, Na Skiadopoulos, Mario H Reece, Joshua J Ionin, Boris Savransky, Vladimir
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Vaccine
The anthrax vaccine candidate AV7909 is being developed as a next-generation vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against inhalational anthrax. In clinical studies, two vaccinations with AV7909 administered either two or four weeks apart induced an enhanced immune response compared to BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) (AVA). Anthrax toxin...
Crombie, Gabrielle K Palliser, Hannah K Shaw, Julia C Hodgson, Deborah M Walker, David W Hirst, Jonathan J
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Psychoneuroendocrinology
Chronic psychosocial stress during pregnancy and/or after birth, and the associated elevation in cortisol, is linked with the onset of behavioural disorders in childhood. Previously, prenatal stress has been shown to reduce neurosteroid pathways in the fetus and the levels of the neurosteroid and GABAA receptor agonist, allopregnanolone. In late ge...
Orellana-Rios, Jorge Verdaguer-Diaz, Juan I. Opazo, Gabriela Leong, Belinda C.S. Zett, Claudio Smith, R. Theodore Freund, K. Bailey
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IDCases
To describe the ocurrence of Bartonella -associated neuroretinitis secondary to non-feline pet exposure, we retrospectively reviewed medical records and imaging from patients with a clinical and serologic diagnosis of Bartonella henselae (BH). Retinal imaging included color fundus photography, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescein angi...
Putri, Dira S Berkebile, Zachary W Mustafa, Hiba J Fernández-Alarcón, Claudia Abrahante, Juan E Schleiss, Mark R Bierle, Craig J
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Virology
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infects the chorioamnion, but whether these infections cause fetal membrane dysfunction remains poorly understood. We sought to assess whether guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) infects amnion-derived cells in vitro, compare the inflammatory response of amnion cells to GPCMV and HCMV, and determine if GPCMV infects the ...
d’Ovidio, Dario Pirrone, Federica Donnelly, Thomas M. Greco, Adelaide Meomartino, Leonardo
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The Veterinary Quarterly
Objectives To describe the feasibility and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous antegrade pyelography (US-PAP) in pet guinea pigs ( Cavia porcellus ) with suspected ureteral obstruction. Materials and methods Six adult pet guinea pigs (4 females and 2 males, all intact) were evaluated for suspected ureteral obstruction. The mean weight of the g...
Lumsden, Eric W McCowan, Lillian Pescrille, Joseph D Fawcett, William P Chen, Hegang Albuquerque, Edson X Mamczarz, Jacek Pereira, Edna F R
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Neurotoxicology and teratology
High doses of malathion, an organophosphorus (OP) insecticide ubiquitously used in agriculture, residential settings, and public health programs worldwide, induce a well-defined toxidrome that results from the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). However, prenatal exposures to malathion levels that are below the threshold for AChE inhibition ...
Nikiforuk, A. M. Tierny, K. Cutts, T. A. Kobasa, D. K. Theriault, S. S. Cook, B. W. M.
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BMC Research Notes
ObjectivesMouse models have delivered variable recapitulation of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) pathology and consistently demonstrated neurological involvement which may be a limited feature of human disease. With the purpose of more accurately modelling human disease progression we infected several small-mammalian models: guinea pigs, hamsters and...
Seno, Soichiro Wang, Jun Cao, Suyi Saraswati, Manda Park, Sharon Simoni, Jan Ma, Li Soltys, Bohdan Hsia, Carleton J. C. Koehler, Raymond C.
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BMC Neuroscience
BackgroundPolynitroxylated PEGylated hemoglobin (PNPH, aka SanFlow) possesses superoxide dismutase/catalase mimetic activities that may directly protect the brain from oxidative stress. Stabilization of PNPH with bound carbon monoxide prevents methemoglobin formation during storage and permits it to serve as a carbon monoxide donor. We determined w...
Ramekers, Dyan Klis, Sjaak F L Versnel, Huib
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Hearing research
Severe damage to the organ of Corti leads to degeneration of the spiral ganglion cells (SGCs) which form the auditory nerve. This degeneration starts at the level of synaptic connection of the peripheral processes (PPs) of SGCs with the cochlear hair cells. It is generally thought that from this point SGC degeneration progresses in a retrograde fas...
Duthie, Malcolm S Pena, Maria T Khandhar, Amit P Picone, Alessandro MacMIllen, Zachary Truman, Richard W Adams, Linda B Reed, Steven G
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Applied microbiology and biotechnology
The persistence of new leprosy cases in endemic areas such as India, Brazil, Bangladesh, and the Philippines has encouraged studies of chemoprophylaxis among contacts of patients. Epidemiological screening tools to enable early detection of infected individuals in endemic populations would be critical to target individuals most in need of intervent...