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Isolation and identification of microflora from the midgut and salivary glands of Anopheles species in malaria endemic areas of Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Anopheles mosquitoes are of great importance to human health. A number of studies have shown that midgut and salivary …
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Functional analysis of RIP toxins from the Drosophila endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii
BACKGROUND: Insects frequently live in close relationship with symbiotic bacteria that carry out beneficial functions for their host, like protection …
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Paromomycin production from Streptomyces rimosus NRRL 2455: statistical optimization and new synergistic antibiotic combinations against multidrug resistant pathogens
BACKGROUND: Response surface methodology (RSM) employing Box-Behnken design was used to optimize the environmental factors for the production of paromomycin, …
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Molecular characterization of Mannheimia haemolytica isolates associated with pneumonic cases of sheep in selected areas of Central Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Mannheimia haemolytica has been recognized as the principal cause of pneumonic pasteurellosis in sheep and goats. It is one …
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Dialogue between Staphylococcus aureus SA15 and Lactococcus garvieae strains experiencing oxidative stress
Staphylococcus aureus is an important foodborne pathogen. Lactococcus garvieae is a lactic acid bacterium found in dairy products; some of …
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Nuclear and Wolbachia-based multimarker approach for the rapid and accurate identification of tsetse species
BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are solely responsible for the transmission of African trypanosomes, causative agents of sleeping sickness in …
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RNA interference-based antiviral immune response against the salivary gland hypertrophy virus in Glossina pallidipes
BACKGROUND: Glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus (GpSGHV; Hytrosaviridae) is a non-occluded dsDNA virus that specifically infects the adult stages …
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Metarhizium anisopliae infection reduces Trypanosoma congolense reproduction in Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and its ability to acquire or transmit the parasite
Tsetse fly-borne trypanosomiasis remains a significant problem in Africa despite years of interventions and research. The need for new strategies …
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Prevalence of trypanosomes, salivary gland hypertrophy virus and Wolbachia in wild populations of tsetse flies from West Africa
BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are vectors of African trypanosomes, protozoan parasites that cause sleeping sickness (or human African trypanosomosis) in humans …
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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Glossina populations in Nigeria and the Cameroonian border region
BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are vectors of trypanosomes, parasites that cause devastating disease in humans and livestock. In the course of …
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Bacterial diversity obtained by culturable approaches in the gut of Glossina pallidipes population from a non sleeping sickness focus in Tanzania: preliminary results
BACKGROUND: Glossina pallidipes is a haematophagous insect that serves as a cyclic transmitter of trypanosomes causing African Trypanosomiasis (AT). To …
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Analysis of the gut-specific microbiome from field-captured tsetse flies, and its potential relevance to host trypanosome vector competence
BACKGROUND: The tsetse fly (Glossina sp.) midgut is colonized by maternally transmitted and environmentally acquired bacteria. Additionally, the midgut serves …
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Prevalence of symbionts and trypanosome infections in tsetse flies of two villages of the “Faro and Déo” division of the Adamawa region of Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are vectors of human and animal African trypanosomiasis. In spite of many decades of chemotherapy and vector …
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Multi-drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Typhoid fever remains a public health concern in developing countries especially among the poor who live in informal settlements …
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Insights into the impact of flhF inactivation on Campylobacter jejuni colonization of chick and mice gut
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) is a leading cause of foodborne gastroenteritis worldwide. This bacterium lacks many of the classical …
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Susceptibility patterns and the role of extracellular DNA in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm resistance to physico-chemical stress exposure
Over 65% of human infections are ascribed to bacterial biofilms that are often highly resistant to antibiotics and host immunity. …
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of coagulase negative staphylococci clinical isolates from Ethiopia: a meta-analysis
Antimicrobial resistant Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) have limited treatment options, rendered diseases untreatable and made hospitals to be reservoirs of the …
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Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species causing mycobacteriosis in farmed aquatic animals of South Africa
BACKGROUND: Mycobacteriosis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), is among the most chronic diseases of aquatic animals. In addition, fish mycobacteriosis …
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Detection of CTX-M-15 harboring Escherichia coli isolated from wild birds in Tunisia
The spreading of antibiotic resistant bacteria is becoming nowadays an alarming threat to human and animal health. There is increasing …
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Molecular epidemiological investigations of plague in Eastern Province of Zambia
BACKGROUND: Plague is a flea-borne zoonotic and invasive disease caused by a gram negative coccobacillus bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Plague …