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Dale A, Xu G, Kopp SR, Jones MK, Kotze AC, Abdullah S. Pyrantel resistance in canine hookworms in Queensland, Australia. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2024; 48:100985. [PMID: 38316510 DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.100985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Hookworms are the most common intestinal nematode parasites of dogs in Australia. The control of these parasites relies mostly on regular deworming with anthelmintics, with pyrantel-based dewormers being a relatively low cost and readily-available option for dog owners. Pyrantel resistance in canine hookworms in Australia was first reported in 2007, however pyrantel-based dewormers are still used against hookworm infection in dogs across Australia. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of pyrantel against hookworms infecting dogs housed in a shelter facility in Southeast Queensland which receives rescued or surrendered animals from greyhound rescue centres and dog shelters across this region. A total of 10 dogs were examined using the faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT). There was no reduction in FEC in any of the dogs following pyrantel treatment, with drug efficacies ranging from -0.9% to -283.3%. Given that these dogs originated from various sites across Southeast Queensland, the present study suggests that pyrantel resistance is widespread in this region, and hence this anthelmintic may not be a useful option for treatment of hookworm infections in dogs.
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- Ashley Dale
- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.
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Zumuk CP, Jones MK, Navarro S, Gray DJ, You H. Transmission-Blocking Vaccines against Schistosomiasis Japonica. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1707. [PMID: 38338980 PMCID: PMC10855202 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Control of schistosomiasis japonica, endemic in Asia, including the Philippines, China, and Indonesia, is extremely challenging. Schistosoma japonicum is a highly pathogenic helminth parasite, with disease arising predominantly from an immune reaction to entrapped parasite eggs in tissues. Females of this species can generate 1000-2200 eggs per day, which is about 3- to 15-fold greater than the egg output of other schistosome species. Bovines (water buffalo and cattle) are the predominant definitive hosts and are estimated to generate up to 90% of parasite eggs released into the environment in rural endemic areas where these hosts and humans are present. Here, we highlight the necessity of developing veterinary transmission-blocking vaccines for bovines to better control the disease and review potential vaccine candidates. We also point out that the approach to producing efficacious transmission-blocking animal-based vaccines before moving on to human vaccines is crucial. This will result in effective and feasible public health outcomes in agreement with the One Health concept to achieve optimum health for people, animals, and the environment. Indeed, incorporating a veterinary-based transmission vaccine, coupled with interventions such as human mass drug administration, improved sanitation and hygiene, health education, and snail control, would be invaluable to eliminating zoonotic schistosomiasis.
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- Chika P. Zumuk
- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; (C.P.Z.); (M.K.J.); (S.N.)
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; (C.P.Z.); (M.K.J.); (S.N.)
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; (C.P.Z.); (M.K.J.); (S.N.)
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
- Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia;
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; (C.P.Z.); (M.K.J.); (S.N.)
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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Rivera J, Mu Y, Gordon CA, Jones MK, Cheng G, Cai P. Current and upcoming point-of-care diagnostics for schistosomiasis. Trends Parasitol 2024; 40:60-74. [PMID: 38000956 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics are simple and effective portable tools that can be used for fast mapping of helminthic diseases and monitoring control programs. Most POC tests (POCTs) available for schistosomiasis diagnosis are lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs). The emergence of simple and rapid DNA isolation methods, along with isothermal nucleic acid amplification strategies - for example, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) - and recent clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based diagnostic methods facilitate the development of molecular-based POC diagnostics for schistosomiasis. Furthermore, smartphone-based techniques increase real-time connectivity and readout accuracy of POCTs. This review discusses the recent advances in immunological-, molecular-based POCTs and mobile phone microscopes for the diagnosis/screening of schistosomiasis.
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- Jonas Rivera
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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You H, Jones MK. Harnessing CRISPR-based molecular diagnosis in the fight against malaria. EBioMedicine 2024; 99:104927. [PMID: 38141396 PMCID: PMC10784132 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
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- Hong You
- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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Du X, McManus DP, French JD, Sivakumaran H, Johnston RL, Kondrashova O, Fogarty CE, Jones MK, You H. Lentiviral Transduction-based CRISPR/Cas9 Editing of Schistosoma mansoni Acetylcholinesterase. Curr Genomics 2023; 24:155-170. [PMID: 38178986 PMCID: PMC10761339 DOI: 10.2174/1389202924666230823094608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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Background Recent studies on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in Schistosoma mansoni have shed new light on the study and control of this parasitic helminth. However, the gene editing efficiency in this parasite is modest. Methods To improve the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in schistosomes, we used lentivirus, which has been effectively used for gene editing in mammalian cells, to deliver plasmid DNA encoding Cas9 nuclease, a sgRNA targeting acetylcholinesterase (SmAChE) and a mCherry fluorescence marker into schistosomes. Results MCherry fluorescence was observed in transduced eggs, schistosomula, and adult worms, indicating that the CRISPR components had been delivered into these parasite stages by lentivirus. In addition, clearly changed phenotypes were observed in SmAChE-edited parasites, including decreased SmAChE activity, reduced hatching ability of edited eggs, and altered behavior of miracidia hatched from edited eggs. Next-generation sequencing analysis demonstrated that the lentiviral transduction-based CRISPR/Cas9 gene modifications in SmAChE-edited schistosomes were homology-directed repair predominant but with much lower efficiency than that obtained using electroporation (data previously published by our laboratory) for the delivery of CRISPR components. Conclusion Taken together, electroporation is more efficient than lentiviral transduction in the delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 into schistosomes for programmed genome editing. The exploration of tactics for enhancing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing provides the basis for the future improvement of programmed genome editing in S. mansoni.
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- Xiaofeng Du
- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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Mu Y, Rivera J, McManus DP, Weerakoon KG, Ross AG, Olveda RM, Gordon CA, You H, Jones MK, Cai P. Comparative assessment of the SjSAP4-incorporated gold immunochromatographic assay for the diagnosis of human schistosomiasis japonica. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1249637. [PMID: 37736084 PMCID: PMC10509475 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1249637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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Background Schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasites of the genus Schistosoma, remains a global public health threat. This study aimed to validate the diagnostic performance of a recently developed gold immunochromatographic assay (GICA) for the detection of S. japonicum infection in a rural endemic area of the Philippines. Methods Human clinical samples were collected from 412 subjects living in Laoang and Palapag municipalities, Northern Samar, the Philippines. The presence of Schistosoma-specific antibodies in serum samples was tested with the SjSAP4-incorporated GICA strips and the results were converted to fully quantitative data by introducing an R value. The performance of the established GICA was further compared with other diagnostic tools, including the Kato-Katz (KK) technique, point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA), droplet digital (dd) PCR, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). Results The developed GICA strip was able to detect KK positive individuals with a sensitivity of 83.3% and absolute specificity. When calibrated with the highly sensitive faecal ddPCR assay, the immunochromatographic assay displayed an accuracy of 60.7%. Globally, the GICA assay showed a high concordance with the SjSAP4-ELISA assay. The schistosomiasis positivity rate determined by the GICA test was similar to those obtained with the SjSAP4-ELISA assay and the ddPCR assay performed on serum samples (SR_ddPCR), and was 2.3 times higher than obtained with the KK method. Conclusion The study further confirms that the developed GICA is a valuable diagnostic tool for detecting light S. japonicum infections and implies that this point-of-care assay is a viable solution for surveying endemic areas of low-intensity schistosomiasis and identifying high-priority endemic areas for targeted interventions.
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- Yi Mu
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Rural Health and Medical Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Aula OP, McManus DP, Jones MK, You H, Cai P, Gordon CA. Optimisation of the DNA dipstick as a rapid extraction method for Schistosoma japonicum in infected mice samples and spiked human clinical samples. Infect Dis Poverty 2023; 12:71. [PMID: 37550723 PMCID: PMC10405380 DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01118-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis remains a public health issue and the need for accurate and affordable diagnostics is crucial in the elimination of the disease. While molecular diagnostics are highly effective, they are expensive, with the main costs been associated with DNA extraction. The DNA dipstick is a rapid, affordable and simple purification method that allows DNA to be extracted from diagnostic samples within 30 s. We aimed to optimise the DNA dipstick method for samples from mice and egg-spiked human samples. METHODS Urine, blood and faeces were collected from mice exposed to Schistosoma japonicum infection at weekly intervals from Day 0 to Day 42. Urine and faecal samples were also collected from volunteer, uninfected humans and spiked with S. japonicum eggs. All samples were subject to several optimisation procedures and DNA extracted with the DNA dipstick. Amplification of the target DNA was carried out using LAMP and visualised using agarose gel electrophoresis and flocculation. RESULTS The DNA dipstick successfully identified S. japonicum from infected mice and human clinical samples spiked with cracked eggs or genomic DNA from S. japonicum. Amplification was observed from week 4 post infection in infected mice. For human samples, amplification was observed in sieved faecal samples, filtered urine samples heated at 95 °C for 30 min, and sera samples heated at 95 °C for 30 min. CONCLUSIONS The DNA dipstick combined with LAMP has huge potential in providing cost-effective, simple and accurate detection of schistosomiasis infection in endemic regions. This will allow for rapid treatment, tracking outbreaks-such as occur after typhoons, leading to better health outcomes and contributing to control and eventual elimination of schistosomiasis.
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- Oyime P Aula
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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MacGregor SR, McManus DP, Sivakumaran H, Egwang TG, Adriko M, Cai P, Gordon CA, Duke MG, French JD, Collinson N, Olveda RM, Hartel G, Graeff-Teixeira C, Jones MK, You H. Development of CRISPR/Cas13a-based assays for the diagnosis of Schistosomiasis. EBioMedicine 2023; 94:104730. [PMID: 37487416 PMCID: PMC10382885 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is a disease that significantly impacts human health in the developing world. Effective diagnostics are urgently needed for improved control of this disease. CRISPR-based technology has rapidly accelerated the development of a revolutionary and powerful diagnostics platform, resulting in the advancement of a class of ultrasensitive, specific, cost-effective and portable diagnostics, typified by applications in COVID-19/cancer diagnosis. METHODS We developed CRISPR-based diagnostic platform SHERLOCK (Specific High-sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter unLOCKing) for the detection of Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni by combining recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) with CRISPR-Cas13a detection, measured via fluorescent or colorimetric readouts. We evaluated SHERLOCK assays by using 150 faecal/serum samples collected from Schistosoma-infected ARC Swiss mice (female), and 189 human faecal/serum samples obtained from a S. japonicum-endemic area in the Philippines and a S. mansoni-endemic area in Uganda. FINDINGS The S. japonicum SHERLOCK assay achieved 93-100% concordance with gold-standard qPCR detection across all the samples. The S. mansoni SHERLOCK assay demonstrated higher sensitivity than qPCR and was able to detect infection in mouse serum as early as 3 weeks post-infection. In human samples, S. mansoni SHERLOCK had 100% sensitivity when compared to qPCR of faecal and serum samples. INTERPRETATION These schistosomiasis diagnostic assays demonstrate the potential of SHERLOCK/CRISPR-based diagnostics to provide highly accurate and field-friendly point-of-care tests that could provide the next generation of diagnostic and surveillance tools for parasitic neglected tropical diseases. FUNDING Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre seed grant (2022) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (APP1194462, APP2008433).
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- Skye R MacGregor
- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Med Biotech Laboratories, Kampala, Uganda
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- Vector Borne and NTD Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Health, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Statistics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, Infectious Diseases Unit, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
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You H, Jones MK, Gordon CA, Arganda AE, Cai P, Al-Wassiti H, Pouton CW, McManus DP. The mRNA Vaccine Technology Era and the Future Control of Parasitic Infections. Clin Microbiol Rev 2023; 36:e0024121. [PMID: 36625671 PMCID: PMC10035331 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00241-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Despite intensive long-term efforts, with very few exceptions, the development of effective vaccines against parasitic infections has presented considerable challenges, given the complexity of parasite life cycles, the interplay between parasites and their hosts, and their capacity to escape the host immune system and to regulate host immune responses. For many parasitic diseases, conventional vaccine platforms have generally proven ill suited, considering the complex manufacturing processes involved and the costs they incur, the inability to posttranslationally modify cloned target antigens, and the absence of long-lasting protective immunity induced by these antigens. An effective antiparasite vaccine platform is required to assess the effectiveness of novel vaccine candidates at high throughput. By exploiting the approach that has recently been used successfully to produce highly protective COVID mRNA vaccines, we anticipate a new wave of research to advance the use of mRNA vaccines to prevent parasitic infections in the near future. This article considers the characteristics that are required to develop a potent antiparasite vaccine and provides a conceptual foundation to promote the development of parasite mRNA-based vaccines. We review the recent advances and challenges encountered in developing antiparasite vaccines and evaluate the potential of developing mRNA vaccines against parasites, including those causing diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis, against which vaccines are currently suboptimal or not yet available.
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- Hong You
- Department of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Infection and Inflammation, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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Duran B, Meziani ZE, Joosten S, Jones MK, Prasad S, Peng C, Armstrong W, Atac H, Chudakov E, Bhatt H, Bhetuwal D, Boer M, Camsonne A, Chen JP, Dalton MM, Deokar N, Diefenthaler M, Dunne J, El Fassi L, Fuchey E, Gao H, Gaskell D, Hansen O, Hauenstein F, Higinbotham D, Jia S, Karki A, Keppel C, King P, Ko HS, Li X, Li R, Mack D, Malace S, McCaughan M, McClellan RE, Michaels R, Meekins D, Paolone M, Pentchev L, Pooser E, Puckett A, Radloff R, Rehfuss M, Reimer PE, Riordan S, Sawatzky B, Smith A, Sparveris N, Szumila-Vance H, Wood S, Xie J, Ye Z, Yero C, Zhao Z. Determining the gluonic gravitational form factors of the proton. Nature 2023; 615:813-816. [PMID: 36991189 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05730-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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The proton is one of the main building blocks of all visible matter in the Universe1. Among its intrinsic properties are its electric charge, mass and spin2. These properties emerge from the complex dynamics of its fundamental constituents-quarks and gluons-described by the theory of quantum chromodynamics3-5. The electric charge and spin of protons, which are shared among the quarks, have been investigated previously using electron scattering2. An example is the highly precise measurement of the electric charge radius of the proton6. By contrast, little is known about the inner mass density of the proton, which is dominated by the energy carried by gluons. Gluons are hard to access using electron scattering because they do not carry an electromagnetic charge. Here we investigated the gravitational density of gluons using a small colour dipole, through the threshold photoproduction of the J/ψ particle. We determined the gluonic gravitational form factors of the proton7,8 from our measurement. We used a variety of models9-11 and determined, in all cases, a mass radius that is notably smaller than the electric charge radius. In some, but not all cases, depending on the model, the determined radius agrees well with first-principle predictions from lattice quantum chromodynamics12. This work paves the way for a deeper understanding of the salient role of gluons in providing gravitational mass to visible matter.
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- B Duran
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.
- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
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- CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Du X, McManus DP, French JD, Collinson N, Sivakumaran H, MacGregor SR, Fogarty CE, Jones MK, You H. CRISPR interference for sequence-specific regulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor A in Schistosoma mansoni. Front Immunol 2023; 13:1105719. [PMID: 36713455 PMCID: PMC9880433 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1105719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Employing the flatworm parasite Schistosoma mansoni as a model, we report the first application of CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) in parasitic helminths for loss-of-function studies targeting the SmfgfrA gene which encodes the stem cell marker, fibroblast growth factor receptor A (FGFRA). SmFGFRA is essential for maintaining schistosome stem cells and critical in the schistosome-host interplay. The SmfgfrA gene was targeted in S. mansoni adult worms, eggs and schistosomula using a catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) fused to a transcriptional repressor KRAB. We showed that SmfgfrA repression resulted in considerable phenotypic differences in the modulated parasites compared with controls, including reduced levels of SmfgfrA transcription and decreased protein expression of SmFGFRA, a decline in EdU (thymidine analog 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine, which specifically stains schistosome stem cells) signal, and an increase in cell apoptosis. Notably, reduced SmfgfrA transcription was evident in miracidia hatched from SmfgfrA-repressed eggs, and resulted in a significant change in miracidial behavior, indicative of a durable repression effect caused by CRISPRi. Intravenous injection of mice with SmfgfrA-repressed eggs resulted in granulomas that were markedly reduced in size and a decline in the level of serum IgE, emphasizing the importance of SmFGFRA in regulating the host immune response induced during schistosome infection. Our findings show the feasibility of applying CRISPRi for effective, targeted transcriptional repression in schistosomes, and provide the basis for employing CRISPRi to selectively perturb gene expression in parasitic helminths on a genome-wide scale.
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- Xiaofeng Du
- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia,Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia,Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genecology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia,School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia,*Correspondence: Hong You,
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Li R, Sparveris N, Atac H, Jones MK, Paolone M, Akbar Z, Gayoso CA, Berdnikov V, Biswas D, Boer M, Camsonne A, Chen JP, Diefenthaler M, Duran B, Dutta D, Gaskell D, Hansen O, Hauenstein F, Heinrich N, Henry W, Horn T, Huber GM, Jia S, Joosten S, Karki A, Kay SJD, Kumar V, Li X, Li WB, Liyanage AH, Malace S, Markowitz P, McCaughan M, Meziani ZE, Mkrtchyan H, Morean C, Muhoza M, Narayan A, Pasquini B, Rehfuss M, Sawatzky B, Smith GR, Smith A, Trotta R, Yero C, Zheng X, Zhou J. Measured proton electromagnetic structure deviates from theoretical predictions. Nature 2022; 611:265-270. [PMID: 36261531 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05248-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The visible world is founded on the proton, the only composite building block of matter that is stable in nature. Consequently, understanding the formation of matter relies on explaining the dynamics and the properties of the proton's bound state. A fundamental property of the proton involves the response of the system to an external electromagnetic field. It is characterized by the electromagnetic polarizabilities1 that describe how easily the charge and magnetization distributions inside the system are distorted by the electromagnetic field. Moreover, the generalized polarizabilities2 map out the resulting deformation of the densities in a proton subject to an electromagnetic field. They disclose essential information about the underlying system dynamics and provide a key for decoding the proton structure in terms of the theory of the strong interaction that binds its elementary quark and gluon constituents. Of particular interest is a puzzle in the electric generalized polarizability of the proton that remains unresolved for two decades2. Here we report measurements of the proton's electromagnetic generalized polarizabilities at low four-momentum transfer squared. We show evidence of an anomaly to the behaviour of the proton's electric generalized polarizability that contradicts the predictions of nuclear theory and derive its signature in the spatial distribution of the induced polarization in the proton. The reported measurements suggest the presence of a new, not-yet-understood dynamical mechanism in the proton and present notable challenges to the nuclear theory.
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- R Li
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA.,Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, FL, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Artem Alikhanian National Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
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- Veer Kunwar Singh University, Arrah, India
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- University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pavia, Italy
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, FL, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Barker D, Kelava S, Seeman OD, Shao R, Seaniger JR, Jones MK, Apanaskevich MA, Nakao R, Apanaskevich DA, Barker SC. Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female and the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 2022; 18:1-11. [PMID: 35371916 PMCID: PMC8971345 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
We: (i) report the rediscovery of Ixodes (Sternalixodes) confusus Roberts, 1960 in Australia; (ii) redescribe the male and female of I.confusus; (iii) describe the mitochondrial (mt) genome of I. confusus from five ticks from four localities in Far North Queensland; and (iv) present the first substantial phylogeny of the subgenera of the Ixodes. The mt genomes of I.confusus, I. cornuatus, I. hirsti, I. myrmecobii and I. trichosuri are presented here for the first time. In our phylogeny from entire mt genomes (ca. 15 kb), the subgenus Endopalpiger was the sister-group to subgenera Sternalixodes plus Ceratixodes plus Exopalpiger whereas Exopalpiger was the sister to Sternalixodes plus Ceratixodes. [i.e. ((Endopalpiger) (Sternalixodes, Ceratixodes and Exopalpiger))]. Finally, we show that Ixodes anatis, the kiwi tick, may be closely related to the ticks of marsupials of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Rediscovery in Australia of the tick, Ixodes confusus. First description of the male of Ixodes confusus from Australia. Nine new mitochondrial genomes of Ixodes ticks from Australia and first substantial phylogeny of the subgenera of Ixodes. Ixodes anatis, a tick of the kiwi bird of NZ may be a closely related to the ticks of marsupials of Australia and PNG.
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- Dayana Barker
- School of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, 4101, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, GeneCology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4558, Australia
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan
- Corresponding author.
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- US National Tick Collection, Institute for Coastal Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA
- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA
- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- Corresponding author.
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Du X, McManus DP, Fogarty CE, Jones MK, You H. Schistosoma mansoni Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor A Orchestrates Multiple Functions in Schistosome Biology and in the Host-Parasite Interplay. Front Immunol 2022; 13:868077. [PMID: 35812433 PMCID: PMC9257043 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.868077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Stem cells play significant roles in driving the complex life cycle of Schistosoma mansoni. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor A (SmFGFRA) is essential for maintaining the integrity of schistosome stem cells. Using immunolocalization, we demonstrated that SmFGFRA was distributed abundantly in germinal/stem cells of different S. mansoni life stages including eggs, miracidia, cercariae, schistosomula and adult worms. Indeed, SmFGFRA was also localized amply in embryonic cells and in the perinuclear region of immature eggs; von Lichtenberg’s layer and the neural mass of mature eggs; the ciliated surface and neural mass of miracidia; the tegument cytosol of cercariae, schistosomula and adult worms; and was present in abundance in the testis and vitellaria of adult worms of S. mansoni. The distribution pattern of SmFGFRA illustrates the importance of this molecule in maintaining stem cells, development of the nervous and reproductive system of schistosomes, and in the host-parasite interplay. We showed SmFGFRA can bind human FGFs, activating the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway of adult worms in vitro. Inhibition of FGF signaling by the specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor BIBF 1120 significantly reduced egg hatching ability and affected the behavior of miracidia hatched from the treated eggs, emphasizing the importance of FGF signaling in driving the life cycle of S. mansoni. Our findings provide increased understanding of the complex schistosome life cycle and host-parasite interactions, indicating components of the FGF signaling pathway may represent promising targets for developing new interventions against schistosomiasis.
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- Xiaofeng Du
- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genecology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
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- Infection and Inflammation Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- *Correspondence: Hong You,
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Androić D, Armstrong DS, Bartlett K, Beminiwattha RS, Benesch J, Benmokhtar F, Birchall J, Carlini RD, Cornejo JC, Covrig Dusa S, Dalton MM, Davis CA, Deconinck W, Dowd JF, Dunne JA, Dutta D, Duvall WS, Elaasar M, Falk WR, Finn JM, Forest T, Gal C, Gaskell D, Gericke MTW, Gray VM, Grimm K, Guo F, Hoskins JR, Jones DC, Jones MK, Kargiantoulakis M, King PM, Korkmaz E, Kowalski S, Leacock J, Leckey J, Lee AR, Lee JH, Lee L, MacEwan S, Mack D, Magee JA, Mahurin R, Mammei J, Martin JW, McHugh MJ, Meekins D, Mesick KE, Michaels R, Micherdzinska A, Mkrtchyan A, Mkrtchyan H, Narayan A, Ndukum LZ, Nelyubin V, van Oers WTH, Owen VF, Page SA, Pan J, Paschke KD, Phillips SK, Pitt ML, Radloff RW, Rajotte JF, Ramsay WD, Roche J, Sawatzky B, Seva T, Shabestari MH, Silwal R, Simicevic N, Smith GR, Solvignon P, Spayde DT, Subedi A, Suleiman R, Tadevosyan V, Tobias WA, Tvaskis V, Waidyawansa B, Wang P, Wells SP, Wood SA, Yang S, Zang P, Zhamkochyan S, Christy ME, Horowitz CJ, Fattoyev FJ, Lin Z. Determination of the ^{27}Al Neutron Distribution Radius from a Parity-Violating Electron Scattering Measurement. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:132501. [PMID: 35426696 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.132501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
We report the first measurement of the parity-violating elastic electron scattering asymmetry on ^{27}Al. The ^{27}Al elastic asymmetry is A_{PV}=2.16±0.11(stat)±0.16(syst) ppm, and was measured at ⟨Q^{2}⟩=0.02357±0.00010 GeV^{2}, ⟨θ_{lab}⟩=7.61°±0.02°, and ⟨E_{lab}⟩=1.157 GeV with the Q_{weak} apparatus at Jefferson Lab. Predictions using a simple Born approximation as well as more sophisticated distorted-wave calculations are in good agreement with this result. From this asymmetry the ^{27}Al neutron radius R_{n}=2.89±0.12 fm was determined using a many-models correlation technique. The corresponding neutron skin thickness R_{n}-R_{p}=-0.04±0.12 fm is small, as expected for a light nucleus with a neutron excess of only 1. This result thus serves as a successful benchmark for electroweak determinations of neutron radii on heavier nuclei. A tree-level approach was used to extract the ^{27}Al weak radius R_{w}=3.00±0.15 fm, and the weak skin thickness R_{wk}-R_{ch}=-0.04±0.15 fm. The weak form factor at this Q^{2} is F_{wk}=0.39±0.04.
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- D Androić
- University of Zagreb, Zagreb, HR 10002, Croatia
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70126, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia V2N4Z9, Canada
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B2E9, Canada
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Zagreb, Zagreb, HR 10002, Croatia
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 72032, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B2E9, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Gobert GN, McManus DP, McMullan G, Creevey CJ, Carson J, Jones MK, Nawaratna SSK, Weerakoon KG, You H. Adult schistosomes have an epithelial bacterial population distinct from the surrounding mammalian host blood. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0263188. [PMID: 35085360 PMCID: PMC8794206 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Background
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical parasitic and chronic disease affecting hundreds of millions of people. Adult schistosomes reside in the blood stream of the definitive mammalian host. These helminth parasites possess two epithelial surfaces, the tegument and the gastrodermis, both of which interact with the host during immune evasion and in nutrient uptake.
Methods
Female ARC Swiss mice (4–6 weeks old) were infected percutaneously with Schistosoma japonicum cercariae freshly shed from Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi snails (Philippines strain). Fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) was performed by using fresh adult S. japonicum perfused from those infected mice. Adult S. japonicum worms were processed to isolate the tegument from the carcass containing the gastrodermis; blood and bile were collected individually from infected and uninfected mice. Total DNA extracted from all those samples were used for microbiome profiling.
Results
FISH and microbiome profiling showed the presence of bacterial populations on two epithelial surfaces of adult worms, suggesting they were distinct not only from the host blood but also from each other. Whereas microbial diversity was reduced overall in the parasite epithelial tissues when compared with that of host blood, specific bacterial taxa, including Anoxybacillus and Escherichia, were elevated on the tegument. Minimal differences were evident in the microbiome of host blood during an active infection, compared with that of control uninfected blood. However, sampling of bile from infected animals identified some differences compared with controls, including elevated levels of Limnohabitans, Clostridium and Curvibacter.
Conclusions
Using FISH and microbial profiling, we were able to demonstrate, for the first time, that bacteria are presented on the epithelial surfaces of adult schistosomes. These schistosome surface-associated bacteria, which are distinct from the host blood microenvironment, should be considered as a new and important component of the host-schistosome interaction. The importance of individual bacterial species in relation to schistosome parasitism needs further elucidation.
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- Geoffrey N. Gobert
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (HY); (GNG)
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- * E-mail: (HY); (GNG)
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Sikakulya FK, Ilumbulumbu MK, Djuma SF, Bunduki GK, Sivulyamwenge AK, Jones MK. Safe and dignified burial of a deceased from a highly contagious infectious disease ebolavirus: Socio-cultural and anthropological implications in the Eastern DR Congo. One Health 2021; 13:100309. [PMID: 34458545 PMCID: PMC8379334 DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Franck Katembo Sikakulya
- Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.,Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Surgery, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Bushenyi, Uganda
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.,Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Malawi
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- School of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
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Abstract
Schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease of impoverished people and livestock in many developing countries in tropical Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Substantial progress has been made in controlling schistosomiasis in some African countries, but the disease still prevails in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 800 million people at risk of infection. Current control strategies rely primarily on treatment with praziquantel, as no vaccine is available; however, treatment alone does not prevent reinfection. There has been emphasis on the use of integrated approaches in the control and elimination of the disease in recent years with the development of health infrastructure and health education. However, there is a need to evaluate the present status of African schistosomiasis, primarily caused by Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, and the factors affecting the disease as the basis for developing more effective control and elimination strategies in the future. This review provides an historical perspective of schistosomiasis in Africa and discusses the current status of control efforts in those countries where the disease is endemic.
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- Oyime Poise Aula
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia;
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane 4006, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia;
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- School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton 4343, Australia;
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia;
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You H, Mayer JU, Johnston RL, Sivakumaran H, Ranasinghe S, Rivera V, Kondrashova O, Koufariotis LT, Du X, Driguez P, French JD, Waddell N, Duke MG, Ittiprasert W, Mann VH, Brindley PJ, Jones MK, McManus DP. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of Schistosoma mansoni acetylcholinesterase. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21205. [PMID: 33337558 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202001745rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing shows cogent potential for the genetic modification of helminth parasites. We report successful gene knock-in (KI) into the genome of the egg of Schistosoma mansoni by combining CRISPR/Cas9 with single-stranded oligodeoxynucleotides (ssODNs). We edited the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) gene of S. mansoni targeting two guide RNAs (gRNAs), X5 and X7, located on exon 5 and exon 7 of Smp_154600, respectively. Eggs recovered from livers of experimentally infected mice were transfected by electroporation with a CRISPR/Cas9-vector encoding gRNA X5 or X7 combining with/ without a ssODN donor. Next generation sequencing analysis of reads of amplicon libraries spanning targeted regions revealed that the major modifications induced by CRISPR/Cas9 in the eggs were generated by homology directed repair (HDR). Furthermore, soluble egg antigen from AChE-edited eggs exhibited markedly reduced AChE activity, indicative that programed Cas9 cleavage mutated the AChE gene. Following injection of AChE-edited schistosome eggs into the tail veins of mice, an significantly enhanced Th2 response involving IL-4, -5, -10, and-13 was detected in lung cells and splenocytes in mice injected with X5-KI eggs in comparison to control mice injected with unmutated eggs. A Th2-predominant response, with increased levels of IL-4, -13, and GATA3, also was induced by X5 KI eggs in small intestine-draining mesenteric lymph node cells when the gene-edited eggs were introduced into the subserosa of the ileum of the mice. These findings confirmed the potential and the utility of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing for functional genomics in schistosomes.
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- Hong You
- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, & Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, & Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, & Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Juzaitis-Boelter CP, Benson AP, Ahammad MU, Jones MK, Ferrel J, Davis AJ. Dietary inclusion of AZOMITE improves feed efficiency in broilers and egg production in laying and broiler breeder hens. Poult Sci 2021; 100:101144. [PMID: 33975050 PMCID: PMC8131723 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The dietary inclusion of aluminosilicates has been reported to enhance pellet quality, improve feed mill throughput, bind toxins, improve feed efficiency, and promote immunological function across a variety of production systems. AZOMITE is a product marketed as a hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate containing macro and trace minerals, and rare earth elements and the potential benefits of its dietary inclusion in broiler, layer, and broiler breeder diets was investigated. In a battery study, broilers were fed diets containing 0, 0.125, 0.250, or 0.500% AZOMITE from 0 to 21 d of age. Laying hens were fed a control diet or this diet supplemented with 0.25% AZOMITE from 54 through 98 wk of age, with the hens fed a standard molting diet or this diet supplemented with 0.25% AZOMITE from 71 to 72 wk of age. Broiler breeder hens were fed a control diet or this diet supplemented with 0.25% AZOMITE from the onset of photostimulation at 21 wk of age through 65 wk of age. All 3 dietary inclusion rates of AZOMITE improved (P < 0.05) the feed to body weight gain ratio in broilers fed these diets relative to broilers fed the control diet. In laying hens total marketable eggs, and in broiler breeder hens total settable eggs were increased (P < 0.05) with the dietary inclusion of AZOMITE by 8 eggs per hen. The inclusion of dietary AZOMITE also improved apparent Ca and P digestibility in broilers and tibia ash content in laying hens. The results indicate the dietary inclusion of AZOMITE in poultry diets improves bird performance.
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- University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- AZOMITE Mineral Products, Inc., Nephi, UT 84648, USA
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- University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Abstract
Schistosomes infect about 250 million people globally causing the devastating and persistent disease of schistosomiasis. These blood flukes have a complicated life cycle involving alternating infection of freshwater snail intermediate and definitive mammalian hosts. To survive and flourish in these diverse environments, schistosomes transition through a number of distinct life-cycle stages as a result of which they change their body plan in order to quickly adapt to each new environment. Current research suggests that stem cells, present in adults and larvae, are key in aiding schistosomes to facilitate these changes. Given the recent advances in our understanding of schistosome stem cell biology, we review the key roles that two major classes of cells play in the different life cycle stages during intramolluscan and intramammalian development; these include the germinal cells of sporocysts involved in asexual reproduction in molluscan hosts and the neoblasts of adult worms involved in sexual reproduction in human and other mammalian hosts. These studies shed considerable new light in revealing the stem cell heterogeneity driving the propagation of the schistosome life cycle. We also consider the possibility and value of establishing stem cell lines in schistosomes to advance schistosomiasis research. The availability of such self-renewable resources will provide new platforms to study stem cell behavior and regulation, and to address fundamental aspects of schistosome biology, reproductive development and survival. In turn, such studies will create new avenues to unravel individual gene function and to optimize genome-editing processes in blood flukes, which may lead to the design of novel intervention strategies for schistosomiasis.
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- Hong You
- Department of Immunology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Bhetuwal D, Matter J, Szumila-Vance H, Kabir ML, Dutta D, Ent R, Abrams D, Ahmed Z, Aljawrneh B, Alsalmi S, Ambrose R, Androic D, Armstrong W, Asaturyan A, Assumin-Gyimah K, Ayerbe Gayoso C, Bandari A, Basnet S, Berdnikov V, Bhatt H, Biswas D, Boeglin WU, Bosted P, Brash E, Bukhari MHS, Chen H, Chen JP, Chen M, Christy EM, Covrig S, Craycraft K, Danagoulian S, Day D, Diefenthaler M, Dlamini M, Dunne J, Duran B, Evans R, Fenker H, Fomin N, Fuchey E, Gaskell D, Gautam TN, Gonzalez FA, Hansen JO, Hauenstein F, Hernandez AV, Horn T, Huber GM, Jones MK, Joosten S, Karki A, Keppel C, Khanal A, King PM, Kinney E, Ko HS, Kohl M, Lashley-Colthirst N, Li S, Li WB, Liyanage AH, Mack D, Malace S, Markowitz P, Meekins D, Michaels R, Mkrtchyan A, Mkrtchyan H, Nazeer SJ, Nanda S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Nguyen D, Pandey B, Park S, Pooser E, Puckett A, Rehfuss M, Reinhold J, Santiesteban N, Sawatzky B, Smith GR, Sun A, Tadevosyan V, Trotta R, Wood SA, Yero C, Zhang J. Ruling out Color Transparency in Quasielastic ^{12}C(e,e^{'}p) up to Q^{2} of 14.2 (GeV/c)^{2}. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:082301. [PMID: 33709760 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.082301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Quasielastic ^{12}C(e,e^{'}p) scattering was measured at spacelike 4-momentum transfer squared Q^{2}=8, 9.4, 11.4, and 14.2 (GeV/c)^{2}, the highest ever achieved to date. Nuclear transparency for this reaction was extracted by comparing the measured yield to that expected from a plane-wave impulse approximation calculation without any final state interactions. The measured transparency was consistent with no Q^{2} dependence, up to proton momenta of 8.5 GeV/c, ruling out the quantum chromodynamics effect of color transparency at the measured Q^{2} scales in exclusive (e,e^{'}p) reactions. These results impose strict constraints on models of color transparency for protons.
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- D Bhetuwal
- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
- The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay, France
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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Nguyen T, Clark N, Jones MK, Herndon A, Mallyon J, Soares Magalhaes RJ, Abdullah S. Perceptions of dog owners towards canine gastrointestinal parasitism and associated human health risk in Southeast Queensland. One Health 2021; 12:100226. [PMID: 33665329 PMCID: PMC7903457 DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Canine companion animals can carry a number of zoonotic parasites which can adversely impact both human and animal health. Previous studies in Australia indicated that while parasitic infections in dogs are still common and there is variability in the awareness and perception of zoonotic risks among pet owners, the likely contribution of sociodemographic factors to the variation in awareness and perception needs to be further explored. The primary objective of this study is to quantify the relationship between dog owners' knowledge and beliefs about dog parasites and their sociodemographic characteristics. In this study, we surveyed a total of 281 dog owners in SE Queensland between April 2019 to March 2020 and the relationship between dog owners' perception of gastrointestinal parasite infection was assessed using an adaptation of the Health Belief Model, social cognitive framework for health protection. The model looked into the role of dog owners' demography on their perceived severity and susceptibility to zoonotic canine parasites and their likelihood of performing actions associated with worm control of their pets. Our results indicate that owners perceptions about parasitic disease severity in their pets was 26% higher in female dog owners compared to males, in respondents owning dogs over 10 years (27% higher than those owning a dog <3 years) and those owners that regularly deworm their pets and report faeces disposal. Our study indicates that the perceptions of pet owners towards zoonotic canine parasites varies demographically and owner education is important to prevent infection among dogs and control the zoonotic transmission to owners and the community. Finally, there was evidence that increased frequency of visits to veterinary clinics can increase the likelihood of owners performing worm treatment, proper faecal disposal, and cooking meat before feeding it to dogs.
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- Tu Nguyen
- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland UQ, School of Veterinary Science, Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia.,The University of Queensland, Child Health Research Centre, Children Health and Environment Program, South Brisbane 4101, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Veterinary Parasitology & Ecology, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland UQ, School of Veterinary Science, Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia.,The University of Queensland, Child Health Research Centre, Children Health and Environment Program, South Brisbane 4101, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Veterinary Parasitology & Ecology, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia
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Yero C, Abrams D, Ahmed Z, Ahmidouch A, Aljawrneh B, Alsalmi S, Ambrose R, Armstrong W, Asaturyan A, Assumin-Gyimah K, Ayerbe Gayoso C, Bandari A, Bane J, Basnet S, Berdnikov VV, Bericic J, Bhatt H, Bhetuwal D, Biswas D, Boeglin WU, Bosted P, Brash E, Bukhari MHS, Chen H, Chen JP, Chen M, Christy ME, Covrig S, Craycraft K, Danagoulian S, Day D, Diefenthaler M, Dlamini M, Dunne J, Duran B, Dutta D, Ent R, Evans R, Fenker H, Fomin N, Fuchey E, Gaskell D, Gautam TN, Gonzalez FA, Hansen JO, Hauenstein F, Hernandez AV, Horn T, Huber GM, Jones MK, Joosten S, Kabir ML, Karki A, Keppel CE, Khanal A, King P, Kinney E, Lashley-Colthirst N, Li S, Li WB, Liyanage AH, Mack DJ, Malace SP, Matter J, Meekins D, Michaels R, Mkrtchyan A, Mkrtchyan H, Nazeer SJ, Nanda S, Niculescu G, Niculescu M, Nguyen D, Nuruzzaman N, Pandey B, Park S, Perdrisat CF, Pooser E, Rehfuss M, Reinhold J, Sawatzky B, Smith GR, Sun A, Szumila-Vance H, Tadevosyan V, Wood SA, Zhang J. Probing the Deuteron at Very Large Internal Momenta. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:262501. [PMID: 33449750 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.262501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We measure ^{2}H(e,e^{'}p)n cross sections at 4-momentum transfers of Q^{2}=4.5±0.5 (GeV/c)^{2} over a range of neutron recoil momenta p_{r}, reaching up to ∼1.0 GeV/c. We obtain data at fixed neutron recoil angles θ_{nq}=35°, 45°, and 75° with respect to the 3-momentum transfer q[over →]. The new data agree well with previous data, which reached p_{r}∼500 MeV/c. At θ_{nq}=35° and 45°, final state interactions, meson exchange currents, and isobar currents are suppressed and the plane wave impulse approximation provides the dominant cross section contribution. We compare the new data to recent theoretical calculations, where we observe a significant discrepancy for recoil momenta p_{r}>700 MeV/c.
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- C Yero
- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), 2 Alikhanian Brothers Street, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), 2 Alikhanian Brothers Street, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), 2 Alikhanian Brothers Street, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), 2 Alikhanian Brothers Street, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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Nicholds JF, McQuain C, Hofacre CL, Mathis GF, Fuller AL, Telg BE, Montoya AF, Williams SM, Berghaus RD, Jones MK. The Effect of Different Species of Eimeria with Clostridium perfringens on Performance Parameters and Induction of Clinical Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens. Avian Dis 2020; 65:132-137. [PMID: 34339132 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-20-00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Necrotic enteritis (NE) is a common disease that causes great economic loss to the broiler industry due to mortality and reduced performance. Although Clostridium perfringens (CP) is a necessary component of this disease, coccidia species are a well-defined predisposing factor that exacerbates the condition. Different Eimeria species have been reported to influence NE to different degrees. In a pair of experiments, six different Eimeria species were evaluated in the presence and absence of C. perfringens. Male broiler chicks were housed in battery cages for the duration of both experiments. Feed conversion, body weight gain, and NE mortality were reported in both experiments. Experiment 1 challenged birds with E. maxima, E. acervulina, E. tenella, E. necatrix, and E. brunetti at day 13 and subsequently inoculated birds with CP on days 18, 19, and 20. In the second experiment, E. maxima, E. acervulina, E. tenella, and E. praecox were inoculated on day 15 and challenged with CP on days 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of the experiment. In the first experiment, E. acervulina, E. brunetti, E. maxima, and E. necatrix with the addition of CP all stimulated necrotic enteritis mortality. In the second experiment, E. praecox had minimal impact on performance during the challenge (14-23 days) while E. maxima + CP decreased body weight gain and increased mortality compared to the CP alone control. Eimeria maxima had the highest mortality (21.9%) in this experiment followed by E. acervulina (6.3%). The remaining Eimeria with added CP in the second experiment did not induce NE mortality. While the challenge with CP alone did not induce mortality, feed conversion was increased compared to the unchallenged control group. When using isolated Eimeria species in these experiments, disturbances created by E. brunetti and E. maxima resulted in the most-severe challenges. These experiments highlight the NE risk of these species of Eimeria and give insight into how other species interact with the host in a controlled CP challenge model.
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- J F Nicholds
- Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Southern Poultry Research Group, Watkinsville, GA 30677
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- Southern Poultry Research, Inc., Athens, GA 30607
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- Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Environmental Services, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Food Animal Health and Management, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Southern Poultry Research Group, Watkinsville, GA 30677,
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Du X, McManus DP, French JD, Jones MK, You H. CRISPR/Cas9: A new tool for the study and control of helminth parasites. Bioessays 2020; 43:e2000185. [PMID: 33145822 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202000185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Recent reports of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in parasitic helminths open up new avenues for research on these dangerous pathogens. However, the complex morphology and life cycles inherent to these parasites present obstacles for the efficient application of CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis. This is especially true with the trematode flukes where only modest levels of gene mutation efficiency have been achieved. Current major challenges in the application of CRISPR/Cas9 for study of parasitic worms thus lie in enhancing gene mutation efficiency and overcoming issues involved in host passage so that mutated parasites survive. Strategies developed for CRISPR/Cas9 studies on Caenorhabditis elegans, protozoa and mammalian cells, including novel delivery methods, the choice of selectable markers, and refining mutation precision represent novel tactics whereby these impediments can be overcome. Furthermore, employing CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene drive to interfere with vector transmission represents a novel approach for the control of parasitic worms that is worthy of further exploration.
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- Xiaofeng Du
- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Androić D, Armstrong DS, Asaturyan A, Bartlett K, Beaufait J, Beminiwattha RS, Benesch J, Benmokhtar F, Birchall J, Carlini RD, Cornejo JC, Dusa SC, Dalton MM, Davis CA, Deconinck W, Dowd JF, Dunne JA, Dutta D, Duvall WS, Elaasar M, Falk WR, Finn JM, Forest T, Gal C, Gaskell D, Gericke MTW, Grames J, Gray VM, Grimm K, Guo F, Hoskins JR, Jones D, Jones MK, Jones RT, Kargiantoulakis M, King PM, Korkmaz E, Kowalski S, Leacock J, Leckey JP, Lee AR, Lee JH, Lee L, MacEwan S, Mack D, Magee JA, Mahurin R, Mammei J, Martin JW, McHugh MJ, Meekins D, Mei J, Mesick KE, Michaels R, Micherdzinska A, Mkrtchyan A, Mkrtchyan H, Morgan N, Narayan A, Ndukum LZ, Nelyubin V, van Oers WTH, Owen VF, Page SA, Pan J, Paschke KD, Phillips SK, Pitt ML, Radloff RW, Rajotte JF, Ramsay WD, Roche J, Sawatzky B, Seva T, Shabestari MH, Silwal R, Simicevic N, Smith GR, Solvignon P, Spayde DT, Subedi A, Subedi R, Suleiman R, Tadevosyan V, Tobias WA, Tvaskis V, Waidyawansa B, Wang P, Wells SP, Wood SA, Yang S, Zang P, Zhamkochyan S. Precision Measurement of the Beam-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Forward-Angle Elastic Electron-Proton Scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:112502. [PMID: 32976004 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.112502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
A beam-normal single-spin asymmetry generated in the scattering of transversely polarized electrons from unpolarized nucleons is an observable related to the imaginary part of the two-photon exchange process. We report a 2% precision measurement of the beam-normal single-spin asymmetry in elastic electron-proton scattering with a mean scattering angle of θ_{lab}=7.9° and a mean energy of 1.149 GeV. The asymmetry result is B_{n}=-5.194±0.067(stat)±0.082 (syst) ppm. This is the most precise measurement of this quantity available to date and therefore provides a stringent test of two-photon exchange models at far-forward scattering angles (θ_{lab}→0) where they should be most reliable.
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- D Androić
- University of Zagreb, Zagreb, HR 10002, Croatia
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Duquesne University, Pittburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70126, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia V2N4Z9, Canada
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B2E9, Canada
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 088754, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Zagreb, Zagreb, HR 10002, Croatia
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 72032, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B2E9, Canada
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute), Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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Favero V, Veríssimo CDM, Piovesan AR, Morassutti AL, Souto AA, Bittencourt HR, Pascoal VF, Lindholz CG, Jones MK, Souza RP, Rigo FDV, Carlini CR, Graeff-Teixeira C. A new diagnostic strategy which uses a luminol-H2O2 system to detect helminth eggs in fecal sediments processed by the Helmintex method. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008500. [PMID: 32730339 PMCID: PMC7437924 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Schistosomiasis remains a serious public health problem in tropical regions, affecting more than 250 million people. Sensitive diagnostic methods represent key tools for disease elimination, in particular in areas with low endemicity. Advances in the use of luminol-based chemiluminescent techniques have enabled greater sensitivity and speed in obtaining results in different diagnostic settings. In this study, we developed a luminol-H2O2 chemiluminescence (CL) method to detect Schistosoma mansoni eggs in human fecal sediments processed by the Helmintex (HTX) method. After S. mansoni eggs were incubated with a solution of luminol-H2O2 the light emission was detected and measured by spectrophotometry at 431 nm for 5 min, using detection and counts of eggs by bright field optical microscopy as a reference. CL intensity was found to correlate with different sources and numbers of eggs. Furthermore, our results showed that the CL method can distinguish positive from negative samples with 100% sensitivity and 71% specificity. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the use of CL for the diagnosis of helminths from fecal samples. The combination of the HTX method with CL represents an important advance in providing a reference method with the highest standards of sensitivity. Schistosomiasis, the infection caused by parasites of the genus Schistosoma, is still a significant health problem in many countries, despite some successful control efforts. In areas where parasite load is low and few eggs are released in feces, most diagnostic tests fail to detect the infections. Helmintex is a very sensitive, but time consuming, egg-detection method, with most time being consumed in observations of samples at the microscope. Here we report standardization of an innovative luminol-H2O2 chemiluminescence reaction triggered by Schistosoma mansoni eggs that may improve their detection in feces. Improved diagnostic tests are urgently required as part of the schistosomiasis elimination efforts.
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- Vivian Favero
- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Neurotoxins Laboratory (LaNeuroTox), School of Medicine, Brain Institute and School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- * E-mail:
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- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Centre for One Health and Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Neurotoxins Laboratory (LaNeuroTox), School of Medicine, Brain Institute and School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center of Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Polytechnic School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Polytechnic School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 4072
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- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Neurotoxins Laboratory (LaNeuroTox), School of Medicine, Brain Institute and School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil
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Bienvenu AL, Marty AM, Jones MK, Picot S. Systematic review of registered trials of Hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis for COVID-19 health-care workers at the first third of 2020. One Health 2020; 10:100141. [PMID: 32562480 PMCID: PMC7235596 DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
Abstract
In the absence of a vaccine the medical and scientific community is looking intensely at utilizing a pre or post exposure drug that could decrease viremia. The search for a medication that could reduce risk of serious disease, and ideally of any manifestation of disease from SARS-CoV2, and of asymptomatic shedding of SARS-CoV2 is of urgent interest. Repurposing existing pharmaceuticals is among the approaches to achieve these ends. We performed a systematic review of all interventional studies registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with a focus on one repurposed drug, Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). The detailed analysis of these studies, some of them already recruiting, provide an overall picture of HCQ use as a COVID-19 prophylaxis around the world. Among the included studies, all but three were randomized and parallel and most of them (74%, 23/31) were double-blinded to quadruple-blinded studies. We found a great diversity in dosing and nearly all the possible scientifically reasonable regimens are under evaluation. This diversity offers benefits as well as challenges. Importantly, the final analysis of these trials should be done through an extensive reading of the results in regard to the clinical design, it will be crucial to carefully read and evaluate the results of each study in regards to the clinical design rather than quickly glancing a 140 characters-based social media message announcing the failure or success of a drug against a disease.
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- Anne-Lise Bienvenu
- Groupement Hospitalier Nord, Service Pharmacie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Univ Lyon, Malaria Research Unit, ICBMS, UMR 5246 CNRS INSA CPE, F-69100, Lyon, France
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- Translational Medicine; HWCOM, FIU Health Travel Medicine Program and Vaccine Clinic Commander, Emergency Response Team Development, Miami, Florida
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Univ Lyon, Malaria Research Unit, ICBMS, UMR 5246 CNRS INSA CPE, F-69100, Lyon, France.,Institute of Parasitology and Medical Mycology, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004 Lyon, France
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Li WB, Huber GM, Blok HP, Gaskell D, Horn T, Semenov-Tian-Shansky K, Pire B, Szymanowski L, Laget JM, Aniol K, Arrington J, Beise EJ, Boeglin W, Brash EJ, Breuer H, Chang CC, Christy ME, Ent R, Gibson EF, Holt RJ, Jin S, Jones MK, Keppel CE, Kim W, King PM, Kovaltchouk V, Liu J, Lolos GJ, Mack DJ, Margaziotis DJ, Markowitz P, Matsumura A, Meekins D, Miyoshi T, Mkrtchyan H, Niculescu I, Okayasu Y, Pentchev L, Perdrisat C, Potterveld D, Punjabi V, Reimer PE, Reinhold J, Roche J, Roos PG, Sarty A, Smith GR, Tadevosyan V, Tang LG, Tvaskis V, Volmer J, Vulcan W, Warren G, Wood SA, Xu C, Zheng X. Unique Access to u-Channel Physics: Exclusive Backward-Angle Omega Meson Electroproduction. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:182501. [PMID: 31763910 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.182501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Backward-angle meson electroproduction above the resonance region, which was previously ignored, is anticipated to offer unique access to the three quark plus sea component of the nucleon wave function. In this Letter, we present the first complete separation of the four electromagnetic structure functions above the resonance region in exclusive ω electroproduction off the proton, ep→e^{'}pω, at central Q^{2} values of 1.60, 2.45 GeV^{2}, at W=2.21 GeV. The results of our pioneering -u≈-u_{min} study demonstrate the existence of a unanticipated backward-angle cross section peak and the feasibility of full L/T/LT/TT separations in this never explored kinematic territory. At Q^{2}=2.45 GeV^{2}, the observed dominance of σ_{T} over σ_{L}, is qualitatively consistent with the collinear QCD description in the near-backward regime, in which the scattering amplitude factorizes into a hard subprocess amplitude and baryon to meson transition distribution amplitudes: universal nonperturbative objects only accessible through backward-angle kinematics.
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- W B Li
- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- VU University, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- NIKHEF, Postbus 41882, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute: Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, RU-188300 Gatchina, Russia
- Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- CPHT, CNRS, École Polytechnique, IP Paris, 91128-Palaiseau, France
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33119, USA
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- California State University, Sacramento, California 95819, USA
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- Caltech, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5, Canada
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33119, USA
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- Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
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- Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33119, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- NIKHEF, Postbus 41882, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
- VU University, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- VU University, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- DESY, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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Bernigaud C, Samarawickrama GR, Jones MK, Gasser RB, Fischer K. The Challenge of Developing a Single-Dose Treatment for Scabies. Trends Parasitol 2019; 35:931-943. [PMID: 31474559 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Scabies is a common skin disease with an estimated worldwide incidence of 200 million people infected per year. Its morbidity and mortality is principally due to secondary bacterial infections, a link now well recognized and prompting the recent inclusion of this disease-complex in the WHO list of neglected tropical diseases. The few treatments available are poorly effective against Sarcoptes scabiei eggs and appear to induce resistance in the parasite. An ideal alternative would be a single-dose regimen that kills all developmental stages, including eggs. Drugs used in the veterinary field and applied to other arthropods could be tested experimentally in an established pig-scabies model. Moreover, functional genomics combined with target validation through biochemical research should assist in identifying new drugs.
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- Charlotte Bernigaud
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Infectious Diseases Program, 300 Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane 4006, Australia; Dermatology Department, AP-HP, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France; Research group Dynamyc, EA7380, Université Paris-Est, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Infectious Diseases Program, 300 Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane 4006, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Gatton, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Infectious Diseases Program, 300 Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane 4006, Australia.
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Albayrak I, Mamyan V, Christy ME, Ahmidouch A, Arrington J, Asaturyan A, Bodek A, Bosted P, Bradford R, Brash E, Bruell A, Butuceanu C, Coleman SJ, Commisso M, Connell SH, Dalton MM, Danagoulian S, Daniel A, Day DB, Dhamija S, Dunne J, Dutta D, Ent R, Gaskell D, Gasparian A, Gran R, Horn T, Huang L, Huber GM, Jayalath C, Johnson M, Jones MK, Kalantarians N, Liyanage A, Keppel CE, Kinney E, Li Y, Malace S, Manly S, Markowitz P, Maxwell J, Mbianda NN, McFarland KS, Meziane M, Meziani ZE, Mills GB, Mkrtchyan H, Mkrtchyan A, Mulholland J, Nelson J, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Pentchev L, Puckett A, Punjabi V, Qattan IA, Reimer PE, Reinhold J, Rodriguez VM, Rondon-Aramayo O, Sakuda M, Sakumoto WK, Segbefia E, Seva T, Sick I, Slifer K, Smith GR, Steinman J, Solvignon P, Tadevosyan V, Tajima S, Tvaskis V, Vulcan WF, Walton T, Wesselmann FR, Wood SA, Ye Z. Measurements of Nonsinglet Moments of the Nucleon Structure Functions and Comparison to Predictions from Lattice QCD for Q^{2}=4 GeV^{2}. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:022501. [PMID: 31386522 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.022501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
We present extractions of the nucleon nonsinglet moments utilizing new precision data on the deuteron F_{2} structure function at large Bjorken-x determined via the Rosenbluth separation technique at Jefferson Lab Experimental Hall C. These new data are combined with a complementary set of data on the proton previously measured in Hall C at similar kinematics and world datasets on the proton and deuteron at lower x measured at SLAC and CERN. The new Jefferson Lab data provide coverage of the upper third of the x range, crucial for precision determination of the higher moments. In contrast to previous extractions, these moments have been corrected for nuclear effects in the deuteron using a new global fit to the deuteron and proton data. The obtained experimental moments represent an order of magnitude improvement in precision over previous extractions using high x data. Moreover, recent exciting developments in lattice QCD calculations provide a first ever comparison of these new experimental results with calculations of moments carried out at the physical pion mass, as well as a new approach that first calculates the quark distributions directly before determining moments.
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- I Albayrak
- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- DFG, German Research Foundation, Bonn 51170, Germany
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Thomas Jeferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jeferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA
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- Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Thomas Jeferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia 23220, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jeferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Duke University, Department of Physics, Box 90305, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801, USA
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA
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- Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Thomas Jeferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada
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- Thomas Jeferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jeferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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De Marco Verissimo C, Potriquet J, You H, McManus DP, Mulvenna J, Jones MK. Qualitative and quantitative proteomic analyses of Schistosoma japonicum eggs and egg-derived secretory-excretory proteins. Parasit Vectors 2019; 12:173. [PMID: 30992086 PMCID: PMC6469072 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-019-3403-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Schistosome parasites lay up to a thousand eggs per day inside the veins of their mammalian hosts. The immature eggs deposited by females against endothelia of venules will embryonate within days. Approximately 30% of the eggs will migrate to the lumen of the intestine to continue the parasite life-cycle. Many eggs, however, are trapped in the liver and intestine causing the main pathology associated with schistosomiasis mansoni and japonica, the liver granulomatous response. Excretory-secretory egg proteins drive much of egg-induced pathogenesis of schistosomiasis mansoni, and Schistosoma japonicum induce a markedly distinct granulomatous response to that of S. mansoni. METHODS To explore the basis of variations in this responsiveness, we investigated the proteome of eggs of S. japonicum. Using mass spectrometry qualitative and quantitative (SWATH) analyses, we describe the protein composition of S. japonicum eggs secretory proteins (ESP), and the differential expression of proteins by fully mature and immature eggs, isolated from faeces and ex vivo adults. RESULTS Of 957 egg-related proteins identified, 95 were exclusively found in S. japonicum ESP which imply that they are accessible to host immune system effector elements. An in-silico analysis implies that ESP are able of stimulating the innate and adaptive immune system through several different pathways. While quantitative SWATH analysis revealed 124 proteins that are differentially expressed by mature and immature S. japonicum eggs, illuminating some important aspects of eggs biology and infection, we also show that mature eggs are more likely than immature eggs to stimulate host immune responses. CONCLUSIONS Here we present a list of potential targets that can be used to develop better strategies to avoid severe morbidity during S. japonicum infection, as well as improving diagnosis, treatment and control of schistosomiasis japonica.
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- Carolina De Marco Verissimo
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. .,Medical Biological Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Du X, Jones MK, Nawaratna SSK, Ranasinghe S, Xiong C, Cai P, McManus DP, You H. Gene Expression in Developmental Stages of Schistosoma japonicum Provides Further Insight into the Importance of the Schistosome Insulin-Like Peptide. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20071565. [PMID: 30925781 PMCID: PMC6480100 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20071565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We showed previously that the Schistosoma japonicum insulin-like peptide (SjILP) binds the worm insulin receptors, thereby, activating the parasite’s insulin pathway and emphasizing its important role in regulating uptake of glucose, a nutrient essential for parasite survival. Here we show that SjILP is differentially expressed in the schistosome life cycle and is especially highly transcribed in eggs, miracidia, and adult female worms. RNA inference was employed to knockdown SjILP in adults in vitro, with suppression confirmed by significantly reduced protein production, declined adenosine diphosphate levels, and reduction in glucose consumption. Immunolocalization showed that SjILP is located to lateral gland cells of mature intra-ovular miracidia in the schistosome egg, and is distributed on the ciliated epithelium and internal cell masses of newly transformed miracidia. In schistosomula, SjILP is present on the tegument in two antero-lateral points, indicating highly polarized expression during cercarial transformation. Analysis of serum from S. japonicum-infected mice by ELISA using a recombinant form of SjILP as an antigen revealed IgG immunoreactivity to this molecule at 7 weeks post-infection indicating it is likely secreted from mature eggs into the host circulation. These findings provide further insights on ILP function in schistosomes and its essential roles in parasite survival and growth in different development stages.
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- Xiaofeng Du
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton 4343, Australia.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland 4006, Australia.
- School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast 4222, Australia.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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- Key Laboratory of National Health and Family Planning Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214000, China.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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Oey H, Zakrzewski M, Gravermann K, Young ND, Korhonen PK, Gobert GN, Nawaratna S, Hasan S, Martínez DM, You H, Lavin M, Jones MK, Ragan MA, Stoye J, Oleaga A, Emery AM, Webster BL, Rollinson D, Gasser RB, McManus DP, Krause L. Whole-genome sequence of the bovine blood fluke Schistosoma bovis supports interspecific hybridization with S. haematobium. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007513. [PMID: 30673782 PMCID: PMC6361461 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mesenteric infection by the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma bovis is a common veterinary problem in Africa and the Middle East and occasionally in the Mediterranean Region. The species also has the ability to form interspecific hybrids with the human parasite S. haematobium with natural hybridisation observed in West Africa, presenting possible zoonotic transmission. Additionally, this exchange of alleles between species may dramatically influence disease dynamics and parasite evolution. We have generated a 374 Mb assembly of the S. bovis genome using Illumina and PacBio-based technologies. Despite infecting different hosts and organs, the genome sequences of S. bovis and S. haematobium appeared strikingly similar with 97% sequence identity. The two species share 98% of protein-coding genes, with an average sequence identity of 97.3% at the amino acid level. Genome comparison identified large continuous parts of the genome (up to several 100 kb) showing almost 100% sequence identity between S. bovis and S. haematobium. It is unlikely that this is a result of genome conservation and provides further evidence of natural interspecific hybridization between S. bovis and S. haematobium. Our results suggest that foreign DNA obtained by interspecific hybridization was maintained in the population through multiple meiosis cycles and that hybrids were sexually reproductive, producing viable offspring. The S. bovis genome assembly forms a highly valuable resource for studying schistosome evolution and exploring genetic regions that are associated with species-specific phenotypic traits. In this article we detail the assembly and functional annotation of the Schistosoma bovis genome. S. bovis is a parasitic flatworm that primarily infects bovines, with important economic consequences in affected countries. However, it is also a close relative of the human carcinogenic parasite Schistosoma haematobium which is a serious health issue in many endemic countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The close relationship and overlapping geographical distribution of S. bovis and S. haematobium allows these to hybridise in the wild increasing their genetic diversity and presenting the risk of zoonotic transmission, i.e. the transmission from animals to humans. The hybridization between human and ruminant schistosomes is of particular interest as interspecific hybridization may have dramatic impacts on transmission rates, disease dynamics, control interventions and parasite evolution. By whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomics we present evidence that fertile hybrids are indeed present in the wild, presenting the potential risk of transmission from animal reservoirs to humans.
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- Harald Oey
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Faculty of Technology and Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Faculty of Technology and Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology (IRNASA, CSIC), Cordel de Merinas, Salamanca, Spain
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- Natural History Museum, Life Sciences Department, Parasites and Vectors Division, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Life Sciences Department, Parasites and Vectors Division, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Life Sciences Department, Parasites and Vectors Division, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Genetics & Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Armstrong W, Kang H, Liyanage A, Maxwell J, Mulholland J, Ndukum L, Ahmidouch A, Albayrak I, Asaturyan A, Ates O, Baghdasaryan H, Boeglin W, Bosted P, Brash E, Butuceanu C, Bychkov M, Carter P, Chen C, Chen JP, Choi S, Christy ME, Covrig S, Crabb D, Danagoulian S, Daniel A, Davidenko AM, Davis B, Day D, Deconinck W, Deur A, Dunne J, Dutta D, El Fassi L, Ellis C, Ent R, Flay D, Frlez E, Gaskell D, Geagla O, German J, Gilman R, Gogami T, Gomez J, Goncharenko YM, Hashimoto O, Higinbotham D, Horn T, Huber GM, Jones M, Jones MK, Kalantarians N, Kang HK, Kawama D, Keith C, Keppel C, Khandaker M, Kim Y, King PM, Kohl M, Kovacs K, Kubarovsky V, Li Y, Liyanage N, Luo W, Mack D, Mamyan V, Markowitz P, Maruta T, Meekins D, Melnik YM, Meziani ZE, Mkrtchyan A, Mkrtchyan H, Mochalov VV, Monaghan P, Narayan A, Nakamura SN, Nuruzzaman A, Pentchev L, Pocanic D, Posik M, Puckett A, Qiu X, Reinhold J, Riordan S, Roche J, Rondón OA, Sawatzky B, Shabestari M, Slifer K, Smith G, Soloviev LF, Solvignon P, Tadevosyan V, Tang L, Vasiliev AN, Veilleux M, Walton T, Wesselmann F, Wood S, Yao H, Ye Z, Zhang J, Zhu L. Revealing Color Forces with Transverse Polarized Electron Scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:022002. [PMID: 30720291 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.022002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The Spin Asymmetries of the Nucleon Experiment measured two double spin asymmetries using a polarized proton target and polarized electron beam at two beam energies, 4.7 and 5.9 GeV. A large-acceptance open-configuration detector package identified scattered electrons at 40° and covered a wide range in Bjorken x (0.3<x<0.8). Proportional to an average color Lorentz force, the twist-3 matrix element, d[over ˜]_{2}^{p}, was extracted from the measured asymmetries at Q^{2} values ranging from 2.0 to 6.0 GeV^{2}. The data display the opposite sign compared to most quark models, including the lattice QCD result, and an unexpected scale dependence. Furthermore, when combined with the neutron data in the same Q^{2} range the results suggest a flavor independent average color Lorentz force.
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- W Armstrong
- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA
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- North Carolina A&M State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- North Carolina A&M State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Kurchatov Institute-IHEP, Protvino, Moskva 123098, Russia
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- North Carolina A&M State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- North Carolina A&M State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Tohoku University, Tohoku, Miyagi Prefecture 980-8577, Japan
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Tohoku University, Tohoku, Miyagi Prefecture 980-8577, Japan
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada
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- North Carolina A&M State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
- Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia 23220, USA
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- Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Tohoku University, Tohoku, Miyagi Prefecture 980-8577, Japan
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA
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- Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Sheng, China
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Tohoku University, Tohoku, Miyagi Prefecture 980-8577, Japan
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Kurchatov Institute-IHEP, Protvino, Moskva 123098, Russia
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Kurchatov Institute-IHEP, Protvino, Moskva 123098, Russia
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA
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- Tohoku University, Tohoku, Miyagi Prefecture 980-8577, Japan
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- Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
- Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Kurchatov Institute-IHEP, Protvino, Moskva 123098, Russia
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 0036, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Kurchatov Institute-IHEP, Protvino, Moskva 123098, Russia
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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Oey H, Zakrzewski M, Narain K, Devi KR, Agatsuma T, Nawaratna S, Gobert GN, Jones MK, Ragan MA, McManus DP, Krause L. Whole-genome sequence of the oriental lung fluke Paragonimus westermani. Gigascience 2019; 8:5232231. [PMID: 30520948 PMCID: PMC6329441 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Foodborne infections caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus are a significant and widespread public health problem in tropical areas. Approximately 50 Paragonimus species have been reported to infect animals and humans, but Paragonimus westermani is responsible for the bulk of human disease. Despite their medical and economic importance, no genome sequence for any Paragonimus species is available. Results We sequenced and assembled the genome of P. westermani, which is among the largest of the known pathogen genomes with an estimated size of 1.1 Gb. A 922.8 Mb genome assembly was generated from Illumina and Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) sequence data, covering 84% of the estimated genome size. The genome has a high proportion (45%) of repeat-derived DNA, particularly of the long interspersed element and long terminal repeat subtypes, and the expansion of these elements may explain some of the large size. We predicted 12,852 protein coding genes, showing a high level of conservation with related trematode species. The majority of proteins (80%) had homologs in the human liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini, with an average sequence identity of 64.1%. Assembly of the P. westermani mitochondrial genome from long PacBio reads resulted in a single high-quality circularized 20.6 kb contig. The contig harbored a 6.9 kb region of non-coding repetitive DNA comprised of three distinct repeat units. Our results suggest that the region is highly polymorphic in P. westermani, possibly even within single worm isolates. Conclusions The generated assembly represents the first Paragonimus genome sequence and will facilitate future molecular studies of this important, but neglected, parasite group.
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- Harald Oey
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, 37 Kent St, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Wooloongabba, QLD 4102
- Correspondence address. Harald Oey, Address: The university of Queensland Diamantina Institute, 37 Kent St, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Wooloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia. E-mail:
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, QLD 4006, Australia
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- ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh - 786010, Assam, India
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- ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh - 786010, Assam, India
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku City 783–8505, Japan
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, QLD 4006, Australia
- School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4222, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, QLD 4006, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, United Kingdom
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, QLD 4006, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, 37 Kent St, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Wooloongabba, QLD 4102
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, QLD 4006, Australia
- Correspondence address. Lutz Krause, Address: The university of Queensland Diamantina Institute, 37 Kent St, Translational Research Institute (TRI), Wooloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia. E-mail:
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Gordon CA, Jones MK, McManus DP. The History of Bancroftian Lymphatic Filariasis in Australasia and Oceania: Is There a Threat of Re-Occurrence in Mainland Australia? Trop Med Infect Dis 2018; 3:E58. [PMID: 30274454 PMCID: PMC6073764 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Lymphatic filariasis (LF) infects an estimated 120 million people worldwide, with a further 856 million considered at risk of infection and requiring preventative chemotherapy. The majority of LF infections are caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, named in honour of the Australian physician Joseph Bancroft, with the remainder due to Brugia malayi and B. timori. Infection with LF through the bite of an infected mosquito, can lead to the development of the condition known as elephantiasis, where swelling due to oedema leads to loss of function in the affected area and thickening of the skin, 'like an elephant'. LF has previously been endemic in Australia, although currently, no autochthonous cases occur there. Human immigration to Australia from LF-endemic countries, including those close to Australia, and the presence of susceptible mosquitoes that can act as suitable vectors, heighten the possibility of the reintroduction of LF into this country. In this review, we examine the history of LF in Australia and Oceania and weigh up the potential risk of its re-occurrence on mainland Australia.
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- Catherine A Gordon
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
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Veschusio C, Jones MK, Mercer J, Martin AB. Readying Community Water Fluoridation Advocates through Training, Surveillance, and Empowerment. Community Dent Health 2018; 35:67-70. [PMID: 29111620 DOI: 10.1922/cdh_4021veschusio04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This paper describes the Community Water Fluoridation Advocacy Training Project that was designed to develop networks of community water fluoridation advocates in rural communities. The South Carolina (SC) Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Oral Health staff and the SC Dental Association were responsible for developing and facilitating the training sessions for key policy influencers, which included medical and dental providers, early childhood educators, and water system operators and managers. Findings from the post-training survey indicate that participants increased their knowledge and skills to discuss the impact of water fluoridation on the dental health of community residents. Participants identified a need for online access to water fluoridation education and advocacy materials. Dental public health competencies illustrated: communication and collaboration with groups and individuals, and advocate, implement and evaluate public health policy, legislation and regulations.
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- C Veschusio
- Division of Population Oral Health, Department of Stomatology, James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, Basic Sciences Building Room 127, Charleston, SC 29425
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- Division of Oral Health, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Outreach and Education Specialist, SC DHEC, 301 Gervais St., Columbia, SC 29201
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- Associates in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PA, 7033 St. Andrews Road, Columbia, SC 29212
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- Division of Population Oral Health, Department of Stomatology, James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, Basic Sciences Building Room 127, Charleston, SC 29425
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Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is spreading worldwide, and it can manifest as a severe neurological disease. Angiostrongyliasis is a food- and water-borne parasitosis that usually exhibits a seasonal and circumscribed geographical distribution. To improve control and treatment of these infections, further studies of transmission dynamics under natural conditions and the development of better diagnostic tools and treatment options are needed.
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- Carlos Graeff-Teixeira
- Parasite Biology Laboratory, School of Sciences, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Avenida Ipiranga 6681, Predio 12C, Room 241, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Parasite Biology Laboratory, School of Sciences, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Avenida Ipiranga 6681, Predio 12C, Room 241, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Lindholz CG, Favero V, Verissimo CDM, Candido RRF, de Souza RP, dos Santos RR, Morassutti AL, Bittencourt HR, Jones MK, St. Pierre TG, Graeff-Teixeira C. Study of diagnostic accuracy of Helmintex, Kato-Katz, and POC-CCA methods for diagnosing intestinal schistosomiasis in Candeal, a low intensity transmission area in northeastern Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018; 12:e0006274. [PMID: 29518081 PMCID: PMC5843168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Control initiatives have successfully reduced the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis transmission in several localities around the world. However, individuals that release low numbers of eggs in their feces may not be detected by classical methods that are limited by low sensitivity. Given that accurate estimates of prevalence are key to implementing planning control actions for the elimination of schistosomiasis, new diagnostic tools are needed to effectively monitor infections and confirm transmission interruption. The World Health Organization recommends the Kato-Katz (KK) thick smear as a parasitological test for epidemiological surveys, even though this method has been demonstrated to underestimate prevalence when egg burdens are low. The point-of-care immunodiagnostic for detecting schistosome cathodic circulating antigen (POC-CCA) method has been proposed as a more sensitive substitute for KK in prevalence estimations. An alternative diagnostic, the Helmintex (HTX) method, isolates eggs from fecal samples with the use of paramagnetic particles in a magnetic field. Here, a population-based study involving 461 individuals from Candeal, Sergipe State, Brazil, was conducted to evaluate these three methods comparatively by latent class analysis (LCA). The prevalence of schistosomiasis mansoni was determined to be 71% with POC-CCA, 40.% with HTX and 11% with KK. Most of the egg burdens of the individuals tested (70%) were < 1 epg, thereby revealing a dissociation between prevalence and intensity in this locality. Therefore, the present results confirm that the HTX method is a highly sensitive egg detection procedure and support its use as a reference method for diagnosing intestinal schistosomiasis and for comparative evaluation of other tests.
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- Catieli Gobetti Lindholz
- Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária, School of Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária, School of Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária, School of Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária, School of Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária, School of Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária, School of Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Polytechnic School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária, School of Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Candido RRF, Morassutti AL, Graeff-Teixeira C, St Pierre TG, Jones MK. Exploring Structural and Physical Properties of Schistosome Eggs: Potential Pathways for Novel Diagnostics? Adv Parasitol 2018; 100:209-237. [PMID: 29753339 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this era of increasing demand for sensitive techniques to diagnose schistosomiasis, there is a need for an increased focus on the properties of the parasite eggs. The eggs are not only directly linked to the morbidity of chronic infection but are also potential key targets for accurate diagnostics. Eggs were the primary target of diagnostic tools in the past and we argue they could be the target of highly sensitive tools in the future if we focus on characteristics of their structure and shell surface that could be exploited for enhanced detection. In this review, we discuss the current state of knowledge of the physical structures of schistosome eggs and eggshells with a view to identifying pathways to a comprehensive understanding of their role in the host-parasite relationship and pathogenesis of infection, and pathways to new strategies for development of diagnostics.
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- Renata R F Candido
- School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
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- School of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- School of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Ahluwalia A, Jones MK, Brzozowska I, Tarnawski AS. In vitro model of vasculo-angiogenesis: demonstration that bone marrow derived endothelial progenitor cells form new hybrid capillary blood vessels jointly with gastric endothelial cells. J Physiol Pharmacol 2017; 68:841-846. [PMID: 29550796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Regeneration of blood vessels (neovascularization) is critical for tissue injury healing. The contribution of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (BMD-EPCs) to neovascularization during tissue injury healing is not fully elucidated and it is not clear whether BMD-EPCs can form new capillary blood vessels independently or jointly with fully differentiated endothelial cells (ECs). The aim of this study was to establish an in vitro model of vasculogenesis/angiogenesis by co-culture of BMD-EPCs and gastric endothelial cells (GECs) on Matrigel, examine direct interactions of these cells; and, identify the mechanisms involved. We isolated BMD-EPCs and GECs from bone marrow and stomach of rats, respectively. In these cells, we examined the expression of CD34, CD133, CD31, VEGF-R2, stromal derived factor 1 (SDF-1) and CXCR4, and, their ability to form capillary-like tubes when cultured separately or when co-cultured (1:5 ratio) on growth factor-reduced Matrigel. Fluorescence-labeled BMD-EPCs seeded alone on Matrigel formed capillary-like tubes reflecting in vitro vasculogenesis, and when co-cultured with GECs on Matrigel, formed 'hybrid' tubes containing BMD-EPCs nested between GECs thus reflecting in vitro angio-vasculogenesis. These 'hybrid' tubes were 1.5-fold wider (P < 0.001) and had more extensive (5.1-fold increase) loops (P < 0.01) at the junctions of BMD-EPCs and GECs versus tubes formed by GECs alone. GECs expressed SDF-1 that likely mediated homing of BMD-EPCs (which expressed the SDF-1 receptor, CXCR4) and their incorporation during neovascularization. BMD-EPCs can independently form capillary-like tubes on Matrigel, and when co-cultured with fully differentiated ECs on Matrigel, form capillary-like 'hybrid' tubes comprised of both cell types. Both BMD-EPCs and GECs express SDF-1 and CXCR4, which indicate direct paracrine interactions between these cells during neovascularization.
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- A Ahluwalia
- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA. ;
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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Gordon CA, Kurscheid J, Jones MK, Gray DJ, McManus DP. Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Tropical Australia and Asia. Trop Med Infect Dis 2017; 2:E56. [PMID: 30270913 PMCID: PMC6082059 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed2040056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infect 2 billion people worldwide including significant numbers in South-East Asia (SEA). In Australia, STH are of less concern; however, indigenous communities are endemic for STH, including Strongyloides stercoralis, as well as for serious clinical infections due to other helminths such as Toxocara spp. The zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum is also present in Australia and SEA, and may contribute to human infections particularly among pet owners. High human immigration rates to Australia from SEA, which is highly endemic for STH Strongyloides and Toxocara, has resulted in a high prevalence of these helminthic infections in immigrant communities, particularly since such individuals are not screened for worm infections upon entry. In this review, we consider the current state of STH infections in Australia and SEA.
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- Catherine A Gordon
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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- Australian National University, Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia.
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- Australian National University, Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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Ahluwalia A, Brzozowski T, Jones MK, Ichikawa Y, Tarnawski AS. Formation of new blood vessels during gastric ulcer healing. Role of bone marrow derived endothelial progenitor cells. J Physiol Pharmacol 2017; 68:585-589. [PMID: 29151075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Regeneration of blood vessels (neovascularization) is critical for gastric ulcer (GU) healing. The contributions of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (BMD-EPCs) to neovascularization during GU healing are not fully elucidated. Our specific aims were to determine whether in GU, BMD-EPCs are incorporated into blood vessels of GU granulation tissue jointly with ECs, thus forming hybrid vessels; or, form separate vessels consisting of only BMD-EPCs. GUs were induced in rats by serosal application of acetic acid. Vascular cast studies were performed at 7, 21 and 60 days after GU induction and tissue specimens were immunostained for CD34, CD133, VEGFR2, and SDF-1 at 14 days. Human relevance was determined using archival human GU specimens. In rat GU granulation tissue BMD-EPCs constituted 28 ± 3% of all cells lining newly formed blood vessels, and were nested between fully differentiated ECs. In rat GU granulation tissue, expression of stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1) - the major chemoattractant for BMD-EPCs was strongly upregulated. In human GU specimens, BMD-EPCs were also present in granulation tissue constituting 34 ± 3% of all cells lining blood vessels and jointly formed hybrid vessels with differentiated ECs. Our study uncovered that BMD-EPCs incorporate into newly formed blood vessels in GU granulation tissue; and, together with ECs of pre-existing vessels, contribute to and support neovascularization through vasculogenesis. This study is the first demonstration that vasculogenesis occurs during GU healing in both humans and in rats.
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- A Ahluwalia
- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine,Yokohama, Japan
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- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, USA. ;
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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Favero V, Frasca Candido RR, De Marco Verissimo C, Jones MK, St. Pierre TG, Lindholz CG, Da Silva VD, Morassutti AL, Graeff-Teixeira C. Optimization of the Helmintex method for schistosomiasis diagnosis. Exp Parasitol 2017; 177:28-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tarnawski AS, Ahluwalia A, Jones MK, Brzozowski T. Expression of nerve growth factor in rat stomach. Implications for interactions between endothelial, neural and epithelial cells. J Physiol Pharmacol 2016; 67:879-883. [PMID: 28195068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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UNLABELLED This study was aimed to determine the expression and localization of nerve growth factor (NGF) in the gastric mucosa. Transmural gastric specimens were obtained from euthanized rats. STUDIES 1) expression of NGF and TrkA receptor by Western blotting; 2) histological evaluation of gastric wall architecture; 3) expression of NGF using immunostaining. Immunostaining showed strong and differential expression of NGF in neural elements of gastric myenteric and submucosal plexuses; in epithelial cells: mainly in chief and progenitor cells, in enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells; and, in endothelial cells (ECs) lining blood vessels. We concluded that NGF expression in neural elements, epithelial cells and endothelial cells of blood vessels indicated a complex local interaction between neural, epithelial and endothelial cells that regulated gastric mucosal homeostasis and, likely, the protection against gastric injury and ulcer healing.
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- A S Tarnawski
- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS), Long Beach, California, USA.
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS), Long Beach, California, USA
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- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS), Long Beach, California, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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da Silva FL, Dixon MW, Stack CM, Teuscher F, Taran E, Jones MK, Lovas E, Tilley L, Brown CL, Trenholme KR, Dalton JP, Gardiner DL, Skinner-Adams TS. A Plasmodium falciparum S33 proline aminopeptidase is associated with changes in erythrocyte deformability. Exp Parasitol 2016; 169:13-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2016.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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You H, Gobert GN, Du X, Pali G, Cai P, Jones MK, McManus DP. Functional characterisation of Schistosoma japonicum acetylcholinesterase. Parasit Vectors 2016; 9:328. [PMID: 27283196 PMCID: PMC4901427 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1615-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an important metabolic enzyme of schistosomes present in the musculature and on the surface of the blood stage where it has been implicated in the modulation of glucose scavenging from mammalian host blood. As both a target for the antischistosomal drug metrifonate and as a potential vaccine candidate, AChE has been characterised in the schistosome species Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium and S. bovis, but not in S. japonicum. Recently, using a schistosome protein microarray, a predicted S. japonicum acetylcholinesterase precursor was significantly targeted by protective IgG1 immune responses in S. haematobium-exposed individuals that had acquired drug-induced resistance to schistosomiasis after praziquantel treatment. RESULTS We report the full-length cDNA sequence and describe phylogenetic and molecular structural analysis to facilitate understanding of the biological function of AChE (SjAChE) in S. japonicum. The protein has high sequence identity (88 %) with the AChEs in S. mansoni, S. haematobium and S. bovis and has 25 % sequence similarity with human AChE, suggestive of a highly specialised role for the enzyme in both parasite and host. We immunolocalized SjAChE and demonstrated its presence on the surface of adult worms and schistosomula, as well as its lower expression in parenchymal regions. The relatively abundance of AChE activity (90 %) present on the surface of adult S. japonicum when compared with that reported in other schistosomes suggests SjAChE may be a more effective drug or immunological target against this species. We also demonstrate that the classical inhibitor of AChE, BW285c51, inhibited AChE activity in tegumental extracts of paired worms, single males and single females by 59, 22 and 50 %, respectively, after 24 h incubation with 200 μM BW284c51. CONCLUSIONS These results build on previous studies in other schistosome species indicating major differences in the enzyme between parasite and mammalian host, and provide further support for the design of an anti-schistosome intervention targeting AChE.
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- Hong You
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Gordon CA, McManus DP, Jones MK, Gray DJ, Gobert GN. The Increase of Exotic Zoonotic Helminth Infections: The Impact of Urbanization, Climate Change and Globalization. Adv Parasitol 2016; 91:311-97. [PMID: 27015952 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2015.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Zoonotic parasitic diseases are increasingly impacting human populations due to the effects of globalization, urbanization and climate change. Here we review the recent literature on the most important helminth zoonoses, including reports of incidence and prevalence. We discuss those helminth diseases which are increasing in endemic areas and consider their geographical spread into new regions within the framework of globalization, urbanization and climate change to determine the effect these variables are having on disease incidence, transmission and the associated challenges presented for public health initiatives, including control and elimination.
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- Catherine A Gordon
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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