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Werner RM, Soffa AN. Considerations for the development of a field-based medical device for the administration of adjunctive therapies for snakebite envenoming. Toxicon X 2023; 20:100169. [PMID: 37661997 PMCID: PMC10474190 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2023.100169] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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The timely administration of antivenom is the most effective method currently available to reduce the burden of snakebite envenoming (SBE), a neglected tropical disease that most often affects rural agricultural global populations. There is increasing interest in the development of adjunctive small molecule and biologic therapeutics that target the most problematic venom components to bridge the time-gap between initial SBE and the administration antivenom. Unique combinations of these therapeutics could provide relief from the toxic effects of regional groupings of medically relevant snake species. The application a PRISMA/PICO literature search methodology demonstrated an increasing interest in the rapid administration of therapies to improve patient symptoms and outcomes after SBE. Advice from expert interviews and considerations regarding the potential routes of therapy administration, anatomical bite location, and species-specific venom delivery have provided a framework to identify ideal metrics and potential hurdles for the development of a field-based medical device that could be used immediately after SBE to deliver adjunctive therapies. The use of subcutaneous (SC) or intramuscular (IM) injection were identified as potential routes of administration of both small molecule and biologic therapies. The development of a field-based medical device for the delivery of adjunctive SBE therapies presents unique challenges that will require a collaborative and transdisciplinary approach to be successful.
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Werner RM, Johnson A. 31 P NMR of the pyruvate kinase reaction: An undergraduate experiment in enzyme kinetics. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 2017; 45:509-514. [PMID: 28758334 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Understanding how to perform an enzyme assay is a critical learning skill in the undergraduate biochemistry curriculum. Students in biochemistry typically have been exposed to the use of NMR spectroscopy as a tool to determine chemical structure, but rarely are they exposed to the utility of NMR to evaluate enzyme kinetics. Furthermore, coverage of NMR experiments utilizing "alternative nuclei", such as 15 N, 19 F, and 31 P may be neglected. Herein we report a simple 31 P NMR tube experiment that allows students to examine the enzyme kinetics and equilibrium constant of the reaction catalyzed by pyruvate kinase. © 2017 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 45(6):509-514, 2017.
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- R Marshall Werner
- Lake Superior State University, 650 W. Easterday Ave. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 49783
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- Intertape Polymer Group, In. 100 Paramount Dr. Suite 300 Sarasota, Florida, 34232
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Hartmann K, Werner RM, Egberink H, Jarrett O. Comparison of six in-house tests for the rapid diagnosis of feline immunodeficiency and feline leukaemia virus infections. Vet Rec 2001; 149:317-20. [PMID: 11583125 DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.11.317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Six rapid tests for the diagnosis of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) infections which have recently been introduced in Europe for use in small animal practice were compared. Eight hundred serum samples were tested and those reacting FIV-positive in at least one of the tests were confirmed by Western blot, and those reacting FeLV-positive were confirmed by virus isolation. The specificity and sensitivity of each test and the quality of the results produced were compared.
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- K Hartmann
- Medizinische Tierklinik, München, Germany
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Siderowf AD, Werner RM. The EQ-5D--a generic quality of life measure--is a useful instrument to measure quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001; 70:817. [PMID: 11430299 PMCID: PMC1737398 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.6.817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Restricted daily food access acts as an entraining stimulus (zeitgeber) for a circadian clock, the feeding-entrainable oscillator (FEO). There are many properties of a daily meal that could potentially convey timing information to the FEO. Olfactory cues associated with feeding are one such property. In order to rule out olfaction as a necessary entraining stimulus, olfactory bulbectomized and sham-operated male Sprague--Dawley rats had access to food for 2 h each day. Food bin approach behavior was monitored as an index of food-anticipatory activity (FAA). Both groups entrained to the daily meal with an increase in feeder approach time several hours before meal onset. There were no significant differences in the timing or the amount of FAA between groups. Furthermore, FAA was maintained during 3 days of food deprivation in both groups. In accordance with previous studies, the results show that olfactory cues are not necessary for the entrainment of FAA.
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- A J Davidson
- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA
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Werner RM, Stivers JT. Kinetic isotope effect studies of the reaction catalyzed by uracil DNA glycosylase: evidence for an oxocarbenium ion-uracil anion intermediate. Biochemistry 2000; 39:14054-64. [PMID: 11087352 DOI: 10.1021/bi0018178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The DNA repair enzyme uracil DNA glycosylase catalyzes the first step in the uracil base excision repair pathway, the hydrolytic cleavage of the N-glycosidic bond of deoxyuridine in DNA. Here we report kinetic isotope effect (KIE) measurements that have allowed the determination of the transition-state structure for this important reaction. The small primary (13)C KIE (=1.010 +/- 0.009) and the large secondary alpha-deuterium KIE (=1.201 +/- 0.021) indicate that (i) the glycosidic bond is essentially completely broken in the transition state and (ii) there is significant sp(2) character at the anomeric carbon. Large secondary beta-deuterium KIEs were observed when [2'R-(2)H] = 1.102 +/- 0.011 and [2'S-(2)H] = 1.106 +/- 0.010. The nearly equal and large magnitudes of the two stereospecific beta-deuterium KIEs indicate strong hyperconjugation between the elongated glycosidic bond and both of the C2'-H2' bonds. Geometric interpretation of these beta-deuterium KIEs indicates that the furanose ring adopts a mild 3'-exo sugar pucker in the transition state, as would be expected for maximal stabilization of an oxocarbenium ion. Taken together, these results strongly indicate that the reaction proceeds through a dissociative transition state, with complete dissociation of the uracil anion followed by addition of water. To our knowledge, this is the first transition-state structure determined for enzymatic cleavage of the glycosidic linkage in a pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotide.
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- R M Werner
- Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institutes and National Institute of Standards and Technology, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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Werner RM, Jiang YL, Gordley RG, Jagadeesh GJ, Ladner JE, Xiao G, Tordova M, Gilliland GL, Stivers JT. Stressing-out DNA? The contribution of serine-phosphodiester interactions in catalysis by uracil DNA glycosylase. Biochemistry 2000; 39:12585-94. [PMID: 11027138 DOI: 10.1021/bi001532v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The DNA repair enzyme uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) pinches the phosphodiester backbone of damaged DNA using the hydroxyl side chains of a conserved trio of serine residues, resulting in flipping of the deoxyuridine from the DNA helix into the enzyme active site. We have investigated the energetic role of these serine-phosphodiester interactions using the complementary approaches of crystallography, directed mutagenesis, and stereospecific phosphorothioate substitutions. A new crystal structure of UDG bound to 5'-HO-dUAAp-3' (which lacks the 5' phosphodiester group that interacts with the Ser88 pinching finger) shows that the glycosidic bond of dU has been cleaved, and that the enzyme has undergone the same specific clamping motion that brings key active site groups into position as previously observed in the structures of human UDG bound to large duplex DNA substrates. From this structure, it may be concluded that glycosidic bond cleavage and the induced fit conformational change in UDG can occur without the 5' pinching interaction. The S88A, S189A, and S192G "pinching" mutations exhibit 360-, 80-, and 21-fold damaging effects on k(cat)/K(m), respectively, while the S88A/S189A double mutant exhibits an 8200-fold damaging effect. A free energy analysis of the combined effects of nonbridging phosphorothioate substitution and mutation at these positions reveals the presence of a modest amount of strain energy between the compressed 5' and 3' phosphodiester groups flanking the bound uridine. Overall, these results indicate a role for these serine-phosphodiester interactions in uracil flipping and preorganization of the sugar ring into a reactive conformation. However, in contrast to a recent proposal [Parikh, S. S., et al. (2000) Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. 94, 5083], there is no evidence that conformational strain of the glycosidic bond induced by serine pinching plays a major role in the 10(12)-fold rate enhancement brought about by UDG.
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- R M Werner
- Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and National Institute for Standards and Technology, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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Xu T, Werner RM, Lee KC, Fettinger JC, Davis JT, Coward JK. Synthesis and Evaluation of Tripeptides Containing Asparagine Analogues as Potential Substrates or Inhibitors of Oligosaccharyltransferase. J Org Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/jo9802123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tong Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Interdepartmental Program of Medicinal Chemistry, and College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of Chemistry, Interdepartmental Program of Medicinal Chemistry, and College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of Chemistry, Interdepartmental Program of Medicinal Chemistry, and College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of Chemistry, Interdepartmental Program of Medicinal Chemistry, and College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of Chemistry, Interdepartmental Program of Medicinal Chemistry, and College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of Chemistry, Interdepartmental Program of Medicinal Chemistry, and College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Werner RM, Pearson TA. LDL-cholesterol: a risk factor for coronary artery disease--from epidemiology to clinical trials. Can J Cardiol 1998; 14 Suppl B:3B-10B. [PMID: 9627535] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Discussion of potential strategies to modify lipids and lipoproteins other than low density lipoproteins (LDLs) should first recognize the convincing evidence in favour of the identification and aggressive treatment of elevated LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients with established cardiovascular disease. Elevated LDL-C level is one of the few risk factors for which there is evidence of involvement in every pathophysiological step of the development of cardiovascular disease. Longitudinal studies have established the role of LDL-C as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease incidence, recurrence and fatal outcome. Clinical trials and economic analyses have proven that aggressive treatment of elevated LDL-C in patients at high risk can prevent cardiac events with excellent cost effectiveness.
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- R M Werner
- Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY 14642, USA
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- R. Marshall Werner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- A G Liebelt
- Registry of Experimental Cancers, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Michaelis OE, Patrick DH, Hansen CT, Canary JJ, Werner RM, Carswell N. Insulin-independent diabetes mellitus (type II). Spontaneous hypertensive/NIH-corpulent rat. Am J Pathol 1986; 123:398-400. [PMID: 3706497 PMCID: PMC1888333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Shirai A, Huxsoll DL, Dohany AL, Montrey RD, Werner RM, Gan E. Characterization of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi strains in two species of naturally infected, laboratory-reared chiggers. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1982; 31:395-402. [PMID: 6176132 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1982.31.395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi found in naturally infected, laboratory-reared Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) arenicola and L. (L.) fletcheri chiggers were characterized by direct immunofluorescence (FA) and by mouse and monkey virulence tests. The strains existing in the L. (L.) arenicola chiggers consisted of different combinations of TA716, TA763, TA686, Karp, and Kato. In addition to these five strains, Gilliam was found in the L. (L.) fletcheri chiggers. Results indicate that individual chiggers can be simultaneously infected with several antigenic strains of R. tsutsugamushi. Although these antigens appear to remain stable within familial lines when several generations were viewed, the antigenic patterns observed in two succeeding generations did not always correlate. This variable expression of antigens was considered to be due to a quantitative fluctuation from one generation to the next in the strains of rickettsiae combined with a lack of sensitivity of the direct FA test in detecting small numbers of antigenically different rickettsiae. Phenotypic variation was considered to be a less probable explanation. Morbidity and mortality were minimal in ICR mice fed upon by individual chiggers of either species, but infection rates were 85-99%. Tissue suspensions prepared from mice infected by L. (L.) arenicola produced higher mortality and longer duration of illness in mice than those prepared from L. (L.) fletcheri-infected mice. Silvered leaf and cynomolgus monkeys were fed upon by the two species of chiggers or inoculated with the mouse tissue suspensions. In both cases, minimal clinical responses were observed.
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Wallace GD, Werner RM, Golway PL, Hernandez DM, Alling DW, George DA. Epizootiology of an outbreak of mousepox at the National Institutes of Health. Lab Anim Sci 1981; 31:609-15. [PMID: 6281566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Allen AM, Clarke GL, Ganaway JR, Lock A, Werner RM. Pathology and diagnosis of mousepox. Lab Anim Sci 1981; 31:599-608. [PMID: 6281565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The pathologic changes of mousepox were studied during an outbreak at the National Institutes of Health in 1979. The most consistent lesions were necrosis of lymphatic tissues, especially the spleen, lymph nodes, and Peyer's patches. Hepatic necrosis and jejunal hemorrhage also were found. In two transmission studies, the disease was experimentally induced in BALB/cAnN and C3H/HeN-nu mice. Athymic mice were found to be highly susceptible, and they developed fulminant disease. The diagnosis was confirmed by demonstration of pox virions in infected tissues by electron microscopy, staining of viral antigen by immunoperoxidase methods, and by isolation of the virus in chorioallantoic membranes of hen's eggs and in cultures of chick embryonic cells.
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Werner RM, Allen AM, Small JD, New AE. Clinical manifestations of mousepox in an experimental animal holding room. Lab Anim Sci 1981; 31:590-4. [PMID: 6281564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A study of the clinical aspects of mousepox was conducted during the 1979-80 outbreak at the National Institutes of Health. The disease was detected serologically in a room located adjacent to the index room. The index room received animals prior to this outbreak from a noncommercial colony which later was found to be infected with mousepox. The infection was present in the room for at least 6 weeks prior to the completion of the study. The paucity of clinical signs and low mortality were striking when compared to previous descriptions of mousepox in the United States. Only 27 of the 939 mice in the room were infected, and only one of these had typical skin lesions. A few of the mice had non-specific signs such as ruffled hair coat and hunched appearance. Minimal spread of the disease was evidenced by clustering of infected cages on one of five animal racks in the room.
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Werner RM, Montrey RD, Roberts CR, Tsoy AC, Huxsoll DL. Establishment of a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) breeding colony in Malaysia: a feasibility study. Lab Anim Sci 1980; 30:571-4. [PMID: 7431858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A breeding colony utilizing a harem mating system was established to study the feasibility of breeding cynomoglus monkeys, Macaca fascicularis, in Malaysia. Two groups consisting of 10 females and one male each were evaluated over a 3 period. Forty births were recorded; one was stillborn, 11 died while nursing, and 28 were weaned. The average time to wean offspring was 230 days with an average weight at weaning of 0.858 kg. The average time for conception to take place after weaning was 50 days. Of the 20 breeder females, six produced three offspring each, nine produced two offspring each, four produced one offspring each and one remained barren throughout the project. Three different weaning systems were evaluated. The best method was caging the mother-infant pair within or adjacent to the breeding room followed by a two-part cage system which allowed the infant to continue nursing and also obtain solid food inaccessible to the mother.
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Shirai A, Montrey RD, Werner RM, Arimbalam S, Huxsoll DL. Comparison of experimental Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infections in silvered leaf (Presbytis cristatus) and cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1979; 32:345-51. [PMID: 120902 DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.32.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Both silvered leaf and cynomolgus monkeys were infected with the Gilliam, Karp and Kato strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi. The two species developed similar clinical syndromes, but the antibody responses were greater in cynomolgus monkeys. In both species of monkeys, the Gilliam strain induced more severe clinical manifestations. At 10 months post-infection, silvered leaf monkeys were immune to homologous intradermal (id) challenge. Cynomolgus monkeys, at 15 months post-infection, were relatively resistant to homologous intravenous challenge, but not to a homologous or heterologous id challenge.
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Shirai A, Montrey RD, Werner RM, Arimbalam S, Huxsoll DL. Clinical responses of silvered leaf monkeys to infection with selected strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi. J Infect Dis 1979; 140:811-4. [PMID: 119001 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/140.5.811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Minimal clinical and hematologic signs were observed in silvered leaf monkeys inoculated intradermally with four strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, both virulent and avirulent for laboratory mice. The clinical response of the monkeys to the infection was related to neither the virulence of the strains in mice nor the antigenic characteristics of the strains.
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Shirai A, Huxsoll DL, Montrey RD, Werner RM, Arimbalam S. Experimental Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infections in dogs. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1979; 32:175-8. [PMID: 120457 DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.32.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Dogs were infected intravenously and intradermally with the Gilliam and Karp strains of R. tsutsugamushi. Although the development of clinical signs was related to the dose of the organism, Gilliam-infected dogs developed severer infections than those infected with Karp. Specific antibodies were demonstrated in sera of experimentally infected dogs.
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Werner RM, Faith RE. Decrease in the lethal effect of snake venom by serum of the opossum, Didelphis marsupialis. Lab Anim Sci 1978; 28:710-3. [PMID: 750730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Decrease in the lethal effect of several crotalid snake venoms were compared when diluted or mixed with opossum serum, normal horse serum, or normal dog serum and injected into mice. Normal dog and horse serum showed no protective qualities while opossum serum and diluted antivenin were approximately equivalent in their protective effect.
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