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Kiss T, Šafářová D, Navrátil M, Nečas T. Molecular Characterization of ' Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' in the Czech Republic and Susceptibility of Apricot Rootstocks to the Two Most Abundant Haplotypes. Microorganisms 2024; 12:399. [PMID: 38399803 PMCID: PMC10893538 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12020399] [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: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' is one of the most destructive pathogens of Prunus species, where susceptible species render unproductive several years after infection. In epidemiology, the molecular characterization of phytoplasmas is based on sequence analysis of variable nonribosomal genes. In this study aceF, pnp, imp and secY genes were used for characterization of the 'Ca. P. prunorum' genotypes present in the Czech Republic. In total, 56 plant and 33 vector (Cacopsylla pruni) samples positive to 'Ca. P. prunorum' collected in seven localities were used in the study. Based on sequence analysis, four aceF, two pnp, six imp, and three secY genotypes were identified in analyzed samples. The most abundant in both plant and insect samples were the A6, P2, I4, and S2 genotypes. Most of the Czech 'Ca. P. prunorum' haplotypes clustered together in the haplotype network analysis. Next, two isolates representing the two most abundant Czech haplotypes (A6-P2-I4-S2 and A5-P2-I4-S2) were used in the susceptibility test of three apricot rootstock types (St. Julien A, M-VA-1, GF-305). Susceptibility was analyzed by phytoplasma quantification using quantitative real-time PCR and evaluation of symptom manifestation. Based on the results, the influence of the rootstock type on the phytoplasma titer and symptom manifestation was greater than of the phytoplasma isolate, while the year of analysis had no influence on the results. The results also showed that the phytoplasma titer is increasing in plant tissues during the vegetation period.
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- Tomáš Kiss
- Department of Fruit Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (D.Š.); (M.N.)
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (D.Š.); (M.N.)
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- Department of Fruit Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;
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Potluka O, Švecová L, Kubát V, Liskova-Nedbalova V, Nečas T, Lhotská L, Hejdová K. Evaluation of eHealth assistance in-hospital care for improved quality of life in patients. Eval Program Plann 2023; 97:102261. [PMID: 36889132 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102261] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Health conditions contribute significantly to patients' quality of life. Healthcare infrastructure and healthcare services, including their accessibility, belong to objective factors influencing their perception of their health. The growing disparity between supply and demand for specialized inpatient facilities due to the aging population calls for new solutions, including eHealth technologies. Automatized activities could be taken over by eHealth technologies that do not require a constant presence of staff. We tested whether eHealth technical solutions reduce patients' health risks on a sample of 61 patients on the covid-19 unit in Tomas Bata hospital in Zlin. We have applied the randomized control trial to select patients for the treatment and the control groups. Moreover, we tested eHealth technologies and their help to staff in the hospital. Due to the severity of the covid-19 disease and its rapid course and the size of the sample in our research, we did not demonstrate a statistically significant impact of eHealth technologies on patient health. The evaluation results confirm that even the limited number of technologies deployed proves to be an effective help for staff in critical situations like the pandemic. The main issue is psychological support to staff in hospitals and relieving stressful work.
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- Oto Potluka
- Center for Philanthropy Studies, University of Basel, Steinengraben 22, 4051 Basel, Switzerland; Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, nám. Sítná 3105, 27201 Kladno, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, nám. Sítná 3105, 27201 Kladno, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, nám. Sítná 3105, 27201 Kladno, Czech Republic.
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- Krajská nemocnice T. Bati, a. s., Havlíčkovo nábřeží 600, 76275 Zlín, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, nám. Sítná 3105, 27201 Kladno, Czech Republic; Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Jugoslávských partyzánů 1580/3, 16000 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, nám. Sítná 3105, 27201 Kladno, Czech Republic.
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Kiss T, Nečas T. Quantification of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' in apricot trees exhibiting uneven European stone fruit yellows symptoms. Acta Univ Agric Silvic Mendelianae Brun 2022. [DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2022.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Kantorová L, Kantor J, Búřil J, Búřilová P, Slezáková S, Nečas T, Klugar M. Quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for perioperative care and use of GRADE: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e052795. [PMID: 34907061 PMCID: PMC8671973 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052795] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Perioperative care is a broad field covering an array of elective and emergency procedures. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for perioperative care exist with various degrees of methodological quality. We intend to critically appraise them using AGREE II instrument and investigate the use of Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE). METHODS AND ANALYSIS We searched MEDLINE (Ovid), Epistemonikos, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and PROSPERO and did not identify any similar systematic review in this area. We will search databases, repositories and websites of guideline developers and medical societies, including MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), DynaMed, the GIN international guideline library and registry of guidelines in development, BIGG international database of GRADE guidelines, ECRI Guideline Trust or National Institute for Clinical Evidence to identify all CPGs for perioperative care in an adult population in a general clinical setting. We will include CPGs, expert guidance, position papers, guidance documents and consensus statements published in the last 5 years by experts or international organisations that provide guidance or recommendations in the available full text with no geographical or language limitation. Excluded will be those containing only good practice statements. Two independent reviewers will perform critical appraisal using the AGREE II tool. The data presented in a narrative and tabular form will include the results of the critical appraisal for all identified CPGs for all AGREE II domains and an assessment of the use of the GRADE approach. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval is not required. We will disseminate the findings through professional networks and conference presentations and will publish the results.
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- Lucia Kantorová
- Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Special Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Center of Evidence-Based Education & Arts Therapies: A JBI Affiliated Group, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Ist Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department od Pediatrics, Tomas Bata Regional Hospital, Zlín, Czech Republic
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- Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Trojánek M, Grebenyuk V, Herrmannová K, Nečas T, Gregorová J, Kucbel M, Šín R, Roháčová H, Stejskal F. A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. Cas Lek Cesk 2020; 159:55-66. [PMID: 32434337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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By the end of 2019 the first cases of severe pneumonia of unknown origin were reported in Wuhan, China. The causative agent was identified as a novel b-coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the disease was named COVID-19. Since the beginning of 2020, the infection has spread worldwide, which led the WHO to declare COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern and to characterize the current situation as a pandemic. The transmission occurs mainly via respiratory droplets and the incubation period ranges from 2 to 14 days. Most cases are mild, but some patients develop severe pneumonia with acute respiratory distress, septic shock and multi-organ failure. The most common symptoms include fever, dry cough, myalgia and shortness of breath. Characteristic laboratory findings are normal white blood cell count or mild leukopenia, marked lymphopenia, in severe cases elevated CRP, procalcitonin, LDH, and D-dimer are commonly found. Typical imaging findings include multifocal peripherally distributed ground-glass opacities or consolidations, interlobular septal thickening, crazy paving appearance and cystic changes. The overall case fatality rate is estimated to range from 1 to 3 %, however, it is dependent on age and underlying medical comorbidities. Current potential treatment options include hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, lopinavir/ritonavir and convalescent plasma.
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Wolf J, Kiss T, Venuta R, Nečas T. The Use of Phytohormones in Production of Fruit Tree Rootstocks in Nursery Without Irrigation. Acta Univ Agric Silvic Mendelianae Brun 2019. [DOI: 10.11118/actaun201967020463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pavelková P, Kiss T, Nečas T. Evaluation of Presence and Concentration of PPV in Rootstocks Derived from Prunus davidiana (Carr.) Franch. Acta Univ Agric Silvic Mendelianae Brun 2019. [DOI: 10.11118/actaun201967010121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Baránek M, Čechová J, Kovacs T, Eichmeier A, Wang S, Raddová J, Nečas T, Ye X. Use of Combined MSAP and NGS Techniques to Identify Differentially Methylated Regions in Somaclones: A Case Study of Two Stable Somatic Wheat Mutants. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0165749. [PMID: 27792769 PMCID: PMC5085084 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The appearance of somaclonal variability induced by in vitro cultivation is relatively frequent and can, in some cases, provide a valuable source of new genetic variation for crop improvement. The cause of this phenomenon remains unknown; however, there are a number of reports suggesting that epigenetics, including DNA methylations, are an important factor. In addition to the non-heritable DNA methylation changes caused by transient and reversible stress-responsive gene regulation, recent evidence supports the existence of mitotically and meiotically inherited changes. The induction of phenotypes via stable DNA methylation changes has occasionally great economical value; however, very little is known about the genetic or molecular basis of these phenotypes. We used a novel approach consisting of a standard MSAP analysis followed by deep amplicon sequencing to better understand this phenomenon. Our models included two wheat genotypes, and their somaclones induced using in vitro cultivation with a changed heritable phenotype (shortened stem height and silenced high molecular weight glutenin). Using this novel procedure, we obtained information on the dissimilarity of DNA methylation landscapes between the standard cultivar and its respective somaclones, and we extracted the sequences and genome regions that were differentially methylated between subjects. Transposable elements were identified as the most likely factor for producing changes in somaclone properties. In summary, the novel approach of combining MSAP and NGS is relatively easy and widely applicable, which is a rather unique feature compared with the currently available techniques in the epigenetics field.
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- Miroslav Baránek
- Mendeleum–Department of Genetics, Horticulture Faculty of Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
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- Mendeleum–Department of Genetics, Horticulture Faculty of Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
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- Mendeleum–Department of Genetics, Horticulture Faculty of Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Mendeleum–Department of Genetics, Horticulture Faculty of Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Fruit Growing, Horticulture Faculty of Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Nečas T, Laňar L, Ondrášek I, Náměstek J, Láčík J, Kosina J. Propagation of Selected Pear and Quince Rootstocks By Hardwood Cuttings. Acta Univ Agric Silvic Mendelianae Brun 2016. [DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664031211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Meisl T, Dubský M, Šrámek F, Nečas T. The effect of clay amendment on substrate properties and growth of woody plants. Acta Univ Agric Silvic Mendelianae Brun 2013. [DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260080163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Nečas T, Lébl K. Evaluation of selected nursery traits in combination rootstocks and variety in Asian pear trees. Acta Univ Agric Silvic Mendelianae Brun 2013. [DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260080171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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