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Social, economic, and health impact of the respiratory syncytial virus: a systematic search
(Biomed Central, 2014-10-30)
Background: Bronchiolitis caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and its related complications are common in infants born prematurely, with severe congenital heart disease, or bronchopulmonary dysplasia, as well ...
Inoculation of Triatoma Virus (Dicistroviridae: Cripavirus) elicits a non-infective immune response in mice
(Biomed Central, 2013-03)
Background: Dicistroviridae is a new family of small, non-enveloped, +ssRNA viruses pathogenic to both beneficial arthropods and insect pests. Little is known about the dicistrovirus replication mechanism or gene function, ...
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) genotype 18 variants in patients with clinical manifestations of HPV related infections in Bilbao, Spain
(BioMed Central, 2012)
Background:Human papillomavirus (HPV) variants differ in their biological and chemical properties, and therefore,
may present differences in pathogenicity. Most authors classified variants based on the phylogenetic analysis ...
Retroviral Infections in Sheep and Goats: Small Ruminant Lentiviruses and Host Interaction
(MDPI, 2013-08)
Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) are members of the Retrovirus family comprising the closely related Visna/Maedi Virus (VMV) and the Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus (CAEV), which infect sheep and goats. Both infect ...
Multi-drug resistance profiles and the genetic features of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Bolivia
(Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013-04)
Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii is opportunistic in debilitated hospitalised patients. Because information from some South American countries was previously lacking, this study examined the emergence of multi-resistant ...
Viral metagenomic analysis of feces of wild small carnivores
(Biomed Central, 2014-05-15)
Background: Recent studies have clearly demonstrated the enormous virus diversity that exists among wild animals. This exemplifies the required expansion of our knowledge of the virus diversity present in wildlife, as well ...
Seroprevalence of Triatoma virus (Dicistroviridae: Cripaviridae) antibodies in Chagas disease patients
(Biomed Central, 2015-01-17)
Background: Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, and humans acquire the parasite by exposure to contaminated feces from hematophagous insect vectors known as triatomines. Triatoma virus (TrV) is the sole viral ...