Resistance to Multiple Tuber Diseases Expressed in Somaclonal Variants of the Potato Cultivar Russet Burbank by Tamilarasan Thangavel, Robert Steven Tegg, Calum Rae Wilson

“…Coexpression of resistance to powdery scab caused by a protozoan pathogen was subsequently shown. This study sought to define whether this resistance was effective against additional potato tuber diseases, black scurf, and tuber soft rot induced by fungal and bacterial pathogens. …”
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Molecular docking and quantitative structure-activity relationships for a series of Trypanosoma cruzi dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors by Gabriela Ciffeli de Jesus, Tatiana Santana Ribeiro, Adriano D. Andricopulo, Leonardo Luiz Gomes Ferreira

“…Abstract Caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, Chagas disease affects six to seven million people worldwide, mainly in Latin America. …”
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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing assists in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in non-endemic areas of China by Rui Zhao, Guilun He, Lin Xiang, Melinda Ji, Rongheng He, Xudong Wei

“…IntroductionLeishmaniasis, a protozoan disease caused by infection by Leishmania, is a critical issue in Asia, South America, East Africa, and North Africa. …”
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Discovery of Evolutionary Loss of the Ubiquitin-like Autophagy-Related ATG12 System in a Lineage of Apicomplexa by Xiaoxia X. Lin, Yun D. Bai, Sichang T. Wang, Akira Nozawa, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Tatsunori Masatani, Kenji Hikosaka, Masahito Asada, Hirokazu Sakamoto

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Prevalence and Types of Coinfections in Sleeping Sickness Patients in Kenya (2000/2009) by J. M. Kagira, N. Maina, J. Njenga, S. M. Karanja, S. M. Karori, J. M. Ngotho

“…The patients were also infected with Entamoeba spp. (32.3%) and Trichomonas hominis (22.6%) protozoan parasites. The main clinical signs observed at the point of admission included headache (74.2%), fever (48.4%), sleep disorders (45.2%), and general body pain (41.9%). …”
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Nanopore sequencing of protozoa: Decoding biological information on a string of biochemical molecules into human-readable signals by Branden Hunter, Timothy Cromwell, Hyunjin Shim

“…Specifically, we sequenced blood and fecal samples from mice infected with Trypanosoma brucei, a unicellular protozoan known for its hypervariable and dynamic regions that help it evade host immunity. …”
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Women Who Have Aborted in Comparison with the Women with Normal Delivery in Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran by J. Saki, N. Mohammadpour, F. Moramezi, S. Khademvatan

“…Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite causing toxoplasmosis in animals and humans. …”
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A review of leishmaniasis: current knowledge and future directions of heterocyclic molecules by Tejaswini Masne, Dileep Kumar, Deepali Bansode

“…Leishmanial diseases, caused by various species of the protozoan parasite Leishmania, continue to pose a significant global health challenge. …”
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Association of Neospora caninum and abortions in water buffaloes in Venezuela by Rosaura Pérez-Gil

“… Buffaloes are an important natural host of Neospora caninum; this protozoan causes abortions in bovines. In addition, transplacental transmission is considered the main route of transmission. …”
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Epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in four districts of central Ethiopia: Prevalence and risk factors. by Kibruyesfa Bayou, Getachew Terefe, Bersissa Kumsa

“…Nematode (28.2%), cestode (8.4%), and protozoan (5.6%) parasite infections were detected in dogs in both single (42.2%) and combined (10.8%) infections. …”
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Antiplasmodial, Antitrypanosomal, and Cytotoxic Effects of Anthonotha macrophylla, Annickia polycarpa, Tieghemella heckelii, and Antrocaryon micraster Extracts by Aboagye Kwarteng Dofuor, Emmanuel Kofi Kumatia, Jersley Didewurah Chirawurah, Frederick Ayertey

“…Malaria and trypanosomiasis are protozoan diseases which pose a devastating challenge to human health and productivity especially, in Africa where their respective vectors (female Anopheles mosquito and tsetse fly) abound. …”
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Potential Pitfalls of the Humanized Mice in Modeling Sepsis by Krzysztof Laudanski, Michael Stentz, Matthew DiMeglio, William Furey, Toby Steinberg, Arpit Patel

“…Although certain viral and protozoan infections can be replicated in humanized mice, whether a highly complex and dynamic systemic inflammation like sepsis can be accurately represented by current humanized mouse models in a clinically translatable manner is unclear. …”
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Phylogenetic and Genetic Variation Analysis of ITS1 Gene of Trypanosoma lewisi in Wild Rats Using Polymerase Chain Reaction by Reza Yesica, Andreas Bandang Hardian, Yudit Oktanella, Shelly Kusumarini, Gabriela Jeanne Giacynta Prasetyo

“…Murine Trypanosomiasis is a disease caused by the blood protozoan Trypanosoma lewisi in rats, with the transmission process mediated by the flea species Xenopsylla cheopis and Nosopsyllus fasciatus. …”
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Increasing inclusions of Tribulus terrestris as an additive in diets of sheep kept in confinement by Y.S. Schunk, C.F.M. Mendes, R.A. T. Almeida, I.P. Raimundo, I.Q. Takahashi, C.F. Silva, R.L. Valença, R.O. Rego, L.C. Nunes, M.T.C. Almeida

“…And in situ, with inclusions of 0 to 5.0g/kg, in which five cannulated sheep were distributed in a 5 × 5 Latin square design to evaluate fermentation parameters, protozoan populations and blood metabolic profile. …”
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Intestinal Parasites Infection in Children with Cancer in Ahvaz, Southwest Iran by Roya Salehi Kahyesh, Arash Alghasi, Shekoufe Haddadi, Asaad Sharhani

“…Blastocystis and Endolimax nana are the most prevalent gastrointestinal parasitic protozoans that infect individuals admitted to Baqaei2 Hospital of Ahvaz, Iran. …”
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Identification of Levothyroxine Antichagasic Activity through Computer-Aided Drug Repurposing by Carolina L. Bellera, Darío E. Balcazar, Lucas Alberca, Carlos A. Labriola, Alan Talevi, Carolina Carrillo

“…Cruzipain (Cz) is the major cysteine protease of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, etiological agent of Chagas disease. …”
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Isolation, identification, and characterisation of the malachite green detoxifying bacterial strain Bacillus pacificus ROC1 and the azoreductase AzrC by Shanza Bibi, Callum W. Breeze, Vusqa Jadoon, Anum Fareed, Alina Syed, Rebecca L. Frkic, Habiba Zaffar, Muhammad Ali, Iftikhar Zeb, Colin J. Jackson, Tatheer Alam Naqvi

“…Abstract Malachite green (MG) is used as a dye for materials such as wood, cotton, and nylon, and is used in aquaculture to prevent fungal and protozoan diseases. However, it is highly toxic, with carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic properties, resulting in bans worldwide. …”
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Analysis of Five-Year Trend of Malaria at Bichena Primary Hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Awoke Minwuyelet, Yibeltal Aschale

“…Malaria is a life-threating infectious diseases caused by protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The WHO African region bears the largest burden of malaria morbidity and mortality every year. …”
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Association of Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection with Pro-Inflamatory Cytokine Interleukin (IL)-12 Responses in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients of Bangladesh by Tamanna Ashraf, Pankaj Kumar Sarker, Md. Ismail Hosen, Atiqur Rahman, A. K. M. Mahbub Hasan, Taibur Rahman

“…Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in around one-third of the world population, particularly in pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. …”
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R-loops acted on by RNase H1 influence DNA replication timing and genome stability in Leishmania by Jeziel D. Damasceno, Emma M. Briggs, Marija Krasilnikova, Catarina A. Marques, Craig Lapsley, Richard McCulloch

“…Leishmania, a human protozoan parasite, displays an unconventional DNA replication program in which the timing of DNA replication completion is chromosome size-dependent: larger chromosomes complete replication later then smaller ones. …”
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