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Despite longstanding oyster cooking recommendations, outbreaks associated with cooked oysters still occur. A survey of U.S.-based restaurants was conducted to investigate common cooking practices, including steaming, baking, and roasting. Target restaurants were identified using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and surveyed through live phone interviews and online.
Cyanobacteria are prolific producers of biologically active compounds that are important in influencing ecology, behavior of interacting organisms, and as leads in drug discovery efforts. Here we discuss the challenges faced by all natural product researchers, especially those that focus on cyanobacteria, and then describe progress that has been made in these areas. We also propose some solutions, paths forward, and thoughts for consideration on these challenges.
Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your summer vacation.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), although frequently reported in pediatric populations, is also associated with significant morbidity and mortality in vulnerable adults. From an Infection Control perspective, it is therefore of particular concern in hospital and long-term care settings.
A cat that aided scientists in a virus discovery last year recently put his hunting skills back on display, leading to another identification for researchers: a new strain of orthoreovirus.
There have been increasing numbers of travel-associated dengue cases reported but the true burden is unclear. Existing surveillance in non-endemic countries captures only a fraction of symptomatic cases in returning travelers due to underreporting. Therefore, we used mathematical modeling approaches to account for underreporting and estimate the number of dengue cases occurring during international travel.
Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) infection can induce significant changes in growth patterns and cellular differentiation in citrus species, with severe strains causing visible symptoms and damage. In contrast, mild strains may result in asymptomatic infections. The mild strain, CTV-T36, was used to build an infectious clone.
Triatomine bugs (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) are blood-sucking vectors of the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease, a significant source of human morbidity and mortality in the Americas. Autochthonous transmission of Chagas disease in the United States is considered rare, despite evidence of Triatoma species harboring T. cruzi, invading homes, and biting occupants.
Severe malaria remains a major public health concern in regions of moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum transmission. Women and young children are especially vulnerable to two clinical manifestations of severe P. falciparum malaria, known as placental malaria (PM) and cerebral malaria (CM). Both PM and CM have been characterized as procoagulant states; however, the role of coagulation in galvanizing poor health outcomes is incompletely understood.
The timely assessment of mosquito control efficacy through monitoring the age structure of wild cohorts of adult mosquitoes would improve operational decision making by control personnel. Analysis of shortwave infrared cuticular spectra for cohorts of laboratory reared Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti of known age has shown that spectra outlier fraction is higher for cohorts of younger versus older weighted average age.
