We exposed BALB / c mice to mutant strains and the wild -
type strain in an aerosol challenge model using lethal B. mallei doses.
Not exact matches
Early pioneers
in the field, like Fitbit, are showing signs of
strain, while newer entrants are making inroads with cheaper options and new product
types
The likely result of this financial
strain on families today is an underinvestment
in high - quality child care — the very
type of child care that will produce benefits to all Americans for decades to come.
Not all
strains of the same species were considered «positive responders» to the diet and of the 15 capable
strains only five produced butyrate, which may improve insulin sensitivity
in type 2 diabetes patients.
UP4 bases their probiotics off of different
strains, but they are all made with a very special
type of probiotic that is hard to find
in other probiotic products: DDS - 1.
I've opted to use two different
types of fermented dairy drinks, rather than juice (which is often a part of Bircher Muesli) to get a more diverse live culture
strain in the oats.
The special
strains of bacteria normally used
in production of yoghurt, as well as other
types such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. reuteri, Bifido bacteria and certain species of Lactococcus lactis, are among those that have been found of interest for production of functional foods.
These
types of bags are usually fitted with one large deep pocket right
in the center that can be filled up to the brim with clothes, toys and diapers without any
strain.
Various HMO sugar
types and concentrations influence bacterial diversity, keeping
strains of Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis
in highest abundance
in the first few months of life and preventing pathogens from binding to the gut [20].
Lactobacillus reuteri (American
Type Culture Collection
Strain 55730) versus simethicone
in the treatment of infantile colic: a prospective randomized study.
Health officials said the
type of meningitis C
strain responsible for the latest outbreak was not common
in Nigeria and there was a «limited stock» of vaccine worldwide.
Of the 15 distinct
types of flu
strains known to occur
in birds, H5N1 is «right at the top of the list for most - wanted
strains,» says Richard Webby, a virologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
in Memphis.
The team focused on these antibodies, which together target the two
types of influenza viruses that contain all
strains known to cause disease
in humans.
The two
strains had a common H1N1 -
type ancestor, but both have been evolving independently
in pig populations, and the minute changes to viral genes that allowed the virus to adapt to a new host were different
in each
strain.
Using DNA hybridization, researchers identified individual species
in the samples and, while some were a close match to Bacillus anthracis
type strains, they did not have the physical characteristics or the toxin - producing plasmids required to consider them a potential risk.
Then the researchers looked at the way those
strains behaved
in mice, ferrets and monkeys compared with two other
types of H7N9: a less infectious version that first emerged
in 2013 and the one isolated from the patient
in 2016.
You report that antibiotic - resistant bacteria can,
in some cases, outcompete the wild -
type strain (6 August, p 14).
The two
types of microbes mixed
in these migrants, creating today's European
strain much more recently than expected.
This European
strain may not have arrived on the continent with a major, known wave of new settlers from Africa; it could have been introduced by a few individuals who were coinfected with two
strains, producing a particularly adaptive hybrid
type that spread rapidly
in Europe.
Comparative analyses of the range of fatty acids and lipids present
in the infected roots of the wild -
type and mutant hosts revealed that certain fungus - specific fatty acids are either missing or their levels are drastically reduced
in the colonized roots of mutant L. japonicus
strains.
While biofilm formation was abundant if the wild -
type yeast was used, it was substantially reduced
in animals infected with the mutant
strain.
Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7 [PCV7 — a vaccine that covers 7
strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases
in the rate of serious infections caused by this bacterium, such as pneumonia and meningitis, referred to as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)-RSB-, but small increases
in IPD caused by serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae not covered by the vaccine (referred to as non-vaccine
type IPD), according to a study published
in PLOS Medicine this week.
In the new study, scientists built upon previous discoveries that a safe, non-reproducing vaccine
strain of T. gondii could cure mice of several
types of solid tumors, and identified which parasite proteins and which immunological pathways are required to break immune tolerance.
«Botulinum -
type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria: Discovery of C. botulinum toxin
in a
strain of Enterococcus is raising concern.»
The majority of resistant
strains of pneumococcus are of
types which are included
in the vaccine, for this reason, vaccine introduction
in South Africa, has led to a substantial decline
in antibiotic resistant invasive pneumococcal disease,» said Dr Cheryl Cohen, co-author of the paper, Clinical Epidemiologist at the NICD and senior lecturer
in the School of Public Health at Wits.
A study of 110 squirrels found evidence of several
strains of leprosy, including a
type known to have infected people living
in the same area 730 years ago
The
strain in this experiment produced three, two of which have rod - like structures and a third, called an S -
type pyocin that is soluble and disappears
in liquids.
Skov, Price and their colleagues then used a
type of sophisticated genetic analysis to study the MRSA from those cases and compare it to
strains found
in people, livestock and food products from other European countries.
In the new study, Alexander Zhyvoloup of University College London, U.K., and colleagues sought to gain more insight into the life cycle of HIV - 1 by comparing a normal, «wild
type»
strain of the virus to a mutated
strain.
Ten Danes living
in cities were colonized or infected with a novel
strain of poultry - associated MRSA, a
type of livestock - associated MRSA never identified before.
The wild form of
type 2 has been stamped out globally, but vaccine - derived forms of the
strain still circulate
in Nigeria and neighboring countries.
Research by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators showed that new
types of E. coli occur frequently, but unlike
in some other infections, drug - resistant
strains do not become a dominant cause of infection.
In the new work, the researchers fed two common emulsifiers, CMC and polysorbate 80, to both a genetically susceptible mouse
strain and wild -
type mice — those without genetic mutations that would put them at increased risk of IBD or metabolic syndrome.
The new family tree can also help researchers examine related groups, such as the
types of plagues that currently affect only rodents (such as Microtus
strains and those that have been found
in Chinese marmots)-- and what genetic changes might need to occur to allow them to infect humans.
Today, the company announced that sequencing at its lab
in Darmstadt, Germany,
in collaboration with the nearby University of Münster, «strongly suggests that the bacterium... is a new hybrid
type of pathogenic E. coli
strains.»
Seasonal flu vaccines may protect individuals not only against the
strains of flu they contain but also against many additional
types, according to a study published this week
in mBio ®, the online open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
These
strains are included
in the licensed HPV vaccines Cervarix (
types 16 and 18) and Gardasil (
types 6, 11, 16 and 18), which are recommended for girls 11 - 12 years of age and may be given from age 9 - 26.
He noted that the
strain of E. coli that the Hebrew University team used
in its experiments is a mutant
strain that is known to leave a higher number of persisters than the normal
type of the bacteria.
In addittion, the new compounds keep the activity against the wild -
type strain of the virus», explains Professor Santiago Vázquez.
The detection of several
strains of Treponema
in the Matses suggests this
type of bacteria has been present
in human guts for a long time, because it was also found
in the GI tracts of the Hadza hunter - gatherers
in Tanzania and
in nonhuman primates.
A new therapeutic vaccine, GTL001, developed by Genticel to clear HPV
strains 16 and 18 — the
types most likely to cause cancer — is being evaluated for safety
in a Phase I clinical trial at the University of Louisville.
In the 1950s, a new, highly virulent
strain of S. aureus, known as phage
type 80/81, spread worldwide, causing sepsis, skin lesions, and pneumonia.
Most Central Asian
strains are of the
type - 1 variety, whereas
type 2 predominates
in Ethiopia,
type 3
in Europe, North Africa, and the Americas, and
type 4
in West Africa and the Caribbean.
In these analyses, six of 90 F1 progeny (∼ 7 %) showed a distinct phenotype compared to the haploid parental
strain XL280 and the remaining 84 progeny showed no phenotypic differences from the wild -
type (Figure 3A and Figure S3).
This
strain type appears to have evolved from a nationwide outbreak
in Canada that lasted from 2006 - 09, according to a report
in the April issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
«Hypervirulent»
strain of strep outbreak identified
in Arizona and the Southwest: The emm59 clone of group A Streptococcus is a deadly
type of bacterial infection related to a previous outbreak
in Canada.»
A team led by parasitologist Stefan Kappe at the Center for Infectious Disease Research
in Seattle
in Washington gave a rodent version of this «genetically attenuated parasite,» or GAP, to mice and showed that they were completely protected when later infected with an unmodified — or wild -
type — version of the same Plasmodium
strain.
That made it possible for the investigators to identify the culprit
strain of V. parahaemolyticus, called «sequence
type 8,» with a high degree of certainty, because that was the only
strain among 10
strains found
in the oysters that was also present
in the patients» stools.
A paper published last April
in Science detailed how geneticists sequenced the RNA from 100
strains of rhinovirus — all the known
types of the leading cause of the cold.
This research is important
in demonstrating the crucial role that techniques including whole genome sequencing, and whole genome multi-locus sequence
typing play
in enabling a detailed retrospective study of outbreak and non-outbreak
strains of the pathogen.