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Evidence of zoonotic leprosy in Pará, Brazilian Amazon, and risks associated with human contact or consumption of armadillos
Author(s):da Silva, Moises B.; Portela, Juliana M.; Li, Wei; Jackson, Mary; Gonzalez-Juarrero, Mercedes; Hidalgo, Andrea Sánchez; Belisle, John T.; Bouth, Raquel C.; Gobbo, Angélica R.; Barreto, Josafá G.; Minervino, Antonio H. H.; Cole, Stewart T.; Avanzi, Charlotte; Busso, Philippe; Frade, Marco A. C.; Geluk, Annemieke; Salgado, Claudio G.; Spencer, John S.
Date Issued:2018-06-28
Format:born digital; ariticles
Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) is a human pathogen and the causative agent for leprosy, a chronic disease characterized by lesions of the skin and peripheral nerve damage. Zoonotic transmission of M. leprae to humans by ...
Therapeutic efficacy of antimalarial drugs targeting DosRS signaling in Mycobacterium abscessus
Author(s):Belardinelli, Juan Manuel; Verma, Deepshikha; Li, Wei; Avanzi, Charlotte; Wiersma, Crystal J.; Williams, John T.; Johnson, Benjamin K.; Zimmerman, Matthew; Whittel, Nicholas; Angala, Bhanupriya; Wang, Han; Jones, Victoria; Dartois, Veronique; de Moura, Vinicius C. N.; Gonzalez-Juarrero, Mercedes; Pearce, Camron; Schenkel, Alan R.; Malcolm, Kenneth C.; Nick, Jerry A.; Charman, Susan A.; Wells, Timothy N. C.; Podell, Brendan K.; Vennerstrom, Jonathan L.; Ordway, Diane J.; Abramovitch, Robert B.; Jackson, Mary
Date Issued:2022-02-23
Format:born digital; articles
A search for alternative Mycobacterium abscessus treatments led to our interest in the two-component regulator DosRS, which, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is required for the bacterium to establish a state of nonreplicating, ...
Molecular epidemiology of leprosy: an update
Author(s):Avanzi, Charlotte; Singh, Pushpendra; Truman, Richard W; Suffys, Philip N
Date Issued:2020-12
Format:born digital; articles
Molecular epidemiology investigations are notoriously challenging in the leprosy field mainly because the inherent characteristics of the disease as well as its yet uncultivated causative agents, Mycobacterium leprae and ...