Publications by authors named "Britta Beck"
Article Synopsis
- Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread parasite that can severely affect fetal brain development, leading to major disorders.
- In an experiment, pregnant guinea pigs were infected with T. gondii, revealing that the parasite targets and infects various brain cells, including neural progenitor cells, neurons, and astrocytes.
- The study found a significant reduction in both neuron and neural progenitor cell counts, highlighting impaired neurogenesis as a key issue in infected fetuses, and also identified microgliosis linked to the presence of T. gondii in the brain.
Background: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite with a worldwide distribution. Congenital infection in humans and animals may lead to severe symptoms in the offspring, especially in the brain. A suitable animal model for human congenital toxoplasmosis is currently lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFToxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). Chickens are ground-feeders and represent, especially if free-range, important intermediate hosts in the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis and are used as sentinels of environmental contamination with T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study we investigated the kinetics of colonization, the host susceptibility and transmissibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after nasal treatment of pigs with three different MRSA strains of distinctive clonal lineages (sequence type 398 [ST398], ST8, and ST9), and origin in weaning piglets. The colonization dose of 5.0 × 10(8) CFU/animal was determined in preliminary animal studies.
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