Comprehensive Time-Series Analysis of the Gene Expression Profile in a Susceptible Cultivar of Tree Tomato () During the Infection of .

is a tree from the Andean region bearing edible fruits, considered an exotic export. Although there has been renewed interest in its commercialization, sustainability, and disease management have been limiting factors. is a recently described species that causes late blight in .

The type VI secretion system of Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis is involved in virulence and in vitro motility.

Background: The type VI protein secretion system (T6SS) is important in diverse cellular processes in Gram-negative bacteria, including interactions with other bacteria and with eukaryotic hosts. In this study we analyze the evolution of the T6SS in the genus Xanthomonas and evaluate its importance of the T6SS for virulence and in vitro motility in Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis (Xpm), the causal agent of bacterial blight in cassava (Manihot esculenta).

Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of pv. : An Approach to Elucidate Pathogenicity at the Metabolic Level.

pv. () is the causal agent of cassava bacterial blight, the most important bacterial disease in this crop. There is a paucity of knowledge about the metabolism of and its relevance in the pathogenic process, with the exception of the elucidation of the xanthan biosynthesis route.

A Genome-Scale Metabolic Reconstruction of With the Integration of Transcriptional Data Reveals the Key Metabolic Patterns Involved in the Interaction of Its Host.

, the causal agent of late blight disease, affects potatoes and tomatoes worldwide. This plant pathogen has a hemibiotrophic lifestyle, having an initial biotrophic infection phase during which the pathogen spreads within the host tissue, followed by a necrotrophic phase in which host cell death is induced. Although increasing information is available on the molecular mechanisms, underlying the distinct phases of the hemibiotrophic lifestyle, studies that consider the entire metabolic processes in the pathogen while undergoing the biotrophic, transition to necrotrophic, and necrotrophic phases have not been conducted.

Network Analyses in Plant Pathogens.

Even in the age of big data in Biology, studying the connections between the biological processes and the molecular mechanisms behind them is a challenging task. Systems biology arose as a transversal discipline between biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics to facilitate the elucidation of such connections. A scenario, where the application of systems biology constitutes a very powerful tool, is the study of interactions between hosts and pathogens using network approaches.

[Evaluation of the ELISA method for diagnosis of human cysticercosis in an endemic region].

Introduction: Cysticercosis is a worldwide public health problem. Currently it is diagnosed by detection of specific antibodies or by imaging techniques.

Objective: To evaluate an alternative diagnostic tool, a simple antibody detection assay, called Dot ELISA, for immunological diagnosis of patients with neurocysticercosis as well as for endemic population screening.

Current consensus guidelines for treatment of neurocysticercosis.

Taenia solium neurocysticercosis is a common cause of epileptic seizures and other neurological morbidity in most developing countries. It is also an increasingly common diagnosis in industrialized countries because of immigration from areas where it is endemic. Its clinical manifestations are highly variable and depend on the number, stage, and size of the lesions and the host's immune response.