Publications by authors named "Ellen De Bruyne"

With academic internationalisation at full speed, English is increasingly used as a medium of instruction in higher education. The question arises of whether unbalanced bilinguals remember study materials in a non-native language (L2) as well as in a first language (L1). In previous studies, we found a disadvantage for students recalling short, expository texts in L2 compared with L1, but no such disadvantage for a true/false recognition test, not even on delayed tests after a month.

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Helicobacter (H.) suis causes gastric pathologies in both pigs and humans. Very little is known on the metabolism of this bacterium and its impact on the host.

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Helicobacter suis (H. suis) is a widespread porcine gastric pathogen, which is also of zoonotic importance. The first goal of this study was to investigate the efficacy of several vaccine adjuvants (CpG-DNA, Curdlan, Freund's Complete and Incomplete, Cholera toxin), administered either subcutaneously or intranasally along with H.

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Helicobacter (H.) suis can colonize the stomach of pigs as well as humans, causing chronic gastritis and other gastric pathological changes including gastric ulceration and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Recently, a virulence factor of H.

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Background: Helicobacter (H.) suis causes gastritis and decreased weight gain in pigs. It is also the most prevalent non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter species in humans with gastric disease.

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Article Synopsis
  • Helicobacter suis is a bacterium linked to gastritis and stomach ulcers in pigs, but its specific role in these conditions is not fully understood.
  • A study involved inoculating 29 piglets with H. suis bacteria and comparing them to 23 control piglets that received a sterile solution.
  • Results showed that infected piglets had more severe gastritis and a significant reduction in weight gain, indicating that H. suis negatively impacts both stomach health and growth in pigs.
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