Diversity of the Obligate Gut Bacteria Indicates Host-Symbiont Coevolution at the Population Level in the Plataspid Stinkbug .

is an obligate gut bacterium in stinkbugs that belong to Plataspidae family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). It is vertically transmitted to newborn nymphs through capsules laid on eggs by maternal stinkbugs. Previous research has established a pattern of strict cospeciation between Plataspidae stinkbugs and .

Large-Scale Sampling Reveals the Strain-Level Diversity of Symbionts in and (Hemiptera: Alydidae).

(sensu lato) is a diverse group of β-Proteobacteria that exists worldwide in various environments. The SBE clade of this group was thought to be mutualistic with stinkbugs. was suggested as an ideal model system for studying insect-microbe symbiosis.

Association of IGF1R polymorphisms (rs1546713) with susceptibility to age-related cataract in a Han Chinese population.

Aim: To explore the susceptible association between the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF1R) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and age-related cataract (ARC), and investigate the underlying mechanisms in human lens epithelium (HLE) cells.

Methods: Totally 1190 unrelated participants, comprising 690 ARC patients and 500 healthy individuals in Han Chinese population were recruited and genotyped for target SNP. The -test was used to detect genotypic distribution between the patient and control groups and the logistic regression was performed to adjust the age and gender.

Sero-Molecular Epidemiology of Japanese Encephalitis in Zhejiang, an Eastern Province of China.

Background: Sporadic Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases still have been reported in Zhejiang Province in recent years, and concerns about vaccine cross-protection and population-level immunity have been raised off and on within the public health sphere. Genotype I (GI) has replaced GIII as the dominant genotype in Asian countries during the past few decades, which caused considerable concerns about the potential change of epidemiology characteristics and the vaccine effectiveness. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of JE neutralizing antibody and its waning antibody trend after live attenuated JE vaccine immunization.

[Etiological and molecular-epidemiological analysis on enterovirus associated encephalitis in Zhejiang, 2008-2012].

Objective: In order to investigate etiology and molecular-epidemiological characteristics of enterovirus associated encephalitis (EAE) in Zhejiang, 2008-2012. Method Cerebrospinal fluid and stool specimens were collected from suspected EAE patients, who were admitted to our hospitals. RD and Hep-2 cell lines were used to isolate enterovirus (EV).

[Identification of genotype III Japanese encephalitis virus isolated in Zhejiang province].

Objective: To investigate the molecular characteristics and genotype of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) found in vector mosquitoes in Zhejiang province from 1982 to 1983.

Methods: A total of 3188 mosquitoes were collected in Dinghai district and Yiwu city in Zhejiang province, during year 1982 and 1983. The virus was isolated by C6/36 cell, and then identified by hemagglutination inhibition test.