Publications by authors named "Kate Maynard"
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- Buruli ulcer (BU) is a skin disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans, which is increasingly seen in Australia where possums serve as a reservoir for the infection.
- In a study, six wild-caught possums that had never been exposed to MU were injected and all developed BU, with ulceration occurring between 49 and 77 days after infection.
- The findings revealed systemic infection signs in most possums, indicating that this model can enhance understanding of how the bacterium spreads and can inform strategies to prevent further transmission and outbreaks.
Heat supplementation during surgery is a common practice; however, thermal support is not commonly used during anesthesia induction. Mice lose body temperature quickly, and air movement can exacerbate this, potentially putting mice at a thermal deficit before surgery. Whether the method of warming during induction affects overall heat loss during anesthesia is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are likely to be critical in the management of the ongoing pandemic. A number of candidates are in Phase III human clinical trials, including ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222), a replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus-vectored vaccine candidate. In preclinical trials, the efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 against SARS-CoV-2 challenge was evaluated in a ferret model of infection.
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