Publications by authors named "S Vaselek"
Background: Human bocaviruses (HBoVs) have been demonstrated in respiratory and gastrointestinal infections; however, the immune response to them has not been studied in detail. In this study, we investigated the B cell immune responses to HBoV1 and HBoV2, representing two different species of bocaviruses in humans.
Methods: We analyzed the effects of stimulations with HBoV1 and 2 virus-like particles (VLPs) and of co-stimulation with HBoV1-rhinovirus (RV) on cells of the immune system by flow cytometry, transcriptomics, and luminometric immune assays.
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- * Researchers focused on the Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly and used a specific method to analyze microbial diversity across various developmental stages, including larvae, pre-pupae, pupae, and adults.
- * A total of 8 bacterial taxa, 2 fungi, and 1 yeast were identified, with significant variations in microbial diversity depending on the life stage, highlighting Ochrobactrum sp. as a key bacterium with transstadial potential for future paratransgenic applications against leishmaniasis
This study investigated the efficacy of high-volume spraying with the adulticide α-cypermethrin alone and in combination with the larvicide diflubenzuron on the density of sand flies in gardens of three detached households in periurban areas in southeast Spain. Treatments were applied four times between June and August 2016, and four nearby sites, two households and two non-urbanized sites, were untreated controls. The number of sand flies collected between May and October 2016 using sticky interception and light attraction traps, was 4446 specimens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCanine leishmaniasis is a parasitic zoonotic infection of dogs caused by the Leishmania spp. parasites. In Europe, canine leishmaniasis is among the most important vector-borne parasitic diseases of dogs, with majority of data originating from countries of southwestern Europe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystematic Review: Re-emergence of human leishmaniasis in the Balkans.
Trop Med Int Health
October 2021
Objective: To provide an updated overview of the leishmaniasis epidemiology in the Balkans, as this region presents "blank space" on the map of leishmaniasis knowledge in Europe.
Methods: Following the PRISMA guideline, literature on the presence and circulation of human leishmaniasis in Balkan countries was screened in PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, Matica Srpska Library and the National Library of Serbia.
Results: Sixty nine publications from 1919 until September 2020 were reviewed.