Fasciolosis is a parasitic disease affecting humans and livestock, caused by digenean trematodes of the genus Fasciola, primarily F. hepatica and F. gigantica.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTicks are specialized ectoparasites that feed on blood, causing physical harm to the host and facilitating pathogen transmission. The genus Haemaphysalis contains vectors for numerous infectious agents. These agents cause various diseases in humans and animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF, a pancreatic fluke, is recognized as a causative agent of substantial economic losses in ruminants. This infection, commonly referred to as eurytrematosis, is a significant concern due to its detrimental impact on livestock production. However, there is a paucity of knowledge regarding the mitochondrial genome of .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCanine circovirus (CanineCV) is a single-stranded DNA virus that circulates in dogs and wild carnivores around the world. It has been suggested to be associated with diseases of respiratory and gastrointestinal systems, though its pathogenic potential remains unclear. Currently, CanineCV is divided into six genotypes (genotype 1-6), and genotypes 2, 3, and 4 have been described in China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a multidrug-resistant and invasive pathogen associated with the etiopathology of both an increasing number of nosocomial infections and is of relevance to poultry production systems. Multidrug-resistant has been reported in connection to severe challenges to clinical treatment, mostly due to an increased rate of resistance to carbapenems. Amid the possible strategies aiming to reduce the insurgence of antimicrobial resistance, phage therapy has gained particular importance for the treatment of bacterial infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi
February 2016
Objective: To clone and express the Tibetan Sheep-origin Echinococcus granulosus Antigen B8/2 Gene, and immunologically identify the encoded protein.
Methods: The cDNA of EgAgB8/2 gene was amplified by RT-PCR. The prokaryotic expression vector pET-EgAgB8/2 was constructed and transformed into E.