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• Human immunodeficiency virus
  [[Image:8431 lores.jpg|thumb|Two HIV virus particles. Courtesy: [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp CDC]/Dr. A. Harr ...irinae; ''Lentivirus''; Primate lentivirus group; ''Human immunodeficiency virus'' (HIV)
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• HIV-Derived Lentiviral Vectors and Their Use as Gene Therapy Agents Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  ...re host cell machinery in order to replicate [12]. During replication, the virus transfects the host cell with its own DNA. Researchers have taken advantage ...with critical genes than other viral vectors, such as the murine leukemia virus [7].
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• Great Pandemic of 2049
  ...ious extremists in 2049. The pandemic nearly caused the extinction of the human race in less than six months, but nearly 100 million people survived thanks ...se]], but records show that even they were not prepared for how deadly the virus would be.
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• Human immunodeficiency virus
  [[Image:8431 lores.jpg|thumb|Two HIV virus particles. Courtesy: [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp CDC]/Dr. A. Harr ...irinae; ''Lentivirus''; Primate lentivirus group; ''Human immunodeficiency virus'' (HIV)
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• BIOL 238 Project Index 2013
  Marta Hamilton, [[Human Metapneumovirus]]<br><br> Sam McQuiston, [[Nipah Virus]]<br><br>
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• Lentivirus
  ...s. Historically, lentiviruses have been investigated longer than any other virus group. The first viral etiology ascribed to an animal disease was a lentivi ...NA is then incorporated into the host's genome by an integrase enzyme. The virus thereafter replicates as part of the host cell's DNA (2). (source: [http:/
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• Viral Biorealm
  For alphabetical listing, see [[Taxonomy Index]]. New virus contributions are welcome.<br> <font size="+2" color="#55075D">Virus Classification: The Baltimore System</font>
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• HIV
  ...ridae; Orthoretrovirinae; Retroviridae; Lentivirus; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (3) ...AART (a combination of three-four antiretroviral drugs) cannot destroy the virus because they reservoir in the host genome (1).
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• Chimeravirus
  ...ae|Ebolavirus]], and [[Human immunodeficiency virus|Human Immunodeficiency Virus]], ''Chimeravirus'' was created and released by the Christian extremist gro ...n of ''Chimeravirus'' was difficult, due to the combination of genes. The virus was eventually classified in Group VI due to the reverse transcription of R
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• Herpesviridae
  [[Image:025-01.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Human Herpes Virus. Courtesy of [mailto:ackermann@mcb.ulaval.ca Dr. Hans Ackermann]. From the Virus; dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage; Herpesviridae
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• Pandoravirus salinus
  ==Virus Classification== ...erences | [5]]]. The largest known virus on Earth is classified as Group I virus under the Baltimore Classification. The existence of ''Pandoravirus salinus
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• Lautropia mirabilis
  ...cluding the oral cavities of children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [[#References|[2]]] and the sputa of a patient with cystic fibrosis [ ...e has been a significant correlation with its presence in immunodeficiency virus-infected children [[#References|[2]]]. Gerner-Smidt et al. identified the
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• Retroviridae
  ...pg|thumb|300px|right|Electron micrograph image of Feline Leukemia Virus, a virus in the Retroviridae family. From the [http://www.cdc.gov CDC].]] ...ion. Members of this family include [[Human immunodeficiency virus]] (the virus that causes AIDS), feline leukemia, and several cancer-causing viruses. Re
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• Phaeophyceae
  ...gether, demonstrate that both diterpenes inhibit HIV-1 RT and consequently virus replication. ...Brazilian marine alga Dictyota menstrualis against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)." ''Antiviral Res.'' 2004 Oct;64(1):69-76.]
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• Feline Immunodeficiency virus
  ...ograph of the Feline Immunodeficiency virus. This is a photo taken of the virus, by Michael Podell, at Ohio State University.]] ...symptoms. A more widely known lentivirus is that of Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV. Unlike HIV, FIV infects cats through biting that typically occurs
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• Taxonomy Index
  ''[[Hepatitis B virus]]''<br> ''[[Human immunodeficiency virus]]''<br>
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• Mason pfizer monkey virus
  ''Genus species'': Mason Pfizer Monkey Virus [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/NCBI- (Chappy, C., 1997, Petropoulos, ...ld monkeys, Family Cercopithecidae (Fine and Schochetman, 1978) and causes immunodeficiency syndrome (Bohl et al., 2005) and tumors (De las Heras et al., 1991).
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• HIV/AIDs in the U.S.
  ...eg‎|thumb|300px|right|Mechanism of Infection of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. [http://www.interactive-biology.com/3574/aids-and-mechanism-of-hiv-infecti ...IV) is a harmful retrovirus that, if left untreated, will lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in humans. HIV works by attacking specific cells in the imm
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• HIV virus
  ...|thumb|534px|right|TEM image of HIV, showing the structural details of the virus. By Dr. P. Feorino and A. Harrison at the CDC.[https://phil.cdc.gov/details ...ober 1, 2015. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrdp201535#Abs1.]</ref> The virus is transmitted in many different ways, the most well known being sexual con
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• Ebola virus
  ...shock, or a dramatic decrease in blood pressure. Depending on the type of virus, Ebola can have up to a 90 percent mortality rate for those infected. For m ...alth because it has such a high mortality rate that it is a very dangerous virus and a potential bioterrorism agent. <br>
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• Evolution of HIV
  ...t this disease, it is critical to examine the molecular components of this virus and its history. ...and it has been suggested that it needs to be transmitted between multiple human hosts in a short time frame for SIV to accumulate useful mutations that wou
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• Simian virus 40
  Simian Virus 40, commonly known as SV40, is a virus that is a member of the Betapolyomavirus macacae taxonomic group. ...recent years, scientists have found associations between SV40 and various human cancers, including colon cancer [3], mesotheliomas, which is an aggressive
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• Mycoplasma fermentans
  ...yet. It is also believed that this microbe enhances human immunedeficient virus (HIV) by inducing the viral infection ^[5]. .[[Image:hand.jpg‎| ...hinghingyong, Christopher V. Hughes, Detection of Mycoplasma fermentans in human saliva with a polymerase chain reaction-based assay, Archives of Oral Biolo
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• Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
  ...nae; Deltaretrovirus; Primate T-lymphotropic Virus-1; Human T-lymphotropic Virus-1 Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) is divided into 4 subtypes:
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• Koala Retrovirus
  ...ansfer via an endogenous form of the virus, while evidence exists that the virus is transmitted horizontally as a membrane-enclosed virion only through clos ==Virus Classification and Higher Order Categories==
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• HIV/AIDS and Women's Health
  ...times. HIV/AIDS is a complex virus with five major strains that affect the human population all over the world. There is no cure for HIV/AIDS and it affects ...HIV/AIDS dies eventually from the opportunistic infections instead of the virus itself. Opportunistic infections can be anything from yeast infections to i
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• Simian foamy virus
  ...nkeys at least 30 million years ago, making it the oldest known vertebrate virus [[#References|[3]]]. Foamy viruses are the least well characterized of all ...sms of retroviral zoonosis, including the origin of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) [[#References|[1]]].
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• Human Cytomegalovirus
  ...red. Although researchers have identified which cell cycle mechanisms the virus modifies, there is still no evidence for direct causation of cancer [34]. Species: Human herpesvirus 5
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• Murine Leukemia Virus (MuLV)
  ...: MuLV_EM_image.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Figure 1. TEM of the Murine Leukemia Virus released from an infected cell. By Goff of Columbia University Medical Cent ...rus has been of interest since its discovery the beginning of 1950’s. The virus was considered significant since it was shown to induce leukemia in inocula
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• Modern Treatments for Hepatitis C Virus
  [[Image: HepcInEcoli.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Figure 1. TEM of the Hepatitis C virus cultured in E. coli cells.By Dartmouth Medical School.]] ...here, the virus will force the cell to make many replicates, spreading the virus even more throughout the person’s body.
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• Livestock Pathogens and Human Consequences: Case Studies of RVF and Maedi Visna
  [[Image: Zoonoses.png |thumb|450px|right| At the intersection of human and animal health there are zoonoses. Photo credit: CDC https://www.cdc.gov ...f name=Quammen> Quammen, David. "Spillover: animal infections and the next human pandemic." 2012. W.W. Norton & Company.</ref>. Nearly 60% of known infectio
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• HIV Envelope and Cell Fusion
  ...es of cancer, such as Kaposi sarcoma [6]. Since the original spread of the virus from Africa to the USA in 1981, HIV and AIDS have caused the deaths of over ...ell as the difficulties associated with treatment of such a mutation-prone virus.
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• HIV-1 Pre-Integration Complex
  ...s process can lead to a latency and mitosis-independent replication of the virus when the viral genome is integrated into heterochromatin and transcription For integration to occur in the nucleus, the virus must successfully cross the nuclear membrane. HIV-1 establishes the pre-int
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• Lactobacillus jensenii
  ...ysis of lactic dehydrogenase activity in ''Lactobacillus lichmannii'' from human vaginal discharge. Although both organisms are phenotypically similar, the ...se of its known role to decrease risks of STDs, this natural member of the human vaginal microflora is considered a protector for the host from acquisition
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• The Implications of Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Development and Epitope Targeting for HIV Vaccine Development
  ...ategies. HIV’s high rate of mutation, greater than any other characterized human pathogen [2], is thought to be responsible for the repeated failure of the ...resses the functionality of the receptor and therefore neutralizes the HIV virus.
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• Targeted Gene Therapy Via Lentiviral Vectors
  ...mical based, all transporting DNA throughout the body without the use of a virus. Like the name suggests, viral vectors use the natural tendencies of viruse ...ation, and progeny production. By taking over the nucleus of the host, the virus gains control over normal cellular functions like immunity responses. By do
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• CCR5, Delta-32 Mutation and the HIV Infection Pathway
  ...Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1), the most common strain of the virus, as HIV-1 uses CCR5 as a co-receptor of infection. ...dentified[[#References |[15]]]. This led to the discovery that one or more human chemokine receptors, such as CCR5, are necessary as co-receptors of HIV-1 i
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• Lentiviral Vectors in Gene Therapy
  ...us (HIV), simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Their exogenous characteristics and successful gene integration prop ...he patient, or if the patient is inherently immune to the specific type of virus, then the success of DNA integration is diminished. <br>
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• Herpes Simplex Virus Immune Response and Uncharacteristic Roles in Other Diseases
  ...e-threatening, genital herpes increases the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition/transmission by almost four-fold<sup>[https://jid.oxfordj ...especially dangerous when antiviral-resistant strains of herpes simplex 1 virus arise^{[http://jcm.asm.org/content/51/1/356.short]}.
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• Tuberculosis and HIV
  <br><i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> and Human Immunodeficiency Virus are both diseases that plague many developing countries. In fact, individu ...i.kenyon.edu/index.php/Human_immunodeficiency_virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus], or HIV, attacks the immune system by destroying immune cells with the [ht
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• Simian Immunodeficiency Virus – Research subjects for vaccine and drug development and models for the origin of HIV and AIDS
  ...is likely to have acquired from sooty mangabeys (<i>Cerocebus atys</i>) in human’s captivity<ref>Murphey-Corb, Michael, Louis N. Martin, S. R. S. Rangan, ...B. J. Blake, S. F. Schlossman, N. W. King, and R. D. Hunt. 1983. “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in a Colony of Macaque Monkeys.” Proceedings of the National Aca
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• Quasispecies Theory and Novel HIV Therapeutics Based on Lethal Mutagenesis
  The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the second most common infectious cause of death globally. ...s due largely to the extraordinary mutation rate of HIV, which enables the virus to rapidly evade the selective pressures imposed by antiretroviral medicati
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• Pathology of Mycoplasma fermentans
  ==b.Significance to human society== ...f ''M. fermentans'' to adhere to host cells increases in immunocompromised human cells, leading to cell death (3).
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• Chimpanzee Evolution
  ...immunodeficiency virus (SIV), the precursor to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is known to infect only <i>P. t. troglodytes</i> and <i>P. t. schwei ...ire more side-to-side motion than habitual bipeds, which is typical of non-human primates.<ref name = Pontzer/> This may be indicative of the lack of specia
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• Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
  ...re pathogenic than the other lineages [[#Reference|[9]]]. When infecting a human host, ''Paracoccidioides brasiliensis'' is capable of producing DNA ingesti ...sis in patients infected with and not infected with human immunodeficiency virus: A case-control study. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygien
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• Klebsiella granulomatis
  ...s important to study this bacterium to mitigate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic.
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• Molluscum contagiosum virus
  ...0px|right|Figure 1. Image of bumps on skin caused by molluscum contagiosum virus.<ref name=Landing>[https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/contagious-skin-dise ...contagiosum virus itself is a poxvirus. Similar to the smallpox (variola) virus, molluscum contagiosum is a skin disease that is exclusive to humans. Howev
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• HIV Treatment
  ...ars for symptoms to manifest. Over time, HIV can progress into <b>Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome</b> or <b>AIDS</b>. HIV/AIDS is characterized by a decline in the ...ncy and 4-6 weeks after childbirth have only a 5% chance of passing on the virus.<ref name=Mother_Child_Transmission/>
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• Leda Asamov
  ...cidentally stuck with a needle contaminated with HIV. While treatable, the virus had no cure. The incident ended Jane's medical career, but necessitated her ...con-based microbots which were capable of targeting and destroying the HIV virus. When used with a condom, this machine cut risk of transmission of the dise
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• Retroviral gene therapy
  ...genome is derived from retroviral gene transfer. In fact, around 8% of the human genome consists of sequences incorporated by retroviral particles. <ref nam ...ged reverse transcriptases. Once a retrovirus has entered a host cell, the virus uncoats, releasing reverse transcriptases, RNA, and other viral molecules s
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• Microbots
  ...machines, originally developed to combat HIV, which supplement the natural human immune system by scanning for and eradicating known [[pathogens]]. They wer ...r for analysis. The central processor will analyze these images against a "virus definition file," a database of known pathogens. This file is regularly upd
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• Haemophilus ducreyi
  ...ause of the close connections between Chancroid and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections (Spinola et al, 2002). It typically grows on the male geni ...the Flp proteins by ''Haemophilus ducreyi'' is necessary for virulence in human volunteers. ''BioMed Central Microbiology''. 11: 208.]
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• Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and EBV-associated lymphomas
  ...pril 2021, from https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/epstein-barr-virus-protein-can-switch-risk-genes-autoimmune-diseases</ref>]] ...n <ref name=b>Amon, W., & Farrell, P. (2005). Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus from latency. Reviews In Medical Virology, 15(3), 149-156. https://doi.org/
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• Efficacy of antiseptic treatments
  ...umb|right|A three-dimensional image of the surface of an enveloped measles virus.]] ...ctious%20Laryngotracheitis fowl laryngotracheitis], and feline pneumonitis virus are all susceptible to BACs [2,18,20].
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• Viral Oncology
  ...jpg|thumb|300px|right|Cartoon of the typical pathway in which an oncolytic virus infects a cancerous cell and destroys it. [http://www.nature.com/nrclinonc/ ...nd 60's a breakthrough came in the form of oncolytic adenovirus H101. This virus was approved by the Chinese Government for cancer treatments in 2005 and wo
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• Parvovirus B19
  ...compared, the two were found to be identical.<ref name=ncbi/> In 1985 this virus was officially recognized as a member of the <i>Parvoviridae</i> family due ...uan, W., Cheng, F., Chen, A.Y., and Qiu, J. "Molecular characterization of human parvovirus B19 genotypes 2 and 3" 2009. Virology, 394(2), 276-285.]</ref><r
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• Mycoplasma penetrans
  ...' was first isolated was from a urine sample from a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patient (2). In addition, ''Mycoplasma penetrans'' was also ...racted and have been found in humans. ''Mycoplasma penetrans'' will infect human beings in the urogenital and respiratory tracts by means of penetrations, t
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• HIV-Derived Lentiviral Vectors and Their Use as Gene Therapy Agents Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  ...re host cell machinery in order to replicate [12]. During replication, the virus transfects the host cell with its own DNA. Researchers have taken advantage ...with critical genes than other viral vectors, such as the murine leukemia virus [7].
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• Penicillium marneffei
  ...e first case was laboratory acquired. The second, the first known natural human infection, was reported in 1973 [10]. The mortality rate of patients with ...during cell differentiation [2]. Penicillium marneffei, an opportunistic human fungal, is the only known Penicillium species that shows temperature-depend
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• Brachyspira aalborgi
  ...an colonize the intestinal lining of humans (2). ''B. aalborgi'' can cause Human Intestinal Spirochetosis (HIS), as well as other intestinal diseases (3). I ...' is strictly found in humans (16). In humans who have been diagnosed with Human Intestinal Spirochetosis (HIS), colonization by ''B. aalborgi'' can occur i
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• Candida dubliniensis
  ...ch will help yield the limitations of this fungus and its reach within the human race. ...identification of ''Candida dubliniensis'' from non-human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in Kuwait.”
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• Natural Killer Cell
  ...ublications.org/blood/article/92/4/1374/247309/Characterization-of-a-Novel-Human-Natural-Killer]] ...cy Maps to the Centromeric Region of Chromosome 8. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 78(4), 721–727. doi: 10.1086/503269</ref>,<ref name = Trinchier
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• Nanotubes facilitate intercellular signaling in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
  ...-1, and this mechanism allows for a powerful and rapid transmission of the virus throughout the immune system. Prions (PrPSc) that cause degenerative neura In human monocyte-derived macrophages, the cytoskeleton protein F-actin has been sho
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• Mycobacteriosis (Fish Tuberculosis)
  ...sis is not as commonly found in fish in cold temperature zones [10]. Like human tuberculosis, it is a progressive condition that may not show signs until y ==Human Pathogenicity==
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• Encephalitozoon hellem
  ...ng of this microsporidian has been helpful in understanding other forms of human microsporidosis and their transmission ([http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/a ...minated infection. With <i>E. hellem</i> being one of the four most common human microsporidian parasites, hosts are usually HIV patients but infections hav
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• Antiseptic efficacy of benzalkonium chloride
  ...umb|right|A three-dimensional image of the surface of an enveloped measles virus.]] ...ctious%20Laryngotracheitis fowl laryngotracheitis], and feline pneumonitis virus are all susceptible to BACs [2,21,26].
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• HIV+ Pregnant Women and Antiretroviral Treatment
  ...lobal epidemic for over 30 years. If untreated, HIV progresses to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is almost surely fatal. Approximately 33 million peo ...egnant women is getting better, and fewer children are being born with the virus. However, these studies are looking at developed countries with good health
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• Effects of Scleroderma on Human Microbiome
  ...</ref> A potential cause of these sex disparities is the difference in the human microbiome between the sexes. It has been noted that autoimmunity is able t .../i>.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/causes.html “Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection Rhinovirus Infection.” n.d.]</ref><br><br>
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• Infection Mechanism of Genus Ebolavirus
  ...erly Zaire) in the summer of 1976. Most outbreaks have been small, but the virus captured the attention of the world due to death rates that can be as high ...|<b>Figure 1</b>. Medical personnel tending a patient infected with Ebola virus. [http://www.nih.gov/news/health/may2010/niaid-20.htm].]]
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• HIV Drug Resistance
  HIV-1 is a spherical enveloped virus about 120 nm in diameter. The envelope is composed of a protein complex th ...infects CD4⁺ T-helper lymphocyte cells, a key component of the human immune system. Upon infection, HIV uses the host machinery to produce viri
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• Infectious Myositis
  ...Mathur-Wagh. 1991. Pyomyositis in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus: an unusual form of disseminated bacterial infection. Am. J. Med]</ref> Py ...zation and Septicemia in Patients Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis., November 1992.]</ref>
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• Treponema pallidum
  ...hape. It is an obligate internal parasite which causes syphilis, a chronic human disease. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease but transmission can al ...are inexpensive and unlike mice, rabbits develop the signs and symptoms of human primary and secondary syphilis. (8)
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• Tuberculosis
  ...dia. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an etiological agent of tuberculosis in human, which are the only reservoir for this bacterium(2). •are known to or are likely to be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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• Infanticide in Primates
  ...are currently several explanations for why infanticide has evolved in non-human primate communities. Interestingly, the frequency and distribution of infan ...fanticide in non- human primates. The benefits of infanticide for male non-human primates, and its costs to females, probably vary across mammalian social a
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• Candida albicans (Pathogenesis)
  ...is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that is responsible for candidiasis in human hosts. <i>C. albicans</i> grow in several different morphological forms, ra ...intercourse. The typical reservoir for <i>C. albicans</i> is in the normal human microflora, and is not found in animal vectors [[#References|[5]]]. People-
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• Phage Therapy
  ...orever and bacteria will probably continue to evolve resistances, from the human perspective it is important that new ways of thwarting infection are discov ...eria in their stool, and he correctly attributed this to the action of the virus as some kind of recovery agent. Phage therapy was first attempted soon afte
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• Potential Therapeutics Isolated from Salinispora
  ...s with the Epstien-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and human immunodeficiency virus. Staurosporine also has an inhibitory effect on topoisomerase complexes, w Researchers found these compounds were ineffective when tested on T24 human bladder carcinoma cells. However, when concurrently used with TPA, a tumor
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• Nocardia cyriacigeorgica
  ...'N. asteroides'' I and IV, and these strains are found to be predominantly human pathogens (10). Additionally, ''N. asteroides'' VI can be also referred to ...ia cyriacigeorgica'', or ''N. asteroides'' VI, causes most of the cases of human infection (11) and is one of the species that causes Nocardiosis(17). Some
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• Enterobacter cloacae
  ...hot water treatment tank. Although this organism is mainly a pathogen for human and causes disease, <i>Enterobacter cloacae</i> have been used as a biologi ...g, old, or those that have a severe disease such as human immunodeficiency virus (5). Nosocomial infections are most frequent from this organism, which mean
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• Bartonella henselae
  ...ered when working with adhesion to endothelial cells by the bacterium with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Infection by the bacterium drive ...er about the pathogenicity of this organism. Because it is mostly found in human and cats, there have not been much discovery of biotechnology advantage wit
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• Penicillium chrysogenum
  ...severely suppressed immune systems, like those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Due to low pathogenicity, it is difficult to diagnose given low lev ...rgen induces secretion of mediators and degradation of occludin protein of human lung epithelial cells”. Allergy. March 2006. Vol 61. Pages 382–388.
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• Overview of Rhizopus oryzae
  ..., such a microbe is highly relevant to the safety and care plans of modern human populations. By understanding the genetic structure and biological processe ...yae'', contains many different fungal groups such as plant and animal (non-human) pathogens and saprobes [7]. These fungal groups can reproduce through vari
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• Mycobacterium tuberculosis review
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis(Figure.1) is a deadly human pathogen that has a staggering impact globally, causing infection disease c ...ion is developed when the immune system failed to control the out break of virus and it is usually happens at the newborn infant whose immune system is unde
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• Tuberculosis in Zambia
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• Toxoplasma gondii
  ...individuals with a competent immune system[7,8]. Nearly 1/3rd of the world human population has Toxoplasma infection, though this is the latent form of the In 1923, the first case of human toxoplasmosis was reported, with the victim being an 11-month-old child[5].
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• Granuloma inguinale
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