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Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States

Stewart Cole, Pushpendra Singh, Rahul Sharma

Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and have been implicated in zoonotic transmission of leprosy. Early studies found this disease mainly in Texas and Louisiana, but armadillos in the southeastern ...

Centers Disease Control2015

Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh

The frequency of infection caused by the recently described pathogen Mycobacterium lepromatosis is unknown. Here, we describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic outcomes of five lepromatous leprosy patients suffering from M. leprom ...

American Society for Microbiology2015

The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11–12th March 2015)

Melanie Blokesch

Global change has caused a worldwide increase in reports of Vibrio-associated diseases with ecosystem-wide impacts on humans and marine animals. In Europe, higher prevalence of human infections followed regional climatic trends with outbreaks occurring dur ...

Frontiers Media SA2015

The Protein-disulfide Isomerase ERp57 Regulates the Steady-state Levels of the Prion Protein

Maurizio Molinari

Although the accumulation of a misfolded and protease-resistant form of the prion protein (PrP) is a key event in prion pathogenesis, the cellular factors involved in its folding and quality control are poorly understood. PrP is a glycosylated and disulfid ...

Amer Soc Biochemistry Molecular Biology Inc2015

Stress and Host Immunity Amplify Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Induce Nongrowing Metabolically Active Forms

John McKinney, Neeraj Dhar, Giulia Manina

Nonreplicating and metabolically quiescent bacteria are implicated in latent tuberculosis infections and relapses following "sterilizing" chemotherapy. However, evidence linking bacterial dormancy and persistence in vivo is largely inconclusive. Here we me ...

Cell Press2015

A Case of Diffuse Lepromatous Leprosy associated with Mycobacterium lepromatosis

Stewart Cole, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh

An 86-year old female patient from northeast Mexico presented with diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL). Sequence analysis of four genes (rrs, rpoB, sigA and hsp65) from the skin biopsy identified Mycobacterium lepromatosis. This is the first independent conf ...

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