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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Haemophilus ducreyi"”.
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Relative contributions of the stringent response mediators (p)ppGpp and DksA to Haemophilus ducreyi virulence in humans
Haemophilus ducreyi causes chancroid, a sexually transmitted genital ulcerative disease that facilitates the transmission of HIV-1. H. ducreyi also causes non-sexually transmitted cutaneous ulcers in children in tropical regions. During human infection, H. ducreyi is subject to a variety of …
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Identification and molecular characterization of a putative heme ABC transporter in Neisseria meningitidis
… periplasmic heme-binding protein in the Haemophilus ducreyi transporter. To address its role in heme metabolism, NMB0586 was disrupted by insertional inactivation. The ability of various iron sources to support the growth of the mutant and wild-type strains was compared under …
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Cellular interactions of the cytolethal distending toxins
… Campylobacter jejuni Escherichia coli, and Haemophilus ducreyi. I have addressed the events spanning from cell-surface binding, to the trafficking of CDT through the subcellular compartments of the host cell, as a prerequisite for toxin to reach nucleus to exert its cytotoxic effects. My …
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A Study of Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Evaluation of HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in Women from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… (STIs) namely Chlamydia trachomatis: CT, Haemophilus ducreyi, Herpes Simplex Virus type 2, Neisseria gonorrhoeae: NG, Treponema pallidum, and Trichomonas vaginalis: TV) and pathobionts (Ureaplasma spp: (UP), Mycoplasma genitalium: MG, and Mycoplasma hominis: MH) using the STD Direct Flow …
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Sexually transmitted infections, bacterial vaginosis and genital inflammation as risk factors of HIV acquisition in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa
… genitalium, herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 and -2, Haemophilus ducreyi, Treponema pallidum and Lymphogranuloma venerum), BV (Nugent scoring) and yeast infections, to assess vaginal pH, and to measure prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a marker for the presence of semen. Multi-locus sequence typing …