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Development of a Subunit Vaccine Against Bovine Diarrhea Caused by K99 Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus
<p>Bovine diarrhea is economically one of the most important problems in cattle industry. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), particularly strains expressing K99 (F5) fimbriae and heat-stable type I (STa) enterotoxin is the predominant bacterial cause of diarrhea in calves; whereas bovine …
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Impact of diarrhea on growth velocity in Egyptian infants.
… months was examined before, during, and after 43 diarrheal episodes. The study was conducted in Bolaq El Dakrour, a poor neighborhood in metropolitan Cairo, during the summer of 1990. Weight measurements, food intake, morbidity, and socio-demographic-economic-sanitary data were collected. Diarrhea …
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Immune response to and pathogenesis of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
<p>Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus causes effusive diarrhea in pigs of all ages and high mortality among pre-weaning pigs. The PED virus (PEDV) is one of several important swine pathogens, which causes significant economic losses to the swine industry. The first outbreak of PED in the United …
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Innate immune evasion and interferon antagonism by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is a highly contagious and acute enteric disease of swine featured by vomiting, watery diarrhea, and severe dehydration causing high mortality in piglets. In the U.S., PED emerged for the first time in 2013 and severely affected most pig-producing states. The …
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Early childhood diarrhea and growth among HIV-exposed, uninfected infants in Kenya
Background: Diarrhea and poor linear growth are leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in low- and middle- income countries. While global childhood mortality has been significantly reduced in the past decades, further reductions will likely require a better understanding of the causes …
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Can Community Water Projects Combat Child Diarrhea? Results From the Solomon Islands
… water projects have the ability to mitigate diarrheal disease. A strong and persistent belief thinks that community water projects do have the means, however, over the decades empirical work commonly finds this to simply not be true. This study expands the research question to the Solomon …
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Dissecting the Entry Pathways of Hepatitis C and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Viruses
<p>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) are closely related members of the family Flaviviridae and are important human and animal pathogens, respectively. In this work, I investigated how these viruses interact with and enter both naïve and previously infected cells, …
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Investigation of surveillance techniques to detect Bovine viral diarrhea virus in cattle
<p><em>Bovine viral diarrhea viruses<em> (BVDV) are important pathogens of cattle globally. Vaccination is often used to control BVDV, but complete control requires detection and elimination of cattle persistently infected (PI) with BVDV. These cattle are infected with BVDV during gestation, become …
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Efficacy of hyperimmunized plasma in the treatment of horses with acute diarrhea
… if they were over 1 year old, duration of diarrhea at presentation was less than 72 hours, they had not received equine plasma within the last 3 months and the serum total protein was greater than 4mg/dl. Horses were randomized to receive hyperimmunized plasma, control plasma (collected …
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Understanding Type A Clostridium perfringens in Foal Necrotizing Enteritis and Canine Acute Hemorrhagic Diarrhea
… enteritis and canine acute hemorrhagic diarrhea is poorly understood. However, recently, we described a highly significant association between the presence of novel toxigenic C. perfringens and these specefic enteric diseases. These strains produce three novel putative toxins related to …
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Pathogenesis and clinical significance of AIDA-I-positive E. coli in diarrhea of pigs
Escherichia coli remains a significant cause of diarrhea worldwide and in recent years a relatively high number of E. coli carrying gene for AIDA-I (adhesin involved in diffuse adherence) has been isolated from cases of neonatal and post-weaning diarrEscherichia coli remains a significant cause of …
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The Fecal Microbiota of Healthy and Diarrheic Calves Before, During and at Recovery From Diarrhea
… before, during and after neonatal calf diarrhea still needs to be fully understood and described. The first chapter of this thesis reviews our current understanding of the composition of a “healthy” fecal microbiome, microbial changes associated with dysbiosis and gastrointestinal …
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Comparison of the incidence of diarrhea to nutrition status related with enteral nutrition feeding method
… nutritional requirement is not fulfilled due to diarrhea that frequently occurs in the critically ill patient who is dependent on tube feeding. This Study, which is a quasi-experimental research conducted under the application of a nonequivalent control group pre-test post-test design, aims to …
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The Impact of Climate Variability and Conflict on Childhood Diarrhea and Malnutrition in West Africa
… climate variability and armed conflict impacts diarrheal disease and malnutrition among young children in West Africa. Two studies examine the associations between climate and diarrheal disease across the whole study area – ten countries in West Africa during the period 2008-2013. The third …
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Development, characterization and transcriptional profiling of a mouse model of fatal infectious diarrhea and colitis
… bacterial pathogen which is used to model human diarrheagenic E. coli (EPEC and EHEC) infections in mice. C. rodentium causes colonic hyperplasia and a variable degree of colitis and mortality in the majority of inbred and outbred lines of mice. Differences in C. rodentium-induced disease are …
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Vaccine Development Against Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Utilizing the Hepatitis B Virus Core Antigen Protein
Porcine epidemic diarrhea Virus (PEDV) is a virus effecting swine. It is the cause of disease that manifests with symptoms ranging from depression, to severe dehydration and death. Young piglets are particularly susceptible to the virus, which can reach mortality rates of 100%. Presence of the …
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Characterization of human astrovirus in pediatric patients with diarrhea from rural communities of Limpopo South Africa
… children under the age of 5 die annually due to diarrhea caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites. Human Astrovirus (HAstVs) has been identified as a causative agent of diarrheal disease worldwide especially in young children under five years of age. Recent reports in South Africa demonstrated …
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Effectiveness of health education in prevention of diarrhea among the refugess in Osire refugee camp, Namibia
… for the training of CHPs on the prevention of diarrhea was developed and training was conducted in the year 2000
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