Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important human pathogen capable of entering the competent state naturally and acquiring DNA from the environment for recombination. In addition to improving genome plasticity, a natural ...

In this study, adaptation of a previously described in vivo model of neuraminidase-induced glomerular injury is described in the rat. Information derived from the initial pilot studies has been used to formulate the ...

We identified 21 regions of the mouse genome that control EAE susceptibility, disease subtype, and clinical or histological disease parameters. Our results suggest that different clinical subtypes of EAE are immunogenetically ...

Leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease with a growing number of reported cases worldwide and expansion into new geographic areas, is an increasingly important public and veterinary health concern. Leptospirosis epidemiology is ...

Ts1 Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMuLV) is a neurovirulent mutant of wild type (wt) MoMuLV that causes a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by generalized tremors and progressive hind-limb paralysis ...

The fungal cell wall, which primarily is comprised of protein and polymeric carbohydrate, maintains cell structure and protects the fungal cell from the environment. Cell wall structure is an avid field of study because ...

The use of a combination of surveillance methods is the most effective way of assessing Lyme disease risk in an area where risk is unknown. Significant environmental determinants can be identified using a GIS, and a risk ...

Pseudorabies virus (PRV) is an alphaherpesvirus of swine that causes significant morbidity in adult populations, morbidity and mortality in young pigs, and economic losses to the swine industry each year. Evidence suggests ...

For decades, the study of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a transcription factor and a member of the basic helix-loop-helix/Per-ARNT-Sim (bHLH-PAS) domain family, has been focused on its role in mediating adverse effects ...

In recent years, the neuropeptide kisspeptin, secreted by kisspeptin neurons, has been identified as the prime regulator of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH). Kisspeptin neurons express steroid hormone receptors through ...