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Exploring the involvement of honey bee pathogens in colony collapses from epidemiological data, pathogen genotyping and host immune responses Ghent University
Morphological, Pathogenic and Toxigenic Variability in the Rice Sheath Rot Pathogen Sarocladium Oryzae Ghent University
Multiphasic investigations imply transfer of orange-/red-pigmented strains of the bean pathogen Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens to a new species as C. aurantiacum sp. nov., elevation of the poinsettia pathogen C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinse Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Microbacteriaceae), a plant-pathogenic coryneform species includes five pathovars with valid names and a number of proposed – but unvalidated – new members. In this study, phenotypic features and DNA similarity indexes were investigated among all C. flaccumfaciens members. Results showed that the C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae strains causing bacterial canker of Euphorbia pulcherrima in the USA as well as the ...
New SNP markers for the genetic characterization of the quarantine pathogen Puccinia horiana and their application in pathogen migration analysis Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The quarantine pathogen Puccinia horiana, causal agent of chrysanthemum white rust, is one of the most important diseases in chrysanthemum-producing regions worldwide. During this study we determined the genetic variability of forty five isolates originating from North and South America, Asia, and Europe based on neutral SNP-markers. Together with information on collection year and geographical origin this allowed us to address ...
A randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating the performance and safety of platelets treated with MIRASOL pathogen reduction technology. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Pathogen reduction of platelets (PRT-PLTs) using riboflavin and ultraviolet light treatment has undergone Phase 1 and 2 studies examining efficacy and safety. This randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) assessed the efficacy and safety of PRT-PLTs using the 1-hour corrected count increment (CCI(1hour) ) as the primary outcome.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A noninferiority RCT was performed where patients with ...
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A noninferiority RCT was performed where patients with ...
Epidemic growth rates and host movement patterns shape management performance for pathogen spillover at the wildlife-livestock interface Hasselt University
Managing pathogen spillover at the wildlife-livestock interface is a key step towards improving global animal health, food security and wildlife conservation. However, predicting the effectiveness of management actions across host-pathogen systems with different life histories is an on-going challenge since data on intervention effectiveness are expensive to collect and results are system-specific. We developed a simulation model to explore how ...
Impact of heavy metal exposure on biological control of a deadly amphibian pathogen by zooplankton Ghent University
Despite devastating effects on global biodiversity, efficient mitigation strategies against amphibian chytridiomycosis are lacking. Since the free-living pathogenic zoospores of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the infective stage of this disease, can serve as a nutritious food source for components of zooplankton communities, these groups may act as biological control agents by eliminating zoospores from the aquatic environment. Such ...
The impact of mass-flowering crops on bee pathogen dynamics Ghent University
Nearly two fifths of the Earth's land area is currently used for agriculture, substantially impacting the environment and ecosystems. Besides the direct impact through land use change, intensive agriculture can also have an indirect impact, for example by changing wildlife epidemiology. We review here the potential effects of mass-flowering crops (MFCs), which are rapidly expanding in global cropping area, on the epidemiology of known pathogens ...