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Wound healing genes and susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in BrazilLeishmania braziliensis causes cutaneous (CL) and mucosal (ML) leishmaniasis. In the mouse, Fli1 was identified as a gene influencing enhanced wound healing...
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Commentaries on Viewpoint: Standards for quantitative assessment of lung structure.Commentaries on Viewpoint: Standards for quantitative assessment of lung structure. Instillation fixation and overinflation of the mouse lun
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Personalised analytics for rare disease diagnosticsHere we focus on the problem of prioritising variants with respect to the observed disease phenotype
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Meta-taxonomic analysis of prokaryotic and eukaryotic gut flora in stool samples from visceral leishmaniasis cases and endemic controls in Bihar State IndiaWe evaluate a meta-taxonomic approach to determine the composition of prokaryotic and eukaryotic gut microflora using sequencing of 16S RNA and 18S rRNA
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Zika: Is there an underlying genetic/epigenetic basis to microcephaly and eye damage due to congenital Zika virus infection?Our hypothesis is that congenital Zika virus infection dysregulates these genes early in the developing fetus.
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A comparative molecular and 3-dimensional structural investigation into cross-continental and novel avian Trypanosoma spp. in AustraliaHere, we confirm four intercontinental species of avian trypanosomes in native Australian birds, and identify a new avian Trypanosoma.
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Epigenetic dysregulation of host gene expression in Toxoplasma infection with specific reference to dopamine and amyloid pathwaysOur results provide a possible functional link between Toxoplasma gondii infection and congenital/early life and adult neurological clinical signs
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Does otitis media in early childhood affect later behavioural development? Results from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) StudyThe relationship between early life episodes of otitis media and later behavioural development with adjustment for confounders.
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Confirmation of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Variants, ARID5B and IKZF1, and interaction with parental environmental exposuresThe polygenic nature of childhood ALL predisposition together with the timing of environmental triggers may hold vital clues for disease etiology.