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Repeated praziquantel treatment and Opisthorchis viverrini infection: a popul...
Abstract Background Opisthorchis viverrini infection is highly prevalent in northeast Thailand. This liver fluke is classified as a carcinogen due to its causal links with... -
Role and expression of <i>cry1</i> in the adductor muscle of the oyster <i>Cr...
Cryptochromes are flavin- and pterin-containing photoreceptors of the cryptochrome/photolyase family. They play critical roles in organisms, among are which light-dependent and... -
Identifying clinical subgroups in IgG4-related disease patients using cluster...
Abstract Background To explore the clinical patterns of patients with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) based on laboratory tests and the number of organs involved. Methods... -
A comprehensive technique for artificial hybridization in Chickpea (Cicer ari...
Abstract Background Two crossing techniques for hybridization of chickpea have been reported and include pollination after emasculation and pollination without emasculation.... -
Comparative transcriptomic analyses of normal and malformed flowers in sugar ...
Abstract Background Sugar apple (Annona squamosa L.), a popular fruit with high medicinal and nutritional properties, is widely cultivated in tropical South Asia and America.... -
Including refugees in disease elimination: challenges observed from a sleepin...
Abstract Background Ensuring equity between forcibly-displaced and host area populations is a key challenge for global elimination programmes. We studied Uganda’s response to... -
Climate factors driven typhus group rickettsiosis incidence dynamics in Xishu...
Abstract Background Typhus group rickettsiosis (TGR), which is a neglected vector-borne infectious disease, including epidemic typhus and endemic typhus. We explored the lag... -
Developmental and morphological studies in Japanese medaka with ultra-high re...
We propose ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography to study the morphological development of internal organs in medaka fish in the post-embryonic stages at micrometer... -
The use of mosquito repellents at three sites in India with declining malaria...
Abstract Background Repellents such as coils, vaporizers, mats and creams can be used to reduce the risk of malaria and other infectious diseases. Although evidence for their... -
Rice WRKY11 Plays a Role in Pathogen Defense and Drought Tolerance
Abstract Background Plants are frequently subjected to abiotic and biotic stresses, and WRKY proteins play a pivotal role in the response to such stress. OsWRKY11 is induced by... -
A low-cost aeroponic phenotyping system for storage root development: unravel...
Abstract Background Root and tuber crops are becoming more important for their high source of carbohydrates, next to cereals. Despite their commercial impact, there are... -
Comparison of weighting approaches for genetic risk scores in gene-environmen...
Abstract Background Weighted genetic risk scores (GRS), defined as weighted sums of risk alleles of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), are statistically powerful for... -
Effect of temperature on the Bulinus globosus — Schistosoma haematobium system
Abstract Background Given that increase in temperature may alter host-parasite relationships, the anticipated rise in temperature due to global warming might change transmission... -
Are diabetes self-management programmes for the general diabetes population e...
Abstract Background Diabetes self-management education programmes are effective in improving health outcomes in the general population with diabetes. However, it is not known if... -
Impact of sunlight exposure on the residual efficacy of biolarvicides Bacillu...
Abstract Background Biotic and abiotic factors have been reported to affect the larvicidal efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) and Bacillus sphaericus (Bs),... -
Relevance of in vitro agar based screens to characterize the anti-fungal acti...
Abstract Background Endophytes are microbes that inhabit internal plant tissues without causing disease. Plant microbial communities consist of large numbers of endophyte... -
Correspondence of D. melanogaster and C. elegans developmental stages reveale...
Abstract Background We report a statistical study to find correspondence of D. melanogaster and C. elegans developmental stages based on alternative splicing (AS)... -
Bursicon-α subunit modulates dLGR2 activity in the adult <i>Drosophila</i> me...
Bursicon is the main regulator of post molting and post eclosion processes during arthropod development. The active Bursicon hormone is a heterodimer of Burs-α and Burs-... -
Molecular mechanism of seed dormancy release induced by fluridone compared wi...
Abstract Background Notopterygium incisum is an important Chinese medicinal plant. Its mature seeds have underdeveloped embryos and are physiological dormant. We found the seeds... -
Retrospective analysis of pulse oximeter alarm settings in an intensive care ...
Abstract Background The cacophony of alerts and alarms in a hospital produced by medical devices results in alarm fatigue. The pulse oximeter is one of the most common sources...
