Key Limitations and New Insights Into the Toxoplasma gondii Parasite Stage Switching for Future Vaccine Development in Human, Livestock, and Cats

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease affecting human, livestock and cat.Prophylactic strategies would be ideal to prevent infection.In a One Health vaccination approach, the objectives would be the prevention of congenital disease in both women and livestock, prevention/reduction of T.gondii tissue cysts in food-producing animals; and oocyst sheddi

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Clinical Features and Outcomes of VAP Due to Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella spp.: A Retrospective Study Comparing Monobacterial and Polybacterial Episodes

VAP due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria is a frequent infection among patients in ICUs.Patient characteristics and mortality in mono- and polybacterial cases of VAP may differ.A single-centre, retrospective 3-year study was conducted in the four ICUs of a Lithuanian referral university hospital, Radiator aiming to compare both the clinical fe

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High-density genetic mapping identified a major locus for environmental sex expression in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.)

Long-day length and high temperature inhibit sex expression in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.), and therefore directly impact the production potential.In this study, female flowering patterns in photoperiod-insensitive (PPIS) and photoperiod-sensitive (PPS) germplasms differed significantly in a moderately long day and high temperature environme

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