Optimized production and antiviral activity evaluation of recombinant chicken interferon-alpha using an improved Baculovirus expression system by Yuxia Zhang, Wenwen Dong, Feng Li, Kai Meng, Guiming Li, Xiaoyuan Yuan

“…The chIFN-α protein was obtained using the modified baculovirus expression system, and exhibited anti-vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) activity of up to 5.0 × 106 IU/ml. Moreover, the administration of chIFN-α to SPF chicken inhibited H9N2 subtype low pathogenicity avian influenza virus (LPAIV) proliferation and reduced the viral-shedding rate. …”
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Deletion of ESX-3 and ESX-4 secretion systems in Mycobacterium abscessus results in highly impaired pathogenicity by Wassim Daher, Vincent Le Moigne, Yara Tasrini, Shweta Parmar, Danielle L. Sexton, John Jairo Aguilera-Correa, Valentin Berdal, Elitza I. Tocheva, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Laurent Kremer

“…Abstract Type VII secretion systems participate in protein export, virulence, conjugation, and metabolic regulation. Five subtypes (ESX-1 to ESX-5) exist, each with specific roles and well-characterized secretion profiles in various mycobacterial species. …”
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Novel Approaches to Diagnose COVID-19 by Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…Public health agencies are in need of developing diagnostic tools which will have a major impact in tracking the virus and suppressing the transmission. Diagnosis of the disease is based on clinical symptoms, epidemiological history and laboratory examinations. …”
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Viral Diseases of Strawberries by Catalina Moyer, Vance M. Whitaker, Natalia A. Peres

“…Peres, provides basic information on viral diseases of strawberries with particular emphasis on the presence of strawberry necrotic shock virus (SNSV) on Florida strawberry plants. Includes references. …”
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Emerging Infectious Diseases by Jorge R. Rey

“…Updated in February 2016 to include new information on Chikungunya and the Zika virus. Retired from the EDIS website 7/25/2019. …”
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Emerging Infectious Diseases by Jorge R. Rey

“…Updated in February 2016 to include new information on Chikungunya and the Zika virus. Retired from the EDIS website 7/25/2019. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Herbs (Basil, Cilantro, Dill, Mint, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme) by Mark A. Mossler

“… Because herbs are vegetative crops, the most important pest groups in Florida production include the early season diseases, weeds, and leaf-feeding insects. Nematodes and viruses are generally not problematic in Florida herb production. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Herbs (Basil, Cilantro, Dill, Mint, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme) by Mark A. Mossler

“… Because herbs are vegetative crops, the most important pest groups in Florida production include the early season diseases, weeds, and leaf-feeding insects. Nematodes and viruses are generally not problematic in Florida herb production. …”
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Viral Diseases of Strawberries by Catalina Moyer, Vance M. Whitaker, Natalia A. Peres

“…Peres, provides basic information on viral diseases of strawberries with particular emphasis on the presence of strawberry necrotic shock virus (SNSV) on Florida strawberry plants. Includes references. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Specialty Brassicas (Arrugula, Bok Choy, Chinese Broccoli, Chinese Mustard, Napa) by Mark A. Mossler

“… Since leafy brassicas are vegetative crops, the most important pest groups in Florida production include the early season diseases, weeds, and leaf-feeding insects. Mites, viruses, and nematodes are generally not problematic in Florida leafy brassica production. …”
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Chikungunya by C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly, Christopher N. Mores, Chelsea T. Smartt, Walter J. Tabachnick

“…Tabachnick, describes this mosquito-borne virus, what it is, its symptoms, how its transmitted to humans, where it occurs, risk to Floridians, and how it can be prevented. …”
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Chikungunya by C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly, Christopher N. Mores, Chelsea T. Smartt, Walter J. Tabachnick

“…Tabachnick, describes this mosquito-borne virus, what it is, its symptoms, how its transmitted to humans, where it occurs, risk to Floridians, and how it can be prevented. …”
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Reactivation of latent hepatitis B infection during immunosuppressive therapy with guselkumab for plaque psoriasis: a case report by Elena Franchi, Arianna A. C. Costanzo, Carmela Cursaro, Amedeo Lonardo, Claudia Lasagni, Pietro Andreone

“…Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV; RHBV) is a significant concern during immunosuppressive therapy, as it can lead to severe hepatitis and liver failure. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Specialty Brassicas (Arrugula, Bok Choy, Chinese Broccoli, Chinese Mustard, Napa) by Mark A. Mossler

“… Since leafy brassicas are vegetative crops, the most important pest groups in Florida production include the early season diseases, weeds, and leaf-feeding insects. Mites, viruses, and nematodes are generally not problematic in Florida leafy brassica production. …”
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Life cycle assessment of laboratory-scale chitosan production: comparison of high-pressure processing-assisted and conventional methods by Bashir Bashiri, Ana Cristina De Aguiar Saldanha Pinheiro, Silvia Tappi, Pietro Rocculi, Aleksei Kaleda, Raivo Vilu

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Adoption of Electronic Records Management System in Managing Patients Records at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Musiimenta, Lucky

“…Participants gave the challenges as low service quality due to lack of qualified staff, followed by inadequate knowledge, Lack of security and privacy, technological changes, unstable power supply, additional operating costs, computer viruses, and lastly information hacking and misuse Possible ways of improving electronic records in Kabale Regional Referral Hospital were installation of anti virus soft wares which was ranked highly by the Participants followed by regular change of passwords, using only trained personnel, Restrictions on access to records, have stable power supply, Records be maintained in its Cycle, have a backup system and more workshops be provided to all records keepers at Kabale RRH for proper maintenance of records. then finally the study recommended that there is need for the hospital to increase its training programs or workshops in electronic records keeping to the record managers, recruit trained personnel and the records and information keeping department should keep viruses monitoring soft ware's updated…”
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Induced protein expression in Leptospira spp. and its application to CRISPR/Cas9 mutant generation by L. G. V. Fernandes, A. L. T. O. Nascimento, J. E. Nally

“…Abstract Expanding the genetic toolkit for Leptospira spp. is a crucial step toward advancing our understanding of the biology and virulence of these atypical bacteria. Pathogenic Leptospira are responsible for over 1 million human leptospirosis cases annually and significantly impact domestic animals. …”
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Data mining and socio-spatial patterns of COVID-19: geo-prevention keys for tackling the pandemic by Olga De Cos Guerra, Valentín Castillo Salcines, David Cantarero Prieto

“…The study identifies space-time patterns that show significant hot-spots and demonstrates a high presence of the virus at building level in neighbourhoods where residential and economic uses are mixed. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Remained Airborne for a Prolonged Time in a Lockdown Confined Space by Xinyue Li, Xiao Qi, Jianxin Ma, Yang Pan, Tian Tian, Yue Zhang, Zhen Li, Wenjing Li, Lingli Sun, Lu Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Quanyi Wang, Maosheng Yao

“…We concluded that the outbreak was triggered by SARS-CoV-2 contaminated environments, where the employees inhaled the virus from the air or touching facility surfaces where the traveler did not have any physical contacts with.…”
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The Effects of COVID-19 Measures on Air Pollutant Concentrations at Urban and Traffic Sites in Istanbul by Ülkü Alver Şahin

“…Abstract Since December 2019, most countries have been working to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. These measures, which include restricting movement, have environmental consequences. …”
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