/tropmed/aggregator J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical & Geographic Medicine - aggregated feeds en https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41762163/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260301005853&v=2.19.0.post6+133c1fe MicrobiomeNet (https://microbiomenet.com) is a web-based platform developed to provide functional insights into microbiome signatures using genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs). It currently hosts 12,400 GEMs and around 6 million microbial signatures. Users can start by searching microbes, metabolites, genes, or enzymes, and perform common tasks such as to characterize the metabolic capacity for a given microbe, to explore known microbial associations, as well as to understand potential... Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41759036/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260228000705&v=2.19.0.post6+133c1fe Community-acquired febrile illness presents a significant diagnostic challenge. The TaqMan Array Card (TAC) enables simultaneous detection of many bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal pathogens. This systematic review aimed to characterize the etiologies of community-acquired fever diagnosed by TAC directly on blood specimens. A systematic search of PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science (from inception to January 2026 in English) identified studies using TAC to detect pathogens directly... Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41753792/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260228000705&v=2.19.0.post6+133c1fe Salmonella is a major bacterial pathogen in low-income countries, where it circulates among humans, animals, and the environment. Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are particularly vulnerable to severe Salmonella infections. This study aimed to characterize Salmonella isolates causing infections in Senegalese children with SCD. Using antimicrobial susceptibility testing, whole-genome sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis, we investigated antibiotic resistance, serovar diversity, and... Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41753778/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260228000705&v=2.19.0.post6+133c1fe Live attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium has been investigated for decades as an orally delivered vaccine vector due to its ability to target the intestinal mucosa and engage both innate and adaptive immune responses. In humans, S. Typhimurium infection is largely restricted to the gastrointestinal tract, distinguishing it from Salmonella Typhi and providing a rationale for its use in mucosal vaccine strategies. In this review, we discuss the biological features of S. Typhimurium... Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41742325/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260228000705&v=2.19.0.post6+133c1fe RNA metabolism in kinetoplastid protists (Kinetoplastea), including trypanosomes and Leishmania, involves unique post-transcriptional mitochondrial RNA editing that creates translatable mRNAs through uridine (U) insertions and deletions (U-indels) directed by antisense guide RNAs (gRNAs). Like other biological processes that require specific RNA targeting, this system faces several challenges beyond coordinating its many components: assembling mRNA-gRNA hybrids, recognizing hundreds of sites,... Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41659386/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260210002147&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2 CONCLUSION: This quantitative scoring scheme represents a promising step towards standardizing assessments of AMS and IPC programs in high-income settings, enabling external comparisons and supporting future clinical studies. Further validation is needed to refine its predictive validity and ensure its utility in diverse healthcare settings. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41655616/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260210002147&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2 Resistance to macrocyclic lactone (ML) preventives in the canine heartworm Dirofilaria immitis is an emerging concern worldwide. Although ML-resistant isolates of D. immitis are genetically distinct from wildtype populations, little is known about their drug resistance mechanisms. To address this gap, we used untargeted metabolomics to characterize and compare the excreted/secreted metabolic profile of drug-susceptible Missouri (MO) and -resistant JYD-34 isolates in the presence or not of... Sun, 08 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41649924/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260207010945&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2 Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria causing Lyme disease, has a complex genome comprising a linear chromosome and multiple linear and circular plasmids. The atypical hairpin telomeres and the highly paralogous plasmids complicate genome assembly. We develop a genome assembly pipeline using both long and short reads to overcome these challenges. Using long reads, we assemble the hairpin telomeres of the linear replicons, an lp28-1a plasmid subtype, and circular plasmids of nine B. burgdorferi... Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41638911/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260205002915&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2 Mechanisms driving the increase in cell growth in developing leukemia are not fully understood. We focused on epigenomic regulation of this process by analyzing the changes of chromatin marks and gene expression in leukemic cell clones as they progressed toward increased proliferation in a mouse model of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This progression was characterized by gradual modulation of chromatin states and gene expression across the genome, with a surprising preferential trend of... Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41629481/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zSVwQViw4htk0ptJE-rdb4g98Hn0Vy51ceCnixBnFkL6ILsbf&fc=20201106102241&ff=20260203015657&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2 Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) technologies that rapidly identify pathogenic bacteria and their resistance phenotypes are critical in addressing the antimicrobial resistance crisis, enabling timely and precise antibiotic treatment decisions. We present a modular automated platform based on nanoplasmonic colorimetry in microfluidics for parallel bacterial identification and phenotypic profiling of AST (QolorPhAST), achieving an eightfold enhancement in detection rapidity. QolorPhAST... Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500