Introduction More than 93,000 cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been reported
worldwide. We describe the epidemiology, clinical course, and virologic characteristics of …

The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii resides within a nonfusogenic vacuole during
intracellular replication. Although the limiting membrane of this vacuole provides a protective …

Globally, nearly 2 billion people are infected with the intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma
gondii 1. This persistent infection can cause severe disease in immunocompromised people …

During August–October, 2018, an outbreak of severe respiratory illness was reported among
poultry slaughter plant workers in Virginia and Georgia, USA. A multiorganizational team …

Mutations in the him-5 gene in Caenorhabditis elegans strongly reduce the frequency of
crossovers on the X chromosome, with lesser effects on the autosomes. him-5 mutants also …

Host cytosolic proteins are endocytosed by Toxoplasma gondii and degraded in its
lysosome‐like compartment, the vacuolar compartment (VAC), but the dynamics and route of …

Crossover (CO) recombination creates a physical connection between homologs that
promotes their proper segregation at meiosis I (MI). Failure to realize an obligate CO causes …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have impacted
outpatient antibiotic prescribing in low- and middle-income countries such as Brazil. However, …

Calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) mutations implicated in familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia,
pancreatitis and idiopathic epilepsy syndrome map to an extended arginine-rich region …

Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for Chlamydia psittaci, the bacterium
that causes psittacosis, is faster and more specific than widely available serologic tests. …