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UGA Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases: pursuing global health through research.
Athens, Georgia
Joined April 2013
Happy Friday! Join us for our next seminar on Monday, Oct. 17, with Dr. Eldin Talundzic, Senior Scientific Advisor at the @CDCgovOfficial ! We hope to see you there! ✨ ⏰ 11:10 AM to 12:10 PM 📍 Coverdell S175 #UGAIDIS #UGAVetMed
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Amplicon sequencing detects, identifies, and quantifies minority variants in mixed-species infections of Cryptosporidium #parasites | mBio
journals.asm.org
Cryptosporidium is a eukaryotic parasite and a leading global cause of waterborne diarrhea, with over 40 recognized species infecting livestock, wildlife, and people. While we have effective tools...
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🏆🎉Congratulations, Grace & Joe, on winning Best Talk Awards at the recent Molecular Parasitology Meeting. @universityofga @UGA_IDIS @parasite_doc
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CTEGD is making a global impact by battling neglected diseases that threaten populations worldwide @universityofga @parasite_doc #Parasite #ntds #globalhealth
https://t.co/z6CkAkDo7l
impact.uga.edu
UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases is searching for cures to some of the world's most neglected diseases and parasites.
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Signals from the head and germinative region differentially regulate regeneration competence of the #tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta
journals.biologists.com
Competence to regenerate lost tissues varies widely across species. The rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, undergoes continual cycles of shedding and regenerating thousands of reproductive segments...
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Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Sustained-Release Buprenorphine Formulations in Owl Monkeys (Aotus spp.) https://t.co/2diaWRRrCI
aalas.kglmeridian.com
Buprenorphine is an opioid used for pain management in veterinary medicine but which requires frequent dosing to maintain therapeutic levels. Sustained-release buprenorphine (BSR) formulations can...
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Insulin-like peptides activate egg formation in the Asian #malaria #mosquito Anopheles stephensi by Benjamin L. Phipps, Mark R. Brown & Michael R. Strand https://t.co/mOAFzCvrNC
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Happy Monday! As we continue into the semester, take a moment to learn how to manage burnout and stress with @universityofga 's Dr. Megan Patrice Brock, Associate Director of Graduate Student Services and Faculty Engagement. We hope to see you there! #UGAIDIS #UGAVetMed
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In @eLife: A drug repurposing approach reveals targetable epigenetic pathways in #Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites https://t.co/xBxdu3Jxmp
@parasite_doc #malaria #drugdiscovery
elifesciences.org
Drug repurposing screens reveal several epigenetic inhibitors as active against P. vivax hypnozoites demonstrating that epigenetic pathways play a central role in hypnozoite quiescence.
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Ghosts of symbionts past: The hidden history of the dynamic association between filarial nematodes and their Wolbachia endosymbionts https://t.co/b5TWbjt1Gd
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Join us Monday, Sept. 22, for Victoria Mendiola's, a PhD candidate in the Kyle Lab, doctoral defense, "Elucidating the biology of Artemisinin-induced dormant Plasmodium falciparum in vitro". We will see you there! ⏰ 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM 📍 Coverdell S175 #UGAIDIS #UGAVetMed
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Battling a rare brain-eating disease in an Indian state via @BBCWorld
@universityofga #ugareasearch #ntd
https://t.co/1l2519Ke9U
bbc.com
In Kerala this year, more than 70 people have been diagnosed and 19 have died from the brain-eating amoeba.
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Chagas disease isn’t increasing in the US. Testing just lags behind via @cenmag
@universityofga #ugaresearch #ChagasDisease
https://t.co/bNz4rMUcbI
cen.acs.org
Americans in the southern US often go years without knowing they’re infected with ‘kissing bug’ disease
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Use of the Slow-Delivery Platform, VacSIM, Shapes the Host Immune Response to Increase Protection Against Influenza Infection https://t.co/kLqgXgopei
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Benzo-ring modification on #Malaria Box hit MMV008138: effects on antimalarial potency and microsomal stability https://t.co/e8zOWgUUNT
pubs.rsc.org
Tetrahydro-β-carboline 1 (MMV008138) controls growth of asexual blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum by inhibiting IspD, an enzyme in the MEP pathway for synthesis of a critical metabolite, isopentenyl...
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O-fucosylation affects abundance but not localization of select nucleocytoplasmic proteins in Toxoplasma gondii #biochemistry #Parasites
https://t.co/yKFc9Y7YmP
academic.oup.com
Abstract. Toxoplasma gondii is a highly successful intracellular mammalian and avian pathogen that must adapt to a wide range of intracellular and extracel
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Activity of Antibacterial/Antifungal Compounds against the Protozoan Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii D Singh, MA Sleda, SR Malwal, AM Pandey, Y Chen, R Zhou, F Adewole, K Sadowska, OK Onajole, SNJ Moreno, E Oldfield https://t.co/nJ6zQj91Mo
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Antimalarial spirooxindole alkaloids with a rare 6/5/5/6/6 polycyclic skeleton from the fungus Penicillium citrinum YSC-1 isolated from a medicinal plant https://t.co/uf5k2uJpAY
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Brain-eating amoeba: Who is most often infected? @parasite_doc @universityofga
https://t.co/DmjeEQpN9f
rochesterfirst.com
Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.
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