Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 539: A Review: Sample Preparation and Chromatographic Technologies for Detection of Aflatoxins in Foods Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090539 Authors: Kai Zhang Kaushik Banerjee As a class of mycotoxins with regulatory and public health significance, aflatoxins (e.g., aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2) have attracted unparalleled attention from government, academia and industry due to their chronic and acute toxicity. Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites of various Aspergillus...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 135: An Integrated Study of Toxocara Infection in Honduran Children: Human Seroepidemiology and Environmental Contamination in a Coastal Community Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030135 Authors: Sergio A. Hernández José A. Gabrie Carol Anahelka Rodríguez Gabriela Matamoros María Mercedes Rueda Maritza Canales Ronald Mergl Ana Sanchez (1) Background: Infections caused by Toxocara canis and T. cati are considered...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 134: Impact of Health Systems on the Implementation of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Synthesis Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030134 Authors: Atinuke O. Olaleye Oladapo Walker Malaria in pregnancy is a public health challenge with serious negative maternal and newborn consequences. Intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 39: Urban Commute Travel Distances in Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo: Weighted Least Square Models Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4030039 Authors: Houshmand Masoumi A very large part of the literature on urban commute travels is related to high-income countries. The determinants of urban commute trip distances are not clear in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA); thus, this study attempts to shed light on this topic in relation to Tehran, Istanbul, and...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 38: Transportation Services for Older Adults and Preventive Healthcare Attainment Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4030038 Authors: Zeenat Kotval-K Linda Keilman Weijing Wang This study examines the impact of the provision of specialized transportation services for older adults on the attainment of preventive healthcare services in selected cities across Michigan. The main hypothesis is that transportation services are critical factors for older adults...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 471: The Association between Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccinations and SARS-Cov-2 Infection: Data from the EPICOVID19 Web-Based Survey Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030471 Authors: Marianna Noale Caterina Trevisan Stefania Maggi Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi Claudio Pedone Mauro Di Bari Fulvio Adorni Nithiya Jesuthasan Aleksandra Sojic Massimo Galli Andrea Giacomelli Sabrina Molinaro Fabrizio Bianchi Claudio Mastroianni Federica...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 470: A Replicating Single-Cycle Adenovirus Vaccine Effective against Clostridium difficile Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030470 Authors: William E. Matchett Stephanie Anguiano-Zarate Goda Baddage Rakitha Malewana Haley Mudrick Melissa Weldy Clayton Evert Alexander Khoruts Michael Sadowsky Michael A. Barry Clostridium difficile causes nearly 500,000 infections and nearly 30,000 deaths each year in the U.S., which is estimated to cost $4.8...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 469: Effectiveness and Impact of the 4CMenB Vaccine against Group B Meningococcal Disease in Two Italian Regions Using Different Vaccination Schedules: A Five-Year Retrospective Observational Study (2014–2018) Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030469 Authors: Chiara Azzari Maria Moriondo Francesco Nieddu Valentina Guarnieri Lorenzo Lodi Clementina Canessa Giuseppe Indolfi Mattia Giovannini Giuseppina Napoletano Francesca Russo Tatjana Baldovin...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 468: Plant-Derived Nutraceuticals and Immune System Modulation: An Evidence-Based Overview Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030468 Authors: Antonella Di Sotto Annabella Vitalone Silvia Di Giacomo Immunomodulators are agents able to affect the immune system, by boosting the immune defences to improve the body reaction against infectious or exogenous injuries, or suppressing the abnormal immune response occurring in immune disorders. Moreover, immunoadjuvants...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 467: Kinetics of Anti-Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Titers in Nurse Students after a Two-Year Follow-Up Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030467 Authors: Maria Gabriella Verso Claudio Costantino Alessandro Marrella Palmira Immordino Francesco Vitale Emanuele Amodio Infection caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be prevented through a safe and effective vaccine. This study analysed the kinetics of serum antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 466: Evaluation of a Pseudotyped Virus Neutralisation Test for the Measurement of Equine Influenza Virus-Neutralising Antibody Responses Induced by Vaccination and Infection Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030466 Authors: Rebecca Kinsley Stéphane Pronost Manuelle De Bock Nigel Temperton Janet M. Daly Romain Paillot Simon Scott Equine influenza is a major respiratory disease of horses that is largely controlled by vaccination in some equine populations....
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 465: Anti-Influenza Protective Efficacy of a H6 Virus-Like Particle in Chickens Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030465 Authors: Wan-Zhen Zhu Yi-Chi Wen Shu-Yi Lin Ting-Chih Chen Hui-Wen Chen H6 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have a worldwide distribution, and they pose a potential concern for public health. In Taiwan, H6 AIVs have circulated in domestic chickens for more than 40 years, and certain strains have crossed the species barrier to infect mammals....
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 463: Proteomic as an Exploratory Approach to Develop Vaccines Against Tick-Borne Diseases Using Lyme Borreliosis as a Test Case Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030463 Authors: Emilie Talagrand-Reboul Benoit Westermann Matthieu A. Raess Gilles Schnell Paola Cantero Cathy Barthel Laurence Ehret-Sabatier Benoit Jaulhac Nathalie Boulanger Tick-borne diseases affecting humans and animals are on the rise worldwide. Vaccines constitute an effective...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 462: High-Yield Expression and Purification of Recombinant Influenza Virus Proteins from Stably-Transfected Mammalian Cell Lines Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030462 Authors: Jeffrey W. Ecker Greg A. Kirchenbaum Spencer R. Pierce Amanda L. Skarlupka Rodrigo B. Abreu R. Ethan Cooper Dawn Taylor-Mulneix Ted M. Ross Giuseppe A. Sautto Influenza viruses infect millions of people each year, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality in...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 464: Next Generation Influenza Vaccines: Looking into the Crystal Ball Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030464 Authors: Carlos Alberto Guzmán Influenza infections are responsible for significant number of deaths and overwhelming costs worldwide every year. Vaccination represents the only cost-efficient alternative to address this major problem in human health. However, current vaccines are fraught by many limitations, being far from optimal. Among them, the need...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 461: Immune System Modulations by Products of the Gut Microbiota Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030461 Authors: Thierry Chénard Karine Prévost Jean Dubé Eric Massé The gut microbiota, which consists of all bacteria, viruses, fungus, and protozoa living in the intestine, and the immune system have co-evolved in a symbiotic relationship since the origin of the immune system. The bacterial community forming the microbiota plays an important role in the regulation...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 117: Molecular and Serological Footprints of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies Infections in Zoo Animals Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030117 Authors: Marco Roller Sören Hansen Susanne Böhlken-Fascher Tobias Knauf-Witzens Claus-Peter Czerny Ralph Goethe Ahmed Abd El Wahed Background: Mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pose a significant risk to zoological collections. Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 925: N-glycosylation in the Pre-Membrane Protein Is Essential for the Zika Virus Life Cycle Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090925 Authors: Yong-Dae Gwon Eva Zusinaite Andres Merits Anna K. Överby Magnus Evander Asparagine (N)-linked protein glycosylation plays an important role in protein synthesis and modification. Two Zika virus (ZIKV) structural proteins, the pre-membrane (prM) and envelope (E) protein are N-glycosylated. The prM protein of all ZIKV strains...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 926: In Vitro Inhibition of Zika Virus Replication with Poly(Sodium 4-Styrenesulfonate) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090926 Authors: Paweł Botwina Magdalena Obłoza Artur Szczepański Krzysztof Szczubiałka Maria Nowakowska Krzysztof Pyrć Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen associated with microcephaly and other congenital abnormalities in newborns as well as neurologic complications in adults. The explosive transmission of the virus...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 924: Viral Vectors Applied for RNAi-Based Antiviral Therapy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090924 Authors: Kenneth Lundstrom RNA interference (RNAi) provides the means for alternative antiviral therapy. Delivery of RNAi in the form of short interfering RNA (siRNA), short hairpin RNA (shRNA) and micro-RNA (miRNA) have demonstrated efficacy in gene silencing for therapeutic applications against viral diseases. Bioinformatics has played an important role in the design of...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 922: Impact of Viral Lysis on the Composition of Bacterial Communities and Dissolved Organic Matter in Deep-Sea Sediments Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090922 Authors: Mara E. Heinrichs Dennis A. Tebbe Bernd Wemheuer Jutta Niggemann Bert Engelen Viral lysis is a main mortality factor for bacteria in deep-sea sediments, leading to changing microbial community structures and the release of cellular components to the environment. Nature and fate of these compounds...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 923: A Surrogate Animal Model for Screening of Ebola and Marburg Glycoprotein-Targeting Drugs Using Pseudotyped Vesicular Stomatitis Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090923 Authors: Takeshi Saito Junki Maruyama Noriyo Nagata Mao Isono Kosuke Okuya Yoshihiro Takadate Yurie Kida Hiroko Miyamoto Akina Mori-Kajihara Takanari Hattori Wakako Furuyama Shinya Ogawa Shigeru Iida Ayato Takada Filoviruses, including Ebola virus (EBOV)...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 921: Employing Molecular Phylodynamic Methods to Identify and Forecast HIV Transmission Clusters in Public Health Settings: A Qualitative Study Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090921 Authors: Shannan N. Rich Veronica L. Richards Carla N. Mavian William M. Switzer Brittany Rife Magalis Karalee Poschman Shana Geary Steven E. Broadway Spencer B. Bennett Jason Blanton Thomas Leitner J. Lucas Boatwright Nichole E. Stetten Robert L. Cook Emma...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 920: The Emergence of H7N7 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus from Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus Using an in ovo Embryo Culture Model Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090920 Authors: Amanda H. Seekings Wendy A. Howard Alejandro Nuñéz Marek J. Slomka Ashley C. Banyard Daniel Hicks Richard J. Ellis Javier Nuñéz-García Lorian C. Hartgroves Wendy S. Barclay Jill Banks Ian H. Brown Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 919: Structures and Functions of Viral 5′ Non-Coding Genomic RNA Domain-I in Group-B Enterovirus Infections Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090919 Authors: Marie Glenet Laetitia Heng Domitille Callon Anne-Laure Lebreil Paul-Antoine Gretteau Yohan Nguyen Fatma Berri Laurent Andreoletti Group-B enteroviruses (EV-B) are ubiquitous naked single-stranded positive RNA viral pathogens that are responsible for common acute or persistent human infections....
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 917: Purification Methods and the Presence of RNA in Virus Particles and Extracellular Vesicles Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090917 Authors: Yijun Zhou Ryan P. McNamara Dirk P. Dittmer The fields of extracellular vesicles (EV) and virus infections are marred in a debate on whether a particular mRNA or non-coding RNA (i.e., miRNA) is packaged into a virus particle or copurifying EV and similarly, whether a particular mRNA or non-coding RNA is contained in meaningful...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 918: X69R Is a Non-Essential Gene That, When Deleted from African Swine Fever, Does Not Affect Virulence in Swine Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090918 Authors: Elizabeth Ramirez-Medina Elizabeth Vuono Sarah Pruitt Ayushi Rai Ediane Silva James Zhu Lauro Velazquez-Salinas Douglas P. Gladue Manuel V. Borca African swine fever virus (ASFV) is currently causing devastating outbreaks in Asia and Europe, and the ASFV strain Georgia (ASFV-G) is responsible...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2364: Trace Elements in the Bottom Sediments of the Crimean Saline Lakes. Is It Possible to Explain Their Concentration Variability? Water doi: 10.3390/w12092364 Authors: Nickolai Shadrin Natalia Mirzoeva Natalia Kravchenko Oksana Miroshnichenko Nataliya Tereshchenko Elena Anufriieva Knowledge of trace elements content and their behavior in aquatic ecosystems is important for their sustainable use. There is a lack of such data for saline and, especially,...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2363: Assessment of Inter-Sectoral Virtual Water Reallocation and Linkages in the Northern Tianshan Mountains, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12092363 Authors: Dedao Gao Aihua Long Jiawen Yu Helian Xu Shoujuan Su Xu Zhao Quantitative analysis of the reallocation and linkages of virtual water in the economic sector was important for the integrated water resources management in inland arid regions. Taking the northern Tianshan Mountains (NTM) as an example,...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2362: Uncertainty in the Number of Calibration Repetitions of a Hydrologic Model in Varying Climatic Conditions Water doi: 10.3390/w12092362 Authors: Patrik Sleziak Ladislav Holko Michal Danko Juraj Parajka The objective of this study is to examine the impact of the number of calibration repetitions on hydrologic model performance and parameter uncertainty in varying climatic conditions. The study is performed in a pristine alpine catchment in the Western...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2361: Interacting Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics and the Antidepressant Amitriptyline on Early Life Stages of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) Water doi: 10.3390/w12092361 Authors: Hannah Schmieg Janne K.Y. Burmester Stefanie Krais Aki S. Ruhl Selina Tisler Christian Zwiener Heinz-R. Köhler Rita Triebskorn Whether microplastics themselves or their interactions with chemicals influence the health and development of aquatic organisms...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2360: Dynamic Evaluation and Internal Driving Factors of Water Resources Green Efficiency in China Water doi: 10.3390/w12092360 Authors: Hongbo Zhang Hong Chen Meifen Wu Wei Jin Guangxiong Mao Ruyin Long High-quality economic development and the realization of ecological civilization have become the main goals of China’s economic development. This study constructed a global reference Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index model...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2359: Actual Evapotranspiration and Biomass of Maize from a Red–Green-Near-Infrared (RGNIR) Sensor on Board an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Water doi: 10.3390/w12092359 Authors: Robson Argolo dos Santos Everardo Chartuni Mantovani Roberto Filgueiras Elpídio Inácio Fernandes-Filho Adelaide Cristielle Barbosa da Silva Luan Peroni Venancio Surface reflectance data acquisition by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are an important tool for assisting precision...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2358: Natural Surface Hydrocarbons and Soil Faunal Biodiversity: A Bioremediation Perspective Water doi: 10.3390/w12092358 Authors: Sara Remelli Pietro Rizzo Fulvio Celico Cristina Menta Hydrocarbon pollution threatens aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems globally, but soil fauna in oil-polluted soils has been insufficiently studied. In this research, soil hydrocarbon toxicity was investigated in two natural oil seepage soils in Val D’Agri (Italy)...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2357: Influence of Plasma-Activated Water on Physical and Physical–Chemical Soil Properties Water doi: 10.3390/w12092357 Authors: Jana Šimečková František Krčma Daniel Klofáč Lukáš Dostál Zdenka Kozáková Recently, the bactericidal and fungicidal effects of plasma-activated water (PAW) have been confirmed for its application in agriculture. Although the PAW application is beneficial in plant growth, no information is available about processes induced...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2356: Insights on Dissolved Organic Matter Production Revealed by Removal of Charge-Transfer Interactions in Senescent Leaf Leachates Water doi: 10.3390/w12092356 Authors: Karl M. Meingast Brice K. Grunert Sarah A. Green Evan S. Kane Nastaran Khademimoshgenani Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a critical part of the global carbon cycle. Currently, it is understood that at least a portion of the chromophoric DOM (CDOM) character can be described through...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2355: Characteristics of the Biochemical Composition and Bioavailability of Phytoplankton-Derived Particulate Organic Matter in the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Water doi: 10.3390/w12092355 Authors: Bo Kyung Kim Jinyoung Jung Youngju Lee Kyoung-Ho Cho Jong-Ku Gal Sung-Ho Kang Sun-Yong Ha Analysis of the biochemical composition (carbohydrates, CHO; proteins, PRT; lipids, LIP) of particulate organic matter (POM, mainly phytoplankton) is used to assess trophic...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2353: Hausdorff Fractal Derivative Model to Characterize Transport of Inorganic Arsenic in Porous Media Water doi: 10.3390/w12092353 Authors: Xiaoxiao Hao HongGuang Sun Yong Zhang Shiyin Li Jia Song Kate Salsky The increasing severity of arsenic pollution has progressively threatened human life and attracted much attention. One of the important topics in environmental sciences is to accurately describe the inorganic arsenic transport in heterogeneous...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2354: Nitrogen Fertilization of Plants Irrigated with Desalinated Water: A Study of Interactions of Nitrogen with Chloride Water doi: 10.3390/w12092354 Authors: Asher Bar-Tal Escain Kiwonde Beeri Kanner Ido Nitsan Raneen Shawahna Daniel Kurtzman The overall aim of this research was to optimize nitrogen (N) fertilization of plants under desalinated water and a wide range of chloride concentrations for high yield while minimizing downward leaching of...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
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