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Sandy B. Primrose
Borrelia burgdorferi, the organism causing Lyme disease, infects humans via tick bites. The European tick vector is different from the North American tick vector. Humans are inadvertent hosts for the ticks which normally feed on wild animals. Followi
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0017
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Sandy B. Primrose
The natural habitat of Vibrio cholerae is warm, nutrient-rich water, particularly estuarine water. Vibrio cholerae produces a chitinase that degrades the exoskeletons of insects and shellfish. The presence of chitin induces competence for genetic tra
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0007
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0007
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Sandy B. Primrose
Filoviruses are a family of viruses that infect mammals in tropical regions and cause haemorrhagic fevers when they infect humans. The best-known members of the family are Marburg virus and Ebola. The first outbreak of Marburg virus occurred in labor
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0026
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0026
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Sandy B. Primrose
Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is a persistent plant virus; that is, one that replicates in both its insect vector (thrips) and plants. The viral NSs protein interferes with the plant’s RNA-induced silencing complex that is the first line of defe
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0024
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0024
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Sandy B. Primrose
Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the only Neisseria species to cause infections in immune competent individuals. The gonococcus has existed for thousands of years but the meningococcus emerged about 400 years ago. Both bacteria us
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0009
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0009
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Sandy B. Primrose
Wolbachia is an endosymbiont of arthropods that can manipulate their reproductive fitness via cytoplasmic incompatibility. This phenomenon has been used successfully to reduce the transmission by mosquitoes of viral diseases. Genome analysis has show
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0019
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Sandy B. Primrose
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti are yeasts that can cause severe, life-threatening infections of the lungs and brain, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Cryptococci are opportunistic pathogens. Their natural habitat is the
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0022
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0022
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Sandy B. Primrose
Escherichia coli normally behaves as a commensal organism and constitutes about 0.1% of the normal flora of the human gut where its beneficial properties include synthesis of vitamin K. Some strains of Escherichia coli can cause disease and these pat
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0004
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0004
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Sandy B. Primrose
The principal diseases caused by mycobacteria are tuberculosis and leprosy. Descriptions of both diseases can be found in pre-Christian Greek literature and DNA from both has been recovered from ancient skeletons. Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium l
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0013
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0013
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Sandy B. Primrose
Staphylococcus aureus is a much-feared pathogen that can cause a number of different diseases depending on the strains involved and the site of entry to the body. Staphylococcus has many different virulence factors. Staphyloxanthin (pigment), coagula
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863843.003.0016