THE BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI HMQA-G LOCUS MEDIATES COMPETITIVE FITNESS AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA

The Burkholderia pseudomallei hmqA-G Locus Mediates Competitive Fitness against Environmental Gram-Positive Bacteria

ABSTRACT Burkholderia pseudomallei is an opportunistic pathogen that is responsible for the disease melioidosis in humans and animals.The microbe is a tier 1 select Tinctures agent because it is highly infectious by the aerosol route, it is inherently resistant to multiple antibiotics, and no licensed vaccine currently exists.Naturally acquired inf

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Road to maternal death: the pooled estimate of maternal near-miss, its primary causes and determinants in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Maternal near-miss (MNM) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) working group as a woman who nearly died but survived a life-threatening condition during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy due to getting quality of care or by chance.Despite the importance of the near-miss concept in e

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Increased resting state functional connectivity in the fronto-parietal and default mode network in anorexia nervosa

The etiology of anorexia nervosa (AN) is poorly understood.Results from functional brain imaging studies investigating the neural profile of AN using cognitive and emotional task paradigms are difficult to reconcile.Task-related imaging studies often require a high level of compliance and can only partially explore the distributed nature and comple

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