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Ingestible Osmotic Pill for In Vivo Sampling of Gut Microbiomes
Nejad, Hojatollah Rezaei; Oliveira, Bruno C. M. [UNESP]; Sadeqi, Aydin; Dehkharghani, Amin; Kondova, Ivanela; Langermans, Jan A. M.; Guasto, Jeffrey S.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T17:20:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-09-01; Office of Naval Research (ONR); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National Science Foundation; Technologies capable of noninvasively sampling different locations in the gut upstream of the colon enable new insights into the role of organ-specific microbiota in human health. Herein, ...
The fecal microbiota of wild and captive raptors
Oliveira, Bruno C. M. [UNESP]; Murray, Maureen; Tseng, Florina; Widmer, GiovanniMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T17:20:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-05-06; Background The microorganisms populating the gastro-intestinal tract of vertebrates, collectively known as microbiota, play an essential role in digestion and are important in regulating the immune response. Whereas the intestinal microbiota in humans and model organisms has been studied for many years,...
Assessment of clinical and microbiota responses to fecal microbial transplantat...
McKinney, Caroline A.; Bedenice, Daniela; Pacheco, Ana P.; Oliveira, Bruno C.M. [UNESP]; Paradis, Mary-Rose; Mazan, Melissa; Widmer, GiovanniMade available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:21:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation; Background and aims Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) is empirically implemented in horses with colitis to facilitate resolution of diarrhea. The purpose of ...
Prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in domestic cats from an urban area in ...
da Silveira Neto, Luiz; Widmer, Giovanni; de Lima, Valéria Marçal Felix [UNESP]; Meireles, Marcelo Vasconcelos [UNESP]; Inácio, Sandra Valéria [UNESP]Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:34:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-12-01; We investigated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts shedding by domestic cats in an urban setting. The calculation of minimum sample size was based on an estimated prevalence of 10%, 5% absolute sampling error and a 5% significance level, resulting in 138 cats. A total of 612 owners of 2,290 cats ...
The fecal microbiota of healthy donor horses and geriatric recipients undergoin...
McKinney, Caroline A.; Oliveira, Bruno C.M. [UNESP]; Bedenice, Daniela; Paradis, Mary-Rose; Mazan, Melissa; Sage, Sophie; Sanchez, AlfredoMade available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:17:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-01-01; Background and aims Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT), a treatment for certain gastrointestinal conditions associated with dysbiosis in people, is also empirically employed in horses with colitis. This study used microbiota high-throughput sequencing to compare the fecal microbial profile of healthy...
Deprivation of dietary fiber enhances susceptibility of mice to cryptosporidiosis
Oliveira, Bruno César Miranda [UNESP]; Bresciani, Katia Denise Saraiva [UNESP]; Widmer, GiovanniMade available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T02:27:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-01-01; Based on our initial observations showing that mice consuming a probiotic product develop more severe cryptosporidiosis, we investigated the impact of other dietary interventions on the intracellular proliferation of Cryptosporidium parvum and C. tyzzeri in the mouse. Mice were orally infected with oocy...
Prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in domestic cats from an urban area in ...
Silveira Neto, Luiz da; Widmer, Giovanni; Lima, Valéria Marçal Felix de; Meireles, Marcelo Vasconcelos; Inácio, Sandra Valéria; Marques, Marcel GambinWe investigated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts shedding by domestic cats in an urban setting. The calculation of minimum sample size was based on an estimated prevalence of 10%, 5% absolute sampling error and a 5% significance level, resulting in 138 cats. A total of 612 owners of 2,290 cats had to be contacted for achieving the minimal sample size. In the end, only 55 owners accepted to participate ...
The transcriptome of Cryptosporidium oocysts and intracellular stages
Matos, Lucas V. S. [UNESP]; McEvoy, John; Tzipori, Saul; Bresciani, Katia D. S. [UNESP]; Widmer, GiovanniMade available in DSpace on 2019-10-06T15:44:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-12-01; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Human cryptosporidiosis is caused primarily by two species of apicomplexan parasites, Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis. Although infection of cell monolayer...
Probiotic Product Enhances Susceptibility of Mice to Cryptosporidiosis
Oliveira, Bruno C. M. [UNESP]; Widmer, GiovanniMade available in DSpace on 2019-10-03T18:19:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-11-01; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Cryptosporidiosis, a leading cause of diarrhea among infants, is caused by apicomplexan parasites classified in the genus Cryptosporidium. The lack of effective drugs is motivating research to develop alternative treatments. With this aim, the impac...
First description of Cryptosporidium hominis GP60 genotype IkA20G1 and Cryptosp...
Inácio, Sandra Valéria [UNESP]; Zucatto, Anaiza Simão [UNESP]; de Aquino, Monally Conceição Costa [UNESP]; Oliveira, Bruno César Miranda [UNESP]Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:08:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-01-15; The present study focuses on Cryptosporidium infections of foals in Brazil. A total of 92 animals of different breeds from 11 farms in the vicinity of Araçatuba in the state of São Paulo, were examined. According to PCR targeting the 18S rRNA gene, Cryptosporidium sp. DNA was detected in 21.7% (20/92) o...