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Pharmacological and epidemiological studies on the drug-sensitivity of trypanosomes isolated from a peri-urban dairy production system in Uganda. by Olila, D.

“…In the third part of the study. the newlv developed ISl\lM-ELISA (sequential saturation) was used to monitor ISMM concentrations in sera from Mukono cattle. after block treatment with ISMM (Samorin": 1.0 mg/kg BW). …”
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Viruses in weeds in Dioscorea yam fields in Nigeria by Asala, S., Alegbejo, M.D., Kashina, B.D., Banwo, O.O., Shinngu, C.P.

“…Therefore, leaf samples of weeds were collected from Dioscorea yam fields in FCT-Abuja, and five States of the Guinea Savanna agro-ecological zone of Nigeria in 2009 and 2010, and analysed by Enzyme-Linked Immuno-absorbance Assay (ELISA) and Polymerase Chain Reaction for viruses. …”
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Spatial distribution, tree host associations, and deforestation threats on two stingless bee species in the Peruvian Amazon by Demetrio, Richar, Muñoz Schrader, Ornella, Faria, Julianna, Baselly Villanueva, Juan Rodrigo, Cardenas, David, Isuiza, Maite, Delgado, Cesar, Ruzo, Andres, Espinoza, Rosa V.

“…Background: Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are critical pollinators in the Peruvian Amazon, sustaining biodiversity, crop productivity, and indigenous livelihoods. …”
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High‑energy emulsification of Allium sativum essential oil boosts insecticidal activity against Planococcus citri with no risk to honeybees by Modafferi, Antonino, Giunti, Urbaneja, Alberto, Laudani, Francesca, Latella, Pérez-Hedo, Mertixell, Ricupero, Michele, Palmeri, Vince, Campolo, Orlando

“…The insecticidal activity against Planococcus citri Risso (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and selectivity toward Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees was evaluated. Garlic EO was mainly composed of sulphur components (96.3%), with diallyl disulphide and diallyl trisulphide as the most abundant compounds (37.26% and 28.15%, respectively). …”
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Análisis de riesgo de plaga en la importación a Nicaragua de bulbos de cebolla (Allium cepa L.) para consumo procedente de Holanda by Tellez Páramo, Nora Adriana

“…De todas las plagas analizadas Ditylenchus dipsaci fue la especie que presentó mayor riesgo fitosanitario, siguiéndole Puccinia allii, Urocystis cepulae con riesgos bajos y por último Botryotinia squamosa con riesgo medio, por lo tanto las medidas para evitar la introducción de Ditylenchus dipsaci entre otras son: - El cargamento debe venir amparado por un certificado Internacional…”
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Identificación y descripción de los principales insectos rastreros asociados al cultivo de marañon (Anacardium occidentale L.), orgánico y convencional en León, Nicaragua by Rugama Lovo, Ileana Maria, López Vílchez, Meyling Elieth

“…Los resultados obtenidos en este estudio fueron los siguientes: encontrándose de manera general, un mayor número total de insectos en las parcelas de marañón convencional que en la orgánica , por el contrario, se encontró un mayor número de familias de insectos en las parcelas orgánicas que en las parcelas convencionales , se identificaron las principales familias de insectos asociados al cultivo del marañón entre ellos: Acrydidae, Coreidae, Cydnidae, Largidae, Carabidae, Curculionidae, Scarabaeidae, Tenebrionidae, Noctuidae, Sarcophagidae, Apidae, Formicidae, Tiphiidae, Vespidae y Arañas. …”
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Ficha Iniciativa FIA : Utilización de Herramientas Biotecnológicas para la Optimización de la Propagación y Calidad de Plantas de Ecotipos Destacados, de la Región del Maule y de O...

“…El proyecto se orienta a la obtención de plantas in vitro de maqui de calidad mediante el uso de herramientas biotecnológicas destinadas a la multiplicación masiva de clones superiores y mejorar la condición sanitaria mediante el saneamiento y el chequeo sanitario con técnicas de PCR y test Elisa. Además, busca obtener ecotipos superiores de maqui seleccionados del medio natural por su alto rendimiento antioxidante por unidad de superficie y características agronómicas, desarrollar un protocolo de propagación in vitro, sentar las bases agronómicas para el cultivo comercial y proveer al medio nacional plantas de los ecotipos superiores seleccionados.…”
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Coxiella seroprevalence and risk factors in large ruminants in Bihar and Assam, India by Shome, R., Deka, Ram Pratim, Milesh, L., Sahay, S., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…In this cross-sectional survey in the two states of Assam and Bihar, 520 households were interviewed for risk factors, and serum samples from 744 dairy animals were analyzed using ELISA as well as PCR. Out of the farms, 17.4% had at least one seropositive animal, with significantly higher seroprevalence in Bihar (27.1%) than Assam (5.8%); and significantly more sero-positive farms in urban areas (23.1%) than rural (12.2%). …”
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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in semen of rams used for natural mating in commercial sheep farms in Tunisia by Rouatbi, M., Amairia, S., Lahmer, M., Lassoued, N., Rekik, Mourad, Wieland, Barbara, Mwacharo, Joram M., Gharbi, M.

“…Here, to estimate the prevalence of natural infection by Toxoplasma gondii, we used PCR to amplify and detect T. gondii DNA in semen from 92 rams of three breeds from four regions in Tunisia and seroprevalence was determined using a commercial ELISA kit. From the PCR amplifications, 51.09 ± 10.21% of the rams were tested positive for T. gondii with an overall seroprevalence of 39.13 ± 9.97%. …”
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Understanding antibiotic residues and pathogens flow in wastewater from smallholder pig farms to agriculture field in Ha Nam Province, Vietnam by Phuc Pham-Duc, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Toan Luu-Quoc, Cook, M.A., Phuong Trinh-Thi-Minh, Payne, D., Trang Dao-Thu, Grace, Delia, Sinh Dang-Xuan

“…The majority of respondents (78%) used antibiotics to treat and prevent disease in pigs, but 32% of them did not know of any disadvantages of antibiotic abuse. ELISA assays were performed on half of the wastewater samples (n = 48), demonstrating that residues of flouroquinolones and sulfonamides were present in 6.3% (3/48) and 22.9% (11/48) of tested samples, respectively. …”
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Occurrence, genetic diversity, and recombination of maize lethal necrosis disease-causing viruses in Kenya by Mwatuni, F.M., Nyende, A.B., Njuguna, Joyce N., Xiong, Z., Machuka, Eunice M., Stomeo, Francesca

“…The causative viruses of MLN were determined by RT-PCR using virus-specific primers and DAS-ELISA. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) data was generated, viral sequences identified, genetic diversity of MLN viruses was determined, and recombination was evaluated. …”
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Assessment of fungal contamination in fish feed from the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda by Namulawa, V.T., Mutiga, Samuel K., Musimbi, F., Akello, S., Ng'ang'a, Fredrick M., Kago, Leah, Kyallo, Martina M., Harvey, Jagger J.W., Ghimire, Sita R.

“…Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and total fumonisin (combinations of B1, B2 and B3; hereinafter named fumonisin) levels in feed samples were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A wide range of fungi, including toxigenic Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides, were isolated from the fish feed samples. …”
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Analysis of the Role of TpUB05 Antigen from Theileria parva in Immune Responses to Malaria in Humans Compared to Its Homologue in Plasmodium falciparum the UB05 Antigen by Dinga, J.N., Perimbie, S.N., Gamua, S.D., Chuma, F.N.G., Njimoh, D.L., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Pelle, Roger, Titanji, V.P.K.

“…It was observed that TpUB05 was better at detecting antigen-specific antibodies in plasma compared to UB05 when tested by ELISA. The total IgG raised against TpUB05 was able to block parasitic growth in vitro more effectively than that raised against UB05. …”
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Baseline analysis of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides antigens as targets for a DIVA assay for use with a subunit vaccine for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia by Lutta, H.O., Odongo, D., Mather, A., Pérez Casal, J., Potter, A., Gerdts, V., Berberov, E.M., Kyallo, Martina M., Kipronoh, A., Olum, M., Pelle, Roger, Naessens, Jan

“…This study characterized Mmm proteins to identify potential antigens for use in differentiating infected from vaccinated animals.Ten Mmm antigens expressed as recombinant proteins were tested in an indirect ELISA using experimental sera from control groups, infected, and vaccinated animals. …”
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Prevalence of human and animal fasciolosis in Butajira and Gilgel Gibe health demographic surveillance system sites in Ethiopia by Abaya, S.W., Mereta, S.T., Tulu, F.D., Mekonnen, Z., Ayana, M., Girma, M., Vineer, H.R., Mor, Siobhan M., Caminade, C., Graham-Brown, J.

“…Stools from 377 children aged 7–15 years, and 775 animals (cattle, goats and sheep) were analyzed using a proprietary Fasciola hepatica (F. hepatica) coproantigen ELISA kit. The prevalence of fasciolosis in children was 0.5% and 1% in Butajira and Gilgel Gibe HDSS sites, respectively. …”
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Seroprevalence of Brucella spp. and Rift Valley fever virus among slaughterhouse workers in Isiolo County, northern Kenya by Nyamota, Richard, Maina, J., Akoko, James M., Nthiwa, D., Mwatondo, Athman, Muturi, Mathew, Wambua, Lillian, Middlebrook, E.A., Bartlow, A.W., Fair, J.M., Bett, Bernard K.

“…Virus neutralisation tests (VNT) confirmed anti-RVFV antibodies in 85% of ELISA-positive samples. Our seroprevalence results were comparable to community-level seroprevalences previously reported in the area. …”
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Multi-causal determinants of anemia among women of reproductive age in Vietnam by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Gonzalez-Casanova, Ines, Nguyen, Hieu, Pham, Hoa, Truong, Truong, Nguyen, Son, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…Plasma ferritin and retinol binding protein (RBP) were measured using the ELISA method. The prevalence of anemia (Hb<12 g/l), iron deficiency (Fe<12 µg/L), insufficient iron stores (Fe<30 µg/L) and iron deficiency anemia were 19.7%, 3.5%, 14.4% and 1.9%, respectively. …”
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Nutrition and the sustainable development goals—No room for complacency by Anderson, Michael

“…Plasma ferritin and retinol binding protein (RBP) were measured using the ELISA method. The prevalence of anemia (Hb<12 g/l), iron deficiency (Fe<12 µg/L), insufficient iron stores (Fe<30 µg/L) and iron deficiency anemia were 19.7%, 3.5%, 14.4% and 1.9%, respectively. …”
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Detection of Four Legume Viruses (AMV, CMV, BYMV, PSbMV) in One Multiplex RT-PCR Test Applied at ICARDA’s Seed Health and Virology Laboratory by Kumari, Safaa, Moukahel, Abdulrahman

“…Currently, virus detection methods rely primarily on serological tests such as ELISA and TBIA to detect viral infections. However, screening each sample for all viruses via individual virus-specific tests is both cost-prohibitive and labor-intensive. …”
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Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) by Zhu, Pingyang, Lu, Zhongxian, Heong, Kong Luen, Chen, Guihua, Zheng, Xusong, Xu, Hongxing, Yang, Yajun, Nicol, Helen I., Gurr, Geoff M.

“…Survival of adult males and females was increased by the presence of flowering Tagetes erecta, Trida procumbens, Emilia sonchifolia (Compositae), and Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae) compared with water or nil controls. …”
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