ARTHROPOD ECTOPARASITES HAVE POTENTIAL TO BIND SARS-COV-2 VIA ACE

Arthropod Ectoparasites Have Potential to Bind SARS-CoV-2 via ACE

Coronavirus-like organisms have been previously identified in Arthropod ectoparasites (such as ticks and unfed cat flea).Yet, the question regarding the possible role of these arthropods as SARS-CoV-2 passive/biological transmission vectors is still poorly explored.In this study, we performed in silico structural and binding energy calculations to

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An Ontology to Bridge the Clinical Management of Patients and Public Health Responses for Strengthening Infectious Disease Surveillance: Design Science Study

BackgroundNovel surveillance approaches using digital technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), have evolved, enhancing traditional infectious disease surveillance systems by enabling real-time detection of outbreaks and reaching a wider population.However, disparate, heterogenous infectious disease surveillance systems often operate in

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Type II collagen-positive progenitors are important stem cells in controlling skeletal development and vascular formation

Abstract Type II collagen-positive (Col2+) cells have been reported as skeletal stem cells (SSCs), but the contribution of Col2+ progenitors to skeletal development both prenatally and postnatally during aging remains unclear.To address this question, we generated new mouse models with ablation of Col2+ cells at either the embryonic or postnatal st

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Aggressive Predation Drives Assembly of Adriatic Fish Communities

We performed over 19,000 lure-assisted, underwater visual fish census transects at over 140 shallow coastal sampling locations in the mid- eastern Adriatic sea of the Croatian mainland and islands, recording all fish taxa observed, their predatory behavior in response to the lure, and the cover of benthic habitats with which they were associated.We

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