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Clin Infect Dis ; 66(7): 1120-1121, 2018 03 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29300859

ABSTRACT

Zikavirus (ZIKV) is an emerging viral pathogen that continues to spread throughout different regions of the world. Herein we report a case that provides further evidence that ZIKV transmission can occur through breastfeeding by providing a detailed clinical, genomic, and virological case-based description.


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Breast Feeding/adverse effects , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical , Milk, Human/virology , Zika Virus Infection/transmission , Adult , Female , Genome, Viral , Humans , Infant , Mothers , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Venezuela , Zika Virus/genetics , Zika Virus/isolation & purification
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Genome Announc ; 5(17)2017 Apr 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28450510

ABSTRACT

Complete genome sequences were obtained for Zika viruses isolated from the breast milk of a Venezuelan patient and her child, who was exclusively breastfeeding at the time. These sequences are the first to be reported from a presumptive autochthonous postnatal transmission case from mother to child in Venezuela.

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Physiol Plant ; 156(1): 29-39, 2016 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26362993

ABSTRACT

Plants with the crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) express high-metabolic plasticity, to adjust to environmental stresses. This article hypothesizes that irradiance and nocturnal temperatures are the major limitations for CAM at higher latitudes such as the Azores (37°45'N). Circadian CAM expression in Ananas comosus L. Merr. (pineapple) was assessed by the diurnal pattern of leaf carbon fixation into l-malate at the solstices and equinoxes, and confirmed by determining maximal phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) activity in plant material. Metabolic adjustments to environmental conditions were confirmed by gas exchange measurements, and integrated with environmental data to determine CAM's limiting factors: light and temperature. CAM plasticity was observed at the equinoxes, under similar photoperiods, but different environmental conditions. In spring, CAM expression was similar between vegetative and flowering plants, while in autumn, flowering (before anthesis) and fructifying (with fully developed fruit before ripening) plants accumulated more l-malate. Below 100 µmol m(-2) s(-1) , CAM phase I was extended, reducing CAM phase III during the day. Carbon fixation inhibition may occur by two major pathways: nocturnal temperature (<15°C) inhibiting PEPC activity and l-malate accumulation; and low irradiance influencing the interplay between CAM phase I and III, affecting carboxylation and decarboxylation. Both have important consequences for plant development in autumn and winter. Observations were confirmed by flowering time prediction using environmental data, emphasizing that CAM expression had a strong seasonal regulation due to a complex network response to light and temperature, allowing pineapple to survive in environments not suitable for high productivity.


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Ananas/physiology , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Malates/metabolism , Ananas/radiation effects , Carbon Cycle , Climate , Environment , Flowers/physiology , Flowers/radiation effects , Light , Photoperiod , Plant Leaves/physiology , Plant Leaves/radiation effects , Plant Transpiration/physiology , Seasons , Temperature , Time Factors
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