A NEW GUIDE FOR BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR PERSONS AFFECTED BY NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES: A PEER SUPPORT TOOL SUITABLE FOR PERSONS WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF LEPROSY AND LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS.

A new guide for basic psychological support for persons affected by neglected tropical diseases: A peer support tool suitable for persons with a diagnosis of leprosy and lymphatic filariasis.

BackgroundPeople Tire Accessories with disabilities due to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), such as leprosy and lymphatic filariasis (LF), often encounter situations of stigma and discrimination that significantly impact their mental wellbeing.Mental wellbeing services are often not available at the peripheral level in NTD-endemic countries, and

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Isolation and characterization of a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain with zearalenone removal ability and its probiotic potential.

Zearalenone (ZEN) is a non-steroidal estrogenic mycotoxin produced by Fusarium species, which has been shown to be associated with reproductive disorders in livestock, and to a lesser extent with hyperoestrogenic syndromes in humans.The aim of this study was to characterize a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain with ZEN removal ability.A pure culture

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Specific Detection and Identification of American Mulberry-Infecting and Italian Olive-Associated Strains of Xylella fastidiosa by Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Xylella fastidiosa causes bacterial leaf scorch in many landscape trees including elm, oak, sycamore and mulberry, but methods for specific identification of a particular tree host species-limited strain or differentiation of tree-specific strains are lacking.It is also unknown whether a particular landscape tree-infecting X.fastidiosa strain is ca

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