West Nile virus (WNV) is a member of the family flavi-viridae. Culex mosquitoes and birds are playing crucial role in the spread of WNV. It can also spread through blood transfusions, organ transplants and from mother to baby in the course of breastfeeding (1). WNV was first isolated in a village of Uganda and many epidemics related to this disease have been reported ever since. However, as of ...

Aflatoxins are potent mycotoxins produced by fungi in Aspergillus section flavi. The toxic effect of aflatoxins on humans and other animals is well known (7); thus, many countries regulate the quantity of aflatoxins allowed in foods and feeds (17). Aspergillus flavus Link:Fr. infects many oilseed crops and is frequently, as with cottonseed, the primary cause of aflatoxin contamination (13). Whe...

Aspergillus species are able to produce a range of mycotoxins, including e.g. aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins and patulin. Aflatoxins are mainly produced by members of Aspergillus section Flavi, and they contaminate various agricultural products in several parts of the world. Several recent reports have indicated that aflatoxin-producing fungi and consequently aflatoxin contamination occur ...

regions that are ill-equipped to manage imported cu-taneous leishmaniasis has resulted in outbreaks in Turkey and Lebanon (5,6). Our findings emphasize the importance of contempo-raneous disease tracking to identify human populations at highest disease risk. To ameliorate the current cutaneous leishmaniasis crisis, particularly during the winter when cases start to appear, accurate disease moni...

Aspergillus flavus and some other closely-related members of Aspergillus section Flavi especially A. parasiticus and A. nomius are common fungi that normally inhabit as saprobes in soils and on a wide variety of decaying organic matters (Samson, et al., 2000; Varga et al., 2010). Besides being an etiological agent of systemic aspergillosis and allergic reactions, A. flavus has received major at...

Abstract Background Rezafungin (RZF) is a new echinocandin (ECH) with long half-life and front-loaded drug exposure that allow for once-weekly intravenous administration. RZF under Phase 3 development the treatment of candidemia invasive candidiasis prevention fungal disease caused by Candida, Aspergillus, Pneumocystis spp. in blood marrow transplant recipients. We evaluated activity comparator...

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) fingerprinting is highly promising for identifying disease markers from complex mixtures of clinical sample, which has the capability to take medical diagnoses to the next level. Although vibrational frequency in Raman spectra is unique for each biomolecule, which can be used as fingerprint identification, it has not been considered to be used routinel...

Zika virus is one Flavi virus, which is similar to dengue virus. At present, Zika virus infection occurs in some countries located in Central and South America. It is carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are not living in Korea. However, Aedes albopictus has been spotted in Jeju Island and now this particular mosquito is known for carrying the virus, but at the current moment this mosquit...

s * denotes a student presenting the poster 1. *Examining the evolution of the regulatory circuit controlling secondary metabolism and development in Aspergillus Abigail Lind, Jennifer Wisecaver, Timothy Smith, Xuehan Feng, Ana Calvo, Antonis Rokas 1) Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.; 2) Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 3) Biological Scienc...