On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, affecting
3,500,000 people [1, 2]. This severely damaged an already marginal public sanitation system, …

The amyloid β peptide (AβP) is a small fragment of the much larger, broadly distributed
amyloid precursor protein (APP). Abundant AβP deposition in the brains of patients with …

A comprehensive, unbiased inventory of synuclein forms present in Lewy bodies from
patients with dementia with Lewy bodies was carried out using two-dimensional immunoblot …

The development of human civilizations and global commerce has led to the emergence
and worldwide circulation of many infectious diseases. Anthrax, plague and tularaemia are …

Background Yersinia pestis has caused at least three human plague pandemics. The second
(Black Death, 14–17th centuries) and third (19–20th centuries) have been genetically …

We characterized the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and genotypes of
Staphylococcus aureus among US meat and poultry samples (n = 136). S. aureus contaminated 47…

The complete amino acid sequence of Crotalus adamanteus venom phospholipase A2-alpha
has been determined by analysis of the five tryptic peptides from the citraconylated, …

Human platelet factor 4, a protein that binds heparin, has been purified to apparent homogeneity
and the complete amino acid sequence of the protein has been determined. The 70-…

Cholera continues to be an important cause of human infections, and outbreaks are often
observed after natural disasters, such as the one following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Once …

Background Circumcision is associated with significant reductions in HIV, HSV-2 and HPV
infections among men and significant reductions in bacterial vaginosis among their female …