Nadia Schurch
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Liechti N, Schurch N, Bruggmann R, Wittwer M
Sci Rep
. 2019 Nov;
9(1):16040.
PMID: 31690847
Naegleria fowleri is an environmental protist found in soil and warm freshwater sources worldwide and is known for its ability to infect humans and causing a rapid and mostly fatal...
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Brawand S, Kittl S, Dettwiler M, Thomann A, Feyer S, Cachim J, et al.
BMC Vet Res
. 2019 Jul;
15(1):265.
PMID: 31357988
Background: Anthrax caused by Bacillus anthracis is a zoonotic disease mainly affecting herbivores. The last Swiss outbreak was over 20 years ago. We describe a recent anthrax outbreak involving two...
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Liechti N, Schurch N, Bruggmann R, Wittwer M
BMC Genomics
. 2018 Sep;
19(1):654.
PMID: 30185166
Background: Members of the genus Naegleria are free-living eukaryotes with the capability to transform from the amoeboid form into resting cysts or moving flagellates in response to environmental conditions. More...
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Wittwer M, Altpeter E, Pilo P, Gygli S, Beuret C, Foucault F, et al.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2018 Apr;
8:89.
PMID: 29623260
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) methods provide new possibilities in the field of molecular epidemiology. This is particularly true for monomorphic organisms where the discriminatory power of traditional methods (e.g., restriction...
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Franzoi M, van Heuvel Y, Thomann S, Schurch N, Kallio P, Venier P, et al.
Biochemistry
. 2017 Aug;
56(37):4992-5001.
PMID: 28825809
Defensins make up a class of cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides, expressed by virtually all eukaryotes as part of their innate immune response. Because of their unique mode of action and rapid...
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Silbereisen A, Tamborrini M, Wittwer M, Schurch N, Pluschke G
BMC Microbiol
. 2015 Oct;
15:198.
PMID: 26438077
Background: Brucella, a Gram-negative bacterium, is classified as a potential bioterrorism agent mainly due to the low dose needed to cause infection and the ability to transmit the bacteria via...
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Zysset-Burri D, Muller N, Beuret C, Heller M, Schurch N, Gottstein B, et al.
BMC Genomics
. 2014 Jun;
15:496.
PMID: 24950717
Background: The free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of the rapidly progressing and typically fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in humans. Despite the devastating nature of this disease,...
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Bratschi M, Ruf M, Andreoli A, Minyem J, Kerber S, Wantong F, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2014 Mar;
8(3):e2756.
PMID: 24675964
Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy....
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Kasymbekov J, Imanseitov J, Ballif M, Schurch N, Paniga S, Pilo P, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2013 Mar;
7(2):e2047.
PMID: 23469294
The incidence of human brucellosis in Kyrgyzstan has been increasing in the last years and was identified as a priority disease needing most urgent control measures in the livestock population....
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Burri D, Gottstein B, Zumkehr B, Hemphill A, Schurch N, Wittwer M, et al.
Microbiology (Reading)
. 2012 Aug;
158(Pt 10):2652-2660.
PMID: 22878396
Species in the genus Naegleria are free-living amoebae of the soil and warm fresh water. Although around 30 species have been recognized, Naegleria fowleri is the only one that causes...