BackgroundParo and other robot animals can improve wellbeing for older adults and people with dementia, through reducing depression, agitation and medication use.However, nursing and care staff we contacted expressed infection control concerns.Little related research has been published.We assessed (i) how microbiologically contaminated robot animal
The southeast of Mexico City is one of the last areas of environmental importance for the region.However, rapid urban expansion has led to a runoff increase in the presence of intense rainfall.This situation is common to many peri-urban centers close to large cities, where the urbanization of previously green areas has had a direct negative influen
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis that has re-emerged in several tropical and subtropical regions over the last decades.Growing findings suggest that the interplay of host, pathogen, and environment has a determinant effect on the diversity, local distribution, and virulence of Sporothrix schenckii sensu lato, the etiologic agent.Among the e
Specific chromatin immunoprecipitation of salt-fractionated infected cell extracts has demonstrated that the CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF), a highly conserved, 11-zinc-finger DNA-binding protein with known roles in cellular and viral genome organization and gene expression, specifically binds the genome of Minute Virus of Mice (MVM).Mutations that di