Co-circulation of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Genotype 3 and Moose-HEV-Like Strains in Free-Ranging-Spotted Deer (Axis axis) in Uruguay
AbstractHepatitis E caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered an emerging foodborne zoonosis in industrialized, non-endemic countries. Domestic pigs and wild boars are considered the main reservoir of HEV. However, HEV can also infect an ever-expanding host range of animals, but they exact role in transmitting the virus to other species or humans is mostly unknown. In this work, we investigated the spread of HEV in free-living and captive spotted deer (Axis axis) from Uruguay in a 2-year period (2020 –2022) and examined the role of this invasive species as a new potential reservoir of the virus. In addition, with t...
Source: Food and Environmental Virology - August 29, 2023 Category: Virology Source Type: research
Viruses, Vol. 15, Pages 1798: Deep Sequencing to Reveal Phylo-Geographic Relationships of Juquitiba Virus in Paraguay
B. Jonsson
Several hantaviruses result in zoonotic infections of significant public health concern, causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the Old and New World, respectively. Given a 35% case fatality rate, disease-causing New World hantaviruses require a greater understanding of their biology, genetic diversity, and geographical distribution. Juquitiba hantaviruses have been identified in Oligoryzomys nigripes in Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Brazil has reported the most HCPS cases associated with this virus. We used a multiplexed, amplicon-based PCR st...
Source: Viruses - August 24, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Evans Ifebuche Nnamani Briana Spruill-Harrell Evan Peter Williams Mariah K. Taylor Robert D. Owen Colleen B. Jonsson Tags: Article Source Type: research
Suicide in Later Life in Uruguay: A Suicide Note Analysis
This study examined the psychological processes underlying 191 suicide notes left by older adults in Uruguay, a country doubling global and regional suicide rates, with the highest prevalence among those aged 60+. Uruguay highlights in the region as a high-income country. Through content analysis with an inter-judge strategy, the notes revealed that loneliness, loss of interest, and loss of meaning for life, were prevalent. Financial hardship was not a primary reason for suicide. Social connectedness was highlighted as a factor for reducing suicide risk in older adults, particularly those with ill health and physical impai...
Source: Omega - August 22, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Pablo Hein Ana-Mar ía Chávez-Hernández Gustavo M Padilla Isabel Valadez Figueroa Source Type: research
Suicide in Later Life in Uruguay: A Suicide Note Analysis
This study examined the psychological processes underlying 191 suicide notes left by older adults in Uruguay, a country doubling global and regional suicide rates, with the highest prevalence among those aged 60+. Uruguay highlights in the region as a high-income country. Through content analysis with an inter-judge strategy, the notes revealed that loneliness, loss of interest, and loss of meaning for life, were prevalent. Financial hardship was not a primary reason for suicide. Social connectedness was highlighted as a factor for reducing suicide risk in older adults, particularly those with ill health and physical impai...
Source: Omega - August 22, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Pablo Hein Ana-Mar ía Chávez-Hernández Gustavo M Padilla Isabel Valadez Figueroa Source Type: research
Suicide in Later Life in Uruguay: A Suicide Note Analysis
This study examined the psychological processes underlying 191 suicide notes left by older adults in Uruguay, a country doubling global and regional suicide rates, with the highest prevalence among those aged 60+. Uruguay highlights in the region as a high-income country. Through content analysis with an inter-judge strategy, the notes revealed that loneliness, loss of interest, and loss of meaning for life, were prevalent. Financial hardship was not a primary reason for suicide. Social connectedness was highlighted as a factor for reducing suicide risk in older adults, particularly those with ill health and physical impai...
Source: Omega - August 22, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Pablo Hein Ana-Mar ía Chávez-Hernández Gustavo M Padilla Isabel Valadez Figueroa Source Type: research
Suicide in Later Life in Uruguay: A Suicide Note Analysis
This study examined the psychological processes underlying 191 suicide notes left by older adults in Uruguay, a country doubling global and regional suicide rates, with the highest prevalence among those aged 60+. Uruguay highlights in the region as a high-income country. Through content analysis with an inter-judge strategy, the notes revealed that loneliness, loss of interest, and loss of meaning for life, were prevalent. Financial hardship was not a primary reason for suicide. Social connectedness was highlighted as a factor for reducing suicide risk in older adults, particularly those with ill health and physical impai...
Source: Omega - August 22, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Pablo Hein Ana-Mar ía Chávez-Hernández Gustavo M Padilla Isabel Valadez Figueroa Source Type: research
In Uruguay, a water crisis is upending research
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY—
A few months ago, molecular geneticist Sabina Vidal noticed something alarming in her laboratory here at the University of the Republic (Udelar), Uruguay’s largest academic research institution: The plants her team uses in its research were dying. “They wilted prematurely,” Vidal recalls, ruining experiments that had been running for years. The loss “is something that hurts our souls,” she says.
Vidal isn’t the only scientist in Uruguay who is hurting. The nation’s worst drought in nearly a century has resulted in a dramatic decline in water quality that is wreaking havoc in ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Old but still good: genetic diversity of ancient pecan genotypes from southern Brazil
In this study, AFLP and S-SAP markers were employed to characterize the genetic diversity of ancient accessions of pecan from southern Brazil. The evaluated plants were selected and preserved by the farmers and are remnants of the first introduction of seedlings from the U.S.A into southern Brazil aiming at developing research towards establishing commercial orchards. High levels of genetic diversity were estimated, suggesting that these plants have an important genetic background for the establishment of a germplasm collection with a wide genetic basis, for the development of breeding programs for this fruit crop. Cluster...
Source: An Acad Bras Cienc - August 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Luana O Oliveira Daniele D Santos Dalvan C Beise Tales Poletto Igor Poletto Marlove F B Muniz Joana N O Zeist Valdir M Stefenon Source Type: research
Old but still good: genetic diversity of ancient pecan genotypes from southern Brazil
In this study, AFLP and S-SAP markers were employed to characterize the genetic diversity of ancient accessions of pecan from southern Brazil. The evaluated plants were selected and preserved by the farmers and are remnants of the first introduction of seedlings from the U.S.A into southern Brazil aiming at developing research towards establishing commercial orchards. High levels of genetic diversity were estimated, suggesting that these plants have an important genetic background for the establishment of a germplasm collection with a wide genetic basis, for the development of breeding programs for this fruit crop. Cluster...
Source: An Acad Bras Cienc - August 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Luana O Oliveira Daniele D Santos Dalvan C Beise Tales Poletto Igor Poletto Marlove F B Muniz Joana N O Zeist Valdir M Stefenon Source Type: research
Old but still good: genetic diversity of ancient pecan genotypes from southern Brazil
In this study, AFLP and S-SAP markers were employed to characterize the genetic diversity of ancient accessions of pecan from southern Brazil. The evaluated plants were selected and preserved by the farmers and are remnants of the first introduction of seedlings from the U.S.A into southern Brazil aiming at developing research towards establishing commercial orchards. High levels of genetic diversity were estimated, suggesting that these plants have an important genetic background for the establishment of a germplasm collection with a wide genetic basis, for the development of breeding programs for this fruit crop. Cluster...
Source: An Acad Bras Cienc - August 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Luana O Oliveira Daniele D Santos Dalvan C Beise Tales Poletto Igor Poletto Marlove F B Muniz Joana N O Zeist Valdir M Stefenon Source Type: research
Old but still good: genetic diversity of ancient pecan genotypes from southern Brazil
In this study, AFLP and S-SAP markers were employed to characterize the genetic diversity of ancient accessions of pecan from southern Brazil. The evaluated plants were selected and preserved by the farmers and are remnants of the first introduction of seedlings from the U.S.A into southern Brazil aiming at developing research towards establishing commercial orchards. High levels of genetic diversity were estimated, suggesting that these plants have an important genetic background for the establishment of a germplasm collection with a wide genetic basis, for the development of breeding programs for this fruit crop. Cluster...
Source: An Acad Bras Cienc - August 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Luana O Oliveira Daniele D Santos Dalvan C Beise Tales Poletto Igor Poletto Marlove F B Muniz Joana N O Zeist Valdir M Stefenon Source Type: research
Old but still good: genetic diversity of ancient pecan genotypes from southern Brazil
In this study, AFLP and S-SAP markers were employed to characterize the genetic diversity of ancient accessions of pecan from southern Brazil. The evaluated plants were selected and preserved by the farmers and are remnants of the first introduction of seedlings from the U.S.A into southern Brazil aiming at developing research towards establishing commercial orchards. High levels of genetic diversity were estimated, suggesting that these plants have an important genetic background for the establishment of a germplasm collection with a wide genetic basis, for the development of breeding programs for this fruit crop. Cluster...
Source: An Acad Bras Cienc - August 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Luana O Oliveira Daniele D Santos Dalvan C Beise Tales Poletto Igor Poletto Marlove F B Muniz Joana N O Zeist Valdir M Stefenon Source Type: research
Old but still good: genetic diversity of ancient pecan genotypes from southern Brazil
In this study, AFLP and S-SAP markers were employed to characterize the genetic diversity of ancient accessions of pecan from southern Brazil. The evaluated plants were selected and preserved by the farmers and are remnants of the first introduction of seedlings from the U.S.A into southern Brazil aiming at developing research towards establishing commercial orchards. High levels of genetic diversity were estimated, suggesting that these plants have an important genetic background for the establishment of a germplasm collection with a wide genetic basis, for the development of breeding programs for this fruit crop. Cluster...
Source: An Acad Bras Cienc - August 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Luana O Oliveira Daniele D Santos Dalvan C Beise Tales Poletto Igor Poletto Marlove F B Muniz Joana N O Zeist Valdir M Stefenon Source Type: research
Utility of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire to Identify College Students At-Risk for Alcohol Related Problems: Relative Operating Characteristics across Seven Countries
Conclusions: This study suggest that the B-YAACQ is a useful tool to identify college students at-risk for experiencing problematic patterns of alcohol use.PMID:37518059 | DOI:10.1080/10826084.2023.2238307 (Source: Substance Use and Misuse)
Source: Substance Use and Misuse - July 30, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Angelina Pilatti Marcos Cupani Adrian J Bravo Laura Mezquita Jennifer P Read Ricardo M Pautassi Cross-Cultural Addictions Study Team Adrian J Bravo Christopher C Conway James M Henson Lee Hogarth Manuel I Ib áñez Debra Kaminer Matthew Keough Laura Mezqu Source Type: research
