1.
Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial of the effect of retinol and vitamin D supplementation on treatment in active pulmonary tuberculosis patients with diabetes
Qiuzhen
Wang,
Aiguo
Ma,
Ib
Christian
Bygbjerg,
Xiuxia
Han,
Yufeng
Liu,
Shanliang
Zhao,
Jing
Cai
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :104 (26 February 2013)
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2.
Predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance
Martijn
F
Schenk,
J Arjan
GM
de Visser
BMC Biology 2013, 11 :14 (22 February 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Commenting on research in BMC Evolutionary Biology , Arjan de Visser and Martijn Schenk discuss how two genetic properties, pleiotropy and epistasis, might help us to predict the evolution of antibiotic resistance.
3.
Fast probabilistic file fingerprinting for big data
Konstantin
Tretyakov,
Sven
Laur,
Geert
Smant,
Jaak
Vilo,
Pjotr
Prins
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 (Suppl 2):S8 (15 February 2013)
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The 3rd DBCLS BioHackathon: improving life science data integration with semantic Web technologies
Toshiaki
Katayama,
Mark
D
Wilkinson,
Gos
Micklem,
Shuichi
Kawashima,
Atsuko
Yamaguchi,
Mitsuteru
Nakao,
Yasunori
Yamamoto,
Shinobu
Okamoto,
Kenta
Oouchida,
Hong-Woo
Chun,
Jan
Aerts,
Hammad
Afzal,
Erick
Antezana,
Kazuharu
Arakawa,
Bruno
Aranda,
Francois
Belleau,
Jerven
Bolleman,
Raoul
Jean
Bonnal,
Brad
Chapman,
Peter
Cock,
Tore
Eriksson,
Paul
Gordon,
Naohisa
Goto,
Kazuhiro
Hayashi,
Heiko
Horn,
Ryosuke
Ishiwata,
Eli
Kaminuma,
Arek
Kasprzyk,
Hideya
Kawaji,
Nobuhiro
Kido
et al.
Journal of Biomedical Semantics 2013, 4 :6 (11 February 2013)
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5.
Genome-wide gene expression analysis of anguillid herpesvirus 1
Steven
J
Beurden,
Ben
PH
Peeters,
Peter
JM
Rottier,
Andrew
J
Davison,
Marc
Y
Engelsma
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :83 (6 February 2013)
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6.
Next-generation text-mining mediated generation of chemical response-specific gene sets for interpretation of gene expression data
Kristina
M
Hettne,
André
Boorsma,
Dorien A
M
van Dartel,
Jelle
J
Goeman,
Esther
de Jong,
Aldert
H
Piersma,
Rob
H
Stierum,
Jos
C
Kleinjans,
Jan
A
Kors
BMC Medical Genomics 2013, 6 :2 (29 January 2013)
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7.
Geographic parthenogenesis and plant-enemy interactions in the common dandelion
Koen
JF
Verhoeven,
Arjen
Biere
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :23 (28 January 2013)
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Microarray analysis reveals marked intestinal microbiota aberrancy in infants having eczema compared to healthy children in at-risk for atopic disease
Lotta
Nylund,
Reetta
Satokari,
Janne
Nikkilä,
Mirjana
Rajilić-Stojanović,
Marko
Kalliomäki,
Erika
Isolauri,
Seppo
Salminen,
Willem
M
de Vos
BMC Microbiology 2013, 13 :12 (23 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Children with eczema harbour a greater diversity of microbes in the gut than those without, including an increased abundance of bacteria that are typically more common in adults, which may contribute to the perpetuation of the condition.
9.
Geographic coincidence of increased malaria transmission hazard and vulnerability occurring at the periphery of two Tanzanian villages
Tanya
L
Russell,
Dickson
W
Lwetoijera,
Bart
GJ
Knols,
Willem
Takken,
Gerry
F
Killeen,
Louise
A
Kelly-Hope
Malaria Journal 2013, 12 :24 (18 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Malaria elimination necessitates an improved understanding of fine-scale geographic variations in transmission risk so that complementary vector control tools can be integrated into control programmes.
10.
Systemic distribution of different low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses in chicken
Jacob
Post,
Eveline
D
de Geus,
Lonneke
Vervelde,
Jan BWJ
Cornelissen,
Johanna
MJ
Rebel
Virology Journal 2013, 10 :23 (17 January 2013)
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11.
RNA-Seq analysis reveals new gene models and alternative splicing in the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum
Chunzhao
Zhao,
Cees
Waalwijk,
Pierre J G M
de Wit,
Dingzhong
Tang,
Theo
van der Lee
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :21 (16 January 2013)
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12.
Anemia in relation to body mass index and waist circumference among chinese women
Yu
Qin,
Alida
Melse-Boonstra,
Xiaoqun
Pan,
Baojun
Yuan,
Yue
Dai,
Jinkou
Zhao,
Michael
B
Zimmermann,
Frans
J
Kok,
Minghao
Zhou,
Zumin
Shi
Nutrition Journal 2013, 12 :10 (11 January 2013)
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13.
Association between transmission rate and disease severity for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection in pigs
Tijs
J
Tobias,
Annemarie
Bouma,
Angeline
JJM
Daemen,
Jaap
A
Wagenaar,
Arjan
Stegeman,
Don
Klinkenberg
Veterinary Research 2013, 44 :2 (11 January 2013)
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14.
‘Everybody knows’, but the rest of the world: the case of a caterpillar-borne reproductive loss syndrome in dromedary camels observed by Sahrawi pastoralists of Western Sahara
Gabriele
Volpato,
Antonello
Di Nardo,
Davide
Rossi,
Saleh M Lamin
Saleh,
Alessandro
Broglia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013, 9 :5 (10 January 2013)
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15.
Integration of gastronomy and physics for innovation
Erik
van der Linden
Flavour 2013, 2 :11 (9 January 2013)
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A simplified counter-selection recombineering protocol for creating fluorescent protein reporter constructs directly from C. elegans fosmid genomic clones
Nisha
Hirani,
Marcel
Westenberg,
Minaxi
S
Gami,
Paul
Davis,
Ian
A
Hope,
Colin
T
Dolphin
BMC Biotechnology 2013, 13 :1 (3 January 2013)
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Biocatalytic potential of laccase-like multicopper oxidases from Aspergillus niger
Juan Antonio
Tamayo-Ramos,
Willem
JH
van Berkel,
Leo
H
de Graaff
Microbial Cell Factories 2012, 11 :165 (27 December 2012)
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Healing war wounds and perfuming exile: the use of vegetal, animal, and mineral products for perfumes, cosmetics, and skin healing among Sahrawi refugees of Western Sahara
Gabriele
Volpato,
Pavlína
Kourková,
Václav
Zelený
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012, 8 :49 (27 December 2012)
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In vitro and in vivo characterization of DNA delivery using recombinant Lactococcus lactis expressing a mutated form of L . monocytogenes Internalin A
Marcela
de Azevedo,
Jurgen
Karczewski,
François
Lefévre,
Vasco
Azevedo,
Anderson
Miyoshi,
Jerry
M
Wells,
Philippe
Langella,
Jean-Marc
Chatel
BMC Microbiology 2012, 12 :299 (19 December 2012)
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Circumstantial evidence for an increase in the total number and activity of borrelia-infected ixodes ricinus in the Netherlands
Hein
Sprong,
Agnetha
Hofhuis,
Fedor
Gassner,
Willem
Takken,
Frans
Jacobs,
Arnold JH
van Vliet,
Marijn
van Ballegooijen,
Joke
van der Giessen,
Katsuhisa
Takumi
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :294 (17 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
In The Netherlands, the incidence of Lyme disease has been on the rise since 1994. Here, we investigated whether the abundance of questing Ixodes ricinus infected with the Lyme spirochete has increased concomitantly. Image: Questing female Ixodes ricinus. Courtsey: Hans Smid (http://www.bugsinthepicture.com/).
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Healthy snacks at the checkout counter: A lab and field study on the impact of shelf arrangement and assortment structure on consumer choices
Ellen
van Kleef,
Kai
Otten,
Hans
CM
van Trijp
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :1072 (12 December 2012)
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De novo production of the flavonoid naringenin in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Frank
Koopman,
Jules
Beekwilder,
Barbara
Crimi,
Adele
van Houwelingen,
Robert
D
Hall,
Dirk
Bosch,
Antonius JA
van Maris,
Jack
T
Pronk,
Jean-Marc
Daran
Microbial Cell Factories 2012, 11 :155 (8 December 2012)
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Modeling and analysis of flux distributions in the two branches of the phosphotransferase system in Pseudomonas putida
Andreas
Kremling,
Katharina
Pflüger-Grau,
Max
Chavarría,
Jacek
Puchalka,
Vitor Martins
dos Santos,
Víctor de
Lorenzo
BMC Systems Biology 2012, 6 :149 (6 December 2012)
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Domestic dog demographic structure and dynamics relevant to rabies control planning in urban areas in Africa: the case of Iringa, Tanzania
Alena
S
Gsell,
Darryn
L
Knobel,
Rudovick
R
Kazwala,
Penelope
Vounatsou,
Jakob
Zinsstag
BMC Veterinary Research 2012, 8 :236 (5 December 2012)
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Differential effects of exposure to ambient vanilla and citrus aromas on mood, arousal and food choice
René
A
de Wijk,
Suzet
M
Zijlstra
Flavour 2012, 1 :24 (1 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Differential effects of exposure to ambient vanilla and citrus aromas on mood, arousal and food choice