ASSOCIATION OF HIV-1 INFECTION AND ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN THE HISPANIC POPULATION OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS, USA

Association of HIV-1 Infection and Antiretroviral Therapy With Type 2 Diabetes in the Hispanic Population of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

The Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in South Texas has one of the highest prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the United States (US).We report for the first time the T2D prevalence in persons with HIV (PWH) in the RGV and the interrelationship between T2D, cardiometabolic risk factors, HIV-related indices, and antiretroviral therapies (ART).

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Deciphering the multi- partite mitochondrial genome of Crataegus pinnatifida: insights into the evolution and genetics of cultivated Hawthorn

Abstract Flowering plant (angiosperm) mitochondrial genomes are remarkably dynamic in their structures.We present the complete mitochondrial genome of hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge), a shrub that bears fruit and is celebrated for its extensive medicinal history.We successfully assembled the hawthorn mitogenome utilizing the PacBio long-read

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Diseases of the Date Palm: Present Status and Future Prospects

While date palm is affected by many diseases, bayoud remains the most serious one.It is caused by a soil born pathogen, Fusarium oxyspurum f.sp.albedinis.It has affected practically all Moroccan palm groves as well as those of western and central Algerian sahara, where it has respectively killed more than 12 million in Morocco and three million in

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