Oomycete species occupy many different environments and many ecological niches. The genera Phytophthora and Pythium for example, contain many plant pathogens which cause enormous damage to a wide range of plant species. Proper identification to the species level is a critical first step in any investigation of oomycetes, whether it is research driven or compelled by the need for rapid and accur...

Sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene from adults of 22 Culex (Culex) species from Argentina and Brazil were employed to assess species identification and to test the usefulness of COI for barcoding using the best close match (BCM) algorithm. A pairwise Kimura two-parameter distance matrix including the mean intra and interspecific distances for 71 COI barcode...

The worldwide costs of dementia are US$315 billion [1]. Monthly costs of Alzheimer’s disease in Spain are 1,426 per month [2]. What is the purpose, value, and usefulness of such statements? The number of Cost of Illness (CoI) studies is steadily increasing. For almost any high resource-consuming disease, there is some kind of CoI estimate available. There is also a kind of ongoing CoI rally. Li...

BACKGROUND Currents of injury (COI) have been associated with improved lead performance during perioperative measurements in pacemaker and ICD implants. Their relevance on long term lead stability remains unclear. METHODS Unipolar signals were recorded immediately after active fixation ICD lead positioning, blinded to the implanting surgeon. Signals were assigned to prespecified COI types by ...

PURPOSE Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene mutations have been described in nearly every adult solid neoplasm including prostate cancer. There are marked racial differences in specific inherited mutations within the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene in individuals with prostate cancer (PCa). The purpose of this study was to identify the variation in COI gene sequence in prostate cancer pati...

DNA barcoding involves the use of one or more short, standardized DNA fragments for the rapid identification of species. A 648-bp segment near the 5' terminus of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene has been adopted as the universal DNA barcode for members of the animal kingdom, but its utility in mushrooms is complicated by the frequent occurrence of large introns. As a ...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the cost of illness (COI) of individuals with self-reported adverse drug events (ADEs) from a societal perspective and to compare these estimates with the COI for individuals without ADE. Furthermore, to estimate the direct costs resulting from two ADE categories, adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and subtherapeutic effects of medication therapy (STE). DESIGN Cross-sectiona...

Short DNA sequences from a standardized region of the genome provide a DNA barcode for identifying species. Compiling a public library of DNA barcodes linked to named specimens could provide a new master key for identifying species, one whose power will rise with increased taxon coverage and with faster, cheaper sequencing. Recent work suggests that sequence diversity in a 648-bp region of the ...