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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Characterization of Heat Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Human Infection
DownloadSpring 2021
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a bacterial pathogen associated with foodborne diarrheal disease. Infection with STEC presents as a mild, watery diarrhea to hemorrhagic colitis and can progress to the life-threatening complication, hemolytic uremic syndrome. Cattle are recognized...
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Spring 2020
Group B Streptococci (GBS) is the leading cause of invasive diseases in neonates, pregnant women and non-pregnant adult. In order to cause invasive disease, GBS encodes several virulence factors that are involved in the disease process. One such factor is the moonlighting glycolytic enzyme,...
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Group A Streptococcus (GAS): its surface phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and recent epidemiology in Alberta
DownloadFall 2017
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a bacterium that causes diseases such as pharyngitis, acute rheumatic fever and invasive disease. In Alberta, the invasive GAS incidence rate has increased from 4.77/100 000 (2010) to 7.69/100 000 (2016). GAS emm 1 and 59 were...
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Improving the Diagnosis and Linkage to Care of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Infection in Prenatal Females in Edmonton, Alberta
DownloadFall 2024
Chlamydia and gonorrhea (CTNG) are sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that can lead to complications in males and females. If a pregnant individual is infected with CTNG, they risk passing the infection to their newborn through vertical transmission during delivery, which can lead to newborn...
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Mutant Group B Streptococcus surface expressed Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) with reduced plasminogen binding
DownloadSpring 2014
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a Gram-positive streptococcus bacterium that can cause severe invasive disease in the human neonate. This can manifest as pneumonia, septicemia and meningitis. While antibiotic prophylaxis has reduced the incidence GBS disease in the neonatal population, it is still...