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Is prevention better than cure? An empirical investigation for the case of avian influenza [PDF]

, 2008
The new EU Animal Health Strategy suggests a shift in emphasis away from control towards prevention and surveillance activities for the management of threats to animal health. The optimal combination of these actions will differ among diseases and depend
Huirne, R., Jongeneel, R., Longworth, N.J., Saatkamp, H.W.   +3 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis impairs protective cytokine production via transcription factor MafB manipulation.

PLoS Pathogens
Although an increased expression of the transcription factor v-maf avian musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog B (MAFB) has been reported in patients with active tuberculosis (TB), its potential role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection ...
Hiroyuki Saiga, Masaki Ueno, Toshiki Tamura, Yusuke Tsujimura, Masamitsu N Asaka, Yumiko Tsukamoto, Tetsu Mukai, Michito Hamada, Satoru Takahashi, Takashi Tanaka, Tsuneyasu Kaisho, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Katsuaki Hoshino, Manabu Ato   +13 more
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Language Preferences on Websites and in Google Searches for Human Health and Food Information

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2007
Background While it is known that the majority of pages on the World Wide Web are in English, little is known about the preferred language of users searching for health information online. Objectives (1) To help global and domestic publishers,
Singh, Punam Mony, Wight, Carly A, Sercinoglu, Olcan, Wilson, David C, Boytsov, Artem, Raizada, Manish N   +5 more
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Large Scale In Silico Screening on Grid Infrastructures [PDF]

, 2006
Large-scale grid infrastructures for in silico drug discovery open opportunities of particular interest to neglected and emerging diseases. In 2005 and 2006, we have been able to deploy large scale in silico docking within the framework of the WISDOM ...
Breton, V., Chen, H. -Y., Ho, L. -Y., Hofmann, M., Jacq, N., Kasam, V., Lee, H. -C., Legré, Y., Lin, S. -C., Maass, A., Medernach, E., Merelli, I., Milanesi, L., Rastelli, G., Reichstadt, M., Salzemann, J., Schwichtenberg, H., Sridhar, M., Wu, Y. -T., Zimmermann, M.   +19 more
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The Hemagglutination Reaction in Avian Tuberculosis

Poultry Science, 1954
Abstract INTRODUCTION MIDDLEBROOK and Dubos (1948) described a hemagglutination reaction with the sera from experimental animals or from tuberculous patients. The reaction involved tuberculin treated sheep red blood cells in the presence of tuberculous antiserum. They did not elaborate on this reaction as a diagnostic procedure but presented results
Dale J. Richey, W.N. Mack, Henrik J. Stafseth   +2 more
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Macro and microscopic study of avian tuberculosis at Savannah´s Bogotá zoo

Revista de Medicina Veterinaria, 2006
Avian tuberculosis diagnosis was made in captive wild birds (Burhinus bistriatus and Porphyrula martinica) from a zoo park at Sabana de Bogotá (Colombia).
Rafael Neira Rairán, Germán Rodríguez Martínez, Angela Silva Igua, Leonardo Arias Bernal, Martha Inirida Guerrero, Clara Inés León Franco   +5 more
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Mission to Indonesia to participate to the 1st Indonesia- France Seminar in Medicine & Public Health and investigate potential collaborations on animal health : 2nd - 9th of November 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
Emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases are a major issue in Indonesia. The objective of this mission, funded by the Institut Français d'Indonésie (IFI), was to identify potential subjects of collaboration between CIRAD, Pasteur Institute, and ...
Bourhy, Hervé, Gaidet, Nicolas, Molia, Sophie   +2 more
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Fusion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85A to an oligomerization domain enhances its immunogenicity in both mice and non-human primates.

PLoS ONE, 2012
To prevent important infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and HIV, vaccines inducing greater T cell responses are required. In this study, we investigated whether fusion of the M.
Alexandra J Spencer, Fergal Hill, Jared D Honeycutt, Matthew G Cottingham, Migena Bregu, Christine S Rollier, Julie Furze, Simon J Draper, Karen C Søgaard, Sarah C Gilbert, David H Wyllie, Adrian V S Hill   +11 more
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Avian Rounds, Vol. 5, 1986 [PDF]

, 1986
Topics in this issue of Avian Rounds include: Avian Anesthesia (Kathy Linn); The Effects of Diet and Calcium on Pet Bird Health (Richard Blomquist); A Case Report: Avian Tuberculosis in a Green-Cheeked Amazon Parrot (Shelby Riddle)
New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Redmond, Karen   +1 more
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Pandemic Influenza: Ethics, Law, and the Public\u27s Health [PDF]

, 2007
Highly pathogenic Influenza (HPAI) has captured the close attention of policy makers who regard pandemic influenza as a national security threat. Although the prevalence is currently very low, recent evidence that the 1918 pandemic was caused by an avian
Berkman, Benjamin E., Gostin, Lawrence O.   +1 more
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