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The origin and dispersal pathway of the spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca : Opisthobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828 is a large and conspicuous opisthobranch sea slug that since 2002 has rapidly colonized the eastern Mediterranean, establishing populations in numerous localities.
Alexander, Jennifer   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Fortifying Biosafety in Nigeria: Insights and Transformative Practices from the SNL-NIBSA Bio-risk Management Course

open access: yesBabcock University Medical Journal
This study highlights the critical role of biosafety and biosecurity in scientific advancement and public health protection. It stresses responsible research conduct and risk mitigation.
Ishaku Leo Elisha, Ahmed Waleed Joyan
doaj   +1 more source

Laboratory biosafety for handling emerging viruses

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2017
Emerging viruses are viruses whose occurrence has risen within the past twenty years, or whose presence is likely to increase in the near future. Diseases caused by emerging viruses are a major threat to global public health.
I. Made Artika, Chairin Nisa Ma'roef
doaj   +1 more source

Origin of the H1N1 (Russian influenza) pandemic of 1977—A risk assessment using the modified Grunow–Finke tool (mGFT)

open access: yesRisk Analysis, Volume 44, Issue 11, Page 2696-2706, November 2024.
Abstract In 1977, the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of H1N1 influenza, which later spread to many countries. The H1N1 strain of 1977 reappeared after being absent from the world for over 20 years.
Fatema Kalyar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of a risk assessment tool to determine the origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)

open access: yesRisk Analysis, Volume 44, Issue 8, Page 1896-1906, August 2024.
Abstract The origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is contentious. Most studies have focused on a zoonotic origin, but definitive evidence such as an intermediary animal host is lacking. We used an established risk analysis tool for differentiating natural and unnatural epidemics, the modified Grunow–Finke assessment ...
Xin Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

infectious serum or culture-grown virus? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Schmallenberg virus (SBV), discovered in Europe in 2011, causes mild transient disease in adult ruminants, but fetal infection can lead to severe malformation in cattle, sheep and goats.To elucidate the pathogenesis of this novel orthobunyavirus ...
Beer, Martin   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of two delivery matrix components, alginate and polyethylene glycol, on the intestinal tract and inflammatory response of juvenile rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum

open access: yesJournal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 202-222, February 2024.
Abstract A critical step in the administration of oral vaccines in aquaculture is the effective protection of the vaccine antigens through the delivery route of water to stomach to the mucosal immune system in the gut. Bioactive substances can be incorporated into protective matrices to ensure safe ingestion and controlled release into the posterior ...
Philip N. Just   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protocol for studying cough frequency in people with pulmonary tuberculosis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Cough is a key symptom of tuberculosis (TB) as well as the main cause of transmission. However, a recent literature review found that cough frequency (number of coughs per hour) in patients with TB has only been studied once, in 1969.
Bravard, MA   +17 more
core   +3 more sources

Different Outcomes of Experimental Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Diverse Mouse Strains, Wistar Rats, and Rabbits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of acute hepatitis E in humans in developing countries, but autochthonous cases of zoonotic genotype 3 (HEV-3) infection also occur in industrialized countries.
Dremsek, Paul   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Preventing Biological Threats: What You Can Do. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
yesThe outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in 2014 has underlined the risks posed by outbreaks of highly virulent and deadly diseases, whether caused naturally, accidentally or deliberately.
Dando, Malcolm R.   +3 more
core  

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