Serological Evidence of Cetacean Morbillivirus Infection in Common Bottlenose Dolphins in Japan
Microbiology and Immunology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study revealed that 41.9% of wild‐born Japanese captive dolphins (18 out of 43 dolphins) have neutralizing antibodies specific to cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV). This finding indicates a widespread yet undetected CeMV infection among wild dolphins in the waters around Japan, occurring without notable epidemic or mass mortality of dolphins.
Kaede Tashiro +7 more
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To study the evaluation of conventional culture methods and serodiagnostic methods for clinically Diagnosed as meningoencephalitis in patients admitted in Thanjavur Medical College Hospital with Special reference to Japanese Encephalitis. [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVES: Japanese encephalitis is an acute viral infection caused by mosquito borne Japanese encephalitis virus. JE virus is a virus from flaviviride Domestic pigs and wild birds are reservoirs of the virus, the most important vectors of the disease ...
Gopinathan, R
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Human infections associated with wild birds. [PDF]
, 2008 IntroductionWild birds and especially migratory species can become long-distance vectors for a wide range of microorganisms. The objective of the current paper is to summarize available literature on pathogens causing human disease that have been ...
Bauchinger, Ulf +4 more
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Paleontological Tests: Human-like Intelligence is not a Convergent Feature of Evolution [PDF]
arXiv, 2007 We critically examine the evidence for the idea that encephalization quotients increase with time. We find that human-like intelligence is not a convergent feature of evolution. Implications for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence are discussed.
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Biomarkers in Japanese Encephalitis: A Review [PDF]
BioMed Research International, 2013 JE is a flavivirus generated dreadful CNS disease which causes high mortality in various pediatric groups. JE disease is currently diagnosed by measuring the level of viral antigens and virus neutralization IgM antibodies in blood serum and CSF by ELISA.
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Chimeric Yellow Fever/Dengue Virus as a Candidate Dengue Vaccine: Quantitation of the Dengue Virus-Specific CD8 T-Cell Response [PDF]
, 2000 We have constructed a chimeric yellow fever/dengue (YF/DEN) virus, which expresses the premembrane (prM) and envelope (E) genes from DEN type 2 (DEN-2) virus in a YF virus (YFV-17D) genetic background. Immunization of BALB/c mice with this chimeric virus
Ahmed, Rafi +3 more
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Phase transition from egalitarian to hierarchical societies driven by competition between cognitive and social constraints [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 Empirical evidence suggests that social structure may have changed from hierarchical to egalitarian and back along the evolutionary line of humans. We model a society subject to competing cognitive and social navigation constraints. The theory predicts that the degree of hierarchy decreases with encephalization and increases with group size.
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Treatment options for immune‐related adverse events associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract The immunotherapy revolution with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) started with the clinical use of the first ICI, ipilimumab, in 2011. Since then, the field of ICI therapy has rapidly expanded — with the FDA approval of 10 different ICI drugs so far and their incorporation into the therapeutic regimens of a range of malignancies.
Yu Hua Chen +3 more
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Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Insect migrants are hugely abundant, with recent studies identifying the megadiverse order Diptera as the major component of many migratory assemblages. Despite this, their migratory behaviour has been widely overlooked in favour of more ‘charismatic’ migrant insects such as butterflies, dragonflies, and moths.
Will L. Hawkes +2 more
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Predicted selective increase of cortical magnification due to cortical folding [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 The cortical magnification matrix M is introduced founded on a notion similar to that of the scalar cortical magnification factor M. Unlike M, this matrix is suitable to describe anisotropy in cortical magnification, which is of particular interest in the highly gyrified human cerebral cortex. The advantage of our tensor method over other surface-based
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