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Low seroprevalence of Zika virus infection among adults in Southern Taiwan
Background We recently conducted a serosurvey of newly arrived workers in Taiwan from four Southeast Asian countries which revealed that 1% of the migrant workers had laboratory-confirmed recent Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. Taiwan, where Aedes mosquitoes
Yu-Wen Chien +5 more
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Ability of vaccine strain induced antibodies to neutralize field isolates of caliciviruses from Swedish cats [PDF]
Background: Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a common cause of upper respiratory tract disease in cats worldwide. Its characteristically high mutation rate leads to escape from the humoral immune response induced by natural infection and/or vaccination and ...
Berndtsson, Louise Treiberg +5 more
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West Nile Virus Infection in Plasma of Blood and Plasma Donors, United States
This study investigated the association of ongoing West Nile virus (WNV) infections with neutralizing antibody titers in US plasma-derived intravenous immune globulin released during 2003–2008.
Christina B. Planitzer +3 more
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This study includes the field and laboratory studies (statics tests related to the Acid Production Potential [APP], Neutralization Potential [NP]) to investigate the estimation for the formation of Acid Mine Drainage of an iron mineralization located in ...
Ayşe Dokuzlar, Nil Yapıcı
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Impact of standard test protocols on sporicidal efficacy [PDF]
Background There has been an increase in the availability of commercial sporicidal formulations. Any comparison of sporicidal data from the literature is hampered by the number of different standard tests available and the use of diverse test ...
Criquelion, J. +3 more
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Novel Thogotovirus Associated with Febrile Illness and Death, United States, 2014
A previously healthy man from eastern Kansas, USA, sought medical care in late spring because of a history of tick bite, fever, and fatigue. The patient had thrombocytopenia and leukopenia and was given doxycycline for a presumed tickborne illness.
Olga I. Kosoy +6 more
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Diagnostics procedures in rabies [PDF]
Rabies is a major zoonosis for which diagnostic techniques can only be performed in the laboratory. Laboratory techniques are preferably oriented on tissue removed from the cranium: hippocampus (Ammon's horn), cerebellum and the medulla oblongata or ...
Malovrh Tadej, Hostnik Peter
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THE HOMOZYGOSITY TEST OF NEUTRALITY [PDF]
ABSTRACT An earlier paper showed that the homozygosity (of a population or sample) was a good statistic for testing departures from selective neutrality in the direction of heterozygote advantage or disadvantage. It is here shown that homozygosity is also influenced by the presence of deleterious alleles and by other departures from ...
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Serological evidence for Japanese encephalitis and West Nile virus infections in domestic birds in Cambodia [PDF]
Mosquito-borne flaviviruses with an enzootic transmission cycle like Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are a major public health concern.
Auerswald, Heidi +10 more
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Evaluation of immunogenicity of the 2008-2009 seasonal influenza vaccines by microneutralization test [PDF]
PurposeFor evaluating the immunogenicity of an influenza vaccine, the microneutralization (MN) test has a higher sensitivity and specificity as compared to the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test.
Seung Youn Kim +8 more
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