Pre-Ebola virus disease laboratory system and related challenges in Liberia
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016 Prior to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia, the laboratory system was duplicativefragmented and minimally coordinated. The National Reference Laboratory was conceptualisedto address the existing challenges by promoting the implementation of ...
Stephen B. Kennedy +7 more
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Experimental pig-to-pig transmission dynamics for African swine fever virus, Georgia 2007/1 strain [PDF]
, 2015 African swine fever virus (ASFV) continues to cause outbreaks in domestic pigs and wild boar in Eastern European countries. To gain insights into its transmission dynamics, we estimated the pig-to-pig basic reproduction number (R 0) for the Georgia 2007 ...
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Molecules, 2022 Lipid-based nanoparticles (LBNPs) are biocompatible and biodegradable vesicles that are considered to be one of the most efficient drug delivery platforms.
Chi Zhang +7 more
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Low-Level HIV-I Replication and the Dynamics of the Resting CD4(+) T Cell Reservoir for HIV-I in the Setting of HAART [PDF]
, 2008 In the setting of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), plasma levels of human immunodeficiency type-I (HIV-I) rapidly decay to below the limit of detection of standard clinical assays.
Sedaghat, Ahmad R. +2 more
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Phylogeography of Japanese encephalitis virus:genotype is associated with climate [PDF]
, 2013 The circulation of vector-borne zoonotic viruses is largely determined by the overlap in the geographical distributions of virus-competent vectors and reservoir hosts.
A Igarashi +83 more
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Strain-dependent porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) entry and replication in T-lymphoblasts [PDF]
, 2019 Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the etiological agent of PCV2-associated diseases (PCVAD). PCV2 targets lymphoblasts, and pigs suffering from PCVAD display lymphocyte depletion in lymphoid tissues. PCV2 infection of lymphoblasts has not been studied.
Nauwynck, Hans +2 more
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Known drugs and small molecules in the battle for COVID-19 treatment
Genes and Diseases, 2020 COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th and since then more than 3 million cases and a quarter million deaths have occurred due to it.
Alexios A. Panoutsopoulos
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Efficiency of common filters for water treatment in Tanzania
Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2022 Background Approximately 69% of population in Tanzania lacks better sanitation, while 45.6% lacks access to clean and safe water. To leverage this shortage, several technologies have been used for purifying water from various sources; however, there is ...
Faraja Evod Komba +3 more
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TSE pathogenesis in cattle and sheep [PDF]
, 2008 Many studies have been undertaken in rodents to study the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). Only a few studies have focused on the pathogenesis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie in their natural hosts ...
Bossers, A. +2 more
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Retroviral Infections in Sheep and Goats: Small Ruminant Lentiviruses and Host Interaction
Viruses, 2013 Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) are members of the Retrovirus family comprising the closely related Visna/Maedi Virus (VMV) and the Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus (CAEV), which infect sheep and goats. Both infect cells of the monocyte/macrophage
Begoña M. Jugo, Amaia Larruskain
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