Variation in immunity and health in response to introduced avian malaria in an endemic Hawaiian songbird Emerging infectious diseases are spreading at unprecedented rates and affecting wildlife worldwide, with particularly strong effects on islands. Since the ... GR Names,EM Schultz,TP Hahn,... - ...
Liu introduced the technique of partial-thickness corneal transplant, in which the donor stroma is transplanted while the recipient’s basement membrane and endothelium are preserved. This procedure minimizes post-surgery complications like inflammation, bleeding, and transplant rejection compared to conventio...
These diseases constantly threaten livestock and limit beef cattle’s genetic improvement due to the high morbidity and mortality of high-value animals introduced to tick-infested areas [50]. Equine babesiosis and theileriosis are prevalent in horses, complicating their movement and transportation for...
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This article is confined to 73 eponyms introduced in German-speaking countries, usually referring to dis- eases that were described by German dermatologists for the first time. The eponyms frequently refer to the cooperative effort between the dermatologist and an- other specialist such as the ...
Experts predict that public health systems will be overwhelmed and unable to react quickly enough.One of the most interesting books of the 20th century was the novel, Catch 22. In the novel, the term 'a catch 22 situation' was introduced. The term has nothing to do with ...
Immunity can be acquired by response to an organism or its antigenic components which, when introduced into a person’s body, produce a natural protective immunity. Passive immunity is temporary, by the passage of preformed antibody from mother to infant via the placenta and breast milk, or by...
introduced a new technique for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, performing excellently in oral exosomes quantitative analysis.127They captured exosomes with the CD63 antibody and detected a signal with cholesterol-based rolling circle amplification and gold-nanoparticle-labeled DNA (Fig.2c-1...
Indeed, as temperatures rise and precipitation patterns shift, the geographic ranges of vectors expand in latitude and altitude, allowing these disease carriers to infiltrate previously unaffected regions [8]. For instance, vectors have been introduced in Europe and in the United States of America (...
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