Browsing by Subject "Asia"
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2010-10-05Zeitschriftenartikel2nd International External Quality Control Assessment for the Molecular Diagnosis of Dengue Infections Background: Currently dengue viruses (DENV) pose an increasing threat to over 2.5 billion people in over 100 tropical and sub-tropical countries worldwide. International air travel is facilitating rapid global movement ...
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2010-10-28ZeitschriftenartikelDifferentiation of Medically Important Euro-Asian Tick Species Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes hexagonus, and Dermacentor reticulatus by Polymerase Chain Reaction Understanding epidemiology of the tick-borne pathogens requires the accurate identification of the vector ticks. Morphological analysis of ticks is difficult and often leads to misidentification. Molecular techniques offer ...
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2013-08-07ZeitschriftenartikelEyjafjallajökull and 9/11: The Impact of Large-Scale Disasters on Worldwide Mobility Large-scale disasters that interfere with globalized socio-technical infrastructure, such as mobility and transportation networks, trigger high socio-economic costs. Although the origin of such events is often geographically ...
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2009-07-22ZeitschriftenartikelMeasles viruses of genotype H1 evade recognition by vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies targeting the linear haemagglutinin noose epitope The linear haemagglutinin noose epitope (HNE; aa 379-410) is a protective B-cell epitope and considered to be highly conserved in both the vaccine and the wild-type measles virus (MeV) haemagglutinin (H) proteins. Vaccine ...
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2011-03-31ZeitschriftenartikelTrends in Imported Chikungunya Virus Infections in Germany, 2006–2009 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has been previously reported in many African and Asian areas, but it recently reemerged strongly in countries bordering the Indian Ocean as well as caused an outbreak in northern Italy. In Germany, ...