New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature

A new nomenclature for fungi

Important changes brought about by the Melbourne International Code of Nomenclature for Algae,FungiandPlantsare briefly reviewed concerning a clarification of the spelling and typification of sanctioned fungal names, the recognition of electronic publication for the validity of nomenclatural novelties, permission to use English diagnoses or descriptions for their valid publication, and the requ...

Nomenclature and Classification of Eczema

The prevalence of atopic eczema (AE) has risen over the past few decades. There is a paucity of data on the prevalence of AE in South Africa. The ISAAC phase 1 study reported a prevalence of 5 10% in Cape Town schoolchildren. A recent study by Todd et al. conducted among Xhosa children demonstrated a point prevalence (dermatologist-diagnosed) of 0.7%, 1.1% and 3.7% in rural, peri-urban and urba...

Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses

Ecologic and Geographic Distribution of Filovirus Disease

We used ecologic niche modeling of outbreaks and sporadic cases of filovirus-associated hemorrhagic fever (HF) to provide a large-scale perspective on the geographic and ecologic distributions of Ebola and Marburg viruses. We predicted that filovirus would occur across the Afrotropics: Ebola HF in the humid rain forests of central and western Africa, and Marburg HF in the drier and more open ar...

VI. Nomenclature and Classification of Purinoceptors*

“Receptors recognize a distinct chemical entity and translate information from that entity into a form that the cell can read to alter its state” (Kenakin et al., 1992). Even though the receptors are often pharmacologically defined on the basis of synthetic compounds, they are assumed to have developed to respond to endogenous molecules. Therefore, receptors are generally named on the basis of ...