swine flu is a new emerging infectious disease originating in mexico . this novel influenza is the present pandemic disease of the world. in this brief paper, the author discusses on conjunctivitis and other eye manifestations in swine flu.   iranian journal of ophthalmology 200921(3):3-4 © 2009 by the iranian society of ophthalmology

background: epidemiological investigations on toxoplasma gondii infection have found a significant association between human toxoplasmosis and consumption of raw or undercooked meat. the present study aimed to characterize genotypes of t. gondii in 20 cattle, 40 sheep, 15 goats and 16 pigs from the north of portugal. methods: nested pcr amplified the surface antigen 2 (sag2) gene. sequencing an...

Mx proteins are interferon-induced members of the dynamin superfamily of large guanosine triphosphatases. These proteins have attracted attention because some display antiviral activity against pathogenic RNA viruses, for example against members of the orthomyxovirus (influenzavirus) family or the bunyavirus family. Transfected cells and transgenic mice expressing Mx proteins are highly resista...

BACKGROUND Currently, virus discovery is mainly based on molecular techniques. Here, we propose a method that relies on virus culturing combined with state-of-the-art sequencing techniques. The most natural ex vivo culture system was used to enable replication of respiratory viruses. METHOD Three respiratory clinical samples were tested on well-differentiated pseudostratified tracheobronchial...

INTRODUCTION The aetiology of lower respiratory tract infections in young children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is often difficult to establish. However, most infections are believed to be caused by respiratory viruses. A diagnostic study was performed to compare conventional viral tests with the recently developed real-time PCR technique. METHOD Samples from children...

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