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Integrating the Infection/Prevention Chain method into the swine herd

Boehringer Ingelheim (BI)has started working with swine producers across the country to help implement Infection/Prevention Chain™ into their herds as a systematic approach to disease control. It is ...
Nature

Inhibition of HIV-1 infection by down-regulation of the CXCR4 co-receptor using an intracellular single chain variable fragment against CXCR4

CXCR4 is the major co-receptor used by X4 strains of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1). In HIV-1-infected patients, the appearance of X4 strains (T cell line-tropic) correlates with disease ...
Science Daily

Short chain fatty acids: An 'ace in the hole' against SARS-CoV-2 infection

Scientists find that short chain fatty acids can be used to reduce susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality from COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is ...
JSTOR Daily

Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain-Reaction Assay Allows Characterization of Pneumocystis Infection in Immunocompetent Mice

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pneumocystis causes pneumonia in immunodeficient hosts but also likely causes infection in healthy hosts. To characterize infection in healthy ...
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Hepatitis A Virus Infection in Tamarins: Experimental Transmission via Contaminated Factor VIII Concentrates

An experimental hepatitis A virus (HAV) transmission study was performed in 3 tamarins, using a factor VIII concentrate linked to a recent outbreak of HAV infections in German hemophiliacs. The ...