Search for dissertations about: "vibrio cholerae thesis"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words vibrio cholerae thesis.

  2. 16. Vibro cholerae O139 : identification, characterization and vaccine strategies

    Author : Susanna Falklind Jerkérus; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Vibrio cholerae 0139; diarrhea; detection; carbohydrate mimics;

    Abstract : Cholera is an acute dehydrating diarrheal disease, and epidemics as well as pandemics of cholera are a major health problem in developing countries and cause many deaths each year, especially in children. Cholera is caused by Vibrio cholerae serogroup, 01 and since 1992 also by serogroup 0139. The emergence of V. READ MORE

  4. 17. Molecular detection of Vibrio cholerae and protozoa from water and interaction of V. cholerae clinical isolates with Acanthamoeba castellanii

    Author : Salah Shanan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Microbial contamination of water is a major public concern due to outbreaks of cholera, giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis. Despite this, a large number of bacteria, protozoa and viruses can be found in water. READ MORE

  5. 18. Effects of Vibrio cholerae protease and pigment production on environmental survival and host interaction

    Author : Karolis Vaitkevicius; Sun Nyunt Wai; Timo Korhonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Bacteria-host interaction; Nematode; Metalloprotease; Medical microbiology; Medicinsk mikrobiologi;

    Abstract : Only two out of more than 200 V. cholerae serogroups, classified on the basis of LPS structure, are associated with epidemic or pandemic cholera. These toxigenic serogroups carry phage-derived pathogenicity islands coding for the main virulence factors for establishment of cholera disease – cholera toxin (CTX) and toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP). READ MORE

  6. 19. Studies of Vibrio cholerae toxins (zonula occludens toxin and hemagglutinin/protease) and their effects on epithelial cells

    Author : Zhengyang Wu; Åsa Ljung; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Intestinal epithelium is important for absorption of nutrients and for defense against harmful substances in the gut. The permeability and barrier functions of epithelia are mainly controlled by intercellular tight junctions. READ MORE

  7. 20. Synthesis of Antigenic Oligosaccharides from the Human Pathogenic Bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Vibrio cholerae

    Author : Andreas Sundgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

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