Search for dissertations about: "SARS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 73 swedish dissertations containing the word SARS.

  2. 1. SARs for the Antiparasitic Plant metabolite Pulchrol

    Author : Paola Terrazas Villarroel; Centrum för analys och syntes; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; pulchrol; pulchral; SARs; antiparasitic; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania amazonensis; Trypanozoma cruzi; Bourreria pulchra; Leishmaniasis; Chagas disease; Synthesis; Pharmacophore; ADMET;

    Abstract : Pulchrol, a natural compound isolated from the roots of the vegetal specie Bourreria pulchra has been shown to possess potential antiparasitic activity toward Trypanosomatids, particularly against Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes the Chagas disease; and moderately against Leishmania species, responsible for Leishmaniasis. In this investigation, several pulchrol analogues were prepared and assayed toward T. READ MORE

  4. 2. Virus Host Interactions in SARS Coronavirus Infection

    Author : Vithiagaran Gunalan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome which began in 2002 and ended in 2003 resulted in over 8000 cases in 29 countries, causing an atypical pneumonia which resulted in a case fatality rate of ~10%. The etiological agent of this disease was found to be a novel coronavirus dubbed SARS Coronavirus (SARS-CoV). READ MORE

  5. 3. SARS-CoV-2 viremia in patients hospitalised for COVID-19

    Author : Karl Hagman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : More than 6.6 million people have died from Covid-19 since the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak started in Wuhan, China, late 2019. The spread of the novel virus necessitated knowledge on how to manage this new disease. READ MORE

  6. 4. Interfering with interferons : interplay between SARS-CoV-2 and interferon response

    Author : Xi Chen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has been an ongoing global health crisis. At the beginning of the pandemic, all the efforts were directed toward understanding the pathogenesis of the virus. READ MORE

  7. 5. Adaptive immune responses to tick-borne encephalitis virus and SARS-CoV-2

    Author : Renata Varnaitė; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and SARS-CoV-2 are two unrelated viruses that currently cause substantially different public health burdens and distinct pathologies in humans. TBEV infection leads to neurological symptoms of varying severity, while SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets the respiratory tract. READ MORE