Search for dissertations about: "low endemic areas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words low endemic areas.

2. 1. Endemic ataxic polyneuropathy in Nigeria

   Author : Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Ataxia; Polyneuropathy; Nutrition; Cassava; Cyanogenic glycosides; Cyanide; Thiocyanate; Tropical;

   Abstract : Ataxic polyneuropathy is a neurological syndrome that was described from an endemic area in south-western Nigeria in the 1950s and 1960s. The major clinical features are sensory polyneuropathy, sensory gait ataxia, optic atrophy, and nerve deafness. READ MORE

4. 2. Geographic differentiation and population history in Silene dioica and S. hifacensis: variation in chloroplast DNA and allozymes

   Author : Ursula Malm; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; morphology; taxonomy; Systematic botany; conservation biology; endemic; chloroplast DNA; allozyme; hybridization; gene flow; geographic variation; postglacial migration; genetic diversity; Silene; phytogeography; chemotaxonomy. Physiology of nonvascular plants; Systematisk botanik; taxonomi; morfologi; kemotaxonomi. Växters fysiologi inte kärlväxter .;

   Abstract : In this thesis I used allozymes and PCR-RFLP analysis of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) to investigate geographic differentiation within the widespread Silene dioica (L.) Clairv. (Caryophyllaceae) and the narrowly-distributed S. hifacensis Rouy ex Willk. READ MORE

5. 3. The role of rodents in the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis and other tapeworms in a low endemic area

   Author : Andrea Miller; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Echinococcus multilocularis is zoonotic tapeworm in the Taeniidae family with a two part lifecycle involving a canid definitive host and a rodent intermediate host. The work of this thesis followed the first identification E. multilocularis in Sweden in 2011 in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes). READ MORE

6. 4. Impact of malaria on B-cell homeostasis and Epstein-Barr virus reactivation : endemic Burkitt's lymphoma pathogenesis

   Author : Arnaud Chêne; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Over recent years, the concept that many diseases can be aetiologically linked to infection by more than one pathogen has gained increased attention and awareness. Plasmodium falciparum (P. READ MORE

7. 5. Malaria, B lymphocytes and Epstein-Barr virus : emerging concepts on Burkitt's lymphoma pathogenesis

   Author : Daria Donati; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; B lymphocytes; polyclonal activation; hypergammaglobulenemia; EpsteinBarr virus; endemic Burkitt s lymphoma.;

   Abstract : Plasmodium falciparum and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections are recognized co-factors in the genesis of endemic Burkitt's Lymphoma (eBL), the most common paediatric cancer in equatorial Africa. This thesis work examines and discusses interactions between Pfalciparum and EBV that could promote the emergence of eBL. READ MORE