Search for dissertations about: "zoonotic disease"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 46 swedish dissertations containing the words zoonotic disease.
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21. Hidden Diversity Revealed : Genomic, Transcriptomic and Functional Studies of Diplomonads
Abstract : The diplomonads are a diverse group of eukaryotic microbes found in oxygen limited environments such as the intestine of animals were they may cause severe disease. Among them, the prominent human parasite Giardia intestinalis non-invasively colonizes the small intestine of humans and animals where it induces the gastrointestinal disease giardiasis. READ MORE
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22. Hantaviruses, escapees from the death row : viral mechanisms towards apoptosis resistance
Abstract : Over the past decades, humanity has witnessed a constant stream of emerging pathogenic RNA viruses. The recurrent outbreaks of Ebola virus in Africa, the emergence of West Nile virus in North America and the sporadic but constant outbreaks of hantaviruses and arenaviruses are some examples of current public health concerns. READ MORE
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23. Transmission biology of porcine cysticercosis in eastern-central Tanzania
Abstract : Porcine cysticercosis (PC) is a neglected zoonotic disease usually acquired by pigs after ingestion of Taenia solium eggs from food or an environment contaminated with human faeces of a pork tapeworm carrier. The disease has serious veterinary and public health implications in low-income endemic countries. READ MORE
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24. Immunoreactive proteins in Taenia solium/cysticercus cellulosae
Abstract : Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium is a common zoonotic parasitic disease in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and parts of Oceania, and it is responsible for many cases of epileptic seizures. Imaging techniques used to diagnose neurocysticercosis (NCC) are expensive and therefore rarely available in endemic countries. READ MORE
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25. The role of the Type IV pili system in the virulence of Francisella tularensis
Abstract : Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen causing the zoonotic disease tularemia. F. tularensis can be found almost all over the world and has been recovered from several animal species, even though the natural reservoir of the bacterium and parts of its life cycle are still unknown. READ MORE