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Serier serie Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
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Handbook on Antimicrobial Resistance

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Redigeret af Mukteswar Prasad Mothadaka, Murugadas Vaiyapuri, Madhusudana Rao Badireddy, Chandragiri Nagarajrao Ravishankar, Rajesh Bhatia, Joykrushna Jena ...

Serier serie Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat. The menace of antimicrobial resistance is present across health, animal, agriculture, food, and environment sectors. It, therefore, requires an inter-disciplinary combat approach- the one health approach, envisaged by the FAO-UNEP-WHO-WOAH Quadripartite (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN ... Læs mere

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Polar Microbiology

The Ecology, Biodiversity and Bioremediation Potential of Microorganisms in Extremely Cold Environments

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Uncultivated Microorganisms

Redigeret af Slava S. Epstein ...

Serier serie Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In 1898, an Austrian microbiologist Heinrich Winterberg made a curious observation: the number of microbial cells in his samples did not match the number of colonies formed on nutrient media (Winterberg 1898). About a decade later, J. Amann qu- tified this mismatch, which turned out to be surprisingly large, with non-growing cells outnumbering the cultivable ones almost 150 times (Amann 1911). ... Læs mere

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The Guinea Pig Model

An Alternative Method for Vaccine Potency Testing

af Viviana Parreño ...

Serier serie Pocket Guides to Biomedical Sciences
This book summarizes the development and statistical validation of a guinea pig model as an alternative for potency testing of the viral antigens included in combined vaccines applied in cattle to control the respiratory, reproductive, and neonatal calf diarrhea syndromes. The model allows, in one serum sample, to test the vaccine quality for all the viral antigens included in aqueous as well as ... Læs mere

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Neglected Tropical Diseases - North America

Redigeret af Jill E. Weatherhead ...

Serier serie Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This volume of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) series covers the most prevalent NTDs in North America. This book discusses in detail pathology, diagnostics and control approaches of selected NTDs in the sub-tropical regions of the United States of America. There are disproportionate numbers of children and adults living in poverty within the United States that are at risk of infections ... Læs mere

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Yo contengo multitudes

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Guide to Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

I Contain Multitudes

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