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Sero-surveillance of emerging viral diseases in camels and cattle in Nouakchott, Mauritania: an abattoir study
This study reports the monitoring of several emerging viral pathogens in Mauritania, which was carried out by the analysis of bovine and camel samples taken at the slaughterhouse of Nouakchott. Blood and serum...
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Open AccessProduction and Easy One-Step Purification of Bluetongue Recombinant VP7 from Infected Sf9 Supernatant for an Immunoenzymatic Assay (ELISA)
Bluetongue (BT) is non-contagious, vector-borne viral disease of domestic and wild ruminants, transmitted by midges (Culicoides spp.) and is caused by Bluetongue virus (BTV). BTV is the type species of the Orbivi...
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Tick species from Africa by migratory birds: a 3-year study in Italy
The role of resident or migratory birds in dispersal of tick species and tick-borne pathogens is still poorly known in Italy. We report here the results of a 3-year project based on sampling ticks from migrato...
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Correction to: “A Compact Two-Frequency Notch Filter for Millimeter Wave Plasma Diagnostics”
The original article contains mistakes specifically in the presentation of references.
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Open AccessA Compact Two-Frequency Notch Filter for Millimeter Wave Plasma Diagnostics
Sensitive millimeter wave diagnostics in magnetic confinement plasma fusion experiments need protection from gyrotron stray radiation in the plasma vessel. Modern electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) sy...
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The upgraded electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) system at ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) has been routinely used with eight gyrotrons during the last experimental campaign. A further upgrade will replace the exi...
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The association of Moyamoya disease (MD) with other cerebrovascular disease has been reported in literature but not the occurrence of MD and arteriovenous fistula of the epiaortic vessels. A 61-year old Italia...
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Progranulin gene variability increases the risk for primary progressive multiple sclerosis in males
Progranulin (GRN) gene variability has been analyzed in a sample of 354 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with 343 controls. No significant differences were observed, but by stratifying according to ...
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Open AccessHLA-class I markers and multiple sclerosis susceptibility in the Italian population
Previous studies reported an association with multiple sclerosis (MS) of distinct HLA-class I markers, namely HLA-A*02, HLA-Cw*05 and MOG-142L. In this work, we tested the association with MS of A*02 and Cw*05 in...
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Perforin is involved in cell-mediated cytotoxicity and mutations of its gene (PRF1) cause familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FLH2). PRF1 sequencing in 190 patients with multiple sclerosis and 268 contro...
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A new broadband ECRH (Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating) system is currently under construction at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak. This system will employ multi-frequency gyrotrons step-tunable in the range 105–140...
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Open AccessCombination of tizanidine and amitriptyline in the prophylaxis of chronic tension–type headache: evaluation of efficacy and impact on quality of life
Chronic tension type headache (CTTH) has a strong impact on the Quality Of Life (QOL). We carried out an open–label randomized clinical trial on 18 patients with CTTH in order to compare two different regimens...
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The structured assessment of depression in brain–damaged individuals: translation and validation study of the Italian version
The aim of this study was to translate the structured assessment of depression in brain–damaged individuals (SADBD) questionnaire into the Italian language, validate, and test reliability and validity of the I...
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Cerebral venous thrombosis: a retrospective multicentre study of 48 patients
The objective was to describe the clinical features and management of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in non-selected centres. An observational study in 11 neurological departments in NW Italy was carried out...
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Gas Exchange Measurement in the ICU
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The object of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) of International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9) codes 430–438 in the Sistema Informativo Sanitario...
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Progression of MRI abnormalities in herpes simplex encephalitis despite clinical improvement: natural history or disease progression?
Herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE) is associated with a high mortality rate and a high probability of neurological sequelae. Good results are obtained when HSVE is promptly diagnosed and treated with acy...
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Churg-Strauss syndrome associated with the leukotriene antagonist montelukast
Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a disseminated small vessel vasculitis characterized by late-onset asthma, upper airways disease, eosinophilia and late neurological manifestations such as peripheral neuropathy...
