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PreclinicalDiagnosisofAfricanSwineFeverinContact-ExposedSwinebyaReal-TimePCRAssay
...STRACTAfluorogenicprobehydrolysis(TaqMan)PCRassayforAfricanswinefevervirus(ASFV)wasdevelopedandevaluatedinexperimentallyinfectedswine.Thissensitiveandspecificone-stepsingle-tubeassay,whichcanbeperformedin2horless,detectedviralDNAintonsilscrapingsamples2to4dayspriortoonsetofclinicaldisease.Thus,theas...
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Humanintestinalmacrophagesdisplayprofoundinflammatoryanergydespiteavidphagocyticandbacteriocidalactivity
...recedencefordiscordantcytokineregulationisobservedinAfricanswinefevervirus(ASFV)inhibitionofmacrophageNF-BactivationthroughinductionofanIBhomologue,therebyinhibitingNF-B–dependentproductionofproinflammatorycytokinesbutnotTGF-?production;TGF-?mRNAandproteinareactuallyincreasedinASFV-infectedmacroph...
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四位科學家的轉基因圓桌談
...蘇格蘭的羅斯林研究所(RoslinInstitute)在做抗非洲豬瘟(ASFV)的轉基因豬、抗非洲錐蟲病(Africantrypanosomiasis)的牛,還有抗禽流感的雞。還有人在做抗航運熱(shippingfever)的牛,抗沙門氏菌的雞……世界各地正在打着一場場戰...