Epidemiology of BVD in New Zealand dairy herds : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Epidemiology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

infection taking into account the host ’ s immunological status, including assessment of the hematological parameters, cytokine analysis, immunophenotypic changes in spleen

With the range of 0.8–4.7% recrudescences, the three artemisinin-based combinations used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the second and third tri- mester of

Though gefitinib can also restore NKG2D ligands and NKG2D interaction, and inhibit stat3 expression, we did not find significant improvement on NK cells cytotoxicity to A549 cells

species if trap height is not being taken into account. Garrett-Jones [33] identified this potential pitfall as an area of concern in calculating vectorial capacity for malar-

In order to be able to properly assess the impact of different vitamin D serum levels and to explore further whether supplementation of the vitamin to levels >100 nmol/L is

The protein levels and transloca- tion of NF- κ B main subunit p65 were detected in nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts derived from BGC823 cells transfected with MT2A or empty vector,

By combining the knowledge from the extant research, we propose a model for breast cancer liver metastasis (Figure 1), as follows: (i) intravasation: invasive breast cancer cells

The objective of this study was to examine the association between the DDT/pyrethroid knockdown resistance mutation Vgsc -1014S, commonly termed kdr, and infection with