Mahidol University Annual Research Abstracts, Vol.28, 2001
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ogy, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Key words : IL-16 gene; polymorphism; HIV-1
Interleukin 16 (IL-16) is a chemotactic cytokine which binds to CD4 and addects T cell activation. Here we report a […]
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Johns Hopkins’ senior hospital epidemiologist and flu expert is calling for mandatory vaccination of all health care workers as the best means of protecting patients and hospital staff from widespread outbreaks of the viral illness. Studies by other United States researchers show that voluntary vaccination programs don’t do the job and that each year, nearly […]
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In studies with mice, Penn State researchers have shown that a combination of retinoic acid - a product the body makes naturally from vitamin A - and PIC, a synthetic immunity booster, significantly elevates the immune system response to a tetanus shot.
Dr. A. Catharine Ross, who holds the Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Nutrition at […]
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In recent years, the vaccination of cats has become more popular. The three most common vaccines give protection against feline infectious enteritis (FIE), feline influenza (cat flu) and feline leukaemia (FeLV). An initial course of two injections, the first at nine weeks are usually given, and yearly boosters are recommended thereafter.
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