COLLECTION METHODS OF WILD BARN OWL PELLETS AT LOW ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND PROPOSALS OF MICROBIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Collection methods of wild barn owl pellets at low environmental contamination and proposals of microbiological and ecological investigations

Abstract Background The barn owl Tyto alba is a medium-sized nocturnal raptor, predator of small mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects, distributed all over the world.Environmentally uncontaminated wild barn owl pellets are hard and rare to find and provide a natural matrix for biological investigations.Results Different solutions for collecting wi

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Neutralization activity of sera/IgG preparations from fully BNT162b2 vaccinated individuals against SARS-CoV-2 Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Kappa variants

Abstract In the present prospective study, 225 individuals in Kumamoto General Shaving Foam Hospital, Japan, who received two-doses of BNT162b2 vaccine were enrolled/followed up over 150 days and neutralizing activity (NT50) of their sera and antiviral activity (EC50) of IgG purified from sera on day-60 post-1st-dose were determined against wild-ty

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Improving health equity through sustained academic partnership: development of a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship training program in Western Kenya

Low- and middle-income countries are underresourced in subspecialist care.This study Ski de fond - Equipement - Fixations - Classic describes a unique maternal-fetal medicine clinical fellowship training program at Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Western Kenya.The first of its kind in Incontinenc

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