TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS (TBEV) PREVALENCE IN FIELD-COLLECTED TICKS (IXODES RICINUS) AND PHYLOGENETIC, STRUCTURAL AND VIRULENCE ANALYSIS IN A TBE HIGH-RISK ENDEMIC AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY

Abstract Background Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is the most common viral CNS infection with incidences much higher than all other virus infections together in many risk areas of central and eastern Europe.The Odenwald Hill region (OWH) in southwestern Germany is classified as a TBE risk region and frequent case numbers but also more severe infect

The present study aimed to investigate the reproductive biology of male killer whales.Changes in the concentrations of two circulating testicular hormones, inhibin and testosterone, were monitored during sexual maturation of two male Type 1 Eastern Northern Atlantic killer whales Sound meters over a period of 20 years.The two killer whales grew rap

The nearly complete mitogenome of aquatic predator species, Lispe assimilis Wiedemann, 1824, was obtained Acoustic Bronze using a next-generation sequencing approach, which is the first report in Coenosiinae (Calyptratae, Muscidae).The genome is 15,386 bp long with high A + T content.The phylogenetic analyses based on 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs)

Background.In the process of investigating a criminal offense, knowing the identity of the victim is something that has a very important meaning, namely as an initial step of the investigation that must be made clear before the next steps can be taken in the investigation process.Objectives.to prove that the skeleton is a human skeleton, race, gend