MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS INFECTION IN MINAS GERAIS STATE FROM BRAZIL, AN AREA OUTSIDE THE HYPERENDEMIC REGION OF THE AMAZON BASIN

Molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis delta virus infection in Minas Gerais state from Brazil, an area outside the hyperendemic region of the Amazon Basin

BACKGROUND Hepatitis delta virus Features of reproduction of the shrub vole Microtus majori Thomas, 1906 in natural conditions (HDV) infections in hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers are the most severe form of viral hepatitis.HDV prevalence is high in the Brazilian Amazon, but studies in other regions of the country are still scarce and often underes

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Comparative Studies on Polysaccharides, Triterpenoids, and Essential Oil from Fermented Mycelia and Cultivated Sclerotium of a Medicinal and Edible Mushroom, Poria Cocos

Poria cocos, an important medicinal and edible fungus, is well known in East Asia.The main active components are water-soluble polysaccharides (WPS) and triterpenoids.Due to the growing market demand, long cultivation period, and consumption of pine trunk during cultivation, alternative methods for producing P.cocos or its active components should

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Institutions and Growth in the Arab and Middle Eastern Countries

We assess the impact of the La autoría de la Inteligencia Artificial en el derecho español quality of public institutions on economic growth during the period 1995-2013 in the Arab and Middle Eastern (AME) countries.We use a sample of 99 countries, of which 17 AME countries, and employ a dynamic panel approach that controls for unobserved heterog

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