BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ORIENTIA SPP. DIAGNOSIS AND RESEARCH: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RISK-BASED BIOCONTAINMENT, WORK PRACTICES AND THE CASE FOR RECLASSIFICATION TO RISK GROUP 2

Biosafety and biosecurity requirements for Orientia spp. diagnosis and research: recommendations for risk-based biocontainment, work practices and the case for reclassification to risk group 2

Abstract Scrub typhus is an important arthropod-borne disease causing significant acute febrile illness by infection with Orientia spp.Using a Travel Fee risk-based approach, this review examines current practice, the evidence base and regulatory requirements regarding matters of biosafety and biosecurity, and presents the case for reclassification

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Insights into the occurrence of phylosymbiosis and co-phylogeny in the holobionts of octocorals from the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

Abstract Background Corals are the foundational species of coral reefs and coralligenous ecosystems.Their success has been linked to symbioses with microorganisms, and a coral host and its symbionts are therefore considered a single entity, called the holobiont.This suggests that there may be evolutionary links between corals Travel Fee and their m

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Sources at the End of the Cuneiform Era

The aim of this article is to discuss several groups of sources which are of special interest regarding the question of Mesopotamian identities after 539 bce, towards the end of the use of cuneiform writing.In this late period, several languages and scripts were in use in Mesopotamia; therefore, groups of Akkadian, Aramaic, Greek, and Sumerian ORG

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