VIRULENCE ASSOCIATED GENE 8 OF BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS ENHANCES CONTACT SYSTEM ACTIVITY BY INHIBITING THE REGULATORY FUNCTION OF COMPLEMENT REGULATOR C1 INHIBITOR

Virulence Associated Gene 8 of Bordetella pertussis Enhances Contact System Activity by Inhibiting the Regulatory Function of Complement Regulator C1 Inhibitor

Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative bacterium and the causative agent of whooping cough.Whooping cough is currently re-emerging worldwide and, therefore, still poses a continuous global health threat.B.pertussis expresses several virulence factors that play a role in evading the human immune response.One of these virulence factors is virulence

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Clopidogrel-Induced Recurrent Polyarthritis

Clopidogrel is an oral thienopyridine and together with aspirin is a component of dual antiplatelet therapy for the prevention click here of stent thrombosis after intracoronary stent placement.The common adverse effects from its use are an increased risk of bleeding, neutropenia, and rash.Arthralgia and backache are also known to occur with its us

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Dialectics of the secular and the sacred in soviet reality

This article off ers theoretical approaches to the analysis of the phenomenon of Soviet ideology and specifi es the relationship between the processes of secularisation and sacralisation in Soviet society.The historical process of the 20th century led to a complex transformation of the worldview of the Soviet man.At the beginning of the Soviet peri

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