EVALUATION OF DOGS (CANIS FAMILIARIS) AS AN INDICATOR OF JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS (JE) OUTBREAKS: A RETROSPECTIVE SEROLOGICAL STUDY IN THE SEOUL METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND THE 2010 RESURGENCE OF JE IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic neurological disease caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV).JEV is the most common cause of viral encephalitis in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific Rim.The fatality rate due to JE can reach 25% and up to 50% of the patients who survive develop permanent neurological damage.The annual

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide.Environmental factors influence the progressive development of diabetes, the main ones being obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and genetic factors.In addition to the above factors, magnesium (Mg2+) deficiency has been li

White Plague Disease (WPD) is implicated in coral reef decline in the Caribbean and is characterized by microbial community shifts in coral mucus and tissue.Studies thus far have Video Games focused on assessing microbial communities or the identification of specific pathogens, yet few have addressed holobiont response across metaorganism compartme