DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL NS1 COMPETITIVE ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION.

Development of a novel NS1 competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the early detection of Zika virus infection.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus that has emerged as a global health threat after read more the 2015 outbreak in the Americas, where devastating congenital defects were documented.There are currently no vaccines to prevent ZIKV infections nor commercially available clinical diagnostic tests demonstrated to identify ZIKV without cross-reactive inte

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Re-visioning Negative Archetypes of Disability and Deformity in Fantasy: Wicked, Maleficent, and Game of Thrones

Fantasy and horror often exploit disabled people, presenting them as embodiments of terror and evil.In contemporary fantasy, we sometimes see archetypically evil characters redefined primarily by the telling of their backstories to provide rationale for their behavior and to evoke sympathy or pity from the audience.Pity often cent dyyni places the

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