First identification key for charophyte oospores from central Europe

First molecular identification of human Dobrava virus infection in central Europe.

Viral RNA was amplified by reverse transcription-PCR from a patient suffering from hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Germany. The virus strain could be assigned to the Dobrava hantavirus (DOBV). This is the first molecular identification of human infection by DOBV in central Europe and the first proof that a virus strain related to the DOBV-Aa lineage, carried by Apodemus agrarius...

Cheyletid mites associated with stored rice in Iran; the first record of Chelacheles strabismus from Iran and a key for their identification

طی سال‌های 1386-1385 بررسی در خصوص شناسایی کنه‌های انباری برنج در استان گیلان انجام شد. در این بررسی شش گونه از کنه‌های خانواده‌ی Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) شاملCheletomorpha lepidopterorum ، Acaropsellina sollers،Chelacheles strabismus ،Cheyletus eruditus ،Cheyletus carnifex و Cheyletus malaccensis جمع‌آوری و شناسایی شدند. گونه‌ی Chelacheles strabismus Baker برای اولین‌بار از ایران گزارش...

Key lessons from integrated care in Europe

In English health and social care there sometimes seems to be a curious two-fold response when a difficult policy issue arises. First is an assumption that the answer to the problems we’re facing must exist somewhere—we just haven’t it yet. This then leads to a rapid trawl of international models and experiences to see if we can find and import a ready-made solution. Secondly, when England look...

Lessons from Bank Privatization in Central Europe

Identification of Francisella tularensis Cluster in Central and Western Europe

We conducted a molecular analysis of Francisella tularensis strains isolated in Switzerland and identified a specific subpopulation belonging to a cluster of F. tularensis subsp. holarctica that is widely dispersed in central and western continental Europe. This subpopulation was present before the tularemia epidemics on the Iberian Peninsula.