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Labour Migration from the Eastern Partnership Countries: Evolution and Policy Options for Better Outcomes
Neuronal Networks on Multielectrode Arrays as High Sensitive Biosensors of the Functional State of Nerve Cells
Compression as a method for increasing the informativity of optical coherence tomography of biotissues
Nanoparticles Produced via Laser Ablation of Porous Silicon and Silicon Nanowires for Optical Bioimaging
Continuous optical coherence tomography monitoring of nanoparticles accumulation in biological tissues
Historical Perspective of Foamy Virus Epidemiology and Infection
Foamy viruses (FV) are complex retroviruses which are widespread in many species. Despite being discovered over 40 years ago, FV are among the least well characterized retroviruses. The replication of these viruses is different in many interesting respects from that of all other retroviruses. Infection of natural hosts by FV leads to a lifelong persistent infection, without any evidence of pathology. A large number of studies have looked at the prevalence of primate foamy viruses in the human population. Many of these studies have suggested that FV infections are prevalent in some human populations and are associated with specific diseases. More recent data, using more rigorous criteria for the presence of viruses, have not confirmed these studies. Thus, while FV are ubiquitous in all nonhuman primates, they are only acquired as rare zoonotic infections in humans. In this communication, we briefly discuss the current status of FV research and review the history of FV epidemiology, as well as the lack of pathogenicity in natural, experimental, and zoonotic infections