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First sequence-confirmed case of infection with the new influenza A(H1N1) strain in Germany
Here, we report on the first sequence-confirmed case of infection with the new influenza A(H1N1) virus in Germany. Two direct contacts of the patient were laboratory-confirmed as cases and demonstrate a chain of direct human-to-human transmission
The semi-presidential system of Cape Verde: the relationship between the executive and the legislative powers = O sistema semi-presidencialista caboverdiano: a relação entre os poderes executivo e legislativo
e article analyses the relationship established between the executive
and legislative powers in the Cape Verdean government system
where researchers seek to understand it, taking into account their theoretical
and constitutional setting practice. It should be noted the prominence
of the debate and studies undertaken to understand how the scienti c
academy seeks to eradicate this problem. Two issues are relevant in this
debate: the rst reporting to the theoretical and constitutional con guration
of Cape Verdean government system and the other to its policy and
legislative practice.
Keywords: Cape Verde. Semi-presidential System. Systems of Government.
Legislative and Executive Powers.O artigo procura analisar a relação que se estabelece entre o poder
executivo e legislativo no sistema de governo cabo-verdiano, onde Investigadores
buscam compreendê-lo, tendo em conta a sua con guração
prática, teórica e constitucional. Há que realçar a proeminência do debate
e dos estudos realizados no sentido de compreender como é que a academia
cientà ca procura debelar esta problemática. Duas questões são
pertinentes neste debate: a primeira refere-se à con guração teórico-constitucional
do sistema de governo cabo-verdiano e a outra à prática polÃtica
e legislativa.
Palavras-chave: Cabo Verde. Sistema Semi-presidencialista. Sistemas de Governo.
Poder legislativo e Poder Executivo
Effect of intestinal resection on serum antibodies to the mycobacterial 45/48 kilodalton doublet antigen in Crohn's disease.
Interest in the role of mycobacterial infection in Crohn's disease has been revived by the cultural detection of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in patients with Crohn's disease. This hypothesis was examined serologically using assays with high specificity for Crohn's disease. The effect of intestinal resection on serum antibodies specific for Crohn's disease was investigated with an immunoblot assay and an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using the 45/48 kilodalton doublet antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antibodies were detected in 64.7% of patients with Crohn's disease (n = 17), 10% of patients with ulcerative colitis (n = 10), 5% of patients with carcinoma of the colon (n = 20), and none of 10 healthy subjects with the immunoblot assay. Statistical comparison of the Crohn's disease patients with each control group resulted in p = 0.0000236. Immunoglobulin G was essentially unchanged 75 days (mean) after surgery. After more than 180 days, however, the antibody response was reduced in all of five patients studied, and was no longer demonstrable in two of them (40%). Simultaneously, the Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) decreased. Both the high specificity of this assay for Crohn's disease and the diminished antibody response after intestinal resection in parallel with decreased CDAI support a mycobacterial aetiology of Crohn's disease
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Initial epidemiological findings in the European Union following the declaration of pandemic alert level 5 5 due to influenza A (H1N1) by ECDC Technical Emergency Team Age-specific infection and death rates for human A(H5N1) avian influenza in Egypt