PLASMA ANTIBODIES FROM HUMANS INFECTED WITH ZOONOTIC SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS DO NOT INHIBIT CELL-TO-CELL TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS DESPITE BINDING TO THE SURFACE OF INFECTED CELLS.

Plasma antibodies from humans infected with zoonotic simian foamy virus do not inhibit cell-to-cell transmission of the virus despite binding to the surface of infected cells.

Zoonotic simian foamy viruses (SFV) establish lifelong infection in their human hosts.Despite repeated transmission of SFV from nonhuman primates to humans, neither transmission between human hosts nor severe clinical manifestations have been reported.We aim to study the immune responses elicited by chronic infection with this retrovirus and previo

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Decision Tree and Texture Analysis for Mapping Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Kangchenjunga Area, Eastern Himalaya

In this study we use visible, short-wave infrared and thermal Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data validated with high-resolution Quickbird (QB) and Worldview2 (WV2) for mapping debris cover in the eastern Himalaya using two independent approaches: (a) a decision tree algorithm, and (b) texture analysis.The de

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