Essays about: "Outbreak Detection"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Outbreak Detection.
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1. NDVI time series analysis for desert locust outbreak detection and quantification analysis of its impact on vegetation productivity of Sahel
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : It has been shown that the semi-arid environment of the Sahelian belt plays an important role in the global carbon uptake as the fluctuation of its primary productivity can be determinant for the global carbon uptake. The insect Schistocerca gregaria commonly known as the desert locust is a disturbance factor that can affect the vegetation productivity for consecutive seasons. READ MORE
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2. Toxin production among epidemic Clostridioides difficile PCR ribotypes in Sweden
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaperAbstract : Introduction Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the main cause of antibiotic microflora triggered enteritis. Production of toxin A and B elicit enterocytic inflammation and diarrhea. Hospital outbreaks from certain PCR ribotypes are well known due to excess morbidity and mortality. READ MORE
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3. Optimization of a multiplex ARMS-PCR for detection of the primary mutations causing Leber’s hereditary optic neuropath
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsaAbstract : Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a genetic disease that causes the patients to become blind, first in one eye and then the other, around the ages of 10-75 years. The disease is caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA, which disturbs the respiratory chain leading to the deterioration of the retinal ganglion cells. READ MORE
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4. Detecting bark beetle damage with Sentinel-2 multi-temporal data in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : The European spruce bark beetle is considered as one of the most destructive forest insects to Norway spruce trees in Europe. Climate change may increase the frequency and intensity of bark beetle outbreaks. It is therefore of vital importance to detect the bark beetle outbreaks and take it under control to prevent further damages. READ MORE
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5. Diversity of barley yellow dwarf-associated viruses in winter cereals of Southern Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Plant BiologyAbstract : Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is a widespread complex of virus species of cereal crops in the world, known to infect both wild and cultivated plants of the family Poaceae, having the effect of yield reductions and subsequently large economic losses to farmers. Barley yellow dwarf disease (BYD) is a result of infection from BYDV species (genus: Luteovirus) and cereal yellow dwarf virus (CYDV; genus: Polerovirus). READ MORE
