Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on December 03, 2012
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Hepatitis E virus in HIV-infected patients. AIDS (2010) 1.19
Similarities in Leptospira serogroup and species distribution in animals and humans in the Indian ocean island of Mayotte. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.18
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A novel simple and rapid PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis method. Mol Biotechnol (2004) 0.97
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Diversification of an emerging pathogen in a biodiversity hotspot: Leptospira in endemic small mammals of Madagascar. Mol Ecol (2014) 0.93
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Genetic characterization and codon usage bias of full-length Hepatitis E virus sequences shed new lights on genotypic distribution, host restriction and genome evolution. Infect Genet Evol (2012) 0.91
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DNA based vaccination with a cocktail of plasmids encoding immunodominant Leishmania (Leishmania) major antigens confers full protection in BALB/c mice. Vaccine (2008) 0.91
Cu-Zn super oxide dismutase as a potential antifibrotic drug for hepatitis C related fibrosis. Biomed Pharmacother (2005) 0.91
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Clinically silent forms may partly explain the rarity of acute cases of autochthonous genotype 3c hepatitis E infection in France. J Clin Virol (2011) 0.86
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A canine study of immunotherapy in scorpion envenomation. Intensive Care Med (2003) 0.83
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Comparative evaluation of two vaccine candidates against experimental leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major infection in four inbred mouse strains. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2009) 0.83
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The nonstructural protein NSs induces a variable antibody response in domestic ruminants naturally infected with Rift Valley fever virus. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2011) 0.82
New models of hepatitis E virus replication in human and porcine hepatocyte cell lines. J Gen Virol (2012) 0.82
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Immunogenicity and efficacy of an in-house developed cell-culture derived veterinarian rabies vaccine. Vaccine (2006) 0.81
Laboratory surveillance of rabies in humans, domestic animals, and bats in madagascar from 2005 to 2010. Adv Prev Med (2011) 0.80
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