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- Page 12 and 13: Title of DissertationTABLE OF CONTE
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- Page 21 and 22: ABSTRACTDengue viruses (DENs) and W
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covered and incubated overnight at
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3.4.5.2 DILUTION METHODOne of these
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environment. Aedes aegypti has been
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3.5.5 VIRUS ISOLATION FROM FIELD-CA
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color was obtained. Flask that beca
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a) The extraction of RNA from the c
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3.6.2.3.3 Mixture of reactants for
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Condition of amplification:I Cycle
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3.6.3 REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTION POLYMER
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833.6.3.3 The procedure of RT-PCR f
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3.6.4 IDENTIFICATION OF AMPLIFICATI
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"r~-TABLE 7: TITRATION or ANTIGEN A
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TABLE 8: TITRATION OF ANTIGEN AND M
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4.2 PATTER."I OF DENGUE VIRUS INFEC
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TABLE 10: DENGUE VIRUS INFECTIONS I
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4.2.2 SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENG
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tD SEASON (SEPTTODECEMBER) --',19%H
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4.23 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF PATIENTS W
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4.2.5 THE PREVALENCE OF DEN JgG ANT
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4.3 IgM CAPTURE ELlSA FOR WEST NiLE
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10.90.80.7(/lW;:)...J~ 0.5ci 0.400.
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TABLE 18:SEASONAL PATTERN OF WNV Ig
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TABLE 19: MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF W
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TABLE 20: AGE DISTRIBUTION OF WNV I
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TABLE 21:GENDER DISTRIIlUTION OF WN
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TABLE 22: THE PREVALENCE OF WNV IgG
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4.4. THE PREVALENCE OF YELLOW FEVER
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COLD HARMATTANSEASON35%HOT DRY SEAS
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1~74.7 DILUTION OF DEN POSITIVE IgM
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4.8 VECTOlUAL STUDIES ON MOSQUITO V
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4.8.2.2 RT·PCR FOR WNV IN CULEX MO
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CHAPTER FIVE5.0 DISCUSSION AND CONC
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antibody positive hy MAC-ELlSA on a
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elationship between the prevalence
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status (that is having previous den
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WNV RNA were C~ll[;htprcdomiuan.ly
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patient is not uncommon if it could
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eports (Gublcr 1997, 1998b), which
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detection is a serologic method tha
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November. This is because mosquito
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Ben-Nathan, D. and Feuerstein, G. (
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Cantilc, c. Di Guardo, G. E.; Leni,
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Edelman, R.; Wasserman, S. S.; Bodi
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Gannendia, A.E.; Van kruningen, HJ.
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Gubler, D. Iand'Irent, D.W.(1994):
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Hammon , W. McD.( 1969): Observatio
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Innis., B.L.; Nisalak, A; Nimmannit
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Koonin, E. V. (1993;): Computer-ass
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179Leitmeyer, K. C.; Vaughn, D. W.;
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Marberg, K; Goldblum, N.; Sterk, V.
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Monath T P (1994) Dengue: the risk
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Paradoa, Preze. M. 1.; TrujiIlo, Y.
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Rice, C. M.and Strauss, J. H. (1990
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Shi, P.Y.; Kanfman, E.B.; Ren, P.;
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Sumiyoshi, H.; Tignor, G. H. and Sh
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infection with some arboviruses. Tr
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Webster, L.T. (1993): Inherited and
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APPENDI X I:INOCULATION OF MICE WIT
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APPENDIX 2PREPARATION OF REAGENTS1.
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•17. Preparation of PrimersPrimer
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APPENDIX 4IgM EUSA RESULTS AFTER Ti