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Record 1 2014-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

The therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.

CONT

Bacteriophages are much more specific than antibiotics, so they can hypothetically be chosen to be indirectly harmless not only to the host organism(human, animal, or plant), but also to other beneficial bacteria, such as gut flora, reducing the chances of opportunistic infections. They would have a high therapeutic index, that is, phage therapy would be expected to give rise to few side effects. Because phages replicate in vivo, a smaller effective dose can be used. On the other hand, this specificity is also a disadvantage : a phage will only kill a bacterium if it is a match to the specific strain. Consequently phage mixtures are often applied to improve the chances of success, or samples can be taken and an appropriate phage identified and grown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

La phagothérapie est l'utilisation de virus bactériophages (simplement appelés bactériophages ou même phages) lytiques afin de traiter certaines maladies infectieuses d’origine bactérienne.

CONT

La phagothérapie est l'usage de virus qui possèdent la particularité de n'infecter que les bactéries (et pas les cellules humaines), pour traiter les infections bactériennes. Ces bactériophages lytiques ont la capacité de reconnaître une bactérie spécifique, de l'infecter, de l'utiliser pour se multiplier in situ, et de la faire éclater en libérant les nouveaux phages produits (environ 100 phages pour une bactérie). Les phages disparaissent lorsque l'infection bactérienne est jugulée. Chaque phage n'infecte qu'un sous-groupe donné au sein d'une espèce bactérienne. Cette stratégie permet donc de n'attaquer que la bactérie pathogène contrairement aux antibiotiques à large spectre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
CONT

Italian military recruits have received mandatory mumps vaccination by Urabe Am9 strain since 1998. A previous study found that, in 1999, 37 episodes of mumps-like disease were found in recipients of the vaccine, and that 35 of these occurred within 1 month of immunization. To assess whether these cases were due to some expected residual virulence of the live attenuated Urabe Am9 mumps strain, we analyzed saliva samples from recruits who developed mumps-like disease within 1 month of vaccination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

Innocuité. Épreuves pour vérifier qu'il n'y a pas de virulence résiduelle ni de réversion de virulence (études de repiquage de vaccins vivants atténués).

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

A diagram in which the major strains at the onset of necking in sheet metal are plotted vertically and the corresponding minor strains are plotted horizontally. The onset-of-failure line divides all possible strain combinations into two zones : the safe zone(in which failure during forming is not expected) and the failure zone(in which failure during forming is expected).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances

Spanish

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