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Puppy Love or Bug…?
I wanted to pick a super interesting outbreak that has happened recently, and I came across one that started in a pet store! There was a link between Campylobacter jejuni and an online pet store back in January. First Campylobacter jejuni is a spirally curved microaerophilic gram-negative rod. Its reservoir is in animals, and it…
RSV Monoclonal Antibody
Hello! This week I want to discuss the monoclonal antibody Palivizumab. A monoclonal antibody is one that is made by identical immune cells that are clones of a unique parent cell. Palivizumab antibodies bind to the same epitope that immune cells would in targeting the antigenic site of the F protein of RSV. By doing…
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Microbiology with Alicia 