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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsComparative Collagen Distribution in the Small Intestine of Eidolon Helvum and Manis TricuspisAdefolaju Gbenga AnthonyThe African tree pangolin has no teeth but consumes a highly tough and chitinous diet while the bat is frugivorous; this study was designed to compare the morphological adaptations of the small intestine of both mammals by investigating the collagen distribution and hydroxyproline/collagen content of their duodenum and ileum histologically and spectrophotometrically respectively. Ten animals each of both sexes were … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 3 · 11 Aug 2019 · 7,260 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCOVID-19: A Review of Current Evidence on Phylogenetics and EtiopathogenesisRafiq Shajahan, Naganathan K. PillaiCOVID-19 represents the latest pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Coronaviruses are RNA viruses that cause a largely viral mediated immune-related syndrome similar to the SARS epidemic. Following metagenomic sequencing, SARS-CoV-2 closely resembles SARS-CoV (79% similarity) and MERS-CoV virus (50% similarity). Despite this, clinical observations have found varying degrees of infectivity and pathogenesis amongst these viruses. Phylogenetic origins of SARS-CoV-2 … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 2 Apr 2021 · 6,764 accessesView PDF Cite