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    <font color="#ff6600"><u>&THORN;essi p&oacute;stur er sendur tengili&eth;um vi&eth;
        stofnanir, fyrirt&aelig;ki, f&eacute;l&ouml;g og h&oacute;pa, til a&eth; kynna fr&aelig;&eth;sluerindi
        sem haldin eru &aacute; Tilraunast&ouml;&eth;inni a&eth; Keldum. Vinsamlegast
        &aacute;framsendi&eth; me&eth; t&ouml;lvup&oacute;sti eftirfarandi uppl&yacute;singar til ykkar
        f&oacute;lks. </u></font><br>
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          Fr&aelig;&eth;sluerindi &aacute; Tilraunast&ouml;&eth; H&aacute;sk&oacute;la &Iacute;slands &iacute;
          meinafr&aelig;&eth;i a&eth; Keldum.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0cm;text-indent:-3.0cm"><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:IS" lang="IS">Fyrirlesari<b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">:<span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Bjarnhei&eth;ur K.
          Gu&eth;mundsd&oacute;ttir</b>, s&eacute;rfr&aelig;&eth;ingur
        &aacute; Keldum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:IS" lang="IS"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:IS" lang="IS">Heiti
        erindis:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
          normal">&Oacute;n&aelig;missvar hj&aacute; bleikju (<i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Salvelinus
            alpinus</i>, L.) eftir s&yacute;kingu bakter&iacute;unnar <i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A.
            salmonicida</i> undirteg. <i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">achromogenes</i>
          og mikilv&aelig;gi AsaP1 &uacute;teitursins.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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          lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:IS" lang="IS">Erindi&eth;
        ver&eth;ur
        haldi&eth; <u>fimmtudaginn 24. jan&uacute;ar,</u> kl. 12:20, &iacute; b&oacute;kasafni
        Tilraunast&ouml;&eth;varinnar. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:
        IS" lang="IS">&Iacute;slendingar eru st&aelig;rstu bleikjuframlei&eth;endur &iacute;
        heimi en &thorn;ekking &aacute;
        &oacute;n&aelig;missvari bleikju er enn mj&ouml;g takm&ouml;rku&eth;. Bakter&iacute;an <i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal">Aeromonas salmonicida</i> undirteg. <i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">achromogenes</i>
        (Asa) veldur k&yacute;laveikibr&oacute;&eth;ur hj&aacute; bleikju. AsaP1 er eitra&eth;ur
        aspzincin
        m&aacute;lmpept&iacute;&eth;asi og s&yacute;ki&thorn;&aacute;ttur, sem Asa seytir. &Iacute; fyrirlestrinum
        ver&eth;ur fjalla&eth; um
        &oacute;n&aelig;misvi&eth;br&ouml;g&eth; bleikju sem s&yacute;kt er me&eth; Asa e&eth;a AsaP1 neikv&aelig;&eth;u
        st&ouml;kkbrig&eth;i af
        Asa (AsaP1<sup>-</sup>). Magnbundi&eth; raunt&iacute;ma PCR-pr&oacute;f <span
          style="color:black">(</span>RT-qPCR)<span style="color:black">
          var nota&eth; til a&eth; kanna tj&aacute;ningu gena &oacute;n&aelig;mis&thorn;&aacute;tta &iacute;
          framn&yacute;ra, milta og lifur &aacute; mismunandi t&iacute;mum &iacute; 7 daga eftir
          s&yacute;kingu.
          &Oacute;n&aelig;misvefjalitun &aacute; s&yacute;num &uacute;r s&ouml;mu l&iacute;ff&aelig;rum var ger&eth; me&eth;
          m&oacute;tefnum sem greina </span>B
        (IgM) og T (CD3</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">&#949;</span><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:IS" lang="IS">) frumur. Ni&eth;urst&ouml;&eth;ur
        s&yacute;na a&eth; vi&eth; upphaf
        s&yacute;kingar var tj&aacute;ningu forstigs b&oacute;lgubo&eth;a og efnatoga </span><span
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          style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
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        lang="IS">sem
        tilheyra me&eth;f&aelig;ddu &oacute;n&aelig;mi &ouml;flugust en s&iacute;&eth;an j&oacute;kst tj&aacute;ning &aacute; &thorn;&aacute;ttum
        sem tilheyra T<sub>h</sub>2
        st&yacute;r&eth;u &aacute;unnu &oacute;n&aelig;missvari. &Oacute;n&aelig;misvi&eth;br&ouml;g&eth; voru &ouml;flugust &iacute; milta
        og framn&yacute;ra.
        RT-qPCR pr&oacute;f greindu markt&aelig;kan mun &aacute; &oacute;n&aelig;misvi&eth;brag&eth;i fisksins
        gegn Asa og AsaP1<sup>-</sup>
        bakter&iacute;ustofna. Vefjabreytingar greindust hj&aacute; s&yacute;ktum fiski, en
        ekki var
        greinanlegur munur &aacute; &thorn;v&iacute; me&eth; hvorri bakter&iacute;unni fiskurinn var
        s&yacute;ktur. &Iacute; HE
        litu&eth;um vefjasnei&eth;um fr&aacute; s&yacute;ktri bleikju voru elipsulaga&eth;ar
        myndanir umhverfis
        grannar slag&aelig;&eth;ar &iacute; milta, sem &oacute;n&aelig;misvefjalitun greindi
        IgM-j&aacute;kv&aelig;&eth;ar og CD3
        j&aacute;kv&aelig;&eth;ar frumur voru &iacute; kl&ouml;sum &aacute; v&iacute;&eth; og dreif um allt milta&eth;. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
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