Lip biting scar and its treatment – A rare case report
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2023 Oral habits are an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary. Oral habits such as thumb sucking, lip sucking, tongue thrusting, lip biting, nail biting, object biting, and bruxism have serious health consequences. Several
Vaibhava Raaj +6 more
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Assessment of vector/host contact: comparison of animal-baited traps and UV-light/suction trap for collecting Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vectors of Orbiviruses [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND The emergence and massive spread of bluetongue in Western Europe during 2006-2008 had disastrous consequences for sheep and cattle production and confirmed the ability of Palaearctic Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to transmit the virus.
Allène, Xavier +10 more
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Biological variation in Anopheles darlingi root
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996 Behavioural variation in the South American malaria vector Anopheles darlingi is described. At the centre of its distribution, in forest areas close to the city of Manaus, Brazil, it is primarily exophagic and exophilic.
JD Charlwood
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Ectoparasitic Arthropods Collected From Some Northern Ohio Mammals [PDF]
, 2017 Ectoparasitic arthropods were collected from some fur-bearing mammals in northern Ohio. Specimens representing seven mammalian species were examined and found to collectively harbor acarines, fleas, and biting lice.
Johnston, Scott A, Rockett, C. Lee
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Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND\ud \ud African malaria vectors bite predominantly indoors at night so sleeping under an Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) can greatly reduce malaria risk.
Drakeley, Chris J +9 more
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Which incision is better for Lewis to Brown Norway rat liver transplantation, transverse or midline?
Heliyon, 2023 Orthotopic rat liver transplantation (OLT) is a complex microsurgical procedure extensively applied to basic science, myriad complications can occur, but incision-related self-biting has not been reported after OLT. For the project of tolerance induction
Gaofeng Tang +3 more
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Presence of Enterobacteriacea and its association with mental health among school going nail-biting students in Karachi: A comparative study [PDF]
Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2023 Background: Onychophagia, commonly known as nail biting, is considered a compulsive behavioral disorder primarily observed in children and adolescents.
Naveed Mansoori +4 more
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Malaria Journal, 2018 Background Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying protect against indoor-biting and indoor-resting mosquitoes but are largely ineffective for early-biting and outdoor-biting malaria vectors. Complementary tools are, therefore,
Arnold S. Mmbando +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundSnakebite envenoming is a major global health problem that kills or disables half a million people in the world's poorest countries. Biting snake identification is key to understanding snakebite eco-epidemiology and optimizing its clinical ...
Isabelle Bolon +6 more
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Animal, 2018 Tail biting in domestic pigs relates to a range of risk factors, primarily in the pigs’ environment. Preventive tail docking is widely used, and various experimental approaches suggest that docking reduces the risk of tail biting.
K. Thodberg +3 more
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