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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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How to Fish With Respect: A Transformation of Human‐Fish Relations in Riverside Amazonia

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riverside inhabitants of the Middle Xingu River Basin, in the Brazilian Amazonia, frequently say that it is important to respect animals and the forest spirits who protect them. In recent decades, however, the development of an iced fish industry in the region has changed what respect means and how it is expressed when it comes to fishing ...
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie
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Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais State

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2003
We report cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The cases occurred in May and June of 2000.
Galvão Márcio Antônio Moreira, Calic Simone Berger, Chamone Chequer Buffe, Mafra S. Cláudio Lísias, Cesarino Filho Gracco, Olano Juan Pablo, Walker David Hughes   +6 more
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Importância dos carrapatos na transmissão da febre maculosa brasileira. [PDF]

, 2012
Introdução. Agente etiológico. Principal vetor no Brasil. Outras espécies de carrapatos de importância. Animais amplificadores. Epidemiologia. Manifestações clínicas. Diagnóstico. Tratamento.
ALMEIDA, R. F. C. de, ANDREOTTI, R., CUNHA, R. C., GARCIA, M. V., MATIAS, J.   +4 more
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Effect of land use change on Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) beetle communities in the deforestation arc of the Brazilian Amazon

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Habitat transformation in Amazon due to agriculture expansion impairs Melolonthidae diversity. Assemblage response towards habitat transformation are group‐dependent. Although highly disturbed, Amazon arc of deforestation region dwells sensitive insect assemblages. Abstract Although the Amazon provides crucial goods and ecosystem services for humanity,
Kleyton Rezende Ferreira, Elio Cesar Guzzo, Renato Portela Salomão, Fernando Zagury Vaz‐de‐Mello, César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa   +4 more
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Detecção sorológica de riquétsias do grupo da febre maculosa e levantamento acarológico em equinos no Distrito Federal, Brasil [PDF]

, 2014
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Veterinária, 2014.A febre maculosa brasileira (FMB) é uma zoonose causada pela bactéria Rickettsia rickettsii e transmitida a humanos por carrapatos.
Martins, Gustavo Pereira
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Quantitative Point‐of‐Care SD Biosensor Standard G6PD Test for Assessment of G6PD Deficiency in Infectious Diseases

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background G6PD deficiency affects about 500 million people worldwide and is prevalent in many malaria‐endemic settings. People with G6PD deficiency are at risk of hemolysis when exposed to certain medications, including 8‐aminoquinoline drugs used to treat Plasmodium vivax malaria.
Flavia Regina Medeiros da Silva, Alexandre Gomes Vizzoni, Daniela Mendes‐de‐Almeida, Joanna Bokel, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira, André Machado Siqueira, Yasmine Rangel Vieira, Simone da Costa Cruz Silva   +7 more
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Molecular identification of Rickettsia felis in ticks and fleas from an endemic area for Brazilian Spotted Fever

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008
Rickettsioses are arthropod-borne diseases caused by parasites from the Order Rickettsiales. The most prevalent rickettsial disease in Brazil is Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF).
KA Oliveira, LS Oliveira, CCA Dias, A Silva Jr, MR Almeida, G Almada, DH Bouyer, MAM Galvão, CL Mafra   +8 more
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The Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This narrative review aimed to summarize current evidence on the presence and potential pathogenic role of viruses in periodontitis. Design: Narrative Review; Population: Patients with periodontitis; Exposure: Detection of viruses in oral samples (biopsies, saliva, gingival crevicular fluid, subgingival plaque, blood); Outcome: Viral prevalence, load ...
Kim Natalie Stolte, Jørgen Slots, Henrik Dommisch   +2 more
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Socioeconomic Account of Reading Abilities in Learning Chinese as a First Language and English as a Second Language

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The study examined the mediation model of socioeconomic status (SES) and executive function (EF) on reading abilities in Chinese (as first language, L1) and English (as second language, L2) in 260 native Cantonese‐speaking students (146 boys) from Hong Kong local primary schools with the mean age at 111.3 months (range = 98–132 months).
Dan Lin, Jinghan Liang, Xiuhong Tong, Susanna Siu‐Sze Yeung, Phil Duo Liu, Him Cheung   +5 more
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