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Analysis of epidemiological characteristics of four natural-focal diseases in Shandong Province, China in 2009-2017: A descriptive analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundNatural-focal diseases are serious diseases that endanger human health. They threaten about 100 million people in Shandong Province, and cause illness in thousands of people each year. However, information on the epidemiological characteristics
Rui Chen, Zengqiang Kou, Liuchen Xu, Jie Cao, Ziwei Liu, Xiaojing Wen, Zhiyu Wang, Hongling Wen   +7 more
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Distribution and Host Selection of the Chigger Mite Leptotrombidium rupestre, a Potential Vector of Scrub Typhus, in Southwest China

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2025.
Based on field surveys in southwest China between 2001 and 2022, this paper retrospectively reports the distribution and host selection of L. rupestre in the region for the first time. A total of 4675 L. rupestre were identified from 28 species of small mammal hosts in 23 of 114 survey sites and it was mainly distributed in higher latitudes (31–33° N ...
Rong Yu, Xian‐Guo Guo, Yan Lv, Peng‐Wu Yin, Wen‐Yu Song, Pei‐Ying Peng, Ti‐Jun Qian, Rong Xiang, Yan‐Ling Chen, Bei Li   +9 more
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Immunological Poetics and Postcolonial Echoes: Traversing the Medical Narratives From T.S. Eliot to J.M. Coetzee

Literature Compass, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores the intersection of immunological discourse and literary narrative through the works of T.S. Eliot and J.M. Coetzee. The paper examines the early twentieth‐century shift from holistic disease models to germ theory, paralleling this scientific evolution with Eliot's use of chemical metaphors in “Tradition and the ...
Huiming Liu
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Microbiological Investigations for Chikungunya Virus in Children With Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in a Non‐Outbreak Setting in Southern India

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 97, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in India, with limited data on its role in childhood AES in southern India. We systematically evaluated children with AES in southern India during a non‐epidemic period for CHIKV. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were tested for CHIKV using IgM ELISA
Tina Damodar, Chitra Pattabiraman, Bhagteshwar Singh, Maria Jose, Namratha Prabhu, Akhila L, Pramada Prasad, Uddhava V. Kinhal, A. V. Lalitha, Fulton Sebastian Dsouza, Sushma Veeranna Sajjan, Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Vasanthapuram Ravi, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage‐Dona, Benedict D. Michael, Tom Solomon, Ravi Yadav, Lance Turtle   +17 more
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Diversity of Parasitic Fauna in Semi‐Scavenging Indigenous Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Bangladesh

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2025.
GI helminth and lice are highly prevalent in indigenous semi‐scavenging chickens. Seven species of helminths were detected, and Raillietina was predominant. Three species of lice were identified and Menopon gallinae was most abundant. Co‐infection was observed in helminth infections and lice infestation.
Kausar‐A‐Noor, Md. Mehadi Hasan, Anisuzzaman, Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Mst. Sawda Khatun, Anita Rani Dey   +5 more
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Jail Fever (Epidemic Typhus) Outbreak in Burundi

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
We recently investigated a suspected outbreak of epidemic typhus in a jail in Burundi. We tested sera of nine patients by microimmunofluorescence for antibodies to Rickettsia prowazekii and Rickettsia typhi. We also amplified and sequenced from lice gene
D. Raoult, V. Roux, J.B. Ndihokubwayo, G. Bise, D. Baudon, G. Martet, R. Birtles   +6 more
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Overlooked Brill‐Zinsser Disease Presenting Like Japanese Spotted Fever: A Diagnostic Challenge

The Journal of Dermatology, Volume 52, Issue 11, Page e995-e996, November 2025.
Makoto Kondo, Koji Habe, Keiichi Yamanaka   +2 more
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Scrub Typhus Combined With Septic Shock Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Significant Hyperfibrinolysis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Introduction: Scrub typhus is an acute infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, whose pathophysiology is characterized by systemic small‐vessel vasculitis. Its high misdiagnosis rate stems from its nonspecific clinical features. If not diagnosed and treated in time, patients may rapidly progress to multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS) or ...
Dewen Ma, Xiaohong Wan, Haihui Yang, Liying Yang, Ankang Peng, Quping Yuan, You Li, Shunhang Xu, Larry M. Bush   +8 more
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EPIDEMIJE TOKOM PRVOG SVETSKOG RATA U RURALNIM OBLASTIMA UŽIČKOG I VALJEVSKOG OKRUGA: PRILOG KVANTIFIKACIJI RATNIH ŽRTAVA [PDF]

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In the years that preceded the World War I, the inhabitants of the rural areas of the west of Serbia, in Valjevo and Užice regions, died of natural causes, because of various accidents and wide range of non-epidemic diseases, but mostly of the ...
Vladimir Krivošejev
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Mortality, Morbidity and Improvements in Water and Sanitation: Some Lessons from English History [PDF]

human development, water ...
Helen Bryer
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