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Comparative study of parasitic loads of <i>Callinectes amnicola</i> and <i>Cardisoma armatum</i> from two major river systems in Rivers State, Nigeria

, 2018
The consumption of sea food especially crabs in the Niger Delta is an indelible aspect of the culinary culture of the people and a veritable avenue to contracting zoonotic infections.
F.D. Sikoki, S.O. Nzeako, Sikoki, F.D., D.O. Nweke, Nweke, D.O., Nzeako, S.O.   +5 more
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Representation, medical examination, and the effectiveness of underwriting: Evidence from a life and health insurance company

Risk Management and Insurance Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines whether underwriting methods—representation, medical examination, extra premiums, and coverage—effectively mitigate adverse selection using data from an insurance company. Regarding representation, we focus on statements disclosing pre‐existing medical conditions.
Chia‐Ling Ho, Gene Lai, Chen‐Hsu Liao, Zifen Zeng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing Through an Ant's Eyes: Do Entomopathogenic Fungi Extend Their Cognition to Their Hosts?

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Post‐cognitivist approaches recognize cognition as a phenomenon that involves not just brains but all the sensorimotor apparatus of organisms. This means that brains are not always required for the emergence of cognition and that every organism can, in principle, be cognitive, unlocking a theoretical framework to explain the complex adaptive ...
André Geremia Parise, Mark Tibbett, Brian J. Pickles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zoonotic helminths affecting the human eye

, 2011
Nowaday, zoonoses are an important cause of human parasitic diseases worldwide and a major threat to the socio-economic development, mainly in developing countries.
Domenico Otranto, Eberhard Mark L, Mark L Eberhard, Otranto Domenico, OTRANTO, Domenico, EBERHARD ML   +5 more
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Infection with the Neorickettsial Organism Stellantchasmus falcatus Agent in an Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 1‐year‐old female‐intact arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) presented for diarrhea, lethargy, severe thrombocytopenia, and hyperbilirubinemia. Blood film evaluation revealed intracytoplasmic coccoid bacteria within moderate numbers of leukocytes consistent with infection by a rickettsial organism.
Jeremy P. Bessett, Alexis G. Davidson, Alyssa M. Scagnelli, Kristen R. Friedrichs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical Treatment of Necrotic Panophthalmitis in Snakes

, 2017
The tendency of trauma to the eye, especiaUy in the cases of infected perforating wounds or of parasitic infections, to involve all structures of the eye. is outlined and the need for surgical treatment is discussed.
Lambiris, AJL
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Spaceborne and spaceborn: Physiological aspects of pregnancy and birth during interplanetary flight

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Crewed interplanetary return missions that are on the planning horizon will take years, more than enough time for initiation and completion of a pregnancy. Pregnancy is viewed as a sequence of processes – fertilization, blastocyst formation, implantation, gastrulation, placentation, organogenesis, gross morphogenesis, birth and neonatal ...
Arun V. Holden
wiley   +1 more source

Ocular Parasitoses in the Globally Mobile Population: A Systematic Review of Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management

Background: The unprecedented scale of global travel has amplified the diagnostic challenge of ocular parasitoses in non-endemic regions. These infections, while rare, can cause severe visual morbidity and are often misdiagnosed.
Ervan Suryanti Umbu Lapu, I Made Ady Wirawan, Ida Ayu Ary Pramita, I Gusti Ayu Made Julari   +3 more
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Mycoplasma bovis involved in pituitary abscess syndrome in a beef heifer concomitantly infected with haemoparasites

Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract This case report describes pituitary abscess syndrome (PAS) in a 20‐month‐old Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer with cranial nerve deficits (V, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII) associated with facial hemiparesis, head tilt, ataxia and dysphagia, pneumonia and otitis interna.
Chloé Saada, Manon Gonçalves‐Brandao, Hortensia Robert, Renaud Maillard, Laurent‐Xavier Nouvel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Elevated CO2 on Bean Pod Mottle Virus Infection in Both Incompatible and Compatible Interactions With Phaseolus vulgaris L

Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 49, Issue 7, Page 4493-4512, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Plant viruses cause significant crop losses, a situation that could worsen due to anthropogenic activities driving global climate change, one factor of which is the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration. This study assessed the impact of elevated CO2 concentration (eCO2, 1000 vs. 400 ppm) on two genotypes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris
Tiffanie Scandolera, Julie Lintz, Ariane Gratias, Ellea Aboud, Simon Rochoux, Maria V. Préjean, Gilles Chatel Innocenti, Marie Garmier, Gianluca Teano, Juan C. Alvarez‐Diaz, Graham Noctor, Valérie Geffroy, Stéphanie Pflieger   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source