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A genealogy of fish women and other imagined identities: “The mechanics of fluids” in Larissa Lai's Salt Fish Girl

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Fluidity invigorates a utopian home in Chinese Canadian author Larissa Lai's Salt Fish Girl (2002). In the novel, the fishlike lesbian couple cyclically returns to their aquatic habitat between mortal reincarnations: from last‐century colonial South China to near‐future bio‐capitalistic Canada, where they recurrently experience displacement ...
Qianyi Ma
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Tick-Borne Diseases and Pregnancy: A Narrative Review Evaluating Pregnancy Complications Caused by Tick-Borne Diseases

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Ticks are vectors of public health concern because the pathogens they transmit can cause detrimental diseases in humans. Lyme disease, tick-borne relapsing fever, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick-borne encephalitis ...
Michael W. Curtis, Job E. Lopez
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Living in the Mycelial World

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
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Adult Onset Still's Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Case Reports in Medicine, 2010
Adult Still's Disease was first described in 1971 by Bywaters in fourteen adult female patients who presented with symptoms indistinguishable from that of classic childhood Still's Disease (Bywaters, 1971).
Paul Persad, Rajendrakumar Patel, Niki Patel   +2 more
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Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasmataceae in Ticks From Domestic Animals in Northern Colombia

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Tick‐borne diseases have a significant impact on public and animal health and represent a considerable financial burden on livestock farming. However, in many regions of Latin America, comprehensive epidemiological data, including species identification, geographical distribution and molecular profiling of ticks and their ...
Maria Badillo‐Viloria, Salim Mattar, Susana Remesar, Steffania de la Rosa‐Jaramillo, Ignacio García‐Bocanegra, Jorge Miranda, Aránzazu Portillo, Cristina Cervera‐Acedo, José Antonio Oteo, David Cano‐Terriza   +9 more
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Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Like Illness, Northern California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The incidence of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses in the United States has tripled since 2010. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the most severe SFG rickettsiosis, is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii.
Will S. Probert, Monica P. Haw, Aran C. Nichol, Carol A. Glaser, Sarah Y. Park, Laura E. Campbell, Kavita K. Trivedi, Hannah Romo, Megan E.M. Saunders, Anne M. Kjemtrup, Kerry A. Padgett, Jill K. Hacker   +11 more
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The Immunology of Alpha‐Gal Syndrome: History, Tick Bites, IgE, and Delayed Anaphylaxis to Mammalian Meat

Immunological Reviews, Volume 332, Issue 1, July 2025.
ABSTRACT The primary features of the alpha‐gal syndrome (AGS) are (i) The IgE ab that are causally related to anaphylaxis with infusions of Cetuximab are specific for galactose alpha‐1,3‐galactose. (ii) In the USA, this IgE ab is induced by bites of the tick Amblyomma americanum. (iii) The anaphylactic reactions to food derived from non‐primate mammals
Thomas A. E. Platts‐Mills, Roopesh Singh Gangwar, Lisa Workman, Jeffrey M. Wilson   +3 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Associated Myocarditis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
A previously healthy 23-year-old enlisted man presented for 2 days of fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, cough, and disseminated rash involving the palms and soles.
Camily Morales Lopez, Eric C. Zuberi, Michael A. Acevedo Monsanto, Libardo Rueda Prada, Melissa P. Cortes   +4 more
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Q Fever with Unusual Exposure History: A Classic Presentation of a Commonly Misdiagnosed Disease

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2012
We describe the case of a man presumptively diagnosed and treated for Rocky Mountain spotted fever following exposure to multiple ticks while riding horses.
Randall J. Nett, Earl Book, Alicia D. Anderson   +2 more
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