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Tick Infestation of the Eyelid: Case Report and Literature Review

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Tick infestation is rarely seen in ophthalmological practice. We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who presented with edema and erythema of her right upper eyelid. Biomicroscopic examination revealed a tick firmly attached to the eyelid margin.
Jorge Moreira, Tiago Maio, Filipa Sampaio   +2 more
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Case of ehrlichiosis induced Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a 71 year-old female

IDCases, 2021
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that causes an ascending paralysis and flaccid weakness. Tick paralysis is a mimic of GBS as symptoms include generalized weakness and paralysis.
Joseph R. Malhis, Aysam Mahmoud, Alex Belote, Andrew Ebers   +3 more
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Honeybee Colony Vibrational Measurements to Highlight the Brood Cycle [PDF]

, 2015
Insect pollination is of great importance to crop production worldwide and honey bees are amongst its chief facilitators. Because of the decline of managed colonies, the use of sensor technology is growing in popularity and it is of interest to develop ...
A Imdorf, A Zacepins, A-M Klein, C Mayack, D Sammataro, David Whittaker, Didier Crauser, E Forsgren, E Genersch, EC Mussen, F Marletto, H Human, J Louveaux, JD Ellis, JK Kaplan, JN Tasei, JR Harbo, JY Wu, KA Aronstein, KS Delaplane, M Bencsik, Maritza Reyes, Martin Bencsik, Maryline Pioz, Michael I. Newton, MS Engel, N Gallai, Noa Simon Delso, P Rosenkranz, RM Jarvis, SD Leonhardt, SG Potts, Stephen C. Pratt, U Grzeda, W Zhu, WG Meikle, Yves Le Conte   +36 more
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Description of human infestations by ticks in Panama and Costa Rica

Microbes, Infection and Chemotherapy, 2021
Tick bites in humans are associated with the transmission of pathogens, anaphylactic shock, paralysis, and secondary infections. In this work we described six cases of tick bites in patients from Panama and Costa Rica.
Sergio Bermúdez, Vicente Greco-Mastelari, Yamitzel Zaldívar, Michelle Hernández, Lillian Domínguez A., Victor M. Montenegro H., José M. Venzal   +6 more
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Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]

, 2016
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Collaborative Cross Consortium, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Helen M. Lazear, Michael S. Diamond, T. C. Pierson   +9 more
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‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

Unusual paralytic response to Amblyomma maculatum nymphal bite in alpha-gal knockout mice

Frontiers in Arachnid Science
The Gulf-Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum) is an emerging species whose geographic range is expanding in the United States. Although tick bite-induced paralysis is uncommon, Am. maculatum has been implicated in cases affecting vertebrate hosts.
Olaoluwa Oyediran, Shahid Karim
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A contribution to a knowledge of Canadian ticks [PDF]

, 2008
During recent years our knowledge of the biology and distribution of the ticks has greatly increased owing to the discovery of the economic importance of this group as carriers of certain serious diseases to man and domesticated animals. In North America
Hewitt, Charles Gordon
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Dynamic Immune Cell Composition, Phenotypes, and Signaling in an Engineered Metastatic Niche

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In breast cancer patients, metastasis is the stage of disease where prognosis significantly worsens. However, the timing at which metastasis initiates and the location of metastatic lesions in an organ are stochastic, limiting the timely identification of disease and the administration of treatments.
Rebecca S. Pereles, Jyotirmoy Roy, Michael D. Brooks, Max S. Wicha, Jacqueline S. Jeruss, Lonnie D. Shea, Sophia M. Orbach   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The sequence expression and immunological characterisation of the HT-1 neurotoxin from the Australian paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus [PDF]

, 1999
University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Science.The paralysis tick of Australia, Ixodes holocyclus, causes a severe toxicosis in domestic animals such as dogs and cats, livestock, and in some cases humans.
Masina, Slavica
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