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Tick paralysis cases in Argentina
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012 Tick paralysis (TP) occurs worldwide and is caused by a neurotoxin secreted by engorged female ticks that affects the peripheral and central nervous system.
Carlos Remondegui
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Conjunctival Attachment of a Live Paralysis Tick, Ixodes holocyclus, in a Child: A Case Report
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2015 We describe a rare clinical finding of conjunctival tick attachment in a child. A 10-year-old boy presented to the clinic with right-eye itch. He was found to have a live tick firmly attached to his right temporal conjunctiva.
Joanne M.Y. Teong +4 more
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Transcriptome analysis of the synganglion from the honey bee mite, Varroa destructor and RNAi knockdown of neural peptide targets [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements This work was funded by BBSRC-LINK grant # BB/J01009X/1 and Vita Europe Ltd. We are grateful to the Scottish Beekeepers Association, especially Mr Phil McAnespie in supporting this work at its inception.
Bowman, Alan S. +3 more
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Antibodies to Enteroviruses in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Acute Flaccid Myelitis. [PDF]
, 2019 Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) has caused motor paralysis in >560 children in the United States since 2014. The temporal association of enterovirus (EV) outbreaks with increases in AFM cases and reports of fever, respiratory, or gastrointestinal illness
Briese, Thomas +19 more
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Acute flaccid paralysis in a neonate: tick bite a differential?
Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2021 Tick paralysis is an uncommon, noninfectious, neurologic syndrome characterized by acute ataxia and ascending paralysis mostly seen in children. Early recognition and prompt management with tick removal helps in complete recovery. If untreated, ascending
V. James, Jincy Rajan, S. Rajan
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Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Infestation of cats with the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus continues to be a threat because of the paralysis that can result from attachment of just a single tick.
Petr Fisara, Frank Guerino, Fangshi Sun
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Differentiation enhances Zika virus infection of neuronal brain cells. [PDF]
, 2018 Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging, mosquito-borne pathogen associated with a widespread 2015-2016 epidemic in the Western Hemisphere and a proven cause of microcephaly and other fetal brain defects in infants born to infected mothers. ZIKV infections have
Bouquet, Jerome +6 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background The Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, causes tick paralysis in dogs and cats in the eastern coastal regions of Australia. Prevention is the best option to protect dogs against this potentially fatal disease and sarolaner provides ...
Raj Packianathan +4 more
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Architectural and biochemical adaptations in skeletal muscle and bone following rotator cuff injury in a rat model [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Injury to the rotator cuff can cause irreversible changes to the structure and function of the associated muscles and bones. The temporal progression and pathomechanisms associated with these adaptations are unclear. The purpose of this study
Choi, Anthony J. +9 more
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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 +2 more
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