One thousand one hundred ninety‐eight adult Dermacentor variabilis (Say), a species of veterinary and human medical importance, were collected from companion animals in central and eastern Canada. Peaks in adult D. variabilis submissions occurred in May and June across the provinces. Most submissions of adult D.
Grace K. Nichol +4 more
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A human macrophage – hepatocyte co-culture model for comparative studies of infection and replication of Francisella tularensis LVS strain and subspecies holarctica and mediasiatica [PDF]
Detection of intracellular LPS in macrophage / hepatocyte co-cultures infected with LVS (open bars), spp. holarctica (grey filled bars) or spp. mediasiatica (black filled bars) and untreated control (hatched bars).
Alexander S. Mosig +5 more
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A century of assessment: A systematic review of biothreat risk assessments
Abstract Throughout the past century, assessments of the risks and benefits posed by high‐consequence biological agents have guided US decision‐making on weapons research, countermeasure development, and security policy. However, the dispersed nature of these biothreat risk assessments has presented various difficulties, such as duplicative effort ...
Claire Atkerson, Michael T Parker
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New Michigan Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) and Flea (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) Records From Colonial Nesting Birds [PDF]
Banding and censusing large numbers of gull chicks over a 30-year period on Great Lakes islands has produced a collection of five individual ticks from two Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) chicks.
Scharf, William C
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The Role of Foxes in Transmitting Zoonotic Bacteria to Humans: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases inflict substantial burdens on human and animal populations worldwide, and many of these infections are bacterial. An Australian study investigating environmental risk factors for Buruli ulcer in humans detected the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans , in the faeces of wild foxes, a novel finding that suggests foxes may ...
Emma C. Hobbs +6 more
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Endemic Tularemia, Sweden, 2003
Tularemia cases have been reported in Sweden since 1931, but no cyclical patterns can be identified. In 2003, the largest outbreak of tularemia since 1967 occurred, involving 698 cases.
Lara Payne +3 more
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Automated Detection of Systematic Off-label Drug Use in Free Text of Electronic Medical Records. [PDF]
Off-label use of a drug occurs when it is used in a manner that deviates from its FDA label. Studies estimate that 21% of prescriptions are off-label, with only 27% of those uses supported by evidence of safety and efficacy.
Jung, Kenneth +2 more
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ABSTRACT Objective To identify potential druggable targets for Alzheimer's disease (AD) by analyzing circulating inflammatory proteins using Mendelian randomization (MR). Methods Two‐sample MR analysis was employed to investigate the causal relationships between 91 circulating inflammatory proteins and AD. The primary MR method utilized was the inverse
Hongliang An, Jianhong Gu, Taiping Li
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A rare cause of abdominal lymphadenopathy--tularemia: report of two pediatric cases
Tularemia caused by Francisella tularensis occurs worldwide in the northern hemisphere, with great variation in geographic and temporal occurrence.
Belgin Gülhan +4 more
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First seroprevalence survey of children with tularemia infection in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran [PDF]
Background and Objectives: An increasing number of tularemia was reported in all over the world. This infection is characterized by different clinical syndromes that can be considered in differential diagnosis of infectious disease.
Ganji, Forouzan. +6 more
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