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GI helminth and lice are highly prevalent in indigenous semi‐scavenging chickens. Seven species of helminths were detected, and Raillietina was predominant. Three species of lice were identified and Menopon gallinae was most abundant. Co‐infection was observed in helminth infections and lice infestation.
Kausar‐A‐Noor +5 more
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Parasites and pests of medical significance in the Maltese environment : a historical review of culprit species [PDF]
Parasites or pests with medical significance known to have affected or are affecting the Maltese community are listed. These include several protozoan helminth and arthropod parasite species.
Savona-Ventura, Charles
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Louse-borne relapsing fever—a systematic review and analysis of the literature: part 2— mortality, Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction, impact on pregnancy [PDF]
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is a classical epidemic disease, which in the past was associated with war, famine, poverty, forced migration, and crowding under poor hygienic conditions around the world.
Kahlig, Pascal +2 more
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New technology is changing how we monitor and control the evolution of pathogens. AI cannot predict the future but it can help us by looking at how laboratory accidents cause pathogen outbreaks. We also discuss potential epidemic origins based on unusual organisms or associations of organisms that have rarely been highlighted or studied.
Antoine Danchin
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Arthropods of Medical Importance in Ohio [PDF]
Author Institution: Sanitarian, Licking and Knox Counties ...
Masters, Charles Otto
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«Air, sun, water»: Ideology and activities of OZE (Society for the preservation of the health of the Jewish population) during the interwar period [PDF]
This paper follows the social and political history of OZE, the Society for the Preservation of the Health of the Jewish Population, in the interwar period. We focus on two campaigns against typhus and favus, the first two disease oriented efforts by OZE,
Davidovitch, Nadav, Zalashik, Rakefet
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Abstract This article analyzes Tolstoy’s narrative on the Moscow poor in What Should We Do Then? in the context of the tradition of slum literature in late nineteenth‐century Russia. It focuses on the interplay between the human body and the environment in a literary tradition that is heavily influenced by the biomedical discourse of degeneration.
Riccardo Nicolosi
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Cows, Communities, and Religious Responses to the 1865–66 British Rinderpest Outbreak*
The devastating outbreak of rinderpest in the British Isles in 1865–66 — the so‐called “cattle plague” — was a significant event in Victorian Britain, one that did much to shape British agriculture, animal disease control, and veterinary medicine. This article argues that the cattle plague also had long‐term significance for the relationship between ...
Joseph Hardwick
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Rickettsioses in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal [PDF]
Data on genus and infectious by Rickettsia were retrospectively compiled from the critical review literature regarding all countries in Latin America, Caribbean islands, Portugal and Spain.
Abarca, Katia +10 more
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Famines in medieval and early modern Europe—Connecting climate and society
Schematic model of the interaction of key environmental and societal factors determining famine risks. We summarize the impact order between climatic shocks, famine resilience and vulnerability, famine mitigation, and short‐term and long‐term effects and impacts of famines on society.
Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist +2 more
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