NEW MITE SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN PLANT SPECIES FROM GUAM

New mite species associated with certain plant species from Guam

Several new mite species have been reported from certain plants from Guam.Most remarkably, the spider mite, Tetranychus marianae (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) and A Resilience Engineering Approach for the Risk Assessment of IT Services the predatory mite Phytoseius horridus (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) (Solanum melongena) have been found on eggplant

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Splenic abscess: a rare presentation

Splenic abscess is a rare clinical entity with an incidence of 0.2-0.7% in autopsy-based studies.When untreated, splenic abscess is associated with nearly 100% mortality; in treated patients, the mortality rate is 16.6% during the first 90 days.It mostly occurs in patients with neoplasia, immunodeficiency, trauma, diabetes or splenic infarct.The in

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Utility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR in ruling out active disease and impact on isolation requirements in a low prevalence setting

Objective: To analyze and interpret clinical microbiology data for specimens tested with the fluorochrome stain (AFB stain), mycobacterial culture and a laboratory-developed Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) PCR in order to understand the performance of each test and to demonstrate the utility of MTB PCR to assist with decisions regarding discontinu

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Pathological investigation and molecular detection of bacterial zoonotic diseases of slaughtered cattle in Bangladesh

The research was undertaken to investigate the important bacterial zoonotic diseases in slaughtered cattle in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh.The targeted diseases were tuberculosis (TB), leptospirosis, listeriosis, and brucellosis.Samples (mesenteric lymph nodes, lungs, and liver) were collected from 50 slaughtered cattle from different slaughte

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