Murine typhus is a flea-borne infectious disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi. It primarily affects humans and is often associated with acute febrile illness. While the disease ...

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Well, rats. A study of 16 cities shows that higher ambient temperatures and loss of green space are associated with increasing rodent complaints.

Scientists sorted through data from more than a dozen US and foreign cities to determine what is driving the increase in rat ...

The study was conducted in a cohort of 3,020 patients from three hospitals. SSIs are among the most prevalent healthcare-associated infections.(AP) A study by the Indian Council of Medical ...

Murine rodents (family Muridae), including rats and mice, thrive in diverse habitats, particularly human-modified environments such as solid waste sites (7, 8). Murine rodents are not only considered ...

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2012;12(7):731-754.

As shown in the Figure 1B, the presence of two red bands indicates a positive result for scrub typhus. The absence of a red band at the T line indicates a negative result. The C line, which serves as ...

Opioids are a class of drugs that “derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the opium poppy plant”, according to the website of the US-based Johns Hopkins Medicine. Some common opioids ...

Dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) or 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced murine models of colitis were performed to explore the role of AP on colitis. Transcriptome analyses and flow ...