Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Ehrlichiosis by Yasmin Tavares, Samantha M. Wisely

“… Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial disease that is transmitted to humans and animals from ticks. In most cases, symptoms are mild, but sometimes if antibiotic treatment is delayed, it can cause severe illness and even death. …”
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Edwardsiella tarda Bacteremia. A Rare but Fatal Water- and Foodborne Infection: Review of the Literature and Clinical Cases from a Single Centre by Yuji Hirai, Sayaka Asahata-Tago, Yusuke Ainoda, Takahiro Fujita, Ken Kikuchi

“…BACKGROUND: Edwardsiella tarda bacteremia (ETB) can be a fatal disease in humans.…”
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DESCARTES AND THE NEW HORIZONT OF PHILOSOPHY by Romanas Plečkaitis

“… Descartes’ homo cogitans manifested a new understanding of human value. It meant the scientific personality that suggested that science was the highest value, the universal mean of acting and explanation. …”
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Genotoxic consequences of viral infections by Olga Szewczyk-Roszczenko, Piotr Roszczenko, Yegor Vassetzky, Nikolajs Sjakste

“…Abstract Viral diseases continually threaten human health as evolving pathogens introduce new risks. …”
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L’inframonde au zénith by Jacques Galinier

“…The Otomi of Mexico have a differentiated way of inscribing into the field of the nychthemeron the specific status of material objects and each human being’s particular ontology. Household artefacts that are static during the day undergo metamorphoses at night, and are attributed an agency similar to that of humans, who can in turn adopt the status of objects or predatory animals during this sequence. …”
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Rabies by Samantha M. Wisely, Holly K. Ober

“… Rabies is a virus carried by mammals. It kills infected humans and animals if they are not treated shortly after exposure. …”
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Chrysosporium: A rare cause of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis by Juhi Shrivastava, Kinal Shah, Navin Shah

“…Infections caused by Chrysosporium species are very rare and are very rarely been reported to cause sinusitis in humans. Usually, human chrysosporial infections are mild and unmarked by symptoms. …”
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ECOLOGICALLY ORIENTED MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY by I. Gvozdkova

“…The examples of mathematical models of food quality evaluation, minimizing its harmful effects on humans and optimization of bioenergy based on the energy use of forests are presented. …”
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Rabies by Samantha M. Wisely, Holly K. Ober

“… Rabies is a virus carried by mammals. It kills infected humans and animals if they are not treated shortly after exposure. …”
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Adaptive Buenos Aires. Architecture between diversity and demand of modernity by Francesco Casalbordino

“…In the 21st century, the processes linked to globalization bring significant changes to the way humans inhabit places influencing architectural design. …”
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Western Leaffooted Bug Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae) by Amelio A. Chi, Russell F. Mizell

“…It transmits a trypanosomatid plant pathogen similar to the one that causes Chagas’ disease and sleeping sickness in humans, but that is only pathogenic to plants. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Amelio A. …”
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Models for an arenavirus infection in a rodent population: consequences of horizontal, vertical and sexual transmission by Chandrani Banerjee, Linda J. S. Allen, Jorge Salazar-Bravo

“…Arenaviruses are associated with rodent-transmitted diseases in humans. Five arenaviruses are known to cause human illness: Lassa virus, Junin virus, Machupo virus, Guanarito virus and Sabia virus. …”
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Role of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Spinal Fusion Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Daudi R. Manini, Frank D. Shega, ChaoFeng Guo, YuXiang Wang

“…But the use of PRP to augment bone fusion after spinal surgery in humans is still controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis to determine the role of PRP in enhancing spinal fusion by fastening the rate of new bone formation and decreasing pain after spinal surgery in humans. …”
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Stem Cell Tracking Technologies for Neurological Regenerative Medicine Purposes by Yongtao Zheng, Jiongwei Huang, Tongming Zhu, Ronggang Li, Zhifu Wang, Fukai Ma, Jianhong Zhu

“…Recently, a larger number of cell tracking methods in vivo were developed and applied in animals and humans, including magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine imaging, and optical imaging. …”
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SEROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ANTIMOCROBIAL RESISTANCE OF SALMONELLA ISOLATES, RECOVERED FROM ANIMAL RAW MATERIAL by S. Ye. Shmaykhel, N. B. Shadrova, Ye. S. Yerofeyeva, S. I. Danilchenko

“…Resistant strains persistent in animals can be transmitted to humans through the food chain. The paper presents results of studies of morphological, biochemical, serological properties of Salmonella bacteria recovered from animal raw material: beef, pork, poultry meat, tallow, off al derived from broiler chickens and pig slaughter products. …”
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Nontuberculous mycobacterium occurrence in biological material and environmental samples covered by epidemiological surveillance in the Republic of Dagestan by M. O. Baratov

“…From 405 sputum samples from tuberculosis-affected humans, 64 (15.8%) cultures were isolated, of which 55 (85.9%) were classified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 9 (14.1%) – as Mycobacterium bovis. …”
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Cola beverage reduces risk of lead poisoning from accidental ingestion of contaminated soil particles in rat and swine models by Xiaoyun Xu, Quan Qian, Yao Shi, Wenfeng Huang, Chengpeng Yuan, Lena Q. Ma, Willie G. Harris, Jiayin Dai, Deyi Hou, Xinde Cao

“…However, the applicability of this approach in humans remains uncertain in the absence of population-based studies. …”
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Modeling Ebola Virus Disease transmissions with reservoir in a complex virus life ecology by Tsanou Berge, Samuel Bowong, Jean Lubuma, Martin Luther Mann Manyombe

“…Global sensitivity analysis shows that the effective contact rate between humans and fruit bats and the mortality rate for bats are the most influential parameters on the latent and infected human individuals. …”
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Induced and Evoked Properties of Vibrotactile Adaptation in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex by Nicolaas A. J. Puts, Richard A. E. Edden, Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, Krish D. Singh, David J. McGonigle

“…While several models have been proposed that link adaptation to single-neuron dynamics, including GABAergic inhibition, the process is currently imperfectly understood at the whole-brain level in humans. Here, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to examine the neurophysiological correlates of adaptation within SI in humans. …”
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Occurrence and Determination of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates in Fish and Vegetables as Indicator Organism of Faecal Contamination in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Francis Mwanza, Erick Vitus Gabriel Komba, Dominic Mukama Kambarage

“…Escherichia coli such as E. coli O157:H7, a non-sorbitol-fermenting (NSF) E. coli, is an essential human pathogen among other common zoonotic pathogens carried by animals especially cattle. …”
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