Purpose: To report a case of dengue maculopathy, which resolved spontaneously without treatment.Methods: A 25-year-old female patient with good past health was Tissues admitted to a general hospital in Hong Kong with fever of unknown origin after traveling to Indonesia.Based on the clinical features and a positive real-time polymerase chain reactio
Abstract Background Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) are an emerging problem in health care settings.The purpose of the investigation was to assess the extent of the outbreak including environmental contamination and to limit further transmission.Methods We used retrospective patient and laboratory data including pulse field gel electrophores
While global food trade has allowed countries to buffer against domestic food production shortfalls and gain access to larger markets, engaging in trade has also opened economies up to shocks and increased extraction of food resources.With this research, we analyze how the global grain network influences country-level nourishment, while controlling
In the present study the genetic variability of European sardine from Adriatic and Ionian seas was investigated in order to detect the occurrence of genetic structure within and between these basins.In several samples the analysis of genetic variability at eight microsatellite loci showed a number of homozygote individuals higher than Melting Spray
For homeostasis, lingual taste papilla organs require regulation of epithelial cell survival and renewal, with sustained innervation and stromal interactions.To investigate a role for Hedgehog/GLI signaling in adult taste organs we used a panel of conditional mouse models to manipulate GLI activity within epithelial cells of the fungiform and circu