First Report of Fomitiporia punctata Infecting Kiwifruit

First Report of Ranavirus Infecting Lungless Salamanders

First Report of Marginal Scorch Infecting Indigowoad Root in China

During 2015, marginal scorch symptoms were detected in the production base of indigowoad rootin Hubei, China. On the basis of morphological features and 18S rDNA sequences, the pathogen was identified as Cladosporium sp. Koch’s postulates were fulfilled by pathogenicity tests on potted indigowoad root seedlings. To our knowledge, this report is the first of marginal scorch on indigowoad root ca...

First report of an endoparasitic epicaridean isopod infecting cephalopods.

This is the first report of an epicaridean isopod infecting cephalopods. Three cryptoniscus larvae (Isopoda, Epicaridea) were recognized externally and found entirely embedded in the oral bulb at the beginning of the esophagus of two female Patagonian squid (Loligo gahi) sampled in North Peruvian and South Chilean waters, respectively. There was an extremely low prevalence (< 2%) and mean inten...

[Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata - case report].

OBJECTIVE To report a case of rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata and present a brief literature review. DESCRIPTION The authors report the case of a 52-day-old child presenting the main findings of the syndrome: rhizomelic micromelia, characteristic facies, suction difficulty and anthropometric measures below the expected indexes for his age. Skeletal radiographies showed humeri and femora ...

Chondrodysplasia punctata: case report with dental findings.