Occurrence of Machilis variabilis in Maine

Atlantic Salmon in Maine

History of surgery in Maine.

T he history of surgery, especially in New England, has been and continues to be inexorably linked to medical schools and teaching hospitals. There has not been a medical school in Maine for more than 80 years. Bowdoin Medical School, Brunswick, Me, founded in 1820, was the ninth in the United States. It foundered in 1920 on the shoals of the Carnegie-financed The Flexner Report. During its cen...

Apophysomyces variabilis Infections in Humans

Clinical and epidemiological characterization of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases in northeastern Brazil. To the Editor: The fungus Apo-physomyces elegans (order Mucorales) is a thermotolerant species that causes severe infections among humans. In contrast to other fungi that cause zy-gomycosis, which have a worldwide distribution and are rarely found in immunocompetent hosts, A. elegans has been...

The occurrence of SSPE in Iran

Influences on domestic well water testing behavior in a Central Maine area with frequent groundwater arsenic occurrence.

In 2001 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a new standard for arsenic (As) in drinking water of 10 μg/L, replacing the old standard of 50 μg/L. However, for the 12% of the U.S. population relying on unregulated domestic well water, including half of the population of Maine, it is solely the well owner's responsibility to test and treat the water. A mailed household survey was imp...