Orbicular Gabbro-Diorite from Davie County, North Carolina

Lessons from North Carolina.

Bacterial pathogens in ixodid ticks from a Piedmont County in North Carolina: prevalence of rickettsial organisms.

In North Carolina, reported human cases of tick-borne illness, specifically Rocky Mountain spotted fever, have escalated over the past decade. To determine the relative abundance of vectors and to estimate the risk of acquiring a tick-borne illness in peri-residential landscapes, ticks were collected in Chatham County, a typical Piedmont county and, samples of the ticks were tested for infectio...

Neighborhood-Level Characteristics as Predictors of Preterm Birth: Examples from Wake County, North Carolina

SCHS Studies NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES A Special Report Series by the State Center for Health Statistics 1908 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1908 www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/ North Carolina Public Health Objectives: This study uses recent North Carolina data to demonstrate that multiple factors influence preterm birth risk, and particularly to show the effec...

North Carolina State College,

North Carolina medical legacy.

126 NCMJ vol. 76, no. 2 ncmedicaljournal.com To the Editor—The house pictured on the cover of the January 2015 issue of the NCMJ has a legacy in North Carolina medicine. It is the Caldwell home in Cataloochee, North Carolina. Cataloochee Valley was settled in 1814, with the first family being the Caldwells. The house was constructed in 1903–1906 by my great-great-uncle, Hiram Caldwell. His neph...