Strongyloides-Infected Patients at Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia, 1997–1998

Charleston Area Medical Center scholarship/loan program for nurse anesthesia students.

456 Hereditary Angioedema: Report of Ten Mexican Patients at West National Medical Center in Guadalajara City

of the attacks. Safety was assessed in terms of adverse events. All participants gave written informed consent. Results: There were 21 acute attacks, 14 for icatibant and 7 for FFP. The median time to onset of symptoms relief was 27 and 45 minutes for icatibant and FFP respectively (P 1⁄4 0.106). The median time to complete resolution of all simptoms was 240 and 2880 minutes respectively for ic...

Correction: Self-Reported Household Impacts of Large-Scale Chemical Contamination of the Public Water Supply, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126744.].

Self-Reported Household Impacts of Large-Scale Chemical Contamination of the Public Water Supply, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

A January 2014 industrial accident contaminated the public water supply of approximately 300,000 homes in and near Charleston, West Virginia (USA) with low levels of a strongly-smelling substance consisting principally of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM). The ensuing state of emergency closed schools and businesses. Hundreds of people sought medical care for symptoms they related to the inci...

Sanitation and Parasitism at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

One focus of historical archaeology at Harpers Ferry Na­ tional Historical Park, West Virginia, is tracing the devel­ opment of sanitation at the town through the 1800s and 1900s. Historical documentation indicates that there was a degree of resistance to the modernization of village sanita­ tion. This study attempts to verify this resistance through examination of privy soils for parasites ind...