Non-indigenous Frogs in Singapore

Human Rhinovirus Group C in Hospitalized Children, Singapore

1318 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 15, No. 8, August 2009 Province enjoy eating frog meat, particularly from wild frogs, many frogs have been sold in the market, including a substantial number of wild frogs. The results of our survey show that infection of wild frogs with spargana reached 27.3% in western Guangdong Province; hence, consumption of wild frogs (and use as p...

Seasonality of Freeze Tolerance in a Subarctic Population of the Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica

We compared physiological characteristics and responses to experimental freezing and thawing in winter and spring samples of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, indigenous to Interior Alaska, USA. Whereas winter frogs can survive freezing at temperatures at least as low as −16C, the lower limit of tolerance for spring frogs was between −2.5C and −5C. Spring frogs had comparatively low levels of the ...

Non-Fatal Amlodipine and Insulin Overdose in an Elderly Person

Eating frogs to extinction.

IAN G. WARKENTIN,∗ DAVID BICKFORD,† NAVJOT S. SODHI,†‡ AND COREY J. A. BRADSHAW§∗∗ ∗Environmental Science—Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador A2H 6P9, Canada, email [email protected] †Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore ‡Department of Organismic and E...

Epidemiology and Control of Legionellosis, Singapore

To determine trends and clinical and epidemiologic features of legionellosis in Singapore, we studied cases reported during 2000-2009. During this period, 238 indigenous and 33 imported cases of legionellosis were reported. Cases were reported individually and sporadically throughout each year. Although the annual incidence of indigenous cases had decreased from 0.46 cases per 100,000 populatio...