The geographical distribution and ecological preferences of Haemaphysalis in domestic animals in Iran were studied 4 times a year from April 2003 to March 2005. A total of 1,622 ixodid tick specimens were collected from 3 different zones. Among them, 108 (6.7%) Haemaphysalis ticks, consisting of 6 species, were identified; H. punctata (3.4%), H. parva (0.5%), H. sulcata (0.6%), H. choldokovskyi...

Lyme disease (LD), caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted in the eastern United States by blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, is classified as nonendemic in Tennessee and surrounding states in the Southeast. Low incidence of LD in these states has been attributed, in part, to vector ticks being scarce or absent; however, tick survey data for many counties are incompl...

A study was undertaken to investigate knowledge, attitudes and practices about sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis) among communities living in and around Serengeti National Park (SENAPA). Structured questionnaires were administered to a total of 1490 consenting participants. Of the respondents, 924 (62%) knew sleeping sickness, and 807 (87.3%) knew the right place to seek healthca...

ABSTRACT The timely and accurate detection of pathogens is a critical aid in the study of the epidemiology and biology of plant diseases. In the case of regulated organisms, the availability of a sensitive and reliable assay is essential when trying to achieve early detection of the pathogen. We developed and tested a real-time, nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of ...

latiusculum); its structure was elucidated in 1987. The same substance and several analogues have been identified in other Pteridacae. Bracken fern is currently consumed by farm animals, and this causes a number of well-known syndromes in domestic animals. In large ruminants, chronic enzootic haematuria, the clinical expression of multiple neoplasia of the urinary bladder, occurs. The occurrenc...

BACKGROUND Schistosoma mansoni was observed and reported in Kuluva hospital Arua District in north western Uganda as early as 1902. S. mansoni is widely distributed in Uganda along permanent water bodies. OBJECTIVE To review the litreture on scistosomiasis in Uganda, since 1902. METHOD The core literature for this short review was searched from reports and publications by the British coloni...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of head louse infestations and the factors affecting the rate of infestation in primary school children in Sivas. METHODS A total of 342 children (249 girls and 93 boys) were examined with a louse comb for the presence of head lice. A questionnaire with 23 questions was distributed among the pupils and their parents. RESULTS The...

Abstract The Japanese beetle Popillia japonica is an invasive alien species recently introduced and established in Northern Italy. Adult beetles are very polyphagous feed on vines, fruit trees, forest crops, vegetables, ornamental wild plant species. Eggs usually laid by females moist grassland the summer, singly or small clusters. Larvae roots may be transported soil of plants for planting gro...

In the United States and Canada, most damaging pathogen of soybean, Glycine max, is soybean cyst nematode (SCN), Heterodera glycines. Plant health professionals working for universities state provincial departments agriculture in Canada are queried periodically about counties rural municipalities that newly known to be infested with SCN their states provinces. Such a census was conducted 2020, ...