BACKGROUND Since publication of the Duke criteria for diagnosing endocarditis, several articles have confirmed their sensitivity when native and prosthetic valves are considered together. OBJECTIVES To compare the differences between the older von Reyn criteria and the Duke criteria in prosthetic valve endocarditis only, and to determine if the latter's sensitivity could be improved by adding...

Recently, there has been increased interest in equine viral arteritis (EVA) among veterinarians and horse owners. Outbreaks of the disease were identified initially in New Mexico, USA in 2006, and in the Normandy region of France in the summer of 2007. Both occurrences were associated with AI of cool-shipped semen. Each was linked to respiratory illness, neonatal death, abortion, development of...

1 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 2 Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 3 Department of Society, Human Development & Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 4 Center for Community-Based Research, Dana Farber ...

Authors: Alan D. Dorval, Alexis M. Kuncel, Merrill J. Birdno, Dennis A. Turner and Warren M. Grill 4 Affiliations: 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham NC 5 2. Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 6 3. Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 7 4. Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City...