As part of a metazoan parasite survey of elasmobranchs from Malaysian Borneo, specimens of Rhoptrobothrium Shipley et Hornell, 1906 were collected from the eagle rays Aetomylaeus maculatus (Gray) and Aetomylaeus niehofii (Bloch et Schneider). The type species is redescribed from its type host, and a neotype specimen is designated. In addition, three new species of Rhoptrobothrium are described:...

The rabbit has been commonly used for experimental syphilis since Bertarelli (1906) first inoculated this species with Treponema pallidum. Three years earlier, Metchnikoff and Roux (1906) had succeeded in making the monkey the first animal successfully inoculated with the disease. However, but for isolated and notable exceptions (Neisser, 1906, 1908; Turner and Hollander, 1957), few subsequent ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to formally investigate the onset of the Seascale cluster of childhood and young person's cancer. This has not previously been attempted. METHODS A mortality study within the Whitehaven registration district was set up and death records were abstracted for 1906-1970. They were categorized as death from leukaemias, lymphomas, other cancers and all oth...

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The species diversity of Pyrrhocoridae is cataloged in this paper. Seven species (from three genera: Aderrhis Bergroth 1906, Pyrrhocoris Fallén 1814, Scantius Stål 1866) are given as the fauna of Iran.