Pediatric scrub typhus complicated by meningitis

Scrub typhus is caused by the intracellular pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted to humans by infected chigger mites.The disease causes a febrile illness accompanied by Corers regional or generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, as well as nonspecific manifestations.Scrub typhus is an important cause of febrile dise

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Isolation of antibacterial response genes from the dung beetle Copris tripartitus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) immunized with Escherichia coli

Dot blot hybridization of total RNA from normal and bacteria-injected larvae of the dung beetle NAILCARE Copris tripartitus identified 13 cDNA clones that seem to be associated with the immune response.A cDNA encoding a dung beetle homolog of the heat shock protein HSP70 (CTHSP70) was characterized by full-length sequencing and expression pattern a

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