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Case 326
Radiology. 2024 Feb;310(2):e230628. doi: 10.1148/radiol.230628.ABSTRACTA 15-year-old boy presented with a 3-week history of inner left thigh pain provoked by activity and experienced occasionally at rest. He denied nighttime pain, fever, or chills. Laboratory investigation revealed the following normal values: hemoglobin level of 15.6 g/dL (normal range, 13-16 g/dL), platelet count of 240 × 103/µL (normal range, 140-440 × 103/µL), and total leukocyte count of 7100 cells/µL (normal range, 4500-11 000 cells/µL). The percentage of neutrophils was considered low at 44% (normal range, 54%-62%), and the percentage of eosin...
Source: Pain Physician - February 27, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Jade Iwasaka-Neder M Alejandra Bedoya Andy Tsai Sarah D Bixby Source Type: research

Delayed Diagnosis of Locally Acquired Lyme Disease, Central North Carolina, USA
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Mar;30(3):564-567. doi: 10.3201/eid3003.231302.ABSTRACTHealthcare providers in North Carolina, USA, have limited experience diagnosing and managing Lyme disease because few cases occur annually statewide. We outline the prolonged diagnostic course for a patient with locally acquired Lyme disease in North Carolina. This case highlights the need for greater awareness and professional education.PMID:38407256 | DOI:10.3201/eid3003.231302 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - February 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ross M Boyce Peyton Pretsch Kay Tyrlik Abigail Schulz Dana A Giandomenico Alexis M Barbarin Carl Williams Source Type: research

IxPopDyMod: an R package to write, run, and analyze tick population and infection dynamics models
Given the increasing prevalence of tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, modeling the population and infection dynamics of tick vectors is an important public health tool. These models have applications f... (Source: Parasites and Vectors)
Source: Parasites and Vectors - February 26, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Myles Stokowski and David Allen Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research

Seroprevalence of Infection by Borrelia Species Responsible for Lyme Disease in the French Alps: Analysis of 27,360 Serology Tests, 2015 –2020
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Ahead of Print. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - February 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kevin Stadelmann Emmanuel Forestier Guillaume Richalet Virgile Monnet Olivier Epaulard Source Type: research

Parasites and microorganisms associated with the snakes collected for the “ < i > festa Dei serpari < /i > ” in Cocullo, Italy
by Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Livia Perles, Ernesto Filippi, Nicole Szafranski, Gianpaolo Montinaro, Mariaelisa Carbonara, Riccardo Scalera, Pedro Paulo de Abreu Teles, Julia Walochnik, Domenico Otranto While in much of the Western world snakes are feared, in the small, rural, mountainous town of Cocullo, in the middle of central Italy, snakes are annually collected and celebrated in a sacro-profane ritual. Every 1st of May,Serpari (snake catchers) capture and showcase dozens of non-venomous snakes to celebrate the ritual ofSan Domenico. In order to detect potential zoonotic pathogens within this unique epidemiological...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - February 21, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan Source Type: research

T Lymphocyte Interferon-gamma Response to Anaplasmataceae-related Major Surface Proteins and Ankyrin A in Fibromyalgia
CONCLUSION: Anaplasmataceae may play an aetiological role in fibromyalgia.PMID:38375844 | DOI:10.2174/0118715273274091231207101522 (Source: CNS and Neurological Disorders Drug Targets)
Source: CNS and Neurological Disorders Drug Targets - February 20, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Basant K Puri Rosemarie Preyer Gary S Lee Armin Schwarzbach Source Type: research