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Delusional parasitosis: an entomological perspective after a 20-years-experience in two public medical and veterinary entomology laboratories
Acta Trop. 2022 Jul 21:106614. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106614. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDelusional parasitosis (DP) is psychiatric disorder characterized by the unshakeable belief of being infested by endo- or ectoparasites, without any evidence of infestations. Hence, DP sufferers often consult medical entomologists or dermatologists, rather than seeking help from a mental health practitioner. Here we present 39 cases of suspected DP occurred in twenty years in two Italian public medical entomology laboratories, to highlight their common features and peculiarities, based on the interviews and material brought...
Source: Acta Tropica - July 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Federico Romiti Adele Magliano Irene Del Lesto Lorena Filugelli Fabrizio Montarsi Sara Carlin Claudio De Liberato Source Type: research

Forensic entomology application in China: Four case reports
We present four cases that use entomological data to estimate postmortem interval (PMI). In the first case, the body was found in an outdoor environment at 26 °C and was at the fresh stage. However, the PMImin estimated using maggots collected from the corpse was more than 68 h. This was certainly an incorrect estimation because the degree of the body decomposition was light, and it may have been caused by flies invading the corpse before death occurred. In the second case, a corpse of an adult male was found in a semi-closed room, and the body was highly decomposed and mummified. In this case, we used Dermestes macul...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - March 10, 2019 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Forensic entomology application in China:Four case reports
We present four cases that use entomological data to estimate postmortem interval (PMI). In the first case, the body was found in an outdoor environment at 26 °C and was at the fresh stage. However, the PMImin estimated using maggots collected from the corpse was more than 68 h. This was certainly an incorrect estimation because the degree of the body decomposition was light, and it may have been caused by flies invading the corpse before death occurred. In the second case, a corpse of an adult male was found in a semi-closed room, and the body was highly decomposed and mummified. In this case, we used Dermestes maculatus...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - March 6, 2019 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Charles William Lacaillade. Biologist, Parasitologist, Educator, and Mentor
AbstractCharles William Lacaillade (1904 –1978) was an eminent biologist in the middle decades of the twentieth century. He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts of parents whose ancestors were French Canadians. His father, also named Charles William Lacaillade, was a dentist who graduated from Tufts University School of Dentistry in 1898. His mother, Elodia Eno, came from a family of very successful businessmen. Lacaillade was the third of six children. His two older brothers, Harold Carleton and Hector Eno, both graduated from the University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, while his younger brother, Lawrence, became ...
Source: Journal of Community Health - January 21, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

Simulium maleewongae, a New Species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Thailand
Simulium (Gomphostilbia) maleewongae sp. nov. is described based on the adult males and females, their pupal exuviae, and larvae from Thailand. This new species is placed in the Simulium gombakense species-group of Simulium (Gomphostilbia). It is characterized by the female cibarium with a cup-like appendage, male ventral plate deeply depressed ventromedially, pupal gill composed of an inflated structure and eight slender filaments, cone-shaped pupal terminal hooks, and cocoon with an anterodorsal projection. Taxonomic notes are given to separate this new species from 10 other species of the same species-group known from C...
Source: Journal of Medical Entomology - January 11, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Takaoka, H., Srisuka, W., Saeung, A. Tags: Morphology, Systematics, Evolution Source Type: research

My Q and A With Roger Ekirch on the Way We Sleep, and How It's Changed Over the Centuries
Roger Ekirch is a professor of history at Virginia Tech and the author of At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. He is also a leading scholar on segmented sleep -- the idea that for much of history people slept into two separate chunks separated by a waking period, as opposed to a single span of sleep. In answer to my questions, he shared his insights on "normal" insomnia, how technological advances have changed the way we sleep, and why in many ways we're living in a golden age of sleep. 1) How was the waking time between the two sleeps spent? In myriad ways, from the spiritual to the profane, in addition to more mundane ta...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

This Is What Happens After You Die
(Photo: © Lightning + Kinglyface and Jess Bonham) Most of us would rather not think about what happens to our bodies after death. But that breakdown gives birth to new life in unexpected ways, writes Moheb Costandi.“It might take a little bit of force to break this up,” says mortician Holly Williams, lifting John’s arm and gently bending it at the fingers, elbow and wrist. “Usually, the fresher a body is, the easier it is for me to work on.”Williams speaks softly and has a happy-go-lucky demeanor that belies the nature of her work. Raised and now employed at a family-run funeral home in north Texas, she has s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news