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In the Army, Robbins served as Chief of the Virus and Rickettsial Disease Section of the Fifteenth Medical General Laboratory where he focused on research into the composition of infectious hepatitis, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A rapid antigen-based assay has been developed to detect tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses (SFRs) before symptoms appear. The test uses an enzyme marker ...

Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and typically have eight legs, with colors ranging from brown to reddish-brown and ...

Familial HLH is a success story in modern medicine. Initially a disease that was largely unknown and fatal, it is now understood on a molecular level and is curable. Moreover, HLH is an archetype ...

In many parts of the world rabies is still a considerable public health risk. Although dogs are the most important sources and transmitters of infection, in some places wildlife is a greater problem.

Modern virological techniques are providing valuable information about the rabies virus and its behaviour in infected nerve tissue.

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