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 ...

These parasites thrive in warm, moist areas of the body.While most tick bites are harmless, some ticks carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans through their bites, leading to various symptoms ...

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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