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Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a gram-negative bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei. [1] Most people exposed to B. pseudomallei experience no symptoms; however, those who do experience symptoms have signs and symptoms that range from mild, such as fever and skin changes, to severe with pneumonia, abscesses, and septic shock that could cause death. [1]
Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and NGOs such as the Indian Heart Association have been raising awareness about this issue. [3] While studying 22 different SNPs near to MC 4-R gene, scientists have identified an SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) named rs12970134 to be mostly associated with waist circumference. In ...
Elk that have contracted the disease begin to show weight loss, changes in behavior, increased watering needs, excessive salivation and urinating and difficulty swallowing, and at an advanced stage, the disease leads to death. No risks to humans have been documented, nor has the disease been demonstrated to pose a threat to domesticated cattle ...
A deadly disease that has ravaged deer in other parts of North America was found for the first time in California this week. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, chronic wasting ...
Sep. 17—Scientists at Washington State University's Elk Hoof Disease Research team have discovered healthy elk can contract the debilitating ailment by contact with contaminated soil. The ...
Surra (from the Marathi sūra, meaning the sound of heavy breathing through nostrils, of imitative origin) [1] is a disease of vertebrate animals. The disease is caused by protozoan trypanosomes , specifically Trypanosoma evansi , of several species which infect the blood of the vertebrate host, causing fever , weakness, and lethargy which lead ...
Symptoms in animals include drastic weight loss (wasting), stumbling, listlessness, and other neurologic symptoms. Has chronic wasting disease occurred in humans? No human cases have yet been ...
It is the causative agent of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, an acute, infectious, and often fatal disease of wild ruminants. In North America , the most severely affected ruminant is the white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), although it may also infect mule deer , black-tailed deer , elk , bighorn sheep , and pronghorn antelope. [ 1 ]