A REVIEW OF THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCRUB TYPHUS.

A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus.

Scrub typhus is a serious public health problem in the Asia-Pacific area.It threatens one billion nyx 22 brush people globally, and causes illness in one million people each year.Caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, scrub typhus can result in severe multiorgan failure with a case fatality rate up to 70% without appropriate treatment.The antigenic hete

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Dioxin induces genomic instability in mouse embryonic fibroblasts.

Ionizing radiation and certain other exposures have been shown to induce genomic instability (GI), i.e., delayed genetic damage observed many cell generations later in the progeny of the exposed cells.The aim of this study was to investigate induction of GI by a nongenotoxic carcinogen, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).Mouse embryonic fib

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