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UNION CITY, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, announced today that Clint Severson, chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the UBS Global Life Sciences Conference on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York Hotel in New York City. About AbaxisAbaxis develops, manufactures, markets and sells...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online US cases of West Nile virus (WNV) have climbed more than a third in the past week, according to federal health officials on Wednesday. However, there are signs that the worst is over and numbers of cases are expected to decline. “We think the worst part of the epidemic is behind us,” said Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases. Unless we see a...
Tokyo, Sept 12, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement to supply the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Headquarters: Washington D.C., President: Dr. Peter Hotez, "Sabin") with E6020, an in-house developed adjuvant that enhances the immune effects of vaccines, as well as all relevant information pertaining to the compound free of charge, to support the development of vaccines for two neglected tropical...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online A series of Salmonella outbreaks that responsible for sickening over 160 Americans across 30 states has been linked to the handling of turtles, snakes, toads, and other reptiles and amphibians, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced. According to a Friday report by Thomas H. Maugh II of the Los Angeles Times, the CDC has identified 11 multistate outbreaks linked to the handling of turtles or exposure...
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. Will Investigate feasibility of Delivery via Intramuscular Route FORT BELVOIR, Va., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A contract to evaluate an alternative method for delivering a medical countermeasure (MCM) was awarded to Sarepta Therapeutics by the Joint Project Manager Transformational Medical Technologies (JPM-TMT). A component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD), JPM-TMT has made significant...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A seven-year-old girl from Pagosa Springs, Colorado has survived the bubonic plague after a two week fight at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s. The is the first confirmed case in the state of Colorado in more than six years. The girl picked up the infection during a picnic at a Colorado campground when she asked her parents to give a half-eaten squirrel carcass a proper burial. Apparently fleas...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online You may want to start washing your hands after petting fluffy, because new estimates indicate that 350,000 people a year in the United Kingdom become infected with toxoplasmosis. The disease is spread by direct contact with cats, or eating contaminated food, according to a report by the Food Standards Agency. Only about one in 10 of the people who have become infected with toxoplasmosis have symptoms. "The biggest threat is to...
Emergency Physicians Urge Public To Know Symptoms of West Nile Virus WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the West Nile Virus outbreak set to be the worst in U.S. history, the nation's emergency physicians urge the public to take precautions now to protect from being infected. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100616/DC22034LOGO-d) "Right now, the CDC is seeing cases in practically every state in the country," said Dr. David Seaberg, president of the...
UNION CITY, Calif., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, announced today that Clint Severson, chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the CL King's 10th Annual Best Ideas Conference 2012 on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 12:40 p.m. ET. The conference will be held at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York City. About AbaxisAbaxis develops, manufactures, markets...
Record-Breaking Number of WNV Human Cases Reported in US This Year Lab Test That Detects Virus Was Developed Quickly to Respond to WNV When it First Appeared in United States WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Across several states, reported cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) have surged this summer. As of August 28, a record-breaking 1,590 human cases of WNV have been reported in the U.S. during 2012, including 65 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
Latest Zoonoses Reference Libraries
The eye-worm (Loa loa) is a species of roundworm within the Nematoda phylum. It can be found in India and Africa, among other areas. This species causes a disease known as Loa loa filariasis and is one of three species that can cause subcutaneous filariasis in humans. Females are larger than males, reaching an average body length of up to 2.7 inches, with males reaching an average body length of up to 1.3 inches. The first stage of life for the eye-worm begins when an adult worm, which is...
The dog roundworm (Toxocara canis) is a species of parasitic worm that infects canid species. It is yellowish white in color and can reach an average length between 3.5 and 7 inches, with females typically growing large than males. The dog roundworm can be transmitted in four different ways. The most common form of transmission occurs when an egg containing second stage larvae is released onto the ground in feces. Once the egg has been ingested, it will move through the small intestines...
The White-footed Mouse, (Peromyscus leucopus), is a species of rodent native to North America. Its range extends from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador and the Maritime Provinces (excluding Newfoundland) south to the southwestern United States and Mexico. In Texas this creature is known as the Woodmouse. The adult of this species measures 3.5 to 3.9 inches in length, not counting the tail, which can measure an additional 2.5 to 3.8 inches. It weighs typically about an ounce. It has a maximum life...
Rickettsia rickettsii is a gram-negative bacterium native to the New World and causes the malady known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). It is transmitted through the bit of an infected tick when it feeds on animals and humans. Humans are not necessary hosts in the rickettsia-tick life cycle but they can be. S. Burt Wolbach created the first detailed description of the etiologic agent in 1919. He recognized it as an intracellular bacterium seen most frequently in endothelial cells....
West Nile virus (WNV) is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. It is part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses and is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It primarily infects birds but can infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, and other mammals. Humans are generally infected through the bites of mosquitoes and about 90% of West Nile Virus infections are without symptoms. The virion is 45-60 nm and covered with a relatively smooth protein surface. It is...
