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Ricketts, Howard T.
American pathologist and pioneering infectious disease expert (1871-1910) who was the first to establish the identity of the infectious organism that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever. He and others characterized the basic epidemiologic…
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Show more- Acquired mutation A mutation (a genetic change) acquired by a somatic cell after conception. Acquired mutations occur in…
- Herpesvirus One of a family of double-stranded DNA viruses that cause common infections in humans. These include: herpes…
- Thallium poisoning Poisoning with the element thallium which enters the environment primarily from coal-burning and smelting. It…
- Crease, single transverse palmar See: Simian crease
- Trypanosomiasis, African See: African sleeping sickness
- Medicine, occupational The field of medicine encompassing diseases due to factors in the occupation of people. Occupational medicine…
- Heart, right The heart is composed functionally of two hearts - the right heart and the left heart. The right heart…
- T-suppressor count A test that counts the number of T-suppressor (T-8) cells in the bloodstream. It appears that some T-8 cells…
- Speech therapist An older term for a speech- language pathologist
- Prothrombin G20210A mutation See: Prothrombin mutation G20210A
- Ophthalmoplegia with myopathy See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Moraxella kingae See: Kingella kingae