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Fever, Wolhynia
Fever, Wolhynia: Also known as trench fever, a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is estimated to have affected more than a million people in Russia and on the fronts in Europe…
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Show more- Good-for-you bacteria Bacteria that are good for health. Lactobacillus acidophilus are a type of good-for-you bacteria. The term is…
- Alanine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Alanine is not an 'essential' amino acid. It is not…
- Locus minoris resistentiae Latin meaning a place of less resistance. A locus minoris resistentiae offers little resistance to…
- Symptomatic 1 With symptoms, as a symptomatic infection. 2 Characteristic, as behavior symptomatic of Huntington disease…
- Sporadic >An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency. An endemic is continuous, as in the…
- Acetic acid The acid most commonly associated with vinegar. Acetic acid is a two-carbon carboxylic acid. Its formula is…
- In situ In the normal location. An 'in situ' tumor is one that is confined to its site of origin and has not invaded…
- Clade Related organisms descended from a common ancestor. For example, isolate M of HIV-1 (the human…
- Infarction, acute myocardial See: Acute myocardial infarction
- Quincke's disease This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin…
- ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) >Algae & Protozoa >Bacteria & Bacteriophages >Cultured Cell Lines & Hybridomas >Fungi &…
- Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research Abbreviated CBER. Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)