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  2. Ophidiomyces - Wikipedia

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    Mild chronic lymphoplasmacytic to lymphohistiocytic inflammation in the liver, lungs, heart, stomach and colon can be observed as well. [ 1 ] The emergence of ophidiomycosis due to O. ophidiicola has caused great concern for the conservation of snake populations in the Eastern United States.

  3. Inclusion body disease - Wikipedia

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    Several snakes have been seen with proliferative pneumonia, while inclusions are commonly seen in the liver, kidney, and pancreas. Cases have also been observed with only very few inclusions. In a few snakes with signs of central nervous system disease, and with a severe encephalitis, no inclusions have been seen in any cells.

  4. Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers - Wikipedia

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    Invoked against cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases – Roch; Choreas (Sydenham's chorea, Huntington's disease), epilepsy, seizures, oversleeping – Vitus; Invoked against cirrhosis and other liver diseases – Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo [6] Riot, civil disorder – Andrew Corsini; Against cold and cold weather – Sebaldus

  5. Angiostrongylus cantonensis - Wikipedia

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    The diagnosis of disease caused by A. cantonensis infestation is often difficult and relies heavily on the history of a likely ingestion of a commonly infested host and the presence of typical features of the disease. The presumptive diagnosis is particularly strong when eosinophilic meningoencephalitis can be confirmed.

  6. ‘Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?’: Harrison Ford ...

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    We have an existential mandate to mend our broken relationship with nature and protect the places that sustain life.” The snake marks the third animal species named after Ford.

  7. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection - Wikipedia

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    Victorian women presumably believed "ladies don't spit," and consequently might have been predisposed to develop lung infection. Shortly after the Lady Windermere syndrome was proposed, a librarian wrote a letter to the editor of Chest [27] challenging the use of Lady Windermere as the eponymous ancestor of the proposed syndrome. In the play ...

  8. Congestive hepatopathy - Wikipedia

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    Congestive hepatopathy, is liver dysfunction due to venous congestion, usually due to congestive heart failure. The gross pathological appearance of a liver affected by chronic passive congestion is "speckled" like a grated nutmeg kernel; the dark spots represent the dilated and congested hepatic venules and small hepatic veins. The paler areas ...

  9. Pythonidae - Wikipedia

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    While pythons are not venomous, they do carry a host of potential health issues for humans. Pythons are disease vectors for multiple illnesses, including Salmonella, Chlamydia, Leptospirosis, Aeromoniasis, Campylobacteriosis, and Zygomycosis. These diseases may be transmitted to humans through excreted waste, open wounds, and contaminated water.