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Burl formation is typically a result of some form of stress such as an injury or a viral or fungal infection. Burls yield a very peculiar and highly figured wood sought after in woodworking, and some items may reach high prices on the wood market. Poaching of burl specimens and damaging the trees in the process poses a problem in some areas.
The infectious disease community is closely watching a surge of mystery illnesses in China that many have compared to the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
First, usually, the infection caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae is easy to treat, but, in this case in China, the infection causes serious impact on Chinese children. Second, after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, cases reported by some of the countries are virus infections; in contrast, the major cases reported by China, particularly, are ...
Bioinsecticides are another potential method to treat the sawyers that is currently being researched. Entomopathogenic fungus, woodpeckers, and some parasitoid or prey insects are being investigated. Embargoes have been placed on untreated lumber from the United States and Canada to prevent the unintentional spread of this disease. Management ...
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reassured members of Congress on Thursday that the "upsurge" in respiratory illness in China is not from "a new or novel pathogen."
Langya henipavirus (LayV), also known as Langya virus, is a species of henipavirus first detected in the Chinese provinces of Shandong and Henan. [1] [2] [3] It has been announced in 35 patients from 2018 to August 2022. [1] [4] [5] All but 9 of the 35 cases in China were infected with LayV only, with the symptoms including fever, fatigue, and ...
The trained medical doctor, who specialized in infectious diseases, came to the WHO after serving as the director of a nearly century-old charity called Wellcome Trust, which funds health research.
Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis. The word is from Latin: scabere, lit. 'to scratch'. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple -like rash. Occasionally, tiny burrows may appear on the skin. In a first-ever infection, the infected person usually ...