scholarly journals Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in the West of Scotland, 1967–72

1974 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Reid ◽  
Eleanor J. Bell ◽  
N. R. Grist ◽  
J. C. Taylor ◽  
Jean R. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Adenovirus Type ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis ◽  
The West ◽  
Causal Organism ◽  
The Family ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Virological Surveillance

SUMMARYOutbreaks of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis have occurred among workers in shipyards and other industrial concerns in the West of Scotland in 1956, 1967 and 1971–72. In the most recent episode 220 persons were known to be affected and those mainly involved were shipyard personnel working on the open decks of ships under construction; only a few non-industrial workers were affected. As in previous outbreaks adenovirus type 8 was shown to be the causal organism. It is likely that spread of the virus was probably facilitated in some of the patients by such procedures as first aid measures to remove foreign bodies from the eye. A survey of the family contacts of those affected in 1971–72 revealed that only 2% were secondarily infected. This was probably due to propaganda measures to discourage the use of communal face towels, etc.Despite close virological surveillance over a period of 6 years of patients attending opthalmic clinics in the West of Scotland, there is as yet no clue to the whereabouts of adenovirus type 8 during interepidemic periods. It is suggested that travellers might be responsible for the introduction of the infection into an area.

scholarly journals A large outbreak of keratoconjunctivitis due to adenovirus type 8

1984 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Richmond ◽  
Reeta Burman ◽  
Elaine Crosdale ◽  
Linda Cropper ◽  
Damien Longson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Adenovirus Type ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis ◽  
Hospital Environments ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
The Family ◽  
Large Outbreak ◽  
Corneal Opacities ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department

SummaryA large nosocomial outbreak of keratoconjunctivitis due to adenovirus type 8 is described. Two hundred cases were identified, 123 by isolation of the virus and 77 by detecting HI antibodies in convalescent sera. Infection usually presented as a severe keratoconjunctivitis, and 107 (54%) of infected patients developed sub-epithelial corneal opacities. The majority (66%) of infections were acquired at the accident and emergency department attached to a large urban eye hospital when patients attended for other reasons; trauma to the eye, especially corneal foreign bodies, was the most frequent cause for the initial attendance. Transmission of virus within the family occurred in 13% of cases, but there was little spread outside family or hospital environments. The outbreak lasted from May to September, 1982, but it was not confirmed by isolation of the virus until the end of June when control measures were instituted. Delay in applying control measures was probably the major factor accounting for this large, prolonged outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis.

Peregrinação Acadêmica: A mulher Romeira do Bom Jesus da Lapa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Célia Coelho Gomes da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The West ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
West Part

This work is the result of the doctoral thesis entitled Pilgrimage of Bom Jesus da Lapa: Social Reproduction of the Family and Female Gender Identity, specifically the second chapter that talks about women in the Pilgrimage of Bom Jesus da Lapa, emphasizing gender relations, analyzing the location of the pilgrimage as a social reproduction of the patriarchal family and female gender identity. The research scenario is the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage, which has been held for 329 years, in that city, located in the West part of Bahia. The research participants are pilgrim women who are in the age group between 50 and 70 years old and have participated, for more than five consecutive years in the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage, belonging to five Brazilian states (Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Espírito Santo and Goiás) that register a higher frequency of attendance at this religious event. We used bibliographic, qualitative, field and documentary research and data collection as our methodology; we applied participant observation and semi-structured interviews as a technique. We concluded that the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage is a location for family social reproduction and the female gender identity, observing a contrast in the resignification of the role and in the profile of the pilgrim women from Bom Jesus da Lapa, alternating between permanence and the transformation of gender identity coming from patriarchy.

Fossil impression of a nephtyid polychaete (Polychaeta: Nephtyidae) in the Miocene sediments of Sakhalin (NW Pacific)

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-204
Author(s):  
S.Yu. Gagaev
Keyword(s):  
Zoological Institute ◽  
The West ◽  
Upper Miocene ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Family ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

During the expedition of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ZIN RAS) in 1998, a fossil impression of a polychaete worm belonging to the family Nephtyidae Grube, 1850, containing fragments of jaws, was found in the west of Sakhalin. The find is dated to the Middle and Upper Miocene. There are no published records of any finds of fossil nephtyids in the area. Based on the analysis of the jaw shape, it is concluded that the nephtyid impression may belong to the genus Nephtys Cuvier 1817 or the genus Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1865.

A curious case of nematode parasitism in a West African Hadada, Gevonticus hagedash

1945 ◽  
Vol 21 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis A. Clapham
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
West Africa ◽  
West Coast ◽  
West African ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nematode Parasitism

In the following article is described an interesting parasitic condition which is difficult to interpret. The small intestine of an Hadada, Geronticus hagedash, was brought back from the West Coast of Africa by Major T. A. Cockburn, M.D., R.A.M.C, who kindly passed it to me for further examination. The bird is a member of the family Plataleidae, living in wooded districts in West Africa in the neighbourhood of water and feeding on invertebrates, mainly annelids and small crustaceans which it finds at the bottom of ponds and streams in the mud.

Fireworms (Amphinomidae: Annelida) from Ascension and Saint Helena Island, Central South Atlantic Ocean

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Yáñez-Rivera ◽  
Judith Brown
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Genetic Connectivity ◽  
The West ◽  
Hermodice Carunculata ◽  
The Family ◽  
Volcanic Islands ◽  
Central South

Ascension and Saint Helena Islands are isolated volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. Records of annelids from the family Amphinomidae, commonly known as fireworms, are rare. Fireworm species recorded in both localities includeEurythoe complanataandHermodice carunculata,which are broadly distributed throughout the Atlantic Ocean. Here we present the characterization of both species from a recent expedition to Ascension and Saint Helena. Morphologically, specimens fromH. carunculatacorrespond to the West Atlantic population, whileE. complanataspecimens were clearly identified based on chaetal type. A genetic analysis, including material from Ascension and Saint Helena Islands, will be necessary to elucidate the genetic connectivity across the Atlantic Ocean.

scholarly journals Characterization of E3/49K, a Novel, Highly Glycosylated E3 Protein of the Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis-Causing Adenovirus Type 19a

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 755-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Windheim ◽  
Hans-Gerhard Burgert
Keyword(s):  
Transmembrane Protein ◽  
Adenovirus Type ◽  
Transcription Unit ◽  
Type I ◽  
Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis ◽  
Calculated Molecular Weight ◽  
Early Protein ◽  
Early Endosomes ◽  
Disease Pattern

ABSTRACT The early transcription unit 3 (E3) of human adenoviruses (Ads) encodes proteins with various immunomodulatory functions. Ads from different subgenera differ considerably in their E3 coding capacity, suggesting that distinct sets of immunomodulatory E3 proteins may influence the disease pattern associated with different Ad subgenera. Interestingly, the E3 region of Ads classified in subgenus D, which are often isolated from AIDS patients and have the propensity to cause eye infections, contains a unique gene, named E3/49K, that may encode a protein with a calculated molecular weight of 48,984 that might be implicated in diseases caused by this subgenus. The 49K sequence predicts a highly glycosylated type I transmembrane protein with a short cytoplasmic tail containing two motifs, YXXΦ and LL, potentially involved in targeting the protein to endosomal or lysosomal compartments. Remarkably, the 49K protein is predicted to contain an unusual immunoglobulin-like fold. Here we have characterized the E3/49K protein of Ad type 19a, an Ad of subgenus D which causes epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. E3/49K was synthesized as an 80- to 100-kDa protein, which is unusually large for an E3 protein. In contrast to another early protein, E3/19K, the expression of E3/49K started early but continued throughout the infection cycle. Analysis of the 49K glycosylation revealed that the majority of 49K molecules contained only 12 of the predicted 14 N-glycans. Furthermore, we provide evidence that 49K is O-glycosylated. At steady state, E3/49K was localized in the Golgi-trans-Golgi network and in early endosomes. Interestingly, the 49K protein has a rather short half-life and seems to be proteolytically cleaved. A processing pattern similar to that in the early stages of infection is seen in transfected cells, constitutively expressing 49K in the absence of other Ad proteins. Together, our data provide the first biochemical and cell biological characterization of an unique E3 protein of subgenus D Ads.

Frederick Robert Miller, 1881-1967

1969 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 172-184
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Toronto General Hospital ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Paternal Grandfather

Frederick Robert Miller, who died on 11 November 1967, was born on 2 May 1881, in Toronto, Canada. His paternal grandfather, Captain John Miller, of Bermuda, was co-owner of the brig Demerara which he sailed many times between Liverpool and the West Indies and South America. Following a mutiny on board his ship, Captain Miller was persuaded by his wife to leave the sea. They settled for a time in Dublin, Ireland, where they had a son, Allan Frederick Miller. The family later emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where Mr Allan Miller eventually became Secretary-Treasurer of the Toronto General Hospital, a position which he held for many years.

From the Family Farm to Agribusiness: The Irrigation Crusade in California and the West, 1850-1931

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 455
Author(s):  
John T. Schlebecker ◽  
Donald J. Pisani
Keyword(s):  
Family Farm ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Migration and Loss of Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) at Southern Slope of Mt. Slamet Central Java Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pudji Widodo ◽  
Titi Chasanah
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Southern Slope ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Family ◽  
Plant Sources ◽  
Different Altitudes ◽  
Commercial Hunting

Phlegmariurus is a genus of lycophyte plants in the family Lycopodiaceae which is sensitive to climate change. In the past, there were four species namely 1) Phlegmariurus phlegmaria, 2) P. nummulariifolius, 3) P. carinatus, and 4) P. squarrosus found as epiphytic clubmosses on many trees such as pines and Agathis on the southern slope of Mt. Slamet. During 42 years there has been a significant loss of Phlegmariurus at the slope which covers approximately 15,000 ha rain forest covering the subdistrict of Cilongok in the west, Baturraden in the middle, and Sumbang in the east. Some surveys that had been conducted from 1978 to 2020 showed that the presence frequency of the plant decreased. We correlated the temperature increase data from NOAA and precipitaion data from the local meteorology and geophysics data to the frequency of the plants. Furthermore, we also interviewed ten nurseries which sold the Phlegmariurus of approximately 60 nurseries (Figure 6). The information we gathered showed that the location of the plant sources was above the previous locations. We also observed the cultivated Phlegmariurus at different altitudes namely at 95-97 m, 300-400 m, and 600-800 m a.s.l. The result of this study showed that in the past there were a lot of Phlegmariurus spp. However, in 2020 Phlegmariurus were absent in most areas at the southern slope of Mt. Slamet. We proposed three causes of the migration and loss of Phlegmariurus at the southern part of Mt. Slamet namely: 1) The increase of temperature, the decrease of precipitation, and 3) commercial hunting.

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