ENTOMOPATHOGENICITY TO TWO HEMIPTERAN INSECTS IS COMMON BUT VARIABLE ACROSS EPIPHYTIC PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE STRAINS

Entomopathogenicity to Two Hemipteran Insects Is Common but Variable across Epiphytic Pseudomonas syringae Strains

Strains of the well-studied plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae show large differences in their ability to colonize plants epiphytically and to inflict damage to hosts.Additionally, P.syringae can infect some sap-sucking insects and at least one P.syringae strain is highly virulent to insects, causing death to most individuals within as few as 4 da

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Dengue: muscle biopsy findings in 15 patients

Dengue is known to produce a syndrome involving muscles, tendons and joints.The hallmark of this syndrome is severe myalgia but includes Dining Chair fever, cutaneous rash, and headache.The neuromuscular aspects of this infection are outlined only in isolated reports, and the muscle histopathological features during myalgia have not been described.

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(MIS)Translating U.S. Southwest History

Historians of the U.S.Southwest invariably rely on English-language translations of original Spanish documents for their interpretive work.However, a philological approach to the Spanish documents reveals all manner of translator shortcomings, some of which negatively impact the historical record.I document one such Briefs instance pertaining to th

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