@article {46665, title = {Louse-borne relapsing fever in the Sudan. A historical review and a clinico-pathological study}, journal = {Tropical and geographical medicine}, volume = {32}, year = {1980}, note = {LR: 20041117; JID: 0376231; ppublish}, month = {1980}, pages = {106 - 111}, address = {NETHERLANDS}, abstract = {A small outbreak of louse-borne relapsing fever in Khartoum (May-June 1974) provided material for a clinico-pathological study. The history of the disease in the Sudan is reviewed and the clinical and laboratory findings in 32 patients are presented. Fever, headache, jaundice, epistaxis and hepatosplenomegaly were the commonest clinical findings; thrombocytopenia was detected in 93\% of cases. Although elevated levels of fibrin degradation products were found in most patients, disseminated intravascular coagulation could not be diagnosed. Hepatocellular derangement was found in 68\% of cases, while 78\% had high blood urea. In five autopsied bodies there was bronchopneumonia, interstitial edema with focal myocardial fibrosis, hepatic necrosis, splenic infarcts, increase in size and cellularity of the glomeruli and brain edema and congestion. Intracranial haemorrhage was found in three of the autopsied cases.}, keywords = {humans, Insect vectors, lice, Liver/pathology, Relapsing Fever, Spleen/pathology, Sudan}, isbn = {0041-3232}, author = {Ahmed,M. A. and Abdel Wahab,S. M. and Abdel Malik,M. O. and Abdel Gadir,A. M. and Salih,S. Y. and Omer,A. and Al Hassan,A. M.} } @article {46217, title = {Health status of a recently discovered population of feral swine in Kansas}, journal = {Journal of Wildlife Diseases}, volume = {35}, year = {1999}, month = {1999}, pages = {624 - 627}, abstract = {Twenty feral hogs (Sus scrofa) from a newly discovered population on Fort Riley Army Base (Kansas, USA) were shot and examined from November 1993 through February 1994 to assess the health of the population. The hogs were generally healthy, although serologic evidence indicated that some individuals had been exposed to parvovirus, enterovirus, and swine influenza. We found no indications of brucellosis, pseudorabies, or porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome. Lung worms (Metastrongylus spp.), round worms (Ascaris suum), and whipworms (Trichuris suis) were found in nine, four and two of the hogs, respectively. Seven hogs had infestations of lice (Haematopinus suis). Fence-line contacts were documented between four wild boars and domestic sows, and in three cases wild boars entered pens containing domestic sows. We recommend that hogs be examined periodically from this and other wild populations to monitor health status since new animals may enter populations through deliberate translocation, escape from shooting preserves or domestic swine producers, or dispersal from other feral populations.}, keywords = {animals, Animals, Wild, Antibodies, Bacterial/blood, Antibodies, Viral/blood, health care, Kansas, Leptospirosis/epidemiology/veterinary, Lice Infestations/epidemiology/veterinary, Lice/growth \& development, Liver/pathology, Lung/parasitology/pathology, Parasitic disease, Seasons, Swine, Swine Diseases/epidemiology, virus}, isbn = {0090-3558}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/45058.pdf}, author = {Gipson,Phillip S. and Veatch,Johna K. and Matlack,Raymond S. and Jones,David P.} }