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Mosquitoes soon to take their bite out of summer
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BY MATT HANLEY STAFF INTERN
The blood-suckers are on their way.
The above-average rainfall of nearly 3 inches that the northwest suburbs recently received means that residents can expect the first wave of mosquitoes to hit their homes this week.
Mosquitoes, cold-blooded insects that have survived the dinosaur's extinction, come in two main varieties. Some people might suggest - and then hope - that those categories are annoying and dead, but scientifically their classification depends on where the mosquitoes are born.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs in still, standing water, while others - ...
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Texas coral snake (Micrurus tener) bites.(Original Article)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal
; ...all human exposures to coral snakes. Study inclusion criteria...envenomation, coral snake regardless of subspecies...treatment information or if the snake was later identified not to be a coral snake. Coral snakes were positively identified...
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Respiratory therapy's role in the treatment of coral snake bites.(SLEEP MEDICINE)
Magazine article from: FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
; ...effective antivenoms for neurotoxic coral snake bites. When given promptly...substances neutralized the Coral snake's venom and preclude the...are several species of coral snakes in the U.S. it is those...Texan subspecies of this same snake is the most problematic when...
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FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION PROVIDES INFORMATION ON CORAL SNAKES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...receiving a bite from a coral snake. The Florida Fish and...dogs) died from coral snake bites in separate incidents...the public about coral snakes and the availability...a venomous snake. "Coral snakes are often misidentified...best way to prevent snake ...
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Coral snake antivenom: clinical differences between cases receiving it and those that did not.(SNAKEBITES, VENOMOUS)(Case study)
Magazine article from: Journal of Medical Toxicology
; ...antivenin for US Micrurus species coral snake envenomations. Despite these recommendations...that only about half of presumed coral snake bite victims ultimately receive...to determine whether to administer coral snake antivenom. We queried poison...
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Antiserum raised to a coral snake phospholipase A reacts to all elapidic venoms.
Newspaper article from: Proteomics Weekly
; ...com & NewsRx.net) -- Coral snake venom has a phospholipase A homologue...expressed in the Micrurus corallinus coral snake venom gland, several putative...cDNA clone codes for a potential coral snake toxin with a signal peptide...
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Eastern Coral Snake envenomation in the dog.(SNAKEBITES, VENOMOUS)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Medical Toxicology
; Abstract: The main signs of Eastern Coral Snake envenomation in the dog include varying degrees of lower motor neuron weakness that can progress to causing respiratory paralysis...
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Immunochemical characterization of Micrurus laticollaris coral snake venom.(VENOMS/ANTIVENOMS)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Medical Toxicology
; Abstract: Micrurus laticollaris coral snake venom can produce rabbit serum titles higher than 300,000 with no capacity to neutrlize homologous venom. Horse specific antivenom...
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Notes on reproduction in the false coral snakes, Erythrolamprus bizona and Erythrolamprus mimus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Costa Rica.(General Notes)
Magazine article from: The Texas Journal of Science
; ...and northwestern Venezuela and occurs from 1-1200 m in Costa Rica (Savage 2002). Both are uncommon diurnal, secretive snakes that are oviparous (Savage 2002). The purpose of this note is to provide information on reproduction from a histological...February exhibited testicular recrudescence with spermatogonia and ...
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Perfume doc defies snakes and coral to capture scent
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ...from an exploration of the rainforests and coral seas of the island of - appropriately...no environmental damage to the plants or coral, which is obviously vital. Everything...captured the underwater odours given off by coral, the scent water leaves in the air as...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Perfume doc defies snakes and coral to capture scent.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...from an exploration of the rainforests and coral seas of the island of - appropriately...no environmental damage to the plants or coral, which is obviously vital. Everything...captured the underwater odours given off by coral, the scent water leaves in the air as...
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