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Many doctors caution their pregnant patients to avoid cat feces; even the family pet's litter box is off-limits. Now researchers have discovered a promising therapy for those who suffer from ...

Microbial Ecology, Vol. 58, No. 3 (Oct., 2009), pp. 538-547 (10 pages) Currently, the investigation of Legionella ecology falls into two distinct areas of research activity: (1) that Legionella ...

PROF. C. A. KOFOID delivered, on December 27 last in Boston, an address as vice-president of Section F (Zoology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and as president of the ...

STEPHENVILLE – If imported fire ants dreamed – and who knows if they do or don't – then a tiny protozoa could be their worst nightmare. Even better news: Texas A&M University System entomologists have ...

A person in Florida has died after being infected with the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri.The infection possibly resulted from "sinus rinse practices utilizing tap water," according to a ...