OBJECTIVE To quantify the human prevalence, elucidate possible risk factors and present other epidemiological parameters of human alveolar echinococcosis in the south-eastern region of Turkey. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTINGS South-eastern region (Anatolia) of Turkey by two medical centres: Dicle University Medical Faculty in Diyarbakir and Harran University Medical Faculty in Urfa. ...

Rabies is an acute, fatal viral disease that infects domestic and wild animals and is transmissible to humans. Worldwide, rabies kills over 55,000 people every year. The domestic dog plays a pivotal role in rabies transmission. Domestic dogs are not only part of our daily lives but also of our immediate surroundings, and this is reflected in the rise in pet dog ownership in developed and develo...

We report a case of a 54-year-old man who developed gram-negative sepsis with multiorgan failure and generalized Shwartzman reaction after sustaining a dog bite. The causative organism was the fastidious gram-negative rod Capnocytophaga canimorsus, which is a commensal organism found in the oral flora of dogs and cats. More than 30 years after it was first described and despite technological ad...

background: dog is known to act as definitive host for some parasites that cause important diseases in man and animals. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of neospora caninum and other intestinal parasites in dogs in khorasan razavi province, iran. methods : a cross-sectional study was done concerning frequency of n. canium and other in­testinal parasites in dogs in ma...

The rubber hand illusion is a perceptual illusion in which a model hand is experienced as part of one's own body. In the present study we directly compared the classical illusion, based on visuotactile stimulation, with a rubber hand illusion based on active and passive movements. We examined the question of which combinations of sensory and motor cues are the most potent in inducing the illusi...

visceral leishmaniasis is a parasitic infectious disease from dogs and canids to human that is caused by protozoans of the genus leishmania. information on the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis is necessary to define control measures for zoonotic leishmaniasis. this seroepidemiological survey was performed in dogs from ahvaz district using by dat and elisa. blood was randomly collected in 38 p...

Bodily illusions have been used to study bodily self-consciousness and disentangle its various components, among other the sense of ownership and self-location. Congruent multimodal correlations between the real body and a fake humanoid body can in fact trigger the illusion that the fake body is one's own and/or disrupt the unity between the perceived self-location and the position of the physi...

The scientific exploration of the self has progressed, with much attention focused on the Embodied Sense of Self (ESS). Empirical studies have suggested the mechanisms for self-representation. On the other hand, less attention has been paid to the subjectivity itself of the self. With reference to previous studies, the current study collected items that reflect the ESS and statistically extract...

OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for pet evacuation failure during a flood. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SAMPLE POPULATION 203 pet-owning households in a flooded region. PROCEDURES Persons under evacuation notice because of a flood were interviewed by use of a random telephone survey. RESULTS 102 households evacuated with their pets, whereas 101 households evacuated without their p...