Ryan P. Kovach,∗ ¶ Gordon Luikart,† Winsor H. Lowe,‡ Matthew C. Boyer,§ and Clint C. Muhlfeld∗† ∗U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Glacier National Park West Glacier, MT 59936, U.S.A. †Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, U.S.A. ‡Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, U.S.A. §Montana Fish, W...

Five persons contracted tick-borne relapsing fever after staying in a cabin in western Montana. Borrelia hermsii was isolated from the blood of two patients, and Ornithodoros hermsi ticks were collected from the cabin, the first demonstration of this bacterium and tick in Montana. Relapsing fever should be considered when patients who reside or have vacationed in western Montana exhibit a recur...

Qian Wang, Thomas P. Warelow, Yoon-Suk Kang, Christine Romano, Thomas H. Osborne, Corinne R. Lehr, Brian Bothner, Timothy R. McDermott, Joanne M. Santini, Gejiao Wang State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China; Institute of Structural & Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of ...

Arnica Montana extract, a natural limuloid contains about 59 ingredients out of which sesquiterpene lactones helenalin, and dihydrohelenalin, are considered significant medicinally active ingredients. Arnica Montana is commonly used in folk medicine, CAM, and Homeopathic drug as neurotropic, cardiotropic, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-bacterial, Anti-oxidant, Anti tumors, to control diabetes, etc. Th...

BACKGROUND Arnica montana L. and Artemisia absinthium L. (Asteraceae) are medicinal plants native to temperate regions of Europe, including Romania, traditionally used for treatment of skin wounds, bruises and contusions. In the present study, A. montana and A. absinthium ethanolic extracts were evaluated for their chemical composition, antioxidant activity and protective effect against H2O2-in...

Radiographic Abnormalities and Exposure to Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite in the Community of Libby, Montana, USA Lucy A. Peipins,1,* Michael Lewin,1 Sharon Campolucci,1 Jeffrey A. Lybarger,1 Aubrey Miller,2 Dan Middleton,1 Christopher Weis,2 Michael Spence,3 Brad Black,4 and Vikas Kapil1 1Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2U.S. Environmental Protection...

A new species, Echeveria coruana, is described and illustrated from the malpaís near San Andrés Corú, Michoacan, Mexico. The species belongs to series Gibbiflorae and the new taxon was compared with Echeveria purhepecha and Echeveria patriotica, with whom it shares the closest morphological affinities. Additionally, Echeveria yalmanantlaensis an endangered species from Sierra of Manantlán Biosp...

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