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The salivary glands of some tick species could become important research tools for studying how viruses are transmitted from ticks to mammals, and for developing preventive medical countermeasures. Tick salivary glands usually block transmission, but a new study conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID at the National Institutes of Health focuses on the role of salivary glands in spreading flaviviruses from black-legged ticks Ixodes scapularis to mammals. The new study, published in the journal mBio , advances the researchers' work published in that established cultured tick organs as a model for flavivirus infection. Flaviviruses include dengue virus, Zika virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Powassan virus and several other viruses. Powassan is the only endemic flavivirus spread by ticks in North America, where it is considered a re-emerging virus. Physicians in the United States have reported roughly cases of disease in the past decade, half of them in

Natalia Grace Barnett's former foster mum claims the Ukrainian-born girl was a year-old sociopath who tried to kill her. A Ukrainian girl with dwarfism who was allegedly abandoned by her foster parents is now living with a devout Christian family who treat her as a teenage daughter. Bizarre claims have emerged surrounding the adoption of Natalia Grace Barnett as well as questions about her real age. She was initially adopted by Kristine Barnett, 45, and Michael Barnett, 43, who have been charged with neglect after they allegedly dumped her in a flat and moved away.

Maize Zea mays is a major cereal crop; it is third behind rice and wheat in production. An average of million tons are produced annually by 53 countries. Maize is the most widely grown crop ranging from tropical areas with altitudes over m to temperate areas extending as far north as the 65th latitude.

Cartilage-hair hypoplasia is a disorder of bone growth characterized by short stature dwarfism with other skeletal abnormalities; fine, sparse hair hypotrichosis ; and abnormal immune system function immune deficiency that can lead to recurrent infections. People with cartilage-hair hypoplasia have unusually short limbs and short stature from birth. They typically have malformations in the cartilage near the ends of the long bones in the arms and legs metaphyseal chondrodysplasia , which then affects development of the bone itself. Most people with cartilage-hair hypoplasia are unusually flexible in some joints, but they may have difficulty extending their elbows fully. Affected individuals have hair that is lighter in color than that of other family members because the core of each hair, which contains some of the pigment that contributes the hair's color, is missing.