| identification of tetrodotoxin in marine gastropods implicated in food poisoning. | attempts were made to identify the toxin in the gastropod zeuxis samiplicutus that was responsible for the recent food poisoning incidents in southern zhejiang, mainland china. symptoms associated with the poisonings included paralysis, coma, vomiting, and aphasia. the remaining specimens of gastropod were assayed for tetrodotoxin toxicity (ttx). the range of specimen toxicity was found to be 4 - 186 mouse units (mu), and the average toxicity was 111 +/- 45 mu. the toxin was partially purified f ... | 2002 | 12182541 |
| detection of bartonella species in small mammals from zhejiang province, china. | to estimate the prevalence of bartonella in small mammals of different species, during different seasons, and at different study sites, and to provide baseline data for the risk assessment of human bartonella infection, we captured small mammals using snap traps in zhejiang province, china. bartonella species were detected in small-mammal samples by polymerase chain reaction and positive amplicons were sequenced. bartonella dna was detected in 47% (90/192) of apodemus agrarius, 31% (14/45) of ra ... | 2010 | 20090031 |
| [study on the integrated monitoring program regarding mouse and main mouse-borne disease in zhejiang province.] | objective: to study the integrated monitoring program regarding mouse and plague, hemorrhagic fever of renal syndrome (hfrs) and leptospirosis. methods: integrated monitoring plan was used. a designated office coordinated 5 departments' actions within the zhejiang provincial center for disease control and prevention (cdc). cage-trapping method was conducted to monitor the density of mice from june to october, respectively. results: lishui municipal cdc had finished the integrated monitoring prog ... | 2011 | 21569735 |