| an electronic medical record system with direct data-entry and research capabilities. | the transfer of medical records from a paper system to a computer-based system is inevitable. however, the widespread acceptance of electronic medical records has been delayed by problems such as high cost, inefficiency, data entry errors and poor physician acceptance. we have developed a database system that has overcome these difficulties and now serves as an electronic medical record. our system has been in use for a year and a half, and currently contains information on over two thousand pat ... | 1992 | 1526876 |
| borrelia burgdorferi in ticks (acari: ixodidae) from coastal virginia. | ixodid ticks removed from hosts and from vegetation during march-november 1987 at sites in coastal virginia and north carolina were examined for borrelia burgdorferi. b. burgdorferi was evident in nine (22%) ixodes cookei packard removed from rice rats (oryzomys palustris), a white-footed mouse (peromyscus leucopus), and raccoons (procyon lotor); four (6%) amblyomma americanum (l.) removed from raccoons; and two (3%) dermacentor variabilis (say) removed from a raccoon and a rice rat. b. burgdorf ... | 1991 | 1941936 |
| comparative development of temperate zone and arctic isolates of trichinella spiralis in the white mouse. | | 1971 | 5090960 |
| development of drug delivery systems for use in treatment of narcotic addiction. | the long term goal of the nida narcotic antagonist program of developing an implantable, biodegradable, naltrexone/plga matrix system which will sustain the delivery of naltrexone to biological systems for one month has been achieved. the dosage forms which provide the desired delivery characteristics are 1.5 mm diameter beads composed of 70% by weight naltrexone base in 40,000 molecular weight, 90l/10g poly (l(+)-lactic-co-glycolic acid). other dosage forms, including 1.5 mm diameter rods which ... | 1981 | 6791005 |
| relative utilization of reptiles and rodents as hosts by immature ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) in the coastal plain of north carolina, usa. | the interaction of immature black-legged ticks, ixodes scapularis, with reptiles and rodents was investigated in various woodland habitats in the coastal plain of north carolina. reptiles were sampled from april 1 to september 30, 1991. no ticks were found on 95 specimens representing 16 species of snakes. ticks were found on 54 (36.7%) of 147 lizards. i. scapularis was the only tick recovered from lizards. some lizards were collected in drift fence traps each month of the study except august. c ... | 1993 | 7628223 |
| multimedia medical case authorship and simulator program. | for the last several years, third and fourth year medical students rotating on the rheumatology/immunology service at the university of north carolina school of medicine have been using a laptop computer as a teaching adjunct to their formal training in rheumatology. the laptop contains diagnostic programs, reference management and clinical note generation facilities, remote medline access, and most recently, multimedia case simulations. these simulations have been created by the use of a case a ... | 1995 | 8591550 |
| serologic evidence of infection with ehrlichia spp. in wild rodents (muridae: sigmodontinae) in the united states. | rodent (muridae: sigmodontinae) blood and sera collected from 14 states were tested for seroreactivity to a cultured isolate of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge) agent by using an indirect immunofluorescence assay. of the 1,240 samples tested, 136 (11%) were found to be reactive at titers of > or = 32. rodents with hge agent-specific antibodies were found in new york (23% of 491 samples; geometric mean endpoint titer [gmt] = 441), connecticut (11% of 100 samples; gmt = 481), california ( ... | 1998 | 9508298 |
| antibodies to granulocytic ehrlichiae in white-footed and cotton mice in eastern united states. | serum samples, collected from peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse) or peromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse) during 1987 through 1990 in florida, georgia, maryland, mississippi, and north carolina (usa), and in 1997 in southern connecticut were analyzed by indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) staining methods or western blot procedures for antibodies to granulocytic ehrlichiae. of the 82 sera from white-footed mice in connecticut tested by ifa methods with either the bds or nch-1 strain of the ... | 1999 | 10231752 |
| ticks and antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi from mammals at cape hatteras, nc and assateague island, md and va. | results of a survey for ixodid ticks and/or serum antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi from 14 species of small to large mammals from eastern coastal areas of the united states are presented. most samples were obtained from july 1987 through june 1989 (excluding december-march) at 3 locales: assateague is. national seashore, worcester co., md., and accomack co., va. (approximately 38 degrees 05' n 75 degrees 10' w), and cape hatteras national seashore, dare co., nc (approximately 35 degrees 30' n ... | 1999 | 10534951 |
| characterization of lyme disease spirochetes isolated from ticks and vertebrates in north carolina. | borrelia burgdorferi isolates obtained from numerous locations and from different hosts in north carolina, were compared to previously characterized strains of the lyme disease spirochete and other borrelia spp. the spirochete isolates were confirmed to be b. burgdorferi sensu stricto based on immunofluorescence (ifa) using a monoclonal antibody to outer surface protein a (osp a [h5332]) and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) using a species-specific nested primer for a conserved region of the gene ... | 2000 | 10682743 |
| hierarchical contributions of allorecognition pathways in chronic lung rejection. | the role of allorecognition in initiating lung graft rejection is not clearly defined. using the heterotopic tracheal transplantation model, we examined the contributions of the indirect and direct allorecognition pathways in chronic airway rejection. fully mismatched, wild-type grafts were transplanted into major histocompatibility complex (mhc) ii-/-, class ii-like accessory molecule (h2-dmalpha)-/- using mhc i-/- and wild-type allorecipients as control subjects. similarly, mhc i-/-, mhc ii-/- ... | 2003 | 12446274 |
| understanding statements now a virtual cinch. | with a click of the mouse, some patients are accessing and paying their hospital bills online. novant health revamped its patient billing process so it's easier to understand and use. developing a clear, concise billing statement and then implementing an online bill presentment and payment system resulted in improved customer relations, fewer payment processing errors, and faster receipt of payment. | 2005 | 15853042 |
| ntp workshop: animal models for the ntp rodent cancer bioassay: stocks and strains--should we switch? | the national toxicology program (ntp) hosted a workshop, "animal models for the ntp rodent cancer bioassay: strains and stocks--should we switch?" on june 16-17, 2005, at the national institute of environmental health sciences (niehs) in research triangle park, north carolina. the workshop's objectives were to determine (1) whether the currently used models, the f344/n rat and b6c3f1/n mouse, continue to be appropriate to identify substances that may pose a carcinogenic hazard for humans and (2) ... | 2006 | 17162538 |
| species diversity and relative abundance of phlebotomine sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) on three army installations in the southern united states and susceptibility of a domestic sand fly to infection with old world leishmania major. | leishmania infections in american veterans of iraq and afghanistan have raised concern that veterans could serve as reservoirs of old world parasites for domestic vector populations. a survey of sand flies on three u.s. army facilities in the southern united states was conducted to identify potential vectors. five species, including two new state records, are reported for fort hood, tx. very few flies were detected in fort bragg, nc. large numbers of a man-biting species, lutzomyia shannoni, wer ... | 2009 | 19960830 |
| allergens in household dust and serological indicators of atopy and sensitization in detroit children with history-based evidence of asthma. | background. home exposure to allergens is an important factor in the development of sensitization and subsequent exacerbations of allergic asthma. we investigated linkages among allergen exposure, immunological measurements, and asthma by examining (1) reservoir dust allergen levels in homes, (2) associations between presence of allergens in homes and sensitization status of resident children, and (3) associations between asthma status and total ige, atopy (by phadiatop), and positive allergen-s ... | 2011 | 21827376 |
| stable transmission of borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto on the outer banks of north carolina. | the spirochaete (borrelia burgdorferi) associated with lyme disease was detected in questing ticks and rodents during a period of 18 years, 1991-2009, at five locations on the outer banks of north carolina. the black-legged tick (ixodes scapularis) was collected at varied intervals between 1991 and 2009 and examined for b. burgdorferi. the white-footed mouse (peromyscus leucopus), house mouse (mus musculus) marsh rice rat (oryzomys palustris), marsh rabbit (sylvilagus palustris), eastern cottont ... | 2016 | 27966833 |