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African horse sickness virus. African horse sickness ( AHS) is a highly infectious and often fatal disease caused by African horse sickness virus. It commonly affects horses, mules, and donkeys. It is caused by a virus of the genus Orbivirus belonging to the family Reoviridae. This disease can be caused by any of the nine serotypes of this ...
Medical certificate. A medical certificate or doctor's certificate [1] [2] is a written statement from a physician or another medically qualified health care provider which attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient. [3] It can serve as a sick note ( UK: fit note) (documentation that an employee is unfit for work) or evidence ...
Special prescription form. Special prescription forms, sometimes called narcotic prescription forms, controlled prescription forms, psychotropic prescription forms or triplicate prescription forms (because they often have to be signed in triplicate) are forms required in some countries for the prescription of controlled narcotics and other ...
The two most important G forms are the G-28 (notice of entry or appearance of attorney) [2] and the G-1145 (e-notification of application/petition acceptance). [3] The USCIS also handles forms related to naturalization and citizenship. These forms begin with the letter "N" and are not discussed on this page.
Acute radiation syndrome ( ARS ), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed to high amounts of ionizing radiation in a short period of time. [1] Symptoms can start within an hour of exposure, and can last for several months.
Eflornithine, sold under the brand name Vaniqa among others, is a medication used to treat African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and excessive hair growth on the face in women. [1] [3] [4] Specifically it is used for the second stage of sleeping sickness caused by T. b. gambiense and may be used with nifurtimox.
Encephalitis lethargica is an atypical form of encephalitis. Also known as " sleeping sickness " or " sleepy sickness " (distinct from tsetse fly –transmitted sleeping sickness ), it was first described in 1917 by neurologist Constantin von Economo [2] [3] and pathologist Jean-René Cruchet. [4] The disease attacks the brain, leaving some ...
Marek's disease is a highly contagious viral neoplastic disease in chickens. It is named after József Marek, a Hungarian veterinarian who described it in 1907. Marek's disease is caused by an alphaherpesvirus known as "Marek's disease virus" (MDV) or Gallid alphaherpesvirus 2 (GaHV-2). [2] The disease is characterized by the presence of T cell ...