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Lestomyia strigipes Curran 1931
No full textLestomyia strigipes Curran, 1931 Original Description: Lestomyia strigipes Curran, 1931. Published State Records: Cole (1969) (Wyoming); Curran (1942); Fisher & Wilcox (1997) (Wyoming); Geller- Grimm (2016) (Wyoming); Martin & Wilcox (1965) (Wyoming). Published County Records: None known. Museum Records: AL; FR; LA; SU; SW.Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, D. Steve, 2017, A checklist of the Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA, pp. 335-365 in Zootaxa 4238 (3) on page 350, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/34577
Cyrtopogon willistoni Curran 1922
No full textCyrtopogon willistoni Curran, 1922 Original Description: Cyrtopogon willistoni Curran, 1922. Published State Records: Adisoemarto (1967); Cole (1969) (Wyoming); Dennis & Lavigne (2007); Geller-Grimm (2016) (Wyoming); Lavigne & Dennis (1994); Martin & Wilcox (1965) (Wyoming); Wilcox & Martin (1936). Published County Records: AL [Lavigne & Holland (1969) (ethology)]; TE; WA; YNP. Museum Records: AL; LA; SH; TE; WA; YNP.Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, D. Steve, 2017, A checklist of the Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA, pp. 335-365 in Zootaxa 4238 (3) on page 347, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/34577
Negasilus belli Curran 1934
No full textNegasilus belli Curran, 1934 Original Description: Negasilus belli Curran, 1934. Published State Records: Adisoemarto (1967) (Laramie); Geller-Grimm (2016) (Wyoming); Martin (1975) (Wyoming). Published County Records: AL; PL (one specimen identified by CRN). Museum Records: AL; LA; NI; PL; UI.Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, D. Steve, 2017, A checklist of the Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA, pp. 335-365 in Zootaxa 4238 (3) on pages 342-343, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/34577
Laphystia confusa Curran 1927
No full textLaphystia confusa Curran, 1927 Original Description: Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927. Published State Records: Cole (1969) (Wyoming); Curran (1927) (paratype, male, Wyoming); Fisher & Wilcox (1997) (Wyoming); Geller-Grimm (2016) (Wyoming); Martin & Wilcox (1965) (Wyoming); Wilcox (1960) (Wyoming). Published County Records: None known. Museum Records: NI.Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, D. Steve, 2017, A checklist of the Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA, pp. 335-365 in Zootaxa 4238 (3) on page 353, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/34577
Laphystia rufofasciata Curran 1931
No full textLaphystia rufofasciata Curran, 1931 Original Description: Laphystia rufofasciata Curran, 1931. Published State Records: Cole (1969) (Wyoming); Curran (1931); Dennis et al. (2010); Fisher & Wilcox (1997) (Wyoming); Geller-Grimm (2016) (Wyoming); Martin & Wilcox (1965) (Wyoming); Wilcox (1960). Published County Records: CB; SW [Lavigne et al. (1983) (ethology)]. Museum Records: CA; SW.Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, D. Steve, 2017, A checklist of the Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA, pp. 335-365 in Zootaxa 4238 (3) on page 354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/34577
Laphystia rufiventris Curran 1931
No full text<i>Laphystia rufiventris</i> Curran, 1931 <p> Original Description: <i>Laphystia rufiventris</i> Curran, 1931.</p> <p>Published State Records: Cole (1969) (Wyoming); Curran (1931); Fisher & Wilcox (1997) (Wyoming); Geller- Grimm (2016) (Wyoming); Martin & Wilcox (1965) (Wyoming); Wilcox (1960). Published County Records: SW.</p> <p>Museum Records: HS; SW; UI.</p>Published as part of <i>Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, D. Steve, 2017, A checklist of the Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA, pp. 335-365 in Zootaxa 4238 (3)</i> on page 353, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/345779">http://zenodo.org/record/345779</a>
Laphystia canadensis Curran 1927
No full text<i>Laphystia canadensis</i> Curran, 1927 <p> Original Description: <i>Laphystia canadensis</i> Curran, 1927.</p> <p>Published State Records: Cole (1969) (Wyoming); Fisher & Wilcox (1997) (Wyoming); Geller-Grimm (2016) (Wyoming); Martin & Wilcox (1965) (Wyoming); Wilcox (1960) (Wyoming)]. Published County Records: BH (one specimen identified by JKB). Museum Records: BH.</p>Published as part of <i>Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, D. Steve, 2017, A checklist of the Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA, pp. 335-365 in Zootaxa 4238 (3)</i> on page 353, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/345779">http://zenodo.org/record/345779</a>
Rhinolophus landeri Martin 1838
No full textRhinolophus landeri Martin 1838 This species was recorded at three sites in central and northern Mozambique. The male had bright orange axillary tufts in the armpits. Peak echolocation frequencies were 102.2 kHz (female; ANABAT, n = 1) and 104 kHz (male; Pettersson D240x, n = 1) 3–5 kHz lower than in South Africa (Schoeman and Jacobs, 2008; Monadjem et al., 2010) Field measurements: FA (adult male) 46.3 (1); Bm (adult male) 9.5 (1); FA (adult female) 46.3 (1); Bm (adult female) 10.0 (1). Nose-leaf width was 7.9 for the single female.Published as part of Monadjem, Ara, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Reside, April, P Io, Dorothea V., Stoffberg, Samantha, Bayliss, Julian, (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D., Curran, Michael, Kopp, Mirjam & Taylor, Peter J., 2010, A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country, pp. 371-391 in Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2) on page 378, DOI: 10.3161/150811010X537963, http://zenodo.org/record/394458
C-reactive protein level and microbial aetiology in patients hospitalised with acute exacerbation of COPD.
No full textBoth viruses and bacteria are thought to cause exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, the relative importance of each remains uncertain. C-reactive protein (CRP) levels increase during exacerbations but the relationship with aetiology is not established. We aimed to explore the relationship between serum CRP and the rate of detection of viruses and bacteria. This was a prospectively recruited, observational study of patients hospitalised with exacerbations of COPD. Nasopharyngeal swabs were tested for respiratory viruses by reverse transcriptase-PCR. Sputum and blood were collected for bacterial culture and urine tested for pneumococcal antigen. CRP levels were measured on sera. CRP and other factors associated with viral, bacterial or mixed detection were assessed using multiple logistic regression analysis. 264 patients with exacerbations of COPD were studied: 26% tested positive for respiratory viruses only, 13% had bacteria only, 12% had mixed viral/bacterial detection, and 49% had no pathogens detected. CRP level and temperature were strongly associated with viral detection rate (p<0.001 and p=0.004, respectively) and mixed viral/bacterial detection rate (p=0.02 and p=0.03, respectively) on multivariate analysis. Bacterial detection rate was not associated with CRP level or body temperature. This study supports the role of viruses as important aetiological agents causing exacerbations of COPD
Adults hospitalised with acute respiratory illness rarely have detectable bacteria in the absence of COPD or pneumonia; viral infection predominates in a large prospective UK sample.
No full textObjectives: Many adult patients hospitalised with acute respiratory illness have viruses detected but the overall importance of viral infection compared to bacterial infection is unclear.Methods: Patients were recruited from two acute hospital sites in Leicester (UK) over 3 successive winters. Samples were taken for viral and bacterial testing.Results: Of the 780 patients hospitalised with acute respiratory illness 345 (44%) had a respiratory virus detected. Picornaviruses were the most commonly isolated viruses (detected in 23% of all patients). Virus detection rates exceeded 50% in patients with exacerbation of asthma (58%), acute bronchitis and Influenza-like-illness (64%), and ranged from 30 to 50% in patients with an exacerbation of COPD (38%), community acquired pneumonia (36%) and congestive cardiac failure (31%). Bacterial detection was relatively frequent in patients with exacerbation of COPD and pneumonia (25% and 33% respectively) but was uncommon in all other groups. Antibiotic use was high across all clinical groups (76% overall) and only 21% of all antibiotic use occurred in patients with detectable bacteria.Conclusions: Respiratory viruses are the predominant detectable aetiological agents in most hospitalised adults with acute respiratory illness. Antibiotic usage in hospital remains excessive including in clinical conditions associated with low rates of bacterial detection. Efforts at reducing excess antibiotic use should focus on these groups as a priority.Registered International Standard Controlled Trial Number: 21521552
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