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    the paratenic hosts, and mustelids as the definitive hosts. Dead-end, incidental, or accidental host – an organism that generally does not allow transmission...
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    PMID 23353941. Sehgal M, Ladd HJ, Totapally B (December 2020). "Trends in Epidemiology and Microbiology of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children". Hospital...
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  • The Incidental Economist is a blog focused on health economics and policy. It was founded in 2009 by Austin Frakt, a health economist at Boston University...
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    thyroid carcinoma are papillary microcarcinoma. Management strategies for incidental papillary microcarcinoma on ultrasound (and confirmed on FNAB) range from...
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    Wallis CJ (2019). "Lessons Learned from the Global Epidemiology of Kidney Cancer: A Refresher in Epidemiology 101". European Urology. 75 (1): 85–87. doi:10...
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    Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is an incidental microscopic finding with characteristic cellular morphology and multifocal tissue patterns. The condition...
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    College of Radiology recommends the following workup for thyroid nodules as incidental imaging findings on CT, MRI or PET-CT: Ultrasound imaging is useful as...
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    sign is generally not associated with symptoms, and is most commonly an incidental finding in normal individuals. Absence or laxity of the ligament suspending...
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    Vernooij MW, Ikram, MA, Tanghe, HL (2007). "Incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population.Incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population"...
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    intermediate hosts, where larvae develop until they are infectious. Humans are incidental hosts of this roundworm, and may become infected through ingestion of...
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    duct by a gallstone. However, the presence of gallstones is a frequent incidental finding and does not always necessitate treatment, in the absence of identifiable...
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  • Sylvatic cycle (category Epidemiology)
    spent cycling between wild animals and vectors. Humans are usually an incidental or dead-end host, infected by a vector. This is opposed to a "domestic"...
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  • Cohort study (category Epidemiology)
    characteristic. Cohort studies represent one of the fundamental designs of epidemiology which are used in research in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, nursing...
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    because they are readily diagnosed clinically, but they are often seen as incidental findings of mucosal biopsies of the buccal, labial and retromolar mucosa...
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    gallbladder cancer is diagnosed after cholecystectomy for stone disease (incidental cancer), re-operation to remove part of liver and lymph nodes is required...
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  • "human" diseases, the human is actually better viewed as an accidental or incidental victim and a dead-end host. Examples include rabies, anthrax, tularemia...
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    et al. in 1985, who found 36 of 101 consecutive autopsies to have an incidental microcarcinoma. Michael Pakdaman et al. report the highest incidence in...
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  • appendix determines the type of hernia repair and the surgical approach. Incidental appendicectomy in the case of a normal appendix is not favoured. An appendix...
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    crocodiles, alligators, snakes, lizards and frogs. Mammals are considered incidental or dead-end hosts for the virus: they do not usually develop a high enough...
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    a1. PMID 16651931. Ryan NA, Akbar S (April 2013). "A case report of an incidental finding of a 46,XX, SRY-negative male with masculine phenotype during...
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    PMID 35107383. Bayramov N, Usdat Ozturk A, Ercalik Yalcinkaya S (27 May 2022). "Incidental Soft Tissue Calcifications in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Images". Turkiye...
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  • can extend to surround the urethra. Urethral diverticulum is often an incidental finding. It can be diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging and/or micturating...
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    affected in Asia. Diagnosis is often during routine colonoscopy or as an incidental finding during CT scan. It is common in Western countries with about half...
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    pericardial cysts are often asymptomatic, the most common diagnosis is through incidental finding on a chest x-ray. Differentiation of pericardial cysts from diverticula...
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    needed] Diagnosis is principally by MRI. Frequently, arachnoid cysts are incidental findings on MRI scans performed for other clinical reasons. In practice...
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  • Thumbnail for Angiomyolipoma
    growing at greater than 5 mm per year may warrant a biopsy for diagnosis. Incidental discovery of angiomyolipomas (AML) should trigger consideration of tuberous...
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    phase, which may be specific, semispecific, or opportunistic facultative, incidental, or accidental, where it is not essential to the life cycle of the parasite;...
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    Katharine; Terry, Kathryn (2016). "Endosalpingiosis: More than just an incidental finding at the time of gynecologic surgery?". Gynecologic Oncology. 142...
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    house fires. An AFCI selectively distinguishes between a harmless arc (incidental to normal operation of switches, plugs, and brushed motors), and a potentially...
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    all have different syndromes and different causes. RTA is usually an incidental finding based on routine blood draws that show abnormal results. Clinically...
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