Among young athletes who had ACL reconstruction after taking part in high-risk sports, female athletes returned to a high-risk sport less often than male athletes. The study found an association, not proof that sex or any treatment factor caused the difference.
A field report from Oaxaca adds first local records of two triatomine species and expands the mapped distribution, while leaving local infection and transmission questions unanswered.
A study of 402 shelter dogs in Albuquerque found different Dirofilaria immitis antigen counts before and after a heat-based serum treatment. Four dogs tested positive before immune complex dissociation, and 14 did afterward, while a molecular test detected no microfilariae DNA.