High Prevalence of a Newly Discovered Wutai Mosquito Phasivirus in Mosquitoes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Many RNA viruses have recently emerged, threatening humans and causing harm to animals and plants. Bunyaviruses represent one of the largest groups of RNA viruses and are able to infect a wide range of hosts (invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants). Recently, new insect-specific viruses have been isolated from mosquitoes and phlebotomine sandflies worldwide.

Primary Repair of a Complex Panfacial Fracture by Dog Bite.

Facial fractures due to dog attacks have an unknown incidence rate. To date, only 41 cases of canine bite trauma in a pediatric patient, associated with facial fracture, have been reported in the literature. As major species of involving dogs are the American pitbull terrier and rottweiler.

Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma With Sphenoid Sinus Invasion and Protrusion: Treatment Approach With Le Fort I Osteotomy.

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare benign tumor that occurs predominantly in young males. The authors report the case of a 22-year-old male patient who presented with a painless, exophytic tumor mass protruding through the right nostril, with anterior lateral extension associated with severe posterior involvement, erosion of the sphenoid bone to the right of the pterygoid process, and significant epistaxis. The preoperative evaluation, surgical approach, postoperative results, and a review of the literature are presented.

Giant Peripheral Temporomandibular Osteoma With Immediate Reconstruction of Mandible.

Osteoma is a benign osteogenic tumor, which is characterized the slow-growing proliferation of compact or cancellous bone. The etiology of the lesion is not well established. Among the hypotheses, the following are related: a traumatic factor, infectious processes, or true neoplasm due to the origin of cartilaginous cells.