Strong seasonality of Bonamia sp. infection and induced Crassostrea ariakensis mortality in Bogue and Masonboro Sounds, North Carolina, USA.

Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis is being considered for introduction to Atlantic coastal waters of the USA. Successful aquaculture of this species will depend partly on mitigating impacts by Bonamia sp., a parasite that has caused high C.

Comparative impacts of two major hurricane seasons on the Neuse River and western Pamlico Sound ecosystems.

Ecosystem-level impacts of two hurricane seasons were compared several years after the storms in the largest lagoonal estuary in the U.S., the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System.

Ischiopagus twins: an outcome analysis of urological aspects of repair in 3 sets of twins.

Purpose: We assessed the urological components of ischiopagus twins and outcomes of surgical correction.

Materials And Methods: We performed a longitudinal study of 3 pairs of twins who presented to a single institution for repair and analyzed the outcomes of certain aspects of repair.

Results: Three pairs of twins joined from diaphragm to pelvis and facing each other in an embracing posture were separated in the last 10 years at a single institution.

Posterior urethral valves in Saudi Arabia.

Forty patients with posterior urethral valves who were managed at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital between 1977 and 1983 are reviewed. Seventy-two percent of the patients were less than one year old. Diagnosis was established by voiding cystourethrography and confirmed endoscopically.