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(something)

1. Sl. to give an advantage to someone. I'll spot you twenty points. No need to spot me. I'm the greatest!

2. Sl. to lend someone something. Can you spot me a few bucks? I can spot you a whole hundred!

spot

1. n. a small drink of liquor. I’ll just have a spot, please.

2. n. a nightclub; a night spot. It was a nice little spot, with a combo and a canary.

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Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis showed that the immune response in skin biopsy specimens from patients with ATBF more predominantly involved polymorphonuclear leukocytes than did specimens from patients with Mediterranean spotted fever (p<0.

5%), previously found to be the most efficient diagnostic technique for spotted fever rickettsioses (27).

Histologic features and immunodetection of African tick-bite fever eschar

Characterization of spotted fever group rickettsiae in flea and tick specimens from northern Peru.

Rickettsia parkeri: a newly recognized cause of spotted fever rickettsiosis in the United States.

Fatal human infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatan, Mexico

honei TT-118 in a clinical specimen from a patient suspected of having spotted fever rickettsiosis was achieved after clinical diagnosis and serologic analysis.

Tick-borne rickettsiae of the spotted fever group in West Pakistan.

Human infection with Rickettsia honei, Thailand

Some 85 percent to 90 percent of the planted adult spotted bass were hooked, the biologist noted.

But the nail in the spotted bass' coffin likely was the introduction of the largemouth bass, Bottroff said.

SADLY, PERRIS IS SPOTLESS; ONCE PRECIOUS SPOTTED BASS HAVE VANISHED

We describe a fatal case of spotted fever rickettsiosis in a missionary from the United States who lived in a rural town in the central district of Kenya, approximately 70 km north of Nairobi.

Fatal spotted fever rickettsiosis, Kenya

Immunohistochemical examination for spotted fever rickettsiae was performed by using a monoclonal antibody against a lipopolysaccharide epitope distinctive for spotted fever group rickettsiae (10).

Fatal spotted fever rickettsiosis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Distribution and prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in dog ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus).

Israeli spotted fever Rickettsia in Sicilian Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. (Letters)

Genotypic and antigenic identification of two new strains of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated from China.

Rickettsia mongolotimonae: A Rare Pathogen in France

The absence of tache noire is typical in Israeli spotted fever (6).

Israeli spotted fever Rickettsia (Rickettsia conorii Complex) associated with human disease in Portugal

Clinical and laboratory findings of spotted fever in Israeli children.

Family outbreak of Rickettsia conorii infection

Comparison of Western immunoblotting and microimmunofluoresence for diagnosis of Mediterranean spotted fever.