Staphylococcal enteritis Staphylococcal enteritis Staphylococcal enteritis is an inflammation that is usually caused by eating or drinking substances contaminated with staph enterotoxin. The toxin, not the bacterium, settles in the small intestine and causes inflammation and swelling. This in turn can cause abdominal pain, cramping, dehydration, diarrhea and fever. "Staphylococcus aureus" is a Gram-positive, facultative anaerobe, coccal (round shaped) bacteria that appears in grape-like clusters that can thrive in high salt and low water activity habitats. "S. aureus" bacteria can live on the skin which is one of the primary modes of transmission. "S. aureus" can cause a range of illnesses from
The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans (ROCEEH) is an interdisciplinary project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Within the framework of this Research Center social scientists and natural scientists study the effect that culture had on the successive expansions of humans out of Africa and across the Old World. The Research Center is located at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main. The project was initiated in 2008 by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and is