Overview of the Colombia-Panama border: migration flows and illegality in The Darien [PDF]
, 2019 This paper aims to study the current flow of migrations from Colombia to Panama, both legal and illegal. In order to achieve this, several factors that drive migration have been identified in populations from Colombia and other countries, as well as ...
Polo-Alvis, Sebastián +2 more
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Borders and border experiences [PDF]
, 2020 peer reviewedThe idea of a “Europe without borders” has been contested for the last decade and is increasingly overshadowed by rebordering phenomena.
WILLE, Christian +3 more
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Cross-border everyday lives on the Luxembourg border? An empirical approach: the example of cross-border commuters and residential migrants [PDF]
, 2020 peer reviewedLuxembourg is characterized by phenomena of mobility that includecross-border commuters and residential migrants. While both groups havebeen mainly examined from a socioeconomic perspective, this paperadopts a sociocultural
Roos, Ursula +3 more
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A new golden frog species of the genus Diasporus (Amphibia, Eleutherodactylidae) from the Cordillera Central, western Panama [PDF]
, 2012 We describe the frog species Diasporus citrinobapheussp. n. from the Cordillera Central of western Panama. The new species differs from all other species in its genus in coloration, disk cover and disk pad shape, skin texture, advertisement call, and ...
Köhler, Gunther +13 more
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Seven new species of Rinorea (Violaceae) from the Neotropics [PDF]
PhytoKeysOver the course of revising the genus Rinorea (Violaceae) from Colombia, field observations and herbarium studies revealed seven new species. Several of the new species described here belong to species complexes that required examination of herbarium ...
Saúl E. Hoyos-Gómez +2 more
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BMC Genetics, 2020 Background The New World Screwworm fly (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax, is an ectoparasite of warm-blooded animals and a major pest of livestock in parts of South America and the Caribbean where it remains endemic.
Carolina Concha +8 more
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Unusual pattern of chikungunya virus epidemic in the Americas, the Panamanian experience.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 BackgroundChikungunya virus (CHIKV) typically causes explosive epidemics of fever, rash and polyarthralgia after its introduction into naïve populations. Since its introduction in Panama in May of 2014, few autochthonous cases have been reported; most of
Jean-Paul Carrera +19 more
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FishesGalapagos sharks (Carcharhinus galapagensis) are a large species belonging to the family Carcharhinidae, with poorly understood biology, especially along continental coastlines, which limits effective management of their populations.
Bradley M. Wetherbee +7 more
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Trachoma elimination in Latin America: prioritization of municipalities for surveillance activities
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019 Objective. To identify and prioritize municipalities in 22 countries of Latin America for trachoma surveillance activities, to measure the absence or prevalence of trachoma, and to support validation and trachoma elimination efforts in the Region of the ...
Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz +5 more
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Study of the epidemiological behavior of malaria in the Darien Region, Panama. 2015-2017.
PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundMalaria is endemic in Darién and an assessment of the different factors affecting its epidemiology is crucial for the development of adequate strategies of surveillance, prevention, and disease control.
Lorenzo Cáceres Carrera +5 more
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