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Plant Endemism and Biodiversity Conservation in the Alashan–Ordos Dryland of Inner Mongolia

open access: yesDiversity
The East Alashan–Ordos Dryland of Inner Mongolia, China is the core area of the South Mongolian region, and one of the eight biodiversity centers in China.
Yue Cao   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Myxomycete diversity of the Patagonian Steppe and bordering areas in Argentina

open access: yesAnales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2014
Biodiversity surveys for myxomycetes (Amoebozoa) were carried out in three consecutive years (2009 to 2011) in the cold arid Patagonian Steppe, Argentina.
Carlos Lado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Chorological Data for the Italian Vascular Flora

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
Despite the importance for scientific and conservation purposes, the knowledge of the Italian territory is far from exhaustive. New chorological data for 87 vascular taxa regarding the central-southern part of Italy and its two main islands (Sicilia and ...
Leonardo Rosati   +25 more
doaj   +1 more source

Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism

open access: yesNature
Islands are renowned as evolutionary laboratories and support many species that are not found elsewhere1,2. Islands are also of great conservation concern, with many of their endemic species currently threatened or extinct3. Here we present a standardized checklist of all known vascular plants that occur on islands and document their geographical and ...
Julian Schrader   +11 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Splenic Tropism and Spleen‐Modulated Systemic Inflammation in Acute Plasmodium vivax Malaria

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In chronic Plasmodium vivax (Pv) infection, the spleen accounts for over 98% of total‐body parasite biomass. Whether splenic tropism also occurs in acute infection and how the spleen influences pathogenesis have not been systematically explored. In Papua, Indonesia, we compared clinical and hematology data in 24 spleen‐intact and 25 previously
Steven Kho   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Locally confined clonal complexes of Mycobacterium ulcerans in two Buruli ulcer endemic regions of Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), which has been reported from over 30 countries worldwide.
Miriam Bolz   +38 more
core   +2 more sources

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli's De Hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina (1761): Mercury Mining, Mercurialism, and Preventive Reasoning in Eighteenth‐Century Occupational Medicine

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788), a physician‐naturalist of the Enlightenment, is primarily remembered for his contributions to botany and entomology. Less attention has been paid to his medical work De hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina physico‐chymico‐medica (1761), written during his fifteen years of service as physician at the mercury mines
Alberto Zanatta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Plants in 2014

open access: yes, 2015
The editors of Plants would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2014:[...
Plants Editorial Office, Office, Plants
core   +1 more source

Immune Modulatory Therapy for Severe Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in a Patient With Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency: A Case Report

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dengue virus (DENV) poses a serious global health challenge, particularly in cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Patients with preexisting mitochondrial disorders may be at increased risk for complications due to the specific impact of DENV on mitochondrial‐dependent cellular processes and immune function.
Audra N. Iness   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bringing together emerging and endemic zoonoses surveillance: shared challenges and a common solution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Early detection of disease outbreaks in human and animal populations is crucial to the effective surveillance of emerging infectious diseases. However, there are marked geographical disparities in capacity for early detection of outbreaks, which limit ...
Knobel, Darryn   +16 more
core   +1 more source

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