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Spider checklist for the Blouberg, in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa

Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2019
Background: The north-eastern mountainous region of South Africa has been identified as a spider diversity hotspot and centre of endemisim. The Blouberg is an isolated inselberg that forms part of the Soutpansberg geological complex, the northernmost ...
Stefan Foord, Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Charles R. Haddad, Colin Schoeman, Norbert Hahn, Robin Lyle   +5 more
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The Upemba National Park (Upper Congo Basin, DR Congo): An Updated Checklist Confirming Its Status as an African Fish Biodiversity Hotspot

Diversity, 2023
An annotated checklist of the ichthyofauna of the Upemba National Park, draining part of the Upper Lualaba basin and situated in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is presented, based on a literature review, a re-examination of ...
Bauchet Katemo Manda, Jos Snoeks, Auguste Chocha Manda, Emmanuel Abwe, Christian Mukweze Mulelenu, Micheline Kasongo Ilunga Kayaba, Pacifique Kiwele Mutambala, Lewis Ngoy Kalumba, Emmanuel J. W. M. N. Vreven   +8 more
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Epidemiological patterns of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in highly endemic areas [PDF]

, 1996
This paper uses meta-analysis of published data and a deterministic mathematical model of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission to describe the patterns of HBV infection in high endemicity areas.
A. J. Hall, Anderson, Barin, C. J. O'Callaghan, D. J. Nokes, G. F. Medley, Gebreselassie, H. C. Whittle, Milne, Overby, Pearce, Pongpipat, Prozesky, Reniers, Schweitzer, Shiraki, Sobeslavsky, Sokal, Swenson, Tong, W. J. Edmunds   +20 more
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON THE EMERGENCE OF IODINE DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2014
. Aim. Study of this issue is relevant and importantin theoretical andclinical medicine. Low content of iodine in water and food is a cause an iodine deficiency in children and adolescents in the Republic of Dagestan.
O. R. Osmanov, E. Ya. Omarieva, R. O. Osmanov   +2 more
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Sensitivity and specificity of a urine circulating anodic antigen test for the diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in low endemic settings [PDF]

, 2015
Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem and interruption of transmission in selected areas are key goals of the World Health Organization for 2025.
Ali, Said M., Ame, Shaali M., Cercamondi, Colin I., Corstjens, Paul L. A. M., de Dood, Claudia J., Knopp, Stefanie, Koukounari, Artemis, Mohammed, Khalfan A., Rollinson, David, Utzinger, Jürg, van Dam, Govert J.   +10 more
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Dynamics of blaKPC-2 Dissemination from Non-CG258 Klebsiella pneumoniae to Other Enterobacterales via IncN Plasmids in an Area of High Endemicity

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2020
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) pose a significant threat to global public health. The most important mechanism for carbapenem resistance is the production of carbapenemases.
A. Rada, E. De La Cadena, Carlos A. Agudelo, Cesar Capataz, Nataly Orozco, Cristian Pallares, A. Dinh, D. Panesso, Rafael Ríos, Lorena Díaz, Adriana M Correa, B. Hanson, M. Villegas, C. Arias, E. Restrepo   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Sea-level changes during the Pleistocene and the geomorphological history have largely molded the intricate shaping of coastal drainages in Eastern South America.
FABIO H. TAKAGUI, LUÍS P. SANTANA, MARCELEIA RUBERT, PATRIK VIANA, PAULO ROBERTO A.M AFFONSO, LUCIA GIULIANO-CAETANO   +5 more
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Meta-analysis of epilepsy prevalence in West Africa and its relationship with onchocerciasis endemicity and control

International Health, 2020
Background A high prevalence and incidence of epilepsy has been reported in onchocerciasis-endemic regions in Central and East Africa. There is compelling epidemiological evidence suggesting that this high burden is caused by onchocerciasis-associated ...
J. S. Siewe Fodjo, J. Remmé, P. Preux, R. Colebunders   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical malaria case definition and malaria attributable fraction in the highlands of western Kenya. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundIn African highland areas where endemicity of malaria varies greatly according to altitude and topography, parasitaemia accompanied by fever may not be sufficient to define an episode of clinical malaria in endemic areas.
Afrane, Yaw A, Githeko, Andrew K, Yan, Guiyun, Zhou, Guofa   +3 more
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A Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) bivalve-dominated molluscan fauna from the Stairway Sandstone, Amadeus Basin, central Australia [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2016
A bivalve-dominated molluscan fauna is described from the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) Stairway Sandstone, Amadeus Basin, central Australia. The fauna comprises 16 species of bivalves and rostroconchs plus six gastropod species which are treated under
Kristian G. Jakobsen, Glenn A. Brock, Arne T. Nielsen   +2 more
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