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An optimality criterion to determine areas of endemism [PDF]

, 2002
A formal method was developed to determine areas of endemism. The study region is divided into cells, and the number of species that can be considered as endemic is counted for a given set of cells (= area).
Chalup, Adriana Elizabeth, Cuezzo, Fabiana del Carmen, Goloboff, Pablo Augusto, Szumik, Claudia Adriana   +3 more
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Diversity of butterflies of the Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary, Shivamogga District, Karnataka, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
A study was conducted on the diversity of butterflies by using the pollard walk method in the tropical dry deciduous habitats of Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary, Shivamogga District, Karnataka, from February 2010 to January 2011.
M.N. Harisha, Harish Prakash, B.B. Hosetti, Vijaya Kumara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling the Impact of Mass Testing to Transition from Pandemic Mitigation to Endemic COVID-19

Viruses, 2022
As countries transition from pandemic mitigation to endemic COVID-19, mass testing may blunt the impact on the healthcare system of the liminal wave. We used GeoDEMOS-R, an agent-based model of Singapore’s population with demographic distributions and ...
Joel R Koo, Alex R Cook, Jue Tao Lim, Ken Wei Tan, Borame L Dickens   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting the distribution of canine leishmaniasis in western Europe based on environmental variables. [PDF]

, 2011
The domestic dog is the reservoir host of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis endemic in Mediterranean Europe. Targeted control requires predictive risk maps of canine leishmaniasis (CanL), which are now explored ...
ADRIAN MYLNE, ANA O. FRANCO, CARLOS ALVES PIRES, CLIVE R. DAVIES, CRISTINA BALLART, FRANCISCO MORILLAS-MÁRQUEZ, Hastie, JEAN-PIERRE DEDET, JONATHAN COX, LUIGI GRADONI, MARIA ODETE AFONSO, MARINA GRAMICCIA, MONTSERRAT GÁLLEGO, PAUL D. READY, Rabe-Hesketh, Ready, Ribeiro, RICARDO MOLINA, Rioux, Rogers, ROSA GÁLVEZ, SERGIO BARÓN-LÓPEZ   +21 more
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Woody species diversity from proposed ecologically sensitive area of northern Western Ghats: implications for biodiversity management

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
The Western Ghats of India support an array of tropical forests ranging from wet evergreen to scrub formations.  Several endemic and threatened plant species are located in areas other than protected areas (PAs).
M. Tadwalkar, A. Joglekar, Monali Mhaskar, A. Patwardhan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The 863C>A and 1031T>C Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-α) Promoter Gene May Not Be Putative Predictors of HBV Endemicity

Livers, 2023
Background: Genetic polymorphisms within the gene loci of the promoter region of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha have been associated with the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In Uganda, there is a wide variation in the HBV endemicity,
Hussein Mukasa Kafeero, Dorothy Ndagire, Ponsiano Ocama, Charles Drago Kato, David Patrick Kateete, Abdul Walusansa, Ali Kudamba, Kigozi Edgar, Fred Ashaba Katabazi, Maria Magdalene Namaganda, Jamilu E. Ssenku, Eddie Wampande, Henry Kajumbula, Hakim Sendagire   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be a major cause of infectious disease mortality in tropical regions. However, deaths from malaria are most often not individually documented, and as a result overall understanding of malaria epidemiology is inadequate ...
Alam, N, Arthur, SS, Awini, E, Bauni, E, Bhuiya, A, Binka, FN, Bonfoh, B, Byass, P, Chaudhary, B, Chuc, NT, Compaoré, Y, Delaunay, V, Diallo, A, Diboulo, E, Douillot, L, Ezeh, A, Gomez, P, Gyapong, M, Gómez-Olivé, FX, Hamel, MJ, Hanifi, SM, Herbst, K, Hodgson, A, Jaeger, F, Jasseh, M, Juvekar, S, Kabudula, CW, Kant, S, Khan, WA, Kyobutungi, C, Lindblade, KA, Mee, P, Melaku, YA, Misra, P, Mochamah, G, Mossong, J, Mulugeta, A, Ndila, C, Ngoran, EK, Odhiambo, FO, Oduro, A, Sankoh, OA, Sié, A, Slutsker, L, Sokhna, C, Soura, AB, Srivastava, R, Streatfield, PK, Tanner, M, Utzinger, J, Wahab, A, Wamukoya, M, Welaga, P, Weldearegawi, B, Williams, J, Williams, TN, Wilopo, S, Yé, M   +57 more
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Endemicity change of hepatitis A infection necessitates vaccination in food handlers: An Indian perspective

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
In the last two decades, outbreaks due to the foodborne hepatitis A virus (HAV) have been frequently reported in India, with adolescents and adults primarily affected.
Bhaskar Shenoy, Anar Andani, Shafi Kolhapure, Ashish Agrawal, Jaydeep Mazumdar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with the performance and cost-effectiveness of using lymphatic filariasis transmission assessment surveys for monitoring soil-transmitted helminths: a case study in Kenya. [PDF]

, 2015
Transmission assessment surveys (TAS) for lymphatic filariasis have been proposed as a platform to assess the impact of mass drug administration (MDA) on soil-transmitted helminths (STHs).
Assefa, Aurenhammer, Bergquist, Birgit Nikolay, Brooker, Brooker, Charles S. Mwandawiro, Chu, de Silva, Edwards, Gunawardena, Hall, Hugh J. W. Sturrock, Jennifer L. Smith, Jimmy Kihara, Jovani, Levecke, Linard, Liya Assefa, McCarthy, Minetti, Mwandawiro, Mwandawiro, Nikolay, Njenga, Olives, Patil, Pullan, Sammy M. Njenga, Simon J. Brooker, Smith, Solomon, Sturrock, Sturrock, Sturrock   +34 more
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