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Increased vulnerability of rural children on antiretroviral therapy attending public health facilities in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2010
Background A large proportion of the 340,000 HIV‐positive children in South Africa live in rural areas, yet there is little sub‐Saharan data comparing rural paediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme outcomes with urban facilities.
Geoffrey Fatti, Peter Bock, Ashraf Grimwood, Brian Eley   +3 more
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Reducing visual stimulations in european hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) captured for translocation

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2012
Stress may be an important variable affecting the survival of the captured hares, for this reason the Authors studied the effect of the use of a blindfolding hood applied to the hares immediately after net trapping.
Marco Ferretti, Marco Bagliacca, Gisella Paci   +2 more
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Outbreak of Tularemia in a Group of Hunters in Germany in 2018—Kinetics of Antibody and Cytokine Responses

Microorganisms, 2020
In November 2018, an outbreak of tularemia occurred among hare hunters in Bavaria, Germany. At least one infected hare was confirmed as the source of infection.
Daniela Jacob, Anne Barduhn, Dennis Tappe, Jessica Rauch, Klaus Heuner, Daniela Hierhammer, Katharina vom Berge, Julia M. Riehm, Matthias Hanczaruk, Stefanie Böhm, Merle M. Böhmer, Regina Konrad, Berit Bouschery, Marc Dauer, Elisabeth Schichtl, Hamid Hossain, Roland Grunow   +16 more
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Molecular Survey of Tularemia and Plague in Small Mammals From Iran

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Introduction: Plague and tularemia are zoonoses and their causative bacteria are circulating in certain regions of Iran. This study was conducted to investigate potential disease reservoirs amongst small wildlife species in different regions of Iran ...
Ehsan Mostafavi, Ehsan Mostafavi, Ahmad Ghasemi, Ahmad Ghasemi, Ahmad Ghasemi, Mahdi Rohani, Mahdi Rohani, Leila Molaeipoor, Leila Molaeipoor, Leila Molaeipoor, Saber Esmaeili, Saber Esmaeili, Saber Esmaeili, Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Mansour Aliabadian, Mansour Aliabadian, Anders Johansson   +21 more
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Species structure of small game hunting in the Kirov region at the beginning of the XXI century

Аграрная наука Евро-Северо-Востока, 2021
An assessment of the species structure and size of small game prey for the spring and autumn-winter hunting seasons on the territory of the Kirov region was made, using a questionnaire survey based on the analysis of the prey of 3220 individuals.
Boris E. Zarubin, Vyacheslav V. Kolesnikov, Anna V. Kozlova, Maria S. Shevnina, Alexander V. Economov   +4 more
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The tortoise and the hare [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2011
Everyone is familiar with Aesop's fable of the tortoise and the hare. Although the hare was faster over short distances, it was the plodding tortoise which won the race. The recent history of policies and initiatives to address inequalities in health is littered with harebrained schemes, exchanging long-term effect for short-term display.
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Effect of age and gender on carcass traits and meat quality of farmed brown hares

Animal, 2018
A total of 48 sub-adult hares and adult reproducing farmed hares were used to characterize carcass and meat traits according to the age and gender of animals. With respect to carcass traits, when age increased, the carcass weight significantly increased (
A. Trocino, M. Birolo, S. Dabbou, F. Gratta, N. Rigo, G. Xiccato   +5 more
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Effects of Population Declines on Habitat Segregation and Activity Patterns of Rabbits and Hares in Doñana National Park, Spain

Land, 2022
Competition, predation, and diseases are key factors shaping animal communities. In recent decades, lagomorphs in Europe have been impacted by virus-borne diseases that have caused substantial declines in their populations and, subsequently, in many of ...
Juan F. Beltrán, Jaime R. Rau, Ramón C. Soriguer, Maura B. Kufner, Miguel Delibes, Francisco Carro   +5 more
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Highest densities of mountain hares (Lepus timidus) associated with ecologically restored bog but not grouse moorland management

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Over the last 20 years, ecological restoration of degraded habitats has become common in conservation practice. Mountain hares (Lepus timidus scoticus) were surveyed during 2017–2021 using 830 km of line transects in the Peak District National Park ...
Carlos P. E. Bedson, Philip M. Wheeler, Neil Reid, Wilson Edwin Harris, David Mallon, Simon Caporn, Richard Preziosi   +6 more
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Monitoring Urban European Hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) with Citizen Science and a Thermal Spotter

Urban Science
Populations of the European hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas) have declined in agricultural areas throughout Europe, primarily due to habitat loss caused by the industrialization of agriculture.
Sussie Pagh, Lasse Lange Jensen, Cino Pertoldi, Hanne Lyngholm Larsen   +3 more
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