Emberiza variabilis breeds in Hokkaido

Apophysomyces variabilis Infections in Humans

Clinical and epidemiological characterization of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases in northeastern Brazil. To the Editor: The fungus Apo-physomyces elegans (order Mucorales) is a thermotolerant species that causes severe infections among humans. In contrast to other fungi that cause zy-gomycosis, which have a worldwide distribution and are rarely found in immunocompetent hosts, A. elegans has been...

Virus Isolated in Hokkaido with Monoclonal

the most serious encephalitis in human and horse, and abortion in pigs. The virus is spread over a wide area of East Asian countries and JE is a major public health concern in Thailand, China and India8). It is still unknown how the virus survives the winter in the northern temperate zone while the vector mosquito is inactive5). Hokkaido, northern island of Japan is located within the ecotone o...

Characterization of sapoviruses detected in Hokkaido, Japan.

Sheep breeds in Rajasthanx

b) Numbers. The total sheep population in the Chokla distribution area was 0.53 m according to the 1972 census and 0.511 m according to the 1977 census, thus showing a slight decline. Of these, adult males and adult females were 0.049 and 0.352 m respectively. Chokla is perhaps the finest carpet-wool breed, although most Chokla wool is now being diverted to the worsted sector because of the dea...

Has echinococcus granulosus settled in Hokkaido?

Two fbms of human echinococcosis or hydatidosis have been reportedinJapan: alveolar hydatidosis (AHD), which is caused by larval Echinococcus multilocularis, and cystic hydatidosis (CHD), which is caused by larval E. granulosus ( 1 ). Thee hundred and eighty-three AHD cases were reported from 1937-1998 in Hokkaido, a large northemmost island of Japan (2). In contrast, CHD cases were reported fr...