Evil Eye in the Western Highlands

The evil eye

Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands

Records from tea estates in the Kericho district in Kenya show that malaria reemerged in the 1980s. Renewed epidemic activity coincided with the emergence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and may have been triggered by the failure of antimalarial drugs. Meteorologic changes, population movements, degradation of health services, and changes in Anopheles vector populations a...

Clinical Epidemiology of Malaria in the Highlands of Western Kenya

Malaria in the highlands of Kenya is traditionally regarded as unstable and limited by low temperature. Brief warm periods may facilitate malaria transmission and are therefore able to generate epidemic conditions in immunologically naive human populations living at high altitudes. The adult:child ratio (ACR) of malaria admissions is a simple tool we have used to assess the degree of functional...

Extended Red Emission in the “ Evil Eye ” Galaxy ( NGC 4826 )

NGC4826 (M64) is a nearby Sab galaxy with an outstanding, absorbing dust lane (called the " Evil Eye ") asymmetrically placed across its prominent bulge. In addition, its central region is associated with several regions of ongoing star formation activity. We obtained accurate low-resolution (4.3 ˚ A/pixel) long-slit spectroscopy (KPNO 4-Meter) of NGC4826 in the 5300 – 9100Å spectral range, wit...

Plants Associated with Withcraft and Evil Eye

The present article, continuation of a previous work, is an attempt to study the plants to which magical properties are attributed. It is based on published information as well as survey conducted by the authors.