Morphological and molecular identification of acridid grasshoppers (Acrididae: Orthoptera) from Poonch division, Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan

Immersion Tolerance in Rangeland Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Distribution of ABO and Rh D blood groups in the population of Poonch District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

We evaluated the distribution of ABO and Rhesus (Rh) D blood groups in the population of Poonch district in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The blood group phenotypes were detected by the classic slide method. The ABO blood group system in the total sample showed the same trend of prevalence as for the general Indian subcontinent (B > or = O > A > AB). The same trend was found among males, but among fe...

Exploration of ethno-medicinal knowledge among rural communities of Pearl Valley; Rawalakot, District Poonch Azad Jammu and Kashmir

BACKGROUND Medicinal plants are the basic source of health care in the Pearl Valley District Poonch, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir. The basic aim of present study was to record information about the use of plants in herbal preparation and quantification of recorded data. MATERIALS AND METHODS The research was conducted with the null hypothesis that there was no differential distribution of knowledg...

Consanguinity and Its Sociodemographic Differentials in Bhimber District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Kashmiri population in the northeast of Pakistan has strong historical, cultural and linguistic affinities with the neighbouring populations of upper Punjab and Potohar region of Pakistan. However, the study of consanguineous unions, which are customarily practised in many populations of Pakistan, revealed marked differences between the Kashmiris and other populations of northern Pakistan with ...

Clinicopathological features of childhood visceral leishmaniasis in Azad Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan.

BACKGROUND In Pakistan visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Northern Areas and Northwest Frontier Province; the areas which lack adequate diagnostic facilities. This study describes the clinical and laboratory features in 61 cases of childhood VL. METHODS All the children below 12 years of age who were managed as indoor cases from 1st Jan 1999 to 31st Dec 1999 were ...