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Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island
Pemba is thought to have had a longer and/or stronger history of isolation than its better-known counterpart, Unguja. The extent to which the biota support this hypothesis of greater oceanicity have been debated. Here, Pemba's terrestrial mollusc ("land-snail") fauna is surveyed and reviewed for the first time. We find at best equivocal evidence for the following hallmarks of greater oceanicity...
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Low-income countries with high Tuberculosis burden have few reference laboratories able to perform TB culture. In 2006, the Zanzibar National TB Control Programme planned to decentralize TB diagnostics. The Italian Cooperation Agency with the scientific support of the "L. Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases sustained the project through the implementation of a TB reference l...
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1Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, United Republic of; 2Glasgow University, Glasgow, United Kingdom; 3Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, United Republic of; 4Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, Pemba, Tanzania, United Republic of; 5Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of; ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the American Geographical Society
سال: 1914
ISSN: 0190-5929
DOI: 10.2307/200928