Unauthorized Migrants in East and South East Asias

New chromosome counts in some plant species from east and south-east Iran

In this study, we investigated the chromosome numbers of some endemic species distributed in East and South-East Iran. The mitotic chromosome counts were presented for the first time for six species in three angiosperm families including: Linaria iranica (2n=12), Nanorrhinum campyloceras (2n=18), Chaenorhinum grossecostatum (2n=24) (Plantaginaceae), Gaillonia bruguieri (Rubiaceae) (2n=22), Nepe...

Influenza in South-East Asia.

period through subclinical or mild infection occurring sporadically. In order to understand how the virus infection recurs in the temperate epidemic zone, a hypothesis has been presented by Fukumi3 that the virus may survive through infections occurring sporadically in the tropical virus-reservoir zone. Several virological and epidemiological studies have been published on influenza in Thailand...

Psychiatry in South-East Asia.

Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology in East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia: A Systematic Review.

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic immune-mediated diseases of the human central nervous system and an important cause of non-traumatic neurologic disability among young population in several countries. Recent reports from East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia have proposed a low to moderate prevalence of MS in these countries. METHODS A literature review...

Stroke Epidemiology in South, East, and South-East Asia: A Review

[This corrects the article on p. 286 in vol. 19.].