XL.—A new hedgehog from Aden

Continued Fever at Aden

By Surgeon-Major Hubert Greene, A.M.D. The following rough notes of some cases of pyrexia, characterized by very persistent high temperature, have been written in the hope that, though very imperfect, they may possibly contribute in some slight degree towards the elucidation of the nature of the complex diseases which are usually classed under the head of Simple Continued Fever. The circumstanc...

Notes on leprosy in Aden.

New hedgehog/GLI-signaling inhibitors from Adenium obesum.

The aberrant hedgehog (Hh)/GLI signaling pathway causes the formation and progression of a variety of tumors. We recently constructed a cell-based screening system to search for Hh/GLI signaling inhibitors from natural resources. Using our screening system, Adenium obesum was found to include Hh/GLI signaling inhibitors from our tropical plant extract libraries. Bioassay-guided fractionation of...

Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden.

A new deep-water catshark of the genus Apristurus Garman, 1913 is described based on nine specimens from the Gulf of Aden in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Apristurus breviventralis sp. nov. belongs to the 'brunneus group' of the genus and is characterized by having pectoral-fin tips reaching beyond the midpoint between the paired fin bases, a much shorter pectoral-pelvic space than the anal-fi...

Automated Versus Manual Platelet Count in Aden

This is a cross sectional study conducted in the National Center of Public Health Laboratories (NCPHL) of Aden – Yemen, during October-December 2011, with an overall aim to compare the results of platelet count by the automated versus the manual methods. Study included 190 random samples, examined with confirmatory platelet estimate done by the stained thin blood film. The mean platelets count ...