Zorotypus asymmetricus sp. nov. from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo (Insecta: Zoraptera)

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Tuberculosis peritonitis in Negara Brunei Darussalam.

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis peritonitis (TBP) is uncommon and symptoms can be non-specific. Local data are lacking and our aim is to review our local experience with TBP. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between the period of 1996 to 2004, there were 10 [male: 6; mean age, 48 +/- 18.5 years (range, 26 to 73)] cases of histologically documented TBP. Comparisons were made with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) p...

Oligoneuria macabaiba sp. nov. (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Brazil.

The former monotypic genus Oligoneuria Pictet was known solely by a female subimago of the type-species Oligoneuria anomala Pictet. A new species of the genus Oligoneuria from the Atlantic rainforest of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro is described. The description was based in males and females imagos of Oligoneuria macabaiba sp. nov. caught with light traps. This species presents similar wing venation, ...

Thalassaemia and haemoglobinopathies in Brunei Darussalam.

One thousand consecutive Brunei Darussalam patients referred with low Hb, and/or low MCV and MCH (Hb < 12.5g/dl, MCV < 76fl, MCH < 27pg) were studied in the laboratory for underlying haemoglobinopathies. 30.0% of such patients were proved to have either beta-thalassaemia trait, beta-thalassaemia major, Hb AE, Hb EE, Hb E beta-thalassaemia or Hb H disease. In some, the haemoglobin abnormality wa...

New and little known species of Zorotypus Silvestri (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae) from China.

A new species of the insect order Zoraptera, Zorotypus hainanensis sp. n., is described from southern China based on apterous adults, which represents a fourth species of the genus in China. Additional collection data for Z. medoensis Hwang in Xizang (= Tibet) is provided. Illustrations of the major diagnostic features of both the new species and Z. medoensis are provided, and their taxonomic p...