Lebinthini) from Indonesia and the Solomon Islands

Internal conflict has become increasingly widespread in the Asia Pacific region, creating an arc of instability around the southern rim of the region, stretching from Indonesia in the west, through East Timor, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands

Hebatitis B Virus Genotypes in Pakistan

Genotype A is common in Brazil, North America, Northwest Europe, South Asia, Central Africa, Tunisia and Benin [2,4,5]. Genotype B is common in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and United States of America. Genotype C is prevalent in Australia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India,...

The susceptibility level and sustainability potential of groupers; Plectropomus sp. in a marine national park

Wakatobi National Park has a tropical marine ecosystem with typically dynamic aquatic resources, and it also has a potentially massive number of groupers such as red (Plectropomus leopardus) and black groupers (Plectropomus areolatus). However, the sustainability of the grouper resources has not been managed effectively and environmentally friendly. This study aims to determin...

U.S. Distribution According to both the IUCN Species Account and the CITES species database, Cyphastrea agassizi occurs in the Northern Mariana Islands. The IUCN Species Accounts also lists it for the U.S. minor outlying islands, and the CITES

Characteristics Colonies of Cyphastrea agassizi are massive, with deeply grooved surfaces, widely-spaced corallites, and a smooth coenosteum. Septae are in three unequal orders, with the first order exsert. May have irregular groove/tubercle formations (Veron, 2000). Colonies are usually only a few inches in diameter (Fenner, 2005). Colonies have a whitish coenosteum, with pale brown or green c...

A novel mutation in ferroportin1 is associated with haemochromatosis in a Solomon Islands patient.

BACKGROUND A severe form of iron overload with the clinicopathological features of haemochromatosis inherited in an autosomal dominant manner has been described in the Solomon Islands. The genetic basis of the disorder has not been identified. The disorder has similarities to type 4 haemochromatosis, which is caused by mutations in ferroportin1. AIMS The aims of this study were to identify th...