Toxoplasma gondii infections are prevalent in animals and humans worldwide. Although the prevalence of T. gondii has been reported in many animals in China, little is known of T. gondii infection in sows. Antibodies to T. gondii in sows in Hunan province, subtropical China, were examined using indirect hemagglutination test (IHAT). Overall, 31.3% (373/1191) of the examined sows were seropositiv...

The terrestrial mammalian fauna of the Philippines has traditionally been divided into four major provinces, based on richness, composition, and degree of endemism (Darlington, 1957; see also Alcala, 1976). The first, the Palawan province (including Palawan, Balabac, Busuanga, Culion, and nearby small islands), is noteworthy for its rich fauna (relative to island size), including many groups (c...

An accurate estimation of species and population geographic ranges is essential for species-focused studies and conservation and management plans. Knowledge of the geographic distributions of reptiles from Patagonian Argentina is in general limited and dispersed over manuscripts from a wide variety of topics. We completed an extensive review of reptile species of central Patagonia (Argentina) b...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE In Guangxi province, from 1970s to 1990s, the mortality of primary liver cancer (PLC) ranked the first among a variety of malignant tumors. Investigating the epidemiological characteristics of PLC is very important for developing reasonable and effective treatment strategy, allocating health resources rationally, and evaluating the quality of PLC prevention and control....

abstract in order to identify of plant parasitic nematodes of rapeseed in isfahan and fars provinces, 208(96 from esfahan and 112 from fars province) soil and root samples were collected from rapeseed fields during 2005-2007. nematodes were extracted from root and soil , then fixed and transferred to glycerin. the nematodes were mounted on slides and examined by light microscope and identified ...

BACKGROUND Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is endemic in Liaoning Province, China, and this province was the most serious area affected by HFRS during 2004 to 2005. In this study, we conducted a spatial analysis of HFRS cases with the objective to determine the distribution of HFRS cases and to identify key areas for future public health planning and resource allocation in Liaoning...

In order to assess the level of Rhodococcus equi infection in southeast Turkey, 679 sera from healthy foals and adult horses and 78 sera from donkeys were tested by indirect ELISA using a R. equi reference strain (ATCC 33701) as antigen. Eighty (11.7%) sera from horses and 9 (11.5%) sera from donkeys with titres >0.85 were positive. The prevalence of seropositive horses in Sanliurfa Province wa...

Background:Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is highly endemic in China, especially in Heilongjiang province (90% of all reported HFRS cases worldwide occur in China). The dynamic identification of high HFRS incidence spatiotemporal regions and the quantitative assessment of HFRS associations with climate change in Heilongjiang province can provide valuable guidance for HFRSmonitorin...

Influenza as a severe infectious disease has caused catastrophes throughout human history, and every pandemic of influenza has produced a great social burden. We compiled monthly data of influenza incidence from all provinces and autonomous regions in mainland China from January 2004 to December 2011, comprehensively evaluated and classified these data, and then randomly selected 4 provinces wi...

The construction of the “New Silk Road Economic Belt” will inevitably expand the development scale of foreign trade in economic belt relevant area. Based on the data from 1990 to 2013 in Shaanxi Province, this paper analyzes the economic correlation effects of foreign trade on the upgrading of industrial structure in Shaanxi province by using gray relation analysis method. Results show that the...