Ten species of nonhuman primates in West African habitat were analysed for variolavaccinia subgroup haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) and neutralization antibodies. The animals were taken in 27 different sampling zones in parts of the Ivory Coast, Mali, and Upper Volta. Of the 195 tested, 15 (8%) had elevated HI antibodies after nonspecific reactions were reduced with potassium periodate pretre...

The wet, warm West Coast climate favours tree production and pastures. Much of the land remains in indigenous forest under the control of Government agencies. In the more accessible parts of this land, and in land held under private ownership, we explore the feasibility of “farming” two examples of native biodiversity. Sphagnum moss production varies with location and differences in mesoand mic...

Chest X-rays of 1057 potential Gurkha recruits from East Nepal and 964 from West Nepal were examined. Seventy-four X-rays from Eastern Nepalis showed changes suggestive of past or present tuberculosis (including 18 with calcified primary complexes) but only 34 (five with calcified primary complexes) from Western Nepalis suggesting that there is a higher tuberculosis infection rate in men from E...

We examine job creation and destruction in Eastern and Western Germany for the period of 1999 to 2004, using a large dataset, which enables us to capture clearly entries and exits. There are pronounced differences between the two parts of Germany in terms of magnitude and composition of gross job flows. Considering interaction effects between all variables, weighted regressions show that job cr...

Boabs, a close relation of the African baobabs, are found only in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and a region close by in the Northern Territory. Here several of the words for the boab tree and its parts are examined with special emphasis on loanwords which cross language family boundaries going in a west-east direction. It is proposed that this linguistic diffusion may reflect dispe...

BACKGROUND A region-specific (urban and rural parts of north, east, west, and south India) systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among Indian patients have not been done before. METHODS Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus databases from 1950 to 30 April 2013 were searched for 'prevalence, burden, awareness, and control of blood pressure ...

INTRODUCTION Skin of cattle is often affected by Stephano-filarial infection in the Indian subcontinent and is commonly known as ‘Humpsore’. Nine species of the Stephanofilarial parasites have been reported from different parts of the world, but only Stephanofilaria assamensis has been reported as the causal agent of hump sore in eastern India. Though the name ‘Hump sore’ implies appearance of ...

Lyme Disease in the US is concentrated in three endemic areas: the Northeast, the upper mid-West, and the Pacific coast. In the mid-West, the range of Lyme disease has expanded to include large parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Despite its proximity to the mid-Western focus, Illinois, so far, has not been considered an endemic area. However, more recent data suggest that this situation may be c...