Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is endemic in Europe and Asia, while hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is endemic in Northern, Central and Southern America. The first case of imported HCPS involving an Italian traveller returning from Cuba is reported.

Between September 2011 and January 2012, influenza activity was reported in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses circulated at very low levels in general with the exception of some countries in Asia and the Americas. Influenza A(H3N2) viruses were predominant in Europe, many countries in the Americas and northern Africa and some countries in Asia. Influ...

A new fossil showing affinities with extant Laemanctus offers the first clear evidence for a casquehead lizard (Corytophanidae) from the Eocene of North America. Along with Geiseltaliellus from roughly coeval rocks in central Europe, the new find further documents the tropical fauna present during greenhouse conditions in the northern mid-latitudes approximately 50 million years ago (Ma). Moder...

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a clinically common wound pathogen belonging to coagulase-negative staphylococci. We herein report the first case of a S. lugdunensis isolate carrying the mecA gene in Northern Europe.

Models for the development of species distribution in Europe typically invoke restriction in three temperate Mediterranean refugia during glaciations, from where recolonization of central and northern Europe occurred. The brown bear, Ursus arctos, is one of the taxa from which this model is derived. Sequence data generated from brown bear fossils show a complex phylogeographical history for wes...

In 1950/51, only a handful of developed countries had populations in which those aged 65 comprised 10 per cent, or slightly more, of the total. By 1996, virtually all developed countries were in this position, and in most of Northern, Southern and Western Europe those over 65 accounted for 15 per cent or more of the population (Council of Europe, 1998). In much of Europe and North America recen...

Between 1989 and 1992, 92% of a sample of 2790 Service recruits aged between 17 and 35 years (mean age 19 years 7 months) were found not to be immune to infection by hepatitis A virus. The proportion of males with immunity was consistently greater than that for females. There was a significantly increased probability of immunity if individuals originated from Northern England, the Midlands and ...

Models for the development of species distribution in Europe typically invoke restriction in three temperate Mediterranean refugia during glaciations, from where recolonization of central and northern Europe occurred. The brown bear, Ursus arctos, is one of the taxa from which this model is derived. Sequence data generated from brown bear fossils show a complex phylogeographical history for wes...

A lone-star tick, Amblyomma americanum, was found as a pedunculated lesion on the back of the arm of an 84 year old man in Northern Ireland. This was acquired on a visit to the USA. The tick is found mainly in Texas and the Ozark mountains of Missouri, with scattered foci in other parts of southern USA. It is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. As worldwide travel becomes increasingly c...

Although this study focuses mainly on the northern Siddha tradition, White continually returns to the commonality of intention and understanding between the geographically separate northern Naths and southern Rasa Siddhas. White draws out a number of tantalising parallels between the Rasa Siddhas and the Taoist alchemists. His study also suggests that the more monk-like Rasa Siddhas of the sout...