background and aims: akabane disease causes epidemics of abortions, stillbirths and congenital malformations manifested as arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly or microanencephaly in sheep, goats and cattle. akabane virus replicates in arthropods and is transmitted by either mosquitoes or midges. outbreaks of the akabane virus have been reported from many countries in southeast asia, middle east,...

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) are widely distributed throughout the Old World. Most studies have focused on Europe and East Asia with the genetic diversity of West Asia being less well studied. In particular, the genetic variability and genetic structure of the Iranian populations are not yet known; gaps which prevent scientists from resolving the genetic relationships of the Eurasian wild boar. This ...

Domestic chickens have long been important to human societies for food, religion, entertainment, and decorative uses, yet the origins and phylogeography of chickens through Eurasia remain uncertain. Here, we assessed their origins and phylogeographic history by analyzing the mitochondrial DNA hypervariable segment I (HVS-I) for 834 domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) across Eurasia as ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the diagnoses of US military patients medically evacuated from Central and Southwest Asia for ill-defined dermatologic diseases, to compare these diagnoses with data from earlier military conflicts, and to identify ways to reduce the number of dermatologic evacuations of military personnel from the combat zone. DESIGN We evaluated the preevacuation and postevacuation d...

Abstract Based on the summer precipitation data from 328 meteorological stations in Southwest China and monthly mean reanalysis National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center Atmospheric Research, relationships of with East Asia–Pacific (EAP) teleconnection pattern Scandinavian (SCA) are explored by using correlation analysis composite analysis. The results show that two teleconn...

Asia is the most populous continent on earth. Changes in inequality or poverty in this region alter the corresponding global picture. Due to its remarkable economic growth and catch up in living standards, Asia has been an equalizing force in constituting international inequality. However, within-country inequalities in Asia are fast rising, which have contributed to the slow down in poverty re...