China holds the key to solving many questions crucial to global control of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The disease appears to have originated in Guangdong Province, and the causative agent, SARS coronavirus, is likely to have originated from an animal host, perhaps sold in public markets. Epidemiologic findings, integral to defining an animal-human linkage, may be confirmed by lab...

There are errors in the Funding section. The correct funding information is as follows: This work was supported by National Natural Science Fund (NO. 81241014), Shanxi Natural Science Fund (NO. 2011011038–2), The Science and Technology Innovation Fund of Shanxi Medical University (NO. 01201413), The Younger Fund of the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (NO. 20120101), The Graduate ex...

The International Humanitarian Demining Development (IHHD) concept did not evolve on a haphazard basis. The concept was born out of practical experience in Manica Province, Mozambique during the emergency relief phase between 1993 and 1995. Based on those experiences, and a serious concern that mine clearance was regarded as a purely technical activity with local involvement being relegated to ...

BACKGROUND The threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, endemic in tropical and temperate climates, is a neglected tropical disease. Its diagnosis requires specific methods, and accurate information on its geographic distribution and global burden are lacking. We predicted prevalence, using Bayesian geostatistical modeling, and determined risk factors in northern Cambodia. METHODS From February...

Scutellaria wuana, a new species discovered from a xeric valley in Muli County of Sichuan Province in southwest China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, the new species shares similarities with S. mairei, but can be readily distinguished by a suite of morphological characters including a white-pubescent erect stem, conspicuous leaf petioles, and a yellow corolla with a trapeziform ...

As part of the British Columbia Geological Survey Branch’s Coal Quality Pmject, washability characteristics of coals from all parts of the province are being compiled (see manuscript S-l, this volume, for descriptions of other ongoing coul quality studies). The interpretation of these data will provide insight into the geological basis of washability. and hopefully provide practical information...

A case of fatal salmonellosis in a Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) from Bursa Province (northwestern Turkey) is described. The organs of the bird were examined histopathologically and microbiologically. Macroscopic and microscopic findings were consistent with a Salmonella infection. Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) phage type (PT) 21b was isolated fro...

Flux measurements in the near surface layer over a non-uniform crop surface in China Z. Gao, L. Bian, and S. Liu Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, Beijing, China State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster and Environmental Variation, Nanjing, China Received: 2 ...

the symphypleona fauna of mazandaran province was studied in 2013. the specimens were extracted by berlese funnel from soil, leaf litter and dead woods and identified after preparing microscopic slides. in present study, the specimens are belonging to the families, sminthurididae and katiannidae. among the species of katiannidae, sminthurinus gisini gama, 1965 is recorded for the first time fro...

A new species of Haemogamasus mites is described from Chubut, Neuquén and Río Negro Provinces, Argentina. It was collected primarily from rodents of the genus Abrothrix (65 of 77 collections): Abrothrix longipilis (63), Abrothrix olivaceus olivaceus (1) and Abrothrix olivaceus xanthorhinus (1). Additional collections were made from Geoxus valdivianus (5) and Loxdomtomys micropus (5). Possibly i...