BACKGROUND Diabetes prevalence and body mass index reflect the nutritional profile of populations but have opposing effects on tuberculosis risk. Interactions between diabetes and BMI could help or hinder TB control in growing, aging, urbanizing populations. METHODS AND FINDINGS We compiled data describing temporal changes in BMI, diabetes prevalence and population age structure in rural and ...

The period from November 2018 to June 2020 was marked by the sampling of amphibians in wetlands and forests urban peri-urban areas Daloa department. Three types habitats were explored: shallows peri-urbanizing forests. Ptychadenamascareniensis only one amphibian species found be constant at 14 sites study area. It therefore used evaluate parasitic infections sites. Thus, 381 specimens examined ...

Microplastic pollution is a pressing environmental concern with detrimental effects on aquatic ecosystems and human health. This study aimed to investigate microplastic contamination in rapidly urbanizing area along river examine the spatial distribution of abundance across based land use type. Seven sampling points were selected site samples extracted using density separation wet peroxidation ...

This paper presents the results of a mixed-methods study examining adaptation strategies that property owners in low-income, rapidly urbanizing areas in Malawi adopt to address the limitations of pit latrines, the most common method of disposing human excreta. A particular challenge is lack of space for constructing new latrines as population density increases: traditional practice has been to ...

1. Land use (e.g. urbanization, agriculture, natural lands management) may directly affect populations by habitat loss and fragmentation, and indirectly by altering conditions needed for reproductive success. The effects of urbanization are especially pronounced for populations that remain among urbanized areas, but they are difficult to detect in long-lived species. 2. We evaluated the effects...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Human visceral leishmaniasis is endemic in Natal, northeast of Brazil, where the domestic dog is an important parasite reservoir in the infectious cycle of Leishmania spp. In this study, was evaluated the antileishmanial IgG antibody and epidemiological factors related to canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL). METHODS Sera samples obtained by venipuncture of 1,426 dogs ...

Urbanization is a key driver of social and environmental change world-wide. However, our understanding its impacts on the multidimensional well-being benefits that people obtain from ecosystems remains limited. We explored how contributions land- seascapes varied with urbanization level in Solomon Islands, fast-urbanizing Small Island Developing State. Drawing framework, we compared perceived d...

Plant phenology is closely related to light availability as diurnal and seasonal cycles are essential environmental cues for organizing bio-ecological processes. The natural of light, however, have been dramatically disrupted by artificial at night (ALAN) due recent urbanization. influence on plant ALAN its spatial variation remain largely unknown. By analyzing satellite data intensity across t...

The rapidly urbanizing global south has witnessed drastic changes in rural transformation which industrial dynamics have played a fundamental role. However, research on geography and its influencing factors is limited compared with urban counterpart. spatial pattern of industry an ordinary county China—Xintai—is examined by adopting multi-level approach. underlying are then explored situating i...