1 Parkinson’s Disease and Dystonia Research Centre, Tokushima University Hospital, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan 2 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Health Biosciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Uni...

Pseudovibrio denitri¢cans strainZ143-1, a heptylprodigiosinproducing bacterium isolated fromaPhilippine tunicate Alice A. Sertan-de Guzman, Rey Z. Predicala, Evelyn B. Bernardo, Brett A. Neilan, Sheila P. Elardo, Gina C. Mangalindan, Deniz Tasdemir, Chris M. Ireland, Wilfredo L. Barraquio & Gisela P. Concepcion Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Phili...

Peter Carlo M Nierras, Aida P Maranian, Ming-Shien Wen, Chung-Chuan Chou Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, China Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Southern Philippines Medical Center, Davao City, Philippines Chang Gung Universit...

INTRODUCTION Copper, nickel and lead adsorption from aqueous solution using chitosan-immobilized on bentonite in a ternary system 1 2 3 3 Cybelle Morales Futalan, Wan-Chi Tsai, Shiow-Shyung Lin, 4 3, Maria Lourdes Dalida and Meng-Wei Wan * Department of Environmental Engineering University of the Philippines Quezon City 1101, Philippines Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnolog...

The cephalopod genus Nautilus is considered a "living fossil" with a contested number of extant and extinct species, and a benthic lifestyle that limits movement of animals between isolated seamounts and landmasses in the Indo-Pacific. Nautiluses are fished for their shells, most heavily in the Philippines, and these fisheries have little monitoring or regulation. Here, we evaluate the hypothes...

Regulatory bodies in The Philippines, Sri Lanka, and India require post-marketing surveillance to provide additional safety data on Rotarix™ in real-life settings. In such studies conducted in The Philippines (November 2006 to July 2012; NCT00353366), Sri Lanka (November 2008 to August 2009; NCT00779779), and India (August 2009 to April 2010; NCT00938327), 2 doses of Rotarix™ were administered ...

WPSAR Vol 6, Suppl 1, 2015 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.3.HYN_020 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 21 a Offi ce of the WHO Representative in the Philippines, Sta Cruz, Manila, Philippines. b Regional Offi ce 8, Department of Health, Tacloban City, Philippines. Submitted: 6 August 2015; Published: 6 November 2015 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.3.HYN_020 Surveillance for and issues relating to noncommunicable di...

A new species of Hoya R.Br. from Mindanao (Philippines), Hoya migueldavidii Cabactulan, Rodda & Pimentel, is described and illustrated. It is a member of Hoya section Acanthostemma (Blume) Kloppenb. that is particularly speciose in the Philippines. It is compared with the similar Hoya loheri Kloppenb, also endemic of the Philippines, from which it differs in indumentum of the vegetative parts (...

Author affiliations: University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (A. Srikiatkhachorn); Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences Virology Research Unit, Cebu City, Philippines (M.T. Alera, C.B. Lago); Cebu City Health Department, Cebu City (I.A. Tac-An, D. Villa); Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand (S. Fernandez, B. Thaisomboonsuk, C. ...