Leslie C. Thompson,* Nathan A. Holland,* Ryan J. Snyder, Bin Luo, Daniel P. Becak, Jillian T. Odom, Benjamin S. Harrison, Jared M. Brown, Kymberly M. Gowdy, and Christopher J. Wingard Department of Physiology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville...

BACKGROUND AND AIM To identify the geographic distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and HCV RNA viral load in a large number of HCV-infected carriers in Mexico. METHODS Patients with chronic hepatitis C (n = 8,802) were studied to identify HCV genotype using an immune line probe assay in samples shown previously to be positive for viral RNA by an RT-PCR test. Baseline HCV RNA was ...

German unification and the subsequent breakdown of economic activity in East Germany initiated enormous migration flows from East to West Germany. People from East Germany moved towards West Germany, where wages are higher and employment opportunities are more favourable. Our paper takes a somewhat broader perspective; it analyses migration flows between four macro regions, i.e. East, North, So...

The origin and radiation of nacellid limpets (genera, Cellana and Nacella) are not well-resolved, but fossil records provide evidence of a historical range spanning throughout the PaciWc, including North America (Lindberg and Hickman, 1986) north and south Australia, New Zealand, Java, Chile, and east and west Antarctica (Powell, 1973). The modern biogeographic range of Cellana is mostly tropic...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that schizophrenia may have a better outcome for individuals living in low- and middle-income countries compared with affluent settings. AIMS To determine the frequency of symptom and functional remission in out-patients with schizophrenia in different regions of the world. METHOD Using data from the Worldwide-Schizophrenia Outpatient Health Outcomes (W-SOHO) st...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine if there were significant differences in glenohumeral joint morphology between North American and East Asian populations that may influence sizing and selection of shoulder arthroplasty systems. METHODS Computed tomography reconstructions of 92 North American and 58 East Asian patients were used to perform 3-dimensional measurements. The proxi...

Three species of L. tropica, L. major and L. infantum are known as main causal agents of leishmaniasis have been reported in Iran. Since cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in North East of Iran, in the present work, 50 Leishmania positive isolates from human cases in Mashhad (Center of Razavi province, North East of Iran), were genotyped by means of polymerase chain reaction-restriction f...

BACKGROUND Child undernutrition showed geographical inequalities due to variations in contextual determinants from area to area which indicates that location is an important factor in child undernutrition. However, there are limited studies on spatial epidemiology of child undernutrition in Ethiopia. This study was aimed to identify the SaTScan spatial clusters of child undernutrition in Ethiop...

Using station rainfall data and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis from 1978-2007, we characterize the spatial variations of the heavy rainfall (Meiyu) during June-July over the Jiang-Huai basin (JHB, ~28°–34° N and 110°–122° E) in East China and their associated atmospheric circulations. An empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of the Meiyu rainfall revealed 2 other significant modes besides the domi...