We designed a study to investigate the molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcal (GAS) and group C and G streptococcal (GCS and GGS) disease in Fiji, a country which is known to have a high burden of streptococcal disease. Molecular typing of the N-terminal portion (emm typing) of the M protein was performed with 817 isolates (535 GAS and 282 GCS/GGS). We also performed genotyping of the ...

BACKGROUND Specialist training was established in the late 1990s at the Fiji School of Medicine. Losses of graduates to overseas migration and to the local private sector prompted us to explore the reasons for these losses from the Fiji public workforce. METHODS Data were collected on the whereabouts and highest educational attainments of the 66 Fiji doctors who had undertaken specialist trai...

Introduction. The objective of this study was to perform an economic analysis in terms of annual national human capital resource loss from young stroke mortality in Fiji. The official retirement age is 55 years in Fiji. Method. Stroke mortality data, for working-age group 15-55 years, obtained from the Ministry of Health and per capita national income figure for the same year was utilised to ca...

The 2013 outbreak of Dengue in Fiji resulted in an alarming number of deaths and has been is a matter of serious concern. Dengue fever is a disease caused by the four types of the Dengue virus serotypes and transmitted mostly from mosquito bites. In Fiji, dengue diagnosis is only done in hospitals which are slow and time consuming. It is also important to monitor the spread of Dengue. Fiji need...

The IEEE 802.11 protocol inherently provides the same long-term throughput to all the clients associated with a given access point (AP). In this paper, we first identify a clever, low-power jamming attack that can take advantage of this behavioral trait: the placement of a low-power jammer in a way that it affects a single legitimate client can cause starvation to all the other clients. In othe...

Ecological research on ant/plant symbioses in Fiji, combined with molecular phylogenetics, has brought to light four new species of Squamellaria in the subtribe Hydnophytinae of the Rubiaceae tribe Psychotrieae and revealed that four other species, previously in Hydnophytum, need to be transferred to Squamellaria. The diagnoses of the new species are based on morphological and DNA traits, with ...

To the Editor of the " Indian Medical Gazette." Silt, -My remarks 011 the above subject, to which Dr. Daniels takes exception in your November issue, did not refer to his own! valuable papers, but to private conversations with Mr. Hutchinson and others. I had noted that Dr. Daniels' statements referred to the aboriginal Fijians only. My septicism applied to tho moro sweeping statement that syph...

Fiji is a free software which can be used for image analysis in anatomical studies allows obtaining accurate measurements of fine structures morphometric evaluation. has user-friendly interface with no requirement programming skills, hence it gained wide interest among basic scientists. Here, we describe protocol gross and radiological using Fiji.

The paper examines the retail franchising climate in Fiji, a small island country of South Pacific region. This particular discusses various arrangements which franchises operate Fiji and will set scene for Fiji's franchise system. There is lot potential to prosper if they do it right. growing market with opportunities that many businesses can take advantage exploit. present government has also...

The study of decentralization in Fiji shows that increasing capacities is not necessarily related to increasing decision space of local officials, which is in contrast with earlier studies in Pakistan. Future studies should address the relationship among decision space, capacities, and health system performance.