Traditionally, biodiversity conservation gap analyses have been focused on governmental protected areas (PAs). However, an increasing number of social initiatives in conservation (SICs) are promoting a new perspective for analysis. SICs include all of the efforts that society implements to conserve biodiversity, such as land protection, from private reserves to community zoning plans some of wh...

Coccidioidomycosis is a dimorphic fungus endemic to the southwestern United States, Central and South America. We report a case of a previously healthy person who presented with respiratory failure and disseminated Coccidioidomycosis who eventually had a fatal outcome. Coccidioidomycosis, or "Valley Fever" has been called the "great imitator" (1) as it can have a wide variety of clinical presen...

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis, reported as the second most common infectious cause of death worldwide, is a key mortality contributor in developing countries and globally. The disease is endemic in Peru and while relative success was achieved during the 1990s in its control, this slowed as new complications, such as multi drug resistant TB arose. Health centre workers participating in the national ...

introduction: iodine deficiency disorders (idd) are the most common epidemiological problems in the world, including our country. in order to prevent idd and its consequences, iodized table salt is being used in our country since 1989. at present, this program is 18 years old. the surveillance of idd may be implemented to assess the prevalence of idd, identify high risk areas for intervention a...

Selenium status was determined in an endemic-goiter area and in a control area of Zaire. Compared with the reference values of a noniodine-deficient area, serum selenium in subjects living in the core of the northern Zaire endemic-goiter belt (Karawa villages) was seven times lower in 52 school-children and similarly low in 23 cretins; erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (RBC-GPX) was five times...

Introduction In India, both Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) and fluorosis (due to consumption of excess fluoride), are the two most prevalent endemic diseases which coexist in certain regions in the country. Though goiter—an enlarged thyroid gland—is commonly recognized as a visible sign of iodine deficiency, the health effects of iodine deficiency reach far beyond those of goiter, and the si...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 454 VOLUME 45__JUNE 17, 2008 Iodine deficiency causes severe hormone-induced physiological damage to fetus and newborn resulting in cretinism, stunting, deaf-mutism, malformed limbs, spastic motor disorders, poor vision and goiter (swelling of the thyroid gland on the neck), as well as milder forms of mental and physical impairment. There was developmental lag in children of g...