Stefanie Leung, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney Rachel Chapman, Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital Raimondo Bruno, Department of Psychology, University of Tasmania Michael Lenne, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University Paul Haber, Drug Health Services, South Local Health District Nicholas Lintzeris, Drug and Alcohol Services, South Eastern Sydney Local Health...

The incidence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in south-eastern Sydney is one of the highest in Australia with large outbreaks previously associated with male-to-male sexual contact. We report HAV notification trends over the period 1 June 1997 to 31 May 1999 for this location. In the first twelve-month period, 233 cases were notified (crude rate 30.5/100,000 per year) with a peak incidence of 110/10...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the pattern of fractures in children in the south eastern region of Nigeria, seeking to highlight the planning and designs of buildings, roads and playgrounds to prevent paediatric fractures. DESIGN Retrospective review of paediatric patients with fractures who presented at the only tertiary referral centre in the region. SETTING A university teaching hospital situate...

The study aimed to assess the trend in acceptance and characteristics of acceptors of female sterilization between January 1999 and December 2006 at the University of Nigeria Teaching IHospital, linugu, South-Eastern Nigeria. There were a total of 20,485 new clients, with 212 (1.0%) accepting sterilization between January 1999 and December 2006. There was an initial rise in acceptance from 0.4%...

We report the observation of four gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) nests and several adults south of the previously recognized southern limit of the species’ breeding distribution in eastern North America. Our southernmost observation extends the known breeding range approximately 400 km to the south. The northern forest tundra biome could delineate the southern limit to the breeding range of the g...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the human prevalence, elucidate possible risk factors and present other epidemiological parameters of human alveolar echinococcosis in the south-eastern region of Turkey. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTINGS South-eastern region (Anatolia) of Turkey by two medical centres: Dicle University Medical Faculty in Diyarbakir and Harran University Medical Faculty in Urfa. ...

An anthropometric survey of Nigerian farm workers was conducted from the south eastern zone of Nigeria in order to obtain information on the body dimensions, which may be used in ergonomic design of farm equipments. The samples which include males and females involved in different agricultural activities were randomly selected from the five states that made up the South east geopolitical zone, ...

BACKGROUND Burns injuries are recognized as a major health problem worldwide. In children and, particularly, in our environment where poverty, ignorance and disease are still high, they constitute significant morbidity and mortality. Previous studies on this topic in parts of Nigeria either lumped adults and children together or were retrospective. We, therefore, prospectively studied the curre...

A new genus and three species of Charopidae (Pinwheel Snails) from differing habitats in Queensland New South Wales are described: Bindiropa irwinae gen. et sp. nov. the Carnarvon Gorge Section National Park, south-central Queensland; Stanisicaropa covidurnus St Bees Island, mid-eastern Gyrocochlea occidentalis western Border Ranges, south-eastern north-eastern Wales. An additional putative Ric...

Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a public health risk worldwide, resulting from the consumption of seafood that has bioaccumulated toxins produced by microalgae.1 Bivalve shellfish (such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops) pose a particularly high risk as they feed by filtration, providing a method of toxin accumulation. Algae responsible for causing PSP include several species of th...