2015;28(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr Siziba LP, MSc, PhD Student, Jerling J, PhD, Director Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Hanekom SM, PhD, Director, School of Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Wentzel-Viljoen E, PhD, Extraordinary Professor of Nutriti...

Scrub typhus has been previously reported from north and eastern Indian states and areas such as Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, and Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It has also been known to be endemic in some parts of South India (Eastern and Western Ghats). However, no cases have ever been reported from the southern districts of West Bengal. Here, we report five cases of scrub t...

the distribution of total plasma homocysteine concentrations in relation to the sex and age is described, in a population of shiraz, south west of iran and compared to those reported in other populations.  two hundred and one healthy males and 201 healthy females aged >15 y were randomly selected.  total plasma homocysteine concentrations were measured using high performance liquid chromatograp...

introduction: diarrheal diseases are a serious health problem and important causes of growth retardation and death in the developing world, especially those of prolonged duration. since diarrhea is constantly found in children with zinc deficiency, very studies supported zinc supplements beneficial on the duration and severity of diarrhea among children. we review the impact of zinc effects on ...

occasion of some interesting discussions, ihe first article is a " Report on the Meteorology of Abyssinia," by Surgeon Henry Cook, M.D. Dr. Cook shows that the climate of the sandy belt of country which intervenes between the sea shore and the inland hilly plateau is very different from that of the plateau itself. Tlie former resembles the climate of Scinde, consisting of a hot (very hot) and a...