Cobalt and copper concentrations were measured in 599 lamb livers collected at slaughter from 58 sheep flocks in 6 different parts of Norway in 1993. Information about pasture, additional feeding and mineral supplements in the flocks was obtained through a questionnaire. Average hepatic levels of cobalt in the lamb flocks varied from < 0.003 to 0.22 microg/g ww, and of copper from 5 to 240 micr...

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...

Health care issues in any part of the world can suddenly become a global issue. This was exemplified by the outbreak few years ago of Ebola virus disease in parts of West Africa, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia [1,2] especially that later spread to other parts of West Africa including Senegal and Nigeria (these two countries were later declared Ebola free by the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Alstonia boonei De Wild is a herbal medicinal plant of West African origin, popularly known as God's tree or "Onyame dua". Within West Africa, it is considered as sacred in some forest communities; consequently the plant parts are not eaten. The plant parts have been traditionally used for its antimalarial, aphrodisiac, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, and antipyretic activities, which have also be...

A study of distance estimations between German cities investigated the organization of mental maps and their specific deviations from reality. Potential factors for the deviation of mental maps from reality are physical barriers, emotional involvement, and semantic unity. Distance estimations between cities situated in different former parts of Germany (East or West) were systematically overest...

Japanese encephalitis (JE), commonly affects children and is a major cause of acute childhood encephalopathy. Growth of population, intensified rice farming, pig rearing and lack of surveillance are the key factors for transmission of the disease. Although various hospital and laboratory based studies have been conducted on epidemiology of JE in various parts of India including West Bengal, sti...

The leaves of Arum conophalloides (Araceae) were used in some west areas of Iran as a dessert. The aerial parts of the herb were collected from Sahneh Mountains, Kermanshah Province, West of Iran and was hydrodistilled by Klevenger-type apparatus. Composition of the essential oil was determined by GC and GC/MS. Totally, 18 components (92% of total essential oil) were identified. The oil contain...