Jan Felix Drexler, Victor M. Corman, Florian Gloza‐Rausch, Antje Seebens et al.
BACKGROUND: Henipaviruses (Hendra and Nipah virus) are highly pathogenic members of the family Paramyxoviridae. Fruit-eating bats of the Pteropus genus have been suggested as their natural reservoir. Human Henipavirus infections have been reported in a region extending from Australia via Malaysia in...
Christian Roos, Kristofer M. Helgen, Roberto Portela Miguez, Naw May Lay Thant et al.
<i>Trachypithecus</i>, which currently contains 20 species divided into four groups, is the most speciose and geographically dispersed genus among Asian colobines. Despite several morphological and molecular studies, however, its evolutionary history and phylogeography remain poorly understood. Phay...
Victoria Miller, Patrick Webb, Frederick Cudhea, Jianyi Zhang et al.
Animal-source foods (ASF) provide nutrition for children and adolescents' physical and cognitive development. Here, we use data from the Global Dietary Database and Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify global, regional and national ASF intakes between 1990 and 2018 by age group across 185 countr...
Tanvir Ahmed, Atikul Islam Mithu, Auritro Sattar, Rasel Debbarma et al.
ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking has escalated in recent years, leading to a rise in animal rescues every year. In Bangladesh, increasing numbers of primates are being rescued from illegal trades and private collections. Often, these confiscated individuals are released into the wild without proper ass...
David G. Haglund, Joshua D. Kertzer
Abstract There has been much controversy over the role that ethnic diasporas (sometimes called “lobbies”) do or should play in shaping American foreign policy. This article looks at one particular ethnic group, American Jews, with a view to assessing the claim made by some authors, to the effect tha...
Tanvir Ahmed, Sabit Hasan, Shimul Nath, Sajib Biswas et al.
Joytu Kumar Mondal, Md. Rajiur Rahaman Rabbi, Mahir Anjum, M Farhan Sadid Chowdhury et al.
Purpose The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) is an endangered and heavily trafficked primate. Illegal trade and repatriation of confiscated slow lorises into the wild may facilitate parasite exposure and spread. However, baseline information on its parasitic fauna remains extremely limited...
Joytu Kumar Mondal, Md. Rajiur Rahaman Rabbi, Mahir Anjum, M Farhan Sadid Chowdhury et al.
ABSTRACT Purpose The Bengal slow loris ( Nycticebus bengalensis ) is a globally Endangered nocturnal primate with limited health data across its South and Southeast Asian range. Methods During necropsies of two deceased individuals from northeastern Bangladesh, numerous live adult pinworms were reco...
Syed Saimul Huque, Aditi Chowdhury, Md. Rafiqul Islam
Family history (FH) and consanguinity are a critical tool to identify individuals at increased risk of various health conditions. It is also helpful for assessing inherited disorders and determining inheritance patterns. It provides information about an individual’s past and future life. If a family...
W. G. Lambert, Chester G. Starr, William H. McNeill, Hugh McLeod et al.
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