THE PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE AND PREVENTION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTIONS IN FOREST RANGERS IN BU GIA MAP NATIONAL PARK, BINH PHUOC PROVINCE, VIETNAM: A PILOT STUDY

Abstract Background Prophylaxis for high-risk populations, such as forest workers, could be one component for malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.A study was conducted to assess the malaria incidence in forest rangers and the feasibility of malaria prophylaxis for rangers sleeping in forest camps.Methods Forest rangers deployed in

In 2007, a novel bunyavirus was found in Henan Province, China and named fever, thrombocytopenia and leukocytopenia syndrome virus (FTLSV); since then, FTLSV has been found in ticks and animals in many Chinese provinces.Human-to-human transmission has been documented, indicating that FTLSV should be considered a potential public health threat.Deter

The article attempts to identify adaptation mechanisms that are activated in folk culture when conditions of existence change, using the example of special forms of popular religiosity that Bracelet arose in response to a radical revision of the relationship between church and state in Soviet times.Persecution of the church and serious ideological

Abstract The monitoring of leakage current (LC) and voltage characteristics in transmission line insulators is regarded as a good technique for anticipating the physical state of in-service insulators.In the current work, the temporal and frequency characteristics of LC and voltage under various situations were derived for assessing the health cond